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Internet Abbreviations

CDMM1991

Medalist
Joined
Jun 3, 2005
Ok, let's get all of our internet abbreviations straight here. Hopefully this will help us Joe ;)
 

emma

Record Breaker
Joined
Oct 28, 2004
Ok....I'll stop being embarrassed and ask about a few:

ITA: I too agree???

OT: off topic?

ETA: hmmm??

PML: i see this a lot on FSU and have no idea what it means
 

jen_faith2

Spectator
Joined
Jan 20, 2005
emma said:
Ok....I'll stop being embarrassed and ask about a few:
ETA: hmmm??
PML: i see this a lot on FSU and have no idea what it means

ETA : edited to add
PML: peeing myself laughing

others off the top of my head

AFAIC: as far as I'm concerned
AFK: away from keyboard
BAK: back at keyboard
BRB: be right back
IIRC: if I recall correctly
IMO: in my opinion
IMHO: in my humble opinion
IMNSHO: in my not so humble opinion
ROFL: roll on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO: roll on the floor laughing my *** off
YMMV: your mileage may vary

errr.. that's all I can think of for now, obviously waaay too much time spent on internet discussion groups
 

tdnuva

On the Ice
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Afaik (as far as I know) ITA is no abbreviation. It is Latin for "it is like that".

CU ... see you
TTYL ... talk to you later
 

RealtorGal

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 27, 2003
On the Internet, ITA = I TOTALLY AGREE. At least that's how I've always seen it used.

BTW = By the way
 

sk8er1964

On the Ice
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
RealtorGal said:
On the Internet, ITA = I TOTALLY AGREE. At least that's how I've always seen it used.

ITA! :biggrin: :laugh:

So that's what PML means -- I had been wondering about that one.

ETA -- whenever I see "ETA" my brain processes "estimated time of arrival". Think it'd be retrained by now, hmmm? ;)
 

emma

Record Breaker
Joined
Oct 28, 2004
ok....I'm PMLing...omg.

I'll never wrap my head around ETA, though...it makes me think of estimated time of arrival (too) every single time.
 
Joined
Jan 30, 2004
Often used in e-mail:

TTFN=Ta Ta For Now

KIT=Keep In Touch

I don't know how widely this is used, but on a chat site I know of TMPI is used for "too much personal information".....
 
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Ptichka

Forum translator
Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 28, 2003
Looking through the link Heyang has provided, some things have jumped out at me. For example:

PMYMHMMFSWGAD
Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn
 

sk8m8

Final Flight
Joined
Jul 28, 2003
also the kind and generic...

TCOYS...Take Care of Your Self or simply, TC for Take Care
TTYS....Talk to you soon
MT...me too


I hear that much of this is not only driven by internet use, but also by people using text on their cells to cut down on cost
 

fallsauce

Rinkside
Joined
Oct 30, 2004
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get. Usually used in web design software aimed at graphic designers because the lack of codes.
 
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