n00b DEFINITION THREAD!

littleman

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n00b- NEWBIE
w00t- whoohoo
sux0rs- sucks
fsck- f*ck
sh!t- pretty self explanatory
1337 or L337- elite (ur good at something)
h4x0r- HACKER
NEF: WHAT THIS POST IS

and more anandtech related:

ATOT: Anandtech Off Topic
YGPM: Ya got private message
CYPM: see ur pm
YGM: you got mail


FAQ:
What does Shizzo my Nizzo mean?
Bruce Lee or Coke?
Pics?
Hot Babe thread= pics?


tell me if I missed anything!!


Thank you LOB aka godblesstheusa for these:
AFAIK - as far as I know
AFK - away from keyboard
Asslaminations - assimilation of a large amount of PCs for the sole purpose of feeding ones crack addiction (RC5)
AMD - Assured Mutual Destruction, also means Advanced Micro Devices
AOL - Alot of losers
B&M - Brick and Mortar. Seen in Hot Deals. Means the deal is in a physical store.
BAK - back at keyboard
BBL - be back later
Being on crack = cracking RC5 for Team Anandtech No drug abuse involved
BRB - be right back
BFD - big f***ing deal
BTW - by the way
BCNU - be seeing you
BFN - bye for now
BTSOOM - beats the s**t out of me
BUMP - By posting in a thread, it knocks the thread to the top.
COWBELL - IBHackNU's brainchild. Post a hot girl hidden in your sig.
CUL8R - see you later
CS - Computer Science. Also Counterstrike. (Game played by many AT people)
CYM - Check your mail
DP - Double post. Person posted same thing twice.
F2F - face to face
FS - For Sale
FT- For Trade
FYI - for your information
FYA - for your amusement
FWIW - for what it's worth
FS - For sale
FT - For trade
FUBAR - f***ed up beyond all recognition
GBIA - good bye in advance
GMTA - great minds think alike
HAGO - have a good one
HAX0R - hacker
HTH - hope that helps
IAE - in any event
IMO - in my opinion
IMHO - In my Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IOW - in other words
IRL - in real life
Is suck - Simply means it sucks
j/k - Just Kidding
K - short for ok
LMAO - Laughing my #ss off
LOL - laughing out loud
LTNS - long time no see
LURKING - Browsing the forums and not posting
M$ - Microsoft
M/F - male or female
MODDED - improvement to hardware
MHOTY - my hat's off to you
MFAGT - my fingers are getting tired
MTFBWY - may the force be with you
MP - my pleasure
NEF - Person that posts useless threads
NEFFING - Performing the nef action
NEWBIE - New to the forums, and you don't know the "protocol"
NFW - no f***ing way
NP - no problem
NRN - no reply necessary
NT - No Text (When placed in a thread header, means no text in body)
NTH - nothing
OIC - oh, I see
OMG - oh, my God!
OOTB - out of the blue
OTOH - on the other hand
PIMP - pissin' in my pants
POV - point of view
PMFJI - pardon me for jumping in
RI&W - read it and weep
ROTFL - rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO - rolling on the floor laughing my a*s off
ROTFLMAOPIMP - Rolling on the floor laughing my @ss off peeing in my pants
ROTFLWTIME - rolling on the floor with tears in my eyes
RSN - real soon now
RTM - read the manual
RTFM - read the f**king manual
SITD - still in the dark
S/G - straight or gay
SOL - s**t out of luck
STFU - shut the f**k up
Thread Crapping - Posting inside a thread that has nothing to do with the topic
TIA - thanks in advance
TIC - tongue in cheek
TYVM - thank you very much
TTFN - ta ta for now
TTYL - talk to you later
TMTT - to much to type
TTT - To the top
TROLL - dishonest person or trader
TY - thank you
W00T! - an exclamation of joy, much like "yay!"
WAG - wild a*s guess
WAREZ - pirated software
WB - welcome back
WEG - wicked evil grin
WMC - Wounded Monitor Children
WTB - Want to buy
WTF - what the f**k
WTG - way to go
WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get
YACST - Yet another CS Thread
YAFT - Yet another free T-shirt
YGM - You've got mail
YGPM - You've got a Private Message
YGWYPF - You get what you pay for
YHAM - you have a message
YMMV - your mileage may vary
 

TuffGirl

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Here's a chat lingo list compiled by member Locutus of Board, who I think is now GodBlessTheUSA, but I could be wrong. Hooray for n00bies! :D
 

TheOverlord

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back in my day we had to walk 15 miles uphill in the snow to find out what ATOT meant...

wait ive only been here a year, guess i cant say that...:eek: