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Jargon
Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 4:49 pm
by josh
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
Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 5:01 pm
by Weasel
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
Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 5:08 pm
by cheesemage
BBMF=Bow Before Me Fool
Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 7:15 pm
by KidD01
Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 7:23 pm
by fable
UDWA- Utterly disgusted with acronyms.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 10:21 pm
by Xandax
Originally posted by fable:
<STRONG>UDWA- Utterly disgusted with acronyms.
</STRONG>
*LOL*
Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 11:01 pm
by josh
Thanks guys. That clears things up.
By the way, what does LOL stand for?
Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 11:17 pm
by josh
Oh, and some other things:
- What is "flaming"?
- How do you put your own smilies in posts?
Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 11:40 pm
by T'lainya
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?
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 2:00 am
by Flagg
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.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 2:12 am
by KidD01
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 ]
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 3:38 am
by Brink
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 3:53 am
by KidD01
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 3:56 am
by Brink
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 5:33 am
by josh
T'lainya: By posting my own smilies I mean creating my own and putting them on my posts.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 6:16 am
by vixen
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.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 6:21 am
by josh
No thanks vixen, I want to be original. But thanks anyway.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 6:44 am
by Brink
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 7:35 am
by KidD01
Hiya Brinky, My conn also going nuts. Sometime my browser give me conn time out
Posted: Tue May 15, 2001 7:50 am
by Flagg
Originally posted by josh:
<STRONG>No thanks vixen, I want to be original. But thanks anyway.</STRONG>
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.