Acronyms and Jargon

• Aunty - Term of affection and respect - As in: “Aunty ABC”

• Bump- Bring Up My Post - See: Bump (internet) - Wikipedia See also:Bump

• Forumite - An internet forum user. They can post anything with the restriction of the forum manager or moderator.

• imp/imped/imping - taking the feathers from a dead bird and putting them into the wings of a live bird.

• lurking - reading forum posts without contributing.

• Netiquette - “(neologism, a portmanteau formed from “Internet etiquette”) is a catch-all term for the conventions of politeness ...” From: Netiquette - Wikipedia. See also: Forum etiquette.

• post - any response to a Topic / Subject or the post which starts the New Topic.

• Scribbler - A Scribbly Gum Forum Regular

• thread - a forum Topic / Subject.

• troll - See: Internet Troll - Wikipedia See also: Dealing with Trolls - Tech Talk.

• View By Time - the Forum view in which posts appear in chronological order (the default view is “View By Topic”). These options appear on the black menu bar in the forum.

• wurking - lurking while supposedly getting on with work!

Jargon Wiki - Ursine’s Wikified version of ESR’s “The New Hacker’s Dictionary”.(More up-to-date; but with Wiki accuracy).

The Jargon File - Online version of Eric S. Raymond’s Original “The New Hacker’s Dictionary”. (Accurate; but not up-to-date).

• AFAIK - As Far As I Know
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• ATM - At The Moment
• BBL - Be Back Later or Back Before Long
• BTW - By The Way
• BUMP - Bring Up My Post
• DSTM - Don’t Shoot The Messenger
• DVSBL - Daryn Voss School of Binary Logic (for yes/no answers)
• HHGTTG - “Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy”
• HTH - Hope This Helps
• IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
• IMHE - In My Humble Experience
• IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
• IMO - In My Opinion
• IWS - I’m with stupid
• IRL - In Real Life
• LMAO - Laughing My Arse Off
• LOTR - “Lord Of The Rings”
• - Laughing Out Loud
• OMG - Oh My God / Goddess / Goodness
• OTT - Over The Top
• MIA - Missing In Action
• PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
• PITA - Pain In the Arse
• PMSL - Peeing My Self Laughing (or something close to that)
• ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
• ROFLMAO - see ROFL and LMAO
• RTM - Read The Manual
• TFIC - Tongue Firmly In Cheek
• TIC - Tongue In Cheek
• TOTT - Totally Over The Top
• WB&D - Wire Brush and Dettol (“Cure-all” recommended in jest)
• WTH - What The Hell