Jargon

josh · Post by **josh** » Mon May 14, 2001 4:49 pm

Being a newbie (sort of, I'm racking up posts quite fast but I'm new to forums and I've my internet connection for less than a month), I am having trouble decoding the abreviations and jargon that comes with your replies. Could you guys teach me what they mean and some of the tricks-of-the-trade (if there are any).

Thanks

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon May 14, 2001 5:01 pm

ROFL= Rolling on Floor laughing
LMAO=Laughing my A$$ Off
ROFLMBDAOFHEUMS= Ask Ubik

FYI= For your information
IMO= In my opinion
IMHO= Humble
OOC= Out off character

cheesemage · Post by **cheesemage** » Mon May 14, 2001 5:08 pm

BBMF=Bow Before Me Fool

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Mon May 14, 2001 7:15 pm

DAOTF = Drooling All Over The Floor
WHOP = Wet His/Her Own Pants

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon May 14, 2001 7:23 pm

UDWA- Utterly disgusted with acronyms.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon May 14, 2001 10:21 pm

Originally posted by fable:
UDWA- Utterly disgusted with acronyms.

*LOL*

josh · Post by **josh** » Mon May 14, 2001 11:01 pm

Thanks guys. That clears things up.
By the way, what does LOL stand for?

josh · Post by **josh** » Mon May 14, 2001 11:17 pm

Oh, and some other things:
- What is "flaming"?
- How do you put your own smilies in posts?

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Mon May 14, 2001 11:40 pm

LOL =laughing out loud
Flaming is insulting someone. It can be friendly teasing or a serious argument.A flame war is an argument that has deteriorated into name calling and insults and is guaranteed to get a topic closed and possibly the participants banned. What do you mean by posting your own smileys? Using the ones common to this board or creating your own?

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » Tue May 15, 2001 2:00 am

The way to post your own smillies would be to upload them onto another site, and then just make a link to them.

Flaming is....errr.... hmmm.... You might want to ask Waverly. I am sure that he will be more than happy to explain.

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Tue May 15, 2001 2:12 am

Flaming is an advance art of spamming, it require certain wits to twist your words so you don't get a warning by the mods even get baassied (

) after you flame some one.....and it does not need a flame thrower to master it

The usage of flame thrower is highly known as Demolition Derby

Boys and Girls don't try this at home !

[ 05-15-2001: Message edited by: KidD01 ]

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Tue May 15, 2001 3:38 am

Originally posted by Flagg:
Flaming is....errr.... hmmm.... You might want to ask Waverly. I am sure that he will be more than happy to explain.

Oh,I'm sure that he'll be happy to explain what flaming is (in fact,I'm pretty sure that he'll give you your first taste of the flames

)

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Tue May 15, 2001 3:53 am

Originally posted by Brink:
Oh,I'm sure that he'll be happy to explain what flaming is (in fact,I'm pretty sure that he'll give you your first taste of the flames )

The Flame of Waverly

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Tue May 15, 2001 3:56 am

Hey there KidD01

josh · Post by **josh** » Tue May 15, 2001 5:33 am

T'lainya: By posting my own smilies I mean creating my own and putting them on my posts.

vixen · Post by **vixen** » Tue May 15, 2001 6:16 am

I don't know how to create your own, but you can go to loads of sites and get them. I'll send you the address of one if you like.

josh · Post by **josh** » Tue May 15, 2001 6:21 am

No thanks vixen, I want to be original. But thanks anyway.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Tue May 15, 2001 6:44 am

josh-If I'm not mistaken,Weasel knows of a program to create your own smilies

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Tue May 15, 2001 7:35 am

Hiya Brinky, My conn also going nuts. Sometime my browser give me conn time out

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » Tue May 15, 2001 7:50 am

Originally posted by josh:
No thanks vixen, I want to be original. But thanks anyway.

These sites also have manuals on how to make your own, and you can upload your smilies onto these pages, so that you can use them on other websites. So don't be so quick in turning down such a nice offer.