Some Useful Chat Acronyms
Posted by: J. R. Lenz [Views: 349]
Sunday, February 24, 2008 4:01:48 pm UTC
In general, I find the usage of abbreviations and acronyms on the Internet to be completely annoying. The very last thing I want to see is people typing something that looks like a 15 year old Asian girl is trying to send me an SMS (by the way, I *HATE* SMS).
I find myself looking at some acronyms and wondering "who the fuck came up with this?" So, here are some useful acronyms and their definitions, as I have gathered through 15 years of IRC usage:
- ASL - (age/sex/location) - This generally means "I'm a serious fucking douchebag that is only interested in talking to people that fit into a certain demographic. This is probably because I want to get laid, but for some reason I am seen as 'unfuckable' in real life."
- CTC - (care to chat) - This is a 3-letter acronym for "I speak broken English, at best." Usually used by non-English speakers, you should avoid anyone who uses this acronym unless you want to spend the next two hours trying to decipher what the person is trying to say.
- CTFO - (care to fuck off) - The appropriate response to someone who msg's you with "ctc." They'll spend 2 hours trying to figure out what the "FO" part means (which normally means they'll leave you alone -- the desired effect).
- PLS????? - (please) - This is a bastardization of "please". Notice the extra punctuation. Said moron has saved 3 characters by abbreviating "please" down to "pls" but added on four more unnecessary question marks. Obviously math is not this person's strong point.
- C2C - (camera to camera) - "I want to see titties." Who doesn't?
- M2M - (male to male) - I think this is used by people who have a phobia of homophobic channel operators, and to avoid automagic bans on "I'm gay". Though, come to think of it, I don't know of any channels that ban for that.
