Whats the most annoying internet acronym?

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puffff

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Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: torpid
Most annoying = LOL by far, not even close. The next 100 annoying ones combined do not even approach it.

i have to agree...i hate LOL

Yeah, LOL is the worst. It's not even 'useful'. I can understand acronyms like WTF or QFT cuz it saves keystrokes, but when you find something funny, is a simple 'haha' too hard to type?
 

ForumMaster

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how about this:
OMGWTFBBQDIAF? i like it. i don't recall the full quote from Karen's sig with lizard boy, but it starts like this,
 

TheChort

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im curious what some of the censored ones are
i wish people would edit their posts so we could see them

ive gotta go with ttiwwp, and maybe wwybywb
 

kirkaptain

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TAPAD:
That one annoys the crap out of me, 'cuase I have seen it used and have no idea of its meaning.

My favorite I think is
OMFGWTFBBQ
 

TheChort

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Originally posted by: kirkaptain
TAPAD:
That one annoys the crap out of me, 'cuase I have seen it used and have no idea of its meaning.

My favorite I think is
OMFGWTFBBQ

As far as i know its supposed to be TPAD (as in take pills and down)
 

JDrake

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Originally posted by: lightweight
Originally posted by: Smackem
Alright guys, which inet acryonym do you find incredibly annoying. I would have to say 'laffo' is pretty high up there. What else?

Most all popular acronyms on ATOT piss me off. People use them so often, they sometimes use them out of context. The sad thing is that people replying with QFT actually think they're making a positive contribution to a thread. Like anyone really gives a ****** that you have given your approval to a thread. Even worse is when people will quote a whole block of text and paste it as their own thread. What a waste of space.
If one person says negative towards what I posted, I'll just ignore it.. but if 5 people QFT what that one person said, I might be more offended/my opinion/ideas/whatever might actually change (for the better?)
 

dullard

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LOL wins in a landslide for me. Whenever I see it posted I purposely sound it out like it wasn't an acronym. I picture this slobbering retard saying lllluuuuullll.... Just keep that in mind next time you post it.

QFT gets second place. Not only is it confusing (we've had dozens of posts and ~10 of polls on what it stands for) but it is harder to type than the full word: ditto. Why make an acronym that is more work to type and harder to pronounce than the real word?

Originally posted by: puffff
I can understand acronyms like WTF or QFT cuz it saves keystrokes
"QFT" is harder to type than "ditto". It doesn't really save typing time.
 

dainthomas

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Originally posted by: puffff
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: torpid
Most annoying = LOL by far, not even close. The next 100 annoying ones combined do not even approach it.

i have to agree...i hate LOL

Yeah, LOL is the worst. It's not even 'useful'. I can understand acronyms like WTF or QFT cuz it saves keystrokes, but when you find something funny, is a simple 'haha' too hard to type?

ROFLMAO!
 

Dacalo

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I nominate LOL.

I hate posts with a LOL at the end of every sentence. I wonder if they do that in real life, idiots.
 

So

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Originally posted by: kirkaptain
TAPAD:
That one annoys the crap out of me, 'cuase I have seen it used and have no idea of its meaning.

My favorite I think is
OMFGWTFBBQ


'TPAD' refers to an AT thread where a user fed sleeping pills to a skunk he had trapped and subsequently, the skunk staggered into his pool in a drugged stupor and drowned.

'TPAD' = 'take pills and drown'
 

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My 'bottom 3' (and it seems a lot of people here agree):

1. LOL
2. FTW
3. QFT
 

torpid

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Originally posted by: Dacalo
I nominate LOL.

I hate posts with a LOL at the end of every sentence. I wonder if they do that in real life, idiots.

Yes, the reason LOL wins is that it has gone from having any value in a sentence to the equivalent of people saying "you know" while speaking. And worse still, because the other main use is to patronize the person who posted something. It's not like anyone who writes LOL is actually laughing out loud, so as the third reason it sucks we have the fact that it is an outright lie.

At least QFT, DIAF, etc. actually express what the author believes.
 

TheChort

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Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: kirkaptain
TAPAD:
That one annoys the crap out of me, 'cuase I have seen it used and have no idea of its meaning.

My favorite I think is
OMFGWTFBBQ


'TPAD' refers to an AT thread where a user fed sleeping pills to a skunk he had trapped and subsequently, the skunk staggered into his pool in a drugged stupor and drowned.

'TPAD' = 'take pills and drown'

it didnt necessarily drown, all he said was it was gone in the morning
 

TheChort

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Originally posted by: lokiju
I'd say right now I really hate "O RLY" and "Ya RLY"

i completely agree with this one
mostly because its not really an acronym and partly because i have no fvcking clue where it came from
 

lightweight

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I forgot, but I made a thread about this not too long ago. It got locked pretty fast but it was basically a typical ATOT thread full of silly acronyms and typical responses to different situations.
 

Noema

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Originally posted by: torpid
Most annoying = LOL by far, not even close. The next 100 annoying ones combined do not even approach it.

Agreed.

Death to 'LOL'.

Death to most acronyms, in fact!

 

ucdbiendog

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Originally posted by: kirkaptain
Originally posted by: TheChort
Originally posted by: lokiju
I'd say right now I really hate "O RLY" and "Ya RLY"

i completely agree with this one
mostly because its not really an acronym and partly because i have no fvcking clue where it came from
It came from this pic

My version

haha your version is priceless. my most hated acronym is....

O I C