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#1 2010-07-12 20:22:18
The chat-speak dictionary
In the past few years, with the evolution of texting, abbreviating has become more and more popular. When I first joined scratch, I was completely confused by all the abbreviations. So, I decided to construct this guide to chat-speak.
Abbrevations:
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
BTW - By The Way
BRB - Be Right Back
IDK - I Don't Know
IDC - I Don't Care
RTFM - Read The Flipping Manual - When somebody doesn't understand something OBVIOUS.
QFT - Quoted For Truth - For use after quoting a post, saying that you agree.
OMG - Oh My Gosh - Exclamation for something shocking.
FTW - For The Win - Promoting something you are for, or that is great example: Scratch Forums FTW!
FTL - For The Loss - Demoting something you are against, the opposite of FTW.
LI - Laughing Inside - For all those moments that you don't actually laugh OUT LOUD, but you still think its funny.
LMABO - Laughing My Awesome Butt Off
TL;DR - Too Long; Didn't Read - Used when someone doesn't want to read a 'word wall'. (See word wall.)
* - What The Heck - Expressing disbelief.
ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing - A more commonly used form of ROTFL.
ROFLAMO - Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
LAL - Laughing A Little - Stronger laughter than LI, but weaker than LOL (See Lol and LI.)
WE - WhatEver - "I don't care."
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
G2G - See GTG.
Terms:
Word Wall - A long 'wall' of words, a large paragraph.
Siggy - Signiture.
Pwn - To beat, destroy, 'own'.
Noob - Immature, or new user.
Nooblet - See Noob.
Noobster - See Noob.
Newb - See Noob.
N00b - See Noob.
Epic - Really awesome, very cool.
Win - Something done very well, high achievement earned.
Fail - Something done poor, or a mistake. Opposite of win.
Über - A German word, widely used on the internet. Something more epic than epic.
Hax! - Something unexplainable, or very 'Über'. Used commonly as "OMG HAX!"
Hacks! - Correct spelling of 'Hax!'. (See Hax!)
H4x! - See Hax!
Please reply with with more. I will update often.
Last edited by drhelmi (2010-07-13 20:29:16)
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#2 2010-07-12 20:27:46
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#4 2010-07-12 20:29:51
Re: The chat-speak dictionary
PW132 wrote:
ihaveamac wrote:
idc
I dont careThat's mean! XD
Added anyways. 
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#5 2010-07-12 20:41:07
- BlackMarket
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Re: The chat-speak dictionary
RTFM - Read The Flipping Manual -when somebody doesn't understand something OBVIOUS
QFT - Quoted For Truth - For use after quoting a post, saying that you agree
OMG - Oh My Gosh - Exclamation for something shocking
FTW - For The Win - Promoting something you are for, or that is great example: Scratch Forums FTW!!
FTL - For The Loss - Demoting something you are against, the opposite of FTW
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#6 2010-07-12 20:42:44
- BlackMarket
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Re: The chat-speak dictionary
oh, and i forgot one more,
LI - Laughing Inside - For all those moments that you don't actually laugh OUT LOUD, but you still think its funny.
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#7 2010-07-12 22:34:31
- poppypaynterscratch
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Re: The chat-speak dictionary
LMAO
laughing my A** off
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#8 2010-07-12 22:37:38
#9 2010-07-12 23:18:03
Re: The chat-speak dictionary
BlackMarket wrote:
RTFM - Read The Flipping Manual -when somebody doesn't understand something OBVIOUS
QFT - Quoted For Truth - For use after quoting a post, saying that you agree
OMG - Oh My Gosh - Exclamation for something shocking
FTW - For The Win - Promoting something you are for, or that is great example: Scratch Forums FTW!!
FTL - For The Loss - Demoting something you are against, the opposite of FTW
Thank you so much BlackMarket! Added! And could you please do those descriptions for the ones I already have up?
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#10 2010-07-13 09:57:25
Re: The chat-speak dictionary
mariobrosrule wrote:
LMABO
laughing my awesome butt off
Added.
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#11 2010-07-13 10:08:36
- SeptimusHeap
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Re: The chat-speak dictionary
TL;DR - Too long; didn't read. Used when someone doesn't want to read a 'word wall' (See word wall
Word Wall - A long 'wall' of words, a large paragraph.
* - What the heck, What the [removed].
ROFL A more commonly used form of ROTFL.
ROFLAMO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
Last edited by SeptimusHeap (2010-07-13 10:09:04)
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#12 2010-07-13 10:20:46
Re: The chat-speak dictionary
* - What The Heck - Expressing disbelief
LAL - Laughing A Little - Stronger laughter than LI, but weaker than LOL
WE - Whatever - "I don't care."
Yawn, another boring text signature. I should really make something better.
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#13 2010-07-13 10:37:21
Re: The chat-speak dictionary
SeptimusHeap wrote:
TL;DR - Too long; didn't read. Used when someone doesn't want to read a 'word wall' (See word wall
Word Wall - A long 'wall' of words, a large paragraph.
* - What the heck, What the [removed].
ROFL A more commonly used form of ROTFL.
ROFLAMO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
jackrulez wrote:
* - What The Heck - Expressing disbelief
LAL - Laughing A Little - Stronger laughter than LI, but weaker than LOL
WE - Whatever - "I don't care."
Added both! Thanks for the submissions guys! 
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#14 2010-07-13 11:01:48
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1337-"Leet" or elite.
myob-mind your own business
gtg-got to go
imo-in my opinion
Jk-just kidding
tmi-too much information
Also please alphabetize these and word wall is not an acronym or "chat speak".
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#15 2010-07-13 11:08:42
- melikecheese
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Re: The chat-speak dictionary
Thank you. I couldn't always understand what people were saying, until now.
What's the funniest word ever
answer:roflolroflroflollololoroflol... ect
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#16 2010-07-13 13:53:57
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Re: The chat-speak dictionary
IMHO - In my humble opinion
G2G - See GTG.
BRB - Be right back.
Siggy - Signiture.
Pwn - To beat, destroy, 'own'.
Noob - Immature, or new user.
Epic - Really awesome, very cool.
Win - Something done very well, high achievement earned.
Fail - Something done poor, or a mistake. Opposite of win.
Über - A German word, widely used on the internet. Something more epic than epic.
Hax! - Something unexplainable, or very 'Über'. Used commonly as "OMG HAX!"
Hacks! - Correct spelling of 'Hax!'. (See Hax!)
H4x! - See Hax!
Nooblet - See Noob.
Noobster - See Noob.
Newb - See Noob.
N00b - See Noob.
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#17 2010-07-13 16:15:57
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ROFLMAO isn't Rolling on the floor laughing out loud.
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#18 2010-07-13 16:30:06
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Re: The chat-speak dictionary
Sometimes people(like me) say ROFL instead of ROTFL.
Also you forgot *
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#19 2010-07-13 16:49:07
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Re: The chat-speak dictionary
1337 - Leet, an entire language composed of numbers and symbols. Widely used by hackers as a cipher and MMO players.
How To Sp33k 1337
A= 4 or /\
B= 8 or |3
C= (
D= |)
E= 3
F= |=
G= 6
H= |-|
I= |
J= _|
K= |<
L= |_
M= /\/\
N= /\/
O= 0
P= |>
Q= O,
R= |2
S= 5
T= '|'
U= (_)
V= \/
W= \/\/
X= ><
Y= '/
Z= 2
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#20 2010-07-13 16:52:53
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Wow, really? I never knew that BlackMarket. 1337 |20><!
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#21 2010-07-13 16:58:37
- BlackMarket
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Re: The chat-speak dictionary
Lellowsfuzz wrote:
Wow, really? I never knew that BlackMarket. 1337 |20><!
4r3 y0u b31ng s4rc4st1c? >.>
Btw, i only like using 1337 for my vowels mostly.
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#22 2010-07-13 17:11:35
- SeptimusHeap
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Aidan wrote:
ROFLMAO isn't Rolling on the floor laughing out loud.
X_X Epic fail on my part. I was going to put ROFLOL, and, you know that ROFLAMO YouTube song? Well... Yeah...
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#23 2010-07-13 17:13:15
- SeptimusHeap
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MRN - See lazah. (Lol.)
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#24 2010-07-13 17:19:20
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Luv - Love
Nvm - Nevermind
Ello - Hello
Brb - Be right back
Bk/bak/bac - Back
Wb - Welcome back
Thx/thnx/thanx - Thanks
Ty - Thank you
Yw - You're welcome
Np - No prob(lem)
Wht/wat - What
U - You
R - Are
Evry - Every
Dnt - Don't
Gd - Good
Nm - Nothing much
Nmjc - Nothing much, just chilling
Dat/tht - That
Kno - Know
Ik - I know
Idk - I don't know
Gnna - Gonna
Ova - Over
Dis - This
Till - Untill
Ur - You're/your
Sme1/Some1 - Someone
Sme - Some
Giv - Give
Y - Why
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#25 2010-07-13 19:11:49
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Meme - Idea used widely in the internet
Memes:
Rick Roll - A video of Rick Astley singing 'Never Gonna give You Up'. The song also applies. This meme is usually used as the result of a prank, or trick link.
Dr. Octagonapus - A meme that looks like a human head with goggles, and eight robotic tenticles spouting from the head. When seen, he usually exclaims "Dr. Octagonapus BLAHHHHHHH!" and promptly fires a laser out of his mouth.
LOLCat - A funny picture of a cat, usually with a funny caption.
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