Talk:Internet slang/Archive 1

message: Can anyone tell me what these faces mean? I am socially inept and have no clue: ;0 >:) o_0 ;( ?
I know anout these faces and think we should list them in the main article (if not already listed): :) :( :] :[ ;) <:0 PatPeter 00:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See Emoticons. - crazyscot 17:14, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Emotes/Faces

message: When people do !!!!!!!!111111111111 is an example of people doing lots of exclamation marks, but lets go of shift and it turns into ones. And some people do it just to be funny going !!!11!!!11111111.
:i think it would go under typos since it is technically a purposefull typo. Any other opinions? --koolone0 16:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Noobspeak. :D but other wise, I agree with koolone0 71.167.149.172 20:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  can some one add this? Where would it fit? 

message: Isn't the singular of "pix" "pic"? As in, "do you have a pic?", but "I have pix". Or something :) Adam Bishop 05:57 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)
: yah i think ur rite. "pics" is also a common plural, as in "pics plz". --Delirium 05:58 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)
has anyone ever seen "qoolz" used?
:Nope, never. A Google search only returns 109 results, and most of those are definitions.
--Could it possibly be a plural form of "qool"? Is there such a thing (But, it wouldn't be grammatically correct, as there is no such thing as "cools)? Unless you're saying something like, "Hand me a pack of Kools" but mispelling it. I don't know.--Nyx Abbing 03:04, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pix 

message: Just in case anyone cares (hah!), I went through this removing/condensing several redundant or otherwise unneeded entries, wikified some stuff, fixed some consistency, and fixed a few formatting errors. We really don't need 3 entries for "pron", and it's not that difficult to understand how "file transfer protocol" might be abbreviated as "ftp". If you really miss any of the things I removed (you probably won't)... well, there's always the history ;) It's quite frankly not worth posting them again here. All in all, a very useful device for putting off my Englilsh paper -- Jacius 02:37, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  A misguided attempt to instill in this article some semblence of quality 

message: I think this predates the Internet. Zscout370 18:38, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  SOB 

message: OMFGBSHAX. It's used in [L0rd 0f teh Ringz0rz], where Aragorn says "OMFGBSHAX, my toe! Arrrgh!". Can't find a definition on the net, maybe someone here can work it out. Possibly "Oh my f**king god b*llsh*t hacks?". That sounds wrong somehow...
:A lot of the time syntax is not an issue and a message can be deliberately incoherent to convey agitation or confusion, e.g. the famous canon "omgwtfbbq". Another example: "we should invade or have a nuclear war wtflol". According to one of the less popular, but according to my experience valid definitions of "hax" it can be used as interjection for "d*mn", "f**k" etc.
What does (sic) mean? I've seen it used on the internet, always in parenthesis after a sentence. I first thought it meant "sick" but sometimes that doesn't fit.
sic means that there'sa mistake but it wasn't yours. like if you quote someone and they misspell something, you use sic to show that the mistake was there already.
:(sic) is either some Latin word, or "spelling incorrect". Alphax τεχ 01:56, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, so on the internet it tends to be used as a form of mild sarcasm or disdain, often at the use of various types of slang, leet, or just excessive typos and grammatical errors. Depending on the forum in which it was used it can either be seen as very staid or potentially mildly humourous. Sfnhltb 00:32, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does this mean? 

message: Stevertigo says this means "I've been doing this stuff for years", but the acronym does not exist in a Google search. It doesn't seem to exist anywhere except on Talk:Crusade where he used it, and here where he added it after I asked him what it meant. The expanded form (with both "stuff" and "shit") gets marginal Google hits (and none at all with "man"). I'm not a big proponent of the Google search here, but tt seems that Google would be the best place to search for a supposed Internet acronym...Adam Bishop 21:44, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree however I'd say that there are most likely a few of others that need a bit of checking too, a quick look shows a couple that are only present on mirrors. Also I'm not sure that words like "Über" or "dunno" are really internet slang... they're just plain slang in my book. -- Lochaber 08:28, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  IBDTSFY 

message: "I like pie — Used to express apathy or confusion towards the present subject matter, invented by YINever of the GameFAQs message boards"
Did YINever invent this before or after the first Weebl and Bob became publicly available?
--Damian Yerrick 03:16, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not necessary to list every possible use of internet slang. It redirects here because it is, and I think the readers will understand that. --LaraLove 17:55, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I like &pi; 

message: The section of the article titled Internet Slang for Parents implies that the short list of terminology which follows comes from AOL's instant messenger service. In fact, at least half of those terms predate AIM by quite a few years (many are mentioned in a book I wrote in 1996). FUBAR is military. TTYL and BRB were common in TTY discussions by deaf people. LOL and ROFL were common in IRC and CompuServe/AOL chatrooms long before IM. This section should either have a clearer introduction, or a list of terms that were spawned in the AIM days.
::Above comment by Gary D Robson, 15:54, 2005 Jun 2
:I agree that it's very misleading; the article seems to imply throughout that such slang sprung autochthonously from the new medium. I've expanded on the history a little bit more, to the extent that I'm capable of doing accurately. Please review the text and feel free to make further changes! HorsePunchKid 22:54, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
::I won't have a chance to look at this for a few weeks, but it's on my list. Thanks. Gary D Robson 01:36, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical Context 

message: Not to be anal, but doesn't the phrase about "chaq" being pronounced as "chalk" really depend on the speaker?  "Chalk" isn't entirely phonetic.  I pronounce the word with a New York (City)/Long Island accent (chaw(l)k).... same thing with coffee and chocolate.  Couldn't we find a more phonetic example of pronunciation?  --Thorns Among Our Leaves 00:37, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: "Chalk"

message: The first section (context) lists sources of Internet slang supposedly from "most to least frequent use". It's not clear what this means:
#Ordered by the number of total slang messages sent in that medium?
#Ordered by the number of total messages (slang and non-slang) sent in that medium?
#Ordered by the proportion of slang to non-slang messages in that medium?
This needs to be clarified. Regardless of what is meant, a source is needed for this. I find it hard to believe that SMS beats instant messaging in terms of either total messages sent or total slang messages sent. If a source can't be found, we should just say "in arbitrary order" or perhaps list them "in order of appearance", as it were. Also, why aren't email or usenet listed as media where internet slang is used?
Colin M. 04:20, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Context section 

message: I moved from their former 'graph 
: * AFK  (Away from Keyboard)
: 
which if, examples of parentheticals, are such neither by being enclosed in paren nor being rhetorical parenthesis: they are simply things that resemble the TLAs that are used parenthetically.  If "parenthetical" is being used as a synonym for "TLA or XTLA", that should be said; the lk to parentheticals (which redirected to the rhetorical sense) implies that either the rhetorical sense or the punctuation explains the term, and if it is used more broadly, the article needs to explain that.  So if you know "parenthetical" is used in this context, beyond enclosure in paren or rhetorical parenthesis, correct me and avoid misleading and confusing lks such as this one was. --Jerzy•t 19:27, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I dont get the above, but AFK redirects to this page and it says nothing about it. --193.11.124.244 18:20, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  a parenthectical is a explanitory word expression or sentence to makes things clearer. In the above sentence the fact they're saying (not exactly a disclaimer) means that they arent sorry for what they are saying--koolone0 18:05, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What consitutes a Parenthetical? 

message: Many examples of internet slang are omitted here. That is fine of course, as there is much of it. What I object to is the fact that gtg redirects here but is not explained here. There may be other examples of this. This is a problem which needs fixing.
I would do it but I'm not 100% sure what gtg means. That's why I looked it up!
:gtg means "Got To Go. Added it to the list.
:--Kraken72 19:11, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: can mean "good to go" as well - depending on context. Secretlondon 20:01, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Omitted Examples 

message: I had always thought that the origin of 'nub' was just the phonetical spelling of noob, with the long ōō sound being substituted with a long u sound, as in 'tube'. -- MacAddct1984 04:21, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the word 'nub' 

message: I'm not sure where this belongs, but I added this edit here: . --HappyCamper 00:23, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  1437 - not sure where this belongs... 

message: While some slang is designed to save keystrokes, a lot of 1337 and AOLish isnt, and some increases the number of keystrokes.  Might we want to note this in the article? Eds01 16:38, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Dood, aimspeek almst alwys saves kystrokes?DxPatxb 02:23, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: saveing keystrokes?

message: Hi,
I noticed that people don't use leet anymore on forums,
but more of some kind of "design talk" (or whatever I should call it) like this:
I<3U (<3 <33 <$ are the same thing -a heart-)
Also there's a lot of putting words in [squared brackets]
or putting dots between words like.this or both combined [this.is.so.kewl!]
And a lot other things like putting ___x at the end of some sentence, or: <me> is [so.lonely] withOut Uu [*TeaRS*]
Does anyone know more about this new form of typing?
:Yeah, in usernames spaces are replaced with X's (e.g. IxAmxSoxCool) and often beginning and ending with "x", "xxx", or "xo". Unnecessary capitalization (studlycaps) is used too. Multipliers are common often paired with random numbers (x8590). A horribly cliched one would go something like XO_IxHeArTxUx43597_xO. I personally can't stand it but that's just me. =/ 162.84.200.48 23:14, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I <3 [this] 

message: /ponder - I think this comes from online games such as everquest - not from HTML-style markup language. Everquest 2 emotes are in the form /clap, IRC and (I think) YIM use /me. Secretlondon 20:00, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: emotes?

message: AFAICS redirects here but does not appear here AFAICS. — MFH:Talk 15:35, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  afaics 

message: "Gurus, hackers and coders always use leetspeak sarcastically." You mean, there are people who use it seriously? Good grief. JIP | Talk 21:29, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of leetspeak 

message: The entry for OMGWTFBBQ references BBQ, but there isn't actually an entry describing what BBQ is (especially as he List of Internet Slang article gives more than one meaning to BBQ). Also, the terms WTB and WTS both say that they are not WoW exclusive, but there isn't any suggestion on the page that it is WoW exclusive, so is it at all relevant to mention it? --Despair 20:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A BBQ is a method of cooking meat on a grill over either an open fire or pieces of hot charcoal. It's used in "OMGWTFBBQ" to make fun of all the three letter acronyms used in netspeak. Viltris 00:21, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBQ and WoW references 

message: This question is teh spammeh-licious.
1337!!! DIAF WTH ROFLMAO
LYK, I AM TEH INTERNET SPEAKEREH
SPORKEH
114M4$
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.159.93 (talk) 19:25, November 7, 2006 
Sorry, this isn't the place for spam. --Ampersand2006 ( & ) 01:32, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: this should be erased —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Koolone (talk • contribs) 17:50, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: HAHAHAH+++++

message: kthxbye redirects to this article so I'm adding it to the slang list.
RTFA READ THE FUCKIN ARTICLE HAHA
:From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wordtorembember we can read "This user is able to contribute with a professional level of English."
:Somehow I find that hard to believe...
:--213.100.24.182 10:57, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  kthxbye 

message: ne1 here use nub instead of noob sometimes? cuz nub means core or root of something i just checked it and i used it all the time
When used in that sense, I think it should technically have, uh, whatever those two dots over the letter are called.  I'm too lazy to open charmap to show you.  Otherwise you're saying the word nub in the sense of, say, the nubs of someone's severed fingers. -- Unregistered user 23:14 4 May 2006
:which "u" do you mean Ụ ụ Ủ ủ Ứ ứ Ừ ừ Ử ử Ữ ữ Ự ự--koolone0 12:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  omg do u use nub? 

message: I've removed the list, it makes this article too vandalism-prone, and by claiming obscurity a fake acronym can stay there for months, maybe even years, things like this are becoming exceedingly common:
* CYA: see ya, or see you later (also CU) (or, less commonly and depending on the context, cover your ass) (can also mean Beat Up Mary Poppins)(can also mean beat beaver)
* LYLAS: love you like a sister
* LTTB: Listen to the beaver
WP:WINAD, and we have a List of internet slang page for this. +Hexagon1 (talk)   10:33, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of the list 

message: IMHO, "IMHO" and other such "internet slang" should redirect to List of Internet slang, not here. Basically, being brought to this article when clicking a link that is "internet slang" doesn't help me find the definition of the slang I just clicked on—while the list would. Is there any argument against this? Outriggr 00:59, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Tough one, but I think it should point here based on WP:WINAD, if you need the definition, find it on Google, Yahoo, Hyperdictionry, whatever. Then feel free to create a stub expaining the meaning. There should be some sort of 'Net-slag stub' template. +Hexagon1 (talk)   01:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirections of particular slang phrases to the list 

message: List of Internet slang looks like it got out of control.  The list is now wiped out and needs rebuilding with referenced sources.  Help is needed. Just don't start adding unreferenced stuff.--Rayc 04:22, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rebuilding [[List of Internet slang]] 

message: If anymone can confir the notability of the expression "Screwtaping", we could merge the article here. --Abu Badali 21:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Screwtaping 

message: Slang glossaries violate the following policy:
Wikipedia is not a dictionary
 Wikipedia is not a dictionary or a usage or jargon guide. Wikipedia articles are not:
# Dictionary definitions. Because Wikipedia is not a dictionary, please do not create an entry merely to define a term. An article should usually begin with a  good definition; if you come across an article that is nothing more than a definition, see if there is information you can add that would be appropriate for an encyclopedia. An exception to this rule is for articles about the cultural meanings of individual  numbers.
# Lists of such definitions. There are, however,  disambiguation pages consisting of pointers to other pages; these are used to clarify differing meanings of a word. Wikipedia also includes  glossary pages for various specialized fields.
# A usage guide or slang and idiom guide. Wikipedia is not in the business of saying how words, idioms, etc. should be used. We aren't teaching people how to talk like a Cockney chimney-sweep. However, it may be important in the context of an encyclopedia article to describe just how a word is used to distinguish among similar, easily confused ideas, as in nation or freedom. In some special cases an article about an essential piece of slang may be appropriate.
----
Due to the many AfDs which are initiated to enforce this policy and due to the resistance to such deletion by defenders of the glossaries, I have started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not#Slang glossaries to rewrite the policy in order to solve this problem and to readdress this question: should slang glossaries by allowed on Wikipedia?  --List Expert 23:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attention: Slang Glossary policy discussion underway 

message: Is the Common examples section of this article necessary if there's already another article that has this same information in it?  talk to JD wants e-mail 22:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was just about to start a discussion on this, I think a Common examples section would be good with the most used ones such as lol and brb, but at the moment its becoming a comprehensive list which it should not be, In my opinion the full list should be used for all the less used ones such as "amof (As a Matter Of Fact)"  with only the ~20 most common ones on the actual page. --Hamish (Talk) 16:19, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Common examples section 

message: There is no reason that we should include the spelling of profane words in acronyms. For instance, using F**king will be understood by adults who would need to be using them. Otherwise, there isn't a reason to include these listings for everyone (including kids) to see. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebowdish (talk • contribs) 
*Please bear in mind that Wikipedia is not censored. The language may not be tasteful, but as long as it's accurate and verifiable, it can be considered appropriate. Of course, if you feel you can make the article more tasteful without removing valuable info or lowering its quality, then by all means you should be bold and do so. — NMChico24  23:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: i agree that u should use F**king instead of the full word because children can access this information very easily and its likely that they could accidentally go to porn sites or something becaues they tried to look up F**king on google --koolone0 18:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

text: i will make amends to this in a few hours if it has not been taken care of already--koolone0 18:10, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Have we made an official decision on which way to do it?  Censored or not?  (Most recent revision, done anonymously, censored the explanation of "LMFAO").  I personally think it should remain uncensored, but if the consensus is to censor it, I'll leave it. SporkWitch 00:42, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding Language... 

message: The "common" list of examples is too bloated. It is taking up more than half of the space of the entire article, and it is too comprehensive. I have been using the Internet for years, and more than two-thirds of the list is made up of ones that I have never heard of. It seems almost as if some rude people have been making up new ones and adding them there just to try to circulate them for the sake of pride. Many of the examples in the list are also sickeningly offensive, and a common encyclopoedia should be safe for everyone to read.
Considering that a "List_of_Internet_slang_phrases already exists, I think the list within this article should be completely removed, or at least cut down to only include examples that really are common and are not offensive. -- Sampalmer4 11:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "common" list of examples is too bloated 

message: Why does absolutDan keep removing the link to noslang.com from the external links?
It's listed in google results right below this article.  It not only offers a dictionary (like all the other links that he didn't remove), but articles, and resources.
it's THE definitive site on the web about internet slang.  I challenge anybody to find a site that deals more with the topic.
This link clearly belongs.  If it doesn't, then no links belong here at all.  Urban dictionary isn't even about internet slang... it's about street slang. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.38.82.66 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 18 October 2006  (UTC)
:Wikipedia is not a linkfarm. We are in need of more cited content from reliable sources, not more external links. --AbsolutDan (talk) 03:15, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is not a dictionary: however, many people looking at this page may well want a dictionary.  It seems to me, therefore, a reasonable thing to link to.  Fredtheavenger 22:48, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  about external links 

message: BBIAB links to here, but there is no mention of it in the page.  perhaps it should link to List of Internet slang phrases which actually tells you what it means? --144.131.67.249 08:01, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. There are probably more slangs/abbreviations that links to the wrong page since the full list used to be here if I'm not mistaken. /Jiiimbooh 14:42, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  bbiab 

message: Shorthand is internet slang? What utter ;-(
Shorthand is a form of dictation. This article needs a disambig. Encise 02:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internet slang? 

message: Folks, I wrote a speech on and entitled, "LMIRL" which means Let's Meet In Real Life.  I have given the speech severals times, including being paid for it.  Now since I wrote the speech I can't add it here, but maybe you all might think it fits this wiki page to point out that a speech has been prepared about and entitled with an Internet slang term.  The speech uses the term to get non-Internet savvy people curious but only reveals the meaning of LMIRL toward the end of the speech, and generally discusses the "dangers" of "cyberspace" to children and what adults can do to be prepared.  Read LMIRL and see if it should be added to this page.  Thanks. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling 12:28, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Frankly, unless you can point to reputable sources for the information you cite in the speech (e.g. that 10% of the names in a child's chat program buddy list are likely to be paedophiles), and tone down some of the hyperbole, I'm afraid it would violate a number of Wikipedia's policies, including WP:V and WP:NPOV, which are basically the two most important policies we have. JulesH 20:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  LMIRL Speech - Wikiworthy? 

message: Err... the usage of stuff like <sarcasm>some comment or other</sarcasm> predates the existance of XML.  It should probably refer to SGML instead. JulesH 20:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it's a reference to any programming languange. I have seen "*sarcasm* yeah", "*sarcasm on* yeah *sarcasm off*", "/sarcasm yeah" (from MMO's mostly), and any number of variants... Mcapplbee 14:21, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  XML? 

message: Note:  many uses of the word acronym here are wrong (and i've removed them)
to be an acronym, the abbreviation has to make a new word... like NASA or SCUBA.
Thus, lol and rotflmao are not acronyms (they can't be pronounced like real words)... they're simply abbreviations. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.38.82.66 (talk) 16:07, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *From your own provided link: This is why you are wrong. It is an acronym, plain and simple.  It is, more specifically, however, initialism.  And speaking more generally, both initialism and acronyms are both forms of abbreviation. -- KirinX 20:38, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acronyms Vs Abbreviations. 

message: I just re-edited the entier article and cleaned it up. I left out the following because I could not find a proper place to put it within the article as of right now.
"
In some cases the source may be obscure or there may be multiple sources. An email or usenet signature is usually referred to as a sig or .sig; this may be an abbreviation or it may come from the file ~/.sig used by many common email and usenet news clients on *nix operating systems.
"Post-Whore" refers to a member of a forum website that solely concentrates on achieving a higher 'Post-Count'. Members usually slang the term 'Post-Whore' into 'Badger' who is infamous in www.NXsecure.org for the coined phrase. In the event of finding a Badger in a forum website you should immediately let the member know that they have been caught Badgering.
==Recent News==
Recently, New Zealand allowed students to use a type of internet slang known as "txt speak" in school and on tests so long as their answer is just as clear and grammar or punctuation are not the subject of the test."
Deathsythe 18:44, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total Revamp of article. 

message: ; I think that this list should be serperated into two seperates lists. one list that has unoffensive terms. and a second  which has offensive terms --koolone0 18:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seperate list 

message: I just searched for a particular piece of internet slang, and found myself redirected to this page. This page does not define the term. I already knew that it was Internet slang, so that doesn't help me any. If things like brb, lol, lmao, ttyl, g2g, etc., are going to be directed here, they have to be defined here. Thanatosimii 23:51, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Various editors have created a legion of redirect pages for terms which aren't, or weren't included here. Why? many terms that get added are not referenced, or incorrectly referenced, or from a reference which does not meet WP standard for reputable referenced. If you have the time, tag the redirect pages for CsD to prevent others from making the mistake (CSD-R1).David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍) 18:29, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirects. 

message: List of Internet slang phrases is probably what you are looking for —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Deathsythe (talk • contribs) 17:16, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  See list of internet slang terms 

message: This article desperately, desperately needs sources - especially to prevent unverifiable information from creeping in. - Chardish 22:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: I have never heard that reference in all of my years of gaming and being online. Can someone direct some kind of source to this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Deathsythe (talk • contribs) 01:32, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is statisticly unrealistic that what you say is true.--Can Not 01:13, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In my experience "pawn" has been used as a way of pronouncing it out loud, but rarely if ever actually typed.  On a similar note, I made a slight change to the section near the beginning, about the origins of the term "pwn."  Myself and quite a few people I know don't realistically see a typo as a viable origin, as when normally typing you'd need to move your fingers in rather unnatural ways to actually hit "p" when aiming for "o." (Sorry I didn't make the suggestion here first, new to actually contributing) SporkWitch 09:24, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  pwn = pawn? 

message: There's an article called KTHXBI that was created a while back. So if anyone wants to expand, reference, delete, redirect etc. go right ahead (just don't leave double redirects!) KTHXBYE --WikiSlasher 06:52, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  KTHXBI 

message: I know more slang than most of my friends and I can honestly say I've never noticed people's use of " 'u' to mean 'you' and 'e' to mean 'he' or 'she'." --angrykeyboarder (a/k/a:Scott) 19:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: u is extremely common although it's more out of being too lazy to type a couple of extra letters. I've never heard of e either though. Do these really count as slang? --WikiSlasher 05:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "u" is extremely common to be used in place of "you", however, I've also never heard of anyone using just an "e" for anything. I, and others, frequently use an "n" in place of "and". Of course, "r" is commonly used in place of "are". But I don't understand what |People also use "u" to mean "b" and "r" to mean "a"| means. What? --LaraLove 05:32, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never seen "e" on its own either, it's usually used as "4e" = "forever" or "w/e" = "what/when/where/who-ever" SporkWitch 19:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of "u" and "e"? 

message: :A good example of this is "TMC TEIT D" (2006), which is commonly used to replace "too much coffee too early in the day"
From the article, Acronyms and abbreviations section. Does anyone else think this is actually the opposite of a good example? Imagine one day I made up "EYAG". It means "Ew You Are Gross". It's a great word amirite? Yeah, me and all my friends say all the time. Let's add it to wikipedia and make it a red link and add the year I made it up in! LOL??!?!!?!?
That was all I got from this word. Google says that only one page contains "TMC TEIT D"...a myspace profile. The rest are wikipedia and wikimirrors. In a few days, if its not already done, I'm going to remove the red link, remove the year, and remove the term "good example". Any objections?--Can Not 13:43, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Go for it! One page link to some MySpace profile does not a good example make. Clearly almost no-one says it. --WikiSlasher 05:32, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  TOO MUCH COFFEE TO EARLY IN THE MORNING 

message: BEBO slang is quite unique (I sincerely hope so), eg:
HYaaaa!! Iim Gr8 Tah bbe uu?
Ii Kno Havnt Bin owt Wiv Tam Iin A While  lol!!
Haha! Dno yy Tho 
Wt Uu Biin up 2 Hun??
Wb...
(Yes, this is very common form there - It seems to be also mainly british community) - G3, 14:06, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Try BEBO 

message: YOU know what i changed wellllll i removed pihb (pee in her butt),WHO the heck wrote that retard, you should turn OFF perv mode sicko.1337 H4XZ0R 09:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed some garbageo added some stf. 

message: I removed the sources tag. How can one cite sources on something like this? External links are posted as proof, so to speak. 'Hurry, someone go buy "Internet Slang Dictionary" by Ryan Jones so we can cite a source.' Negative. If someone has time, scan over the external links and convert them to references. If not, I'll do it in a few days. --LaraLove 06:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: Removed the "MAIB" section under examples (seemed extraneous) and added a link to List of online-gaming slang under "other examples."  I'd also question the term itself, as I've never seen it crop up in chat rooms or in the Battlefield series, as the guy that put it up said (he also added the term to the List of online-gaming slang at about the same time as he added it here). SporkWitch 19:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples -- specific terms 

message: I thought that the adults warning that internet slang was ruining literacy were crazy. After looking at this article, though, it seems that they have a point. Stupid grammar mistakes are everywhere, and it's clear in a lot of places that some random Wiki-n00b went to this article, stuck in a half of a sentence where it only barely fits in context, and clicked Save page. Check out just one example:
:Some other Internet slang includes the folowing. If you are called a "tker" it means that you are a typekiller. For instance, if at any given time during an action game you need to type, and a person kills you, that's a type kill, or "TK." (TKER can also be used to mean team killer) Another slang is if the person has to go away for his keyboard, or "AFK" (this means you are not at your comp, or computer). He or she may say "BRB" or "be right back". One more is the saying, "OMG"/"OMFG." This term is usually used out of stress or anger and it means "Ohh my god!!"/"OHH MY FUCKING GOD!" and is frequently used when the connection is laggy
They didn't even bother to put in a period... and it's clearly biased. "OMG" is [i]not[/i] confined to gaming.
I am far too busy currently to go through and revise this article. To whoever is brave enough to attempt it: Good luck. Twilight Realm 01:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The big problem is that people are simply editing the article because they believe that being capable of using Internet slang automatically makes them a linguist. It would be nice to have semi protection for this article, but I do not think there are enough edits in the past week to really merit this. The article just suffers from bad, bad writing. I'm sticking a cleanup template at the top. It needs it.Mendaliv 05:49, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I was wrong 

message: I have to ask whether it is the general consensus that Internet slang is a jargon and not an argot. The same realization occurred in leet; the description of the purposes of the language said that it was to "make fun of newbies", effectively excluding them, through use of orthographic shibboleths. This is a pretty clear definition of argot. Applying this to Internet slang, let us ask if the purpose of "OMFG" is to offset high-latency connections (as the current description implies), or to keep out certain people who might frown on the use of swear words- moderators, auto-kick scripts on game servers, parents watching over the shoulder of the user.
Mendaliv 05:44, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jargon or Argot? 

message: Why is the "English pseudo dialects" box at the bottom? I do not see how this fits the bill of the description in that template- a language formed by the mixture of English and another language (or something like a pidgin involving English). Internet slang is a fusion of which other language and English? Possibly leet? I'm sorry, but I do not believe that Internet slang has reached this developmental level just yet.Mendaliv 05:57, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pseudo-dialect? 

message: "EVERY TIME WE TOUCH I GET THIS FEELING IN MY SEXY pANTS"
What is this!? I'll tell you. VANDALISM. I do not know the purpose of this...thing, so I removed it for the sake of the article. Ekansonic55 00:37, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What the?