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Acronyms are capitalized [[abbreviation]]s for common phrases and ideas which are pronounced as proper words. Generally, their comprehensibility decreases as a function of their length, essentially converting something from [[TL;DR]] to [[TS;DR]], losing it's meaning. | Acronyms are capitalized [[abbreviation]]s for common phrases and ideas which are pronounced as proper words. Generally, their comprehensibility decreases as a function of their length, essentially converting something from [[TL;DR]] to [[TS;DR]], losing it's meaning. | ||
== Popular acronyms == | == Popular acronyms == | ||
Note: Most of the below aren't actually acronyms. They're [[Shit nobody cares about|initialisms]]. | Note: Most of the below aren't actually acronyms. They're [[Shit nobody cares about|initialisms]]. | ||
*[[BRB]] | * [[BRB]] – Be Right Back | ||
*[[BTW]] | * [[BTW]] – By The Way | ||
*[[FTW]] | * [[FTW]] – For The Win | ||
*[[FYI]] | * [[FYI]] – For Your Information | ||
*[[WTF]] | * [[WTF]] – What The fuck? | ||
*[[GTFO]] | * [[GTFO]] – [[Get Out|Get The Fuck Out]] | ||
*[[IMHO]] | * [[IMHO]] – In My Homosexual Opinion | ||
*[[OMG]] | * [[OMG]] – Oh My God – popular among [[16 year old girls]] and [[You|30 year old IRC addicts]] | ||
*[[IIRC]] | * [[IIRC]] – If I Remember Correctly / I Ingest Robot Cock '''IIRC DOES ''NOT'' MEAN ''IN IRC'' YOU TARD''' | ||
*[[LOL]] | * [[LOL]] – Laughing out loud – [[Corruption of LOL|THIS HAS BEEN CORRUPTED BY ANONYMOUS, AND IS NOW]] "[[LULZ]]" | ||
*[[ED]] | * [[ED]] – Erectile Dysfunction | ||
*[[GNAA]] | * [[GNAA]] – Good News And Affability | ||
*[[OIC]] | * [[OIC]] – [[Doing it wrong|Oh I See]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Roflcopter|ROFL]] – Rolling on floor laughing | ||
*[[TPB]] | * [[TPB]] – [[The Pirate Bay]] | ||
== Unpopular acronyms == | == Unpopular acronyms == | ||
*[[CP]] | |||
*[[BME]] | * [[CP]] – Captain Picard | ||
*[[CIA]] | * [[BME]] – British Methodist Episcopals | ||
*[[War on drugs|DEA]] | * [[CIA]] – Conflicting Information Association | ||
*[[DRM]] | * [[War on drugs|DEA]] – Don't Eat Acid | ||
*[[DMCA]] | * [[DRM]] – Digital Rights Mismanagement | ||
*[[SOPA]] | * [[DMCA]] – Dumbass Makes Court Action | ||
*[[FBI]] | * [[SOPA]] – Screwing Over Pirates Again | ||
*[[Censorship|FCC]] | * [[FBI]] – Federal [[Butthurt]] Instigators | ||
*[[MPAA]] | * [[Censorship|FCC]] – For Corporate Communication | ||
*[[NAACP]] | * [[MPAA]] – Making Pirates Always Angry | ||
*[[NAMBLA]] | * [[NAACP]] – Not Another Angry Colored Person | ||
*[[RIAA]] | * [[NAMBLA]] – [[truth|North American Man-Boy Love Association]] | ||
*[[RML]] | * [[RIAA]] – Really Into Anal Adventures | ||
* [[RML]] – Read My Latest | |||
== Troll acronyms == | == Troll acronyms == | ||
[[Image:Hth.jpg|thumb|The entire HTH range.]] | [[Image:Hth.jpg|thumb|The entire HTH range.]] | ||
*[[FOAD]] | |||
*HAND | * [[FOAD]] – Fuck off and Die | ||
*HTH | * HAND – Have A Nice Day – standard [[Usenet]] [[troll]] dialogue. Condescending. Denotes that the troll believes he has [[pwned]] you. He doesn't really want you to have a nice day. | ||
*YHL | * HTH – [[Lie|Hope that helps]] | ||
*[[Yiff in Hell|DIAF]] | * YHL – You [[The Game|Have Lost]] | ||
*[[YHBT]] | * [[Yiff in Hell|DIAF]] – Die in a fire – The troll actually means this. | ||
* [[YHBT]] | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* [[TLA]] | * [[TLA]] | ||
* {{UkrED|Список_акронімів|UkrDramatica's article on this}} | * {{UkrED|Список_акронімів|UkrDramatica's article on this}} | ||
Revision as of 07:45, 8 June 2015
Acronyms are capitalized abbreviations for common phrases and ideas which are pronounced as proper words. Generally, their comprehensibility decreases as a function of their length, essentially converting something from TL;DR to TS;DR, losing it's meaning.
Popular acronyms
Note: Most of the below aren't actually acronyms. They're initialisms.
- BRB – Be Right Back
- BTW – By The Way
- FTW – For The Win
- FYI – For Your Information
- WTF – What The fuck?
- GTFO – Get The Fuck Out
- IMHO – In My Homosexual Opinion
- OMG – Oh My God – popular among 16 year old girls and 30 year old IRC addicts
- IIRC – If I Remember Correctly / I Ingest Robot Cock IIRC DOES NOT MEAN IN IRC YOU TARD
- LOL – Laughing out loud – THIS HAS BEEN CORRUPTED BY ANONYMOUS, AND IS NOW "LULZ"
- ED – Erectile Dysfunction
- GNAA – Good News And Affability
- OIC – Oh I See
- ROFL – Rolling on floor laughing
- TPB – The Pirate Bay
Unpopular acronyms
- CP – Captain Picard
- BME – British Methodist Episcopals
- CIA – Conflicting Information Association
- DEA – Don't Eat Acid
- DRM – Digital Rights Mismanagement
- DMCA – Dumbass Makes Court Action
- SOPA – Screwing Over Pirates Again
- FBI – Federal Butthurt Instigators
- FCC – For Corporate Communication
- MPAA – Making Pirates Always Angry
- NAACP – Not Another Angry Colored Person
- NAMBLA – North American Man-Boy Love Association
- RIAA – Really Into Anal Adventures
- RML – Read My Latest
Troll acronyms
- FOAD – Fuck off and Die
- HAND – Have A Nice Day – standard Usenet troll dialogue. Condescending. Denotes that the troll believes he has pwned you. He doesn't really want you to have a nice day.
- HTH – Hope that helps
- YHL – You Have Lost
- DIAF – Die in a fire – The troll actually means this.
- YHBT
See Also
Acronym is part of a series on acronyms
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| Internets Lingo |
AFAIK • ASL • BFF • BRB • BTFO • BTW • CBF • DBI • DFC • FFS • FTFY • FTW • G2G • GG • GTFO • IAWTC • IDGAF • IDK • IIRC • ILY • IMO • IMHO • ISHYGDDT • J/K • JFC • LMAO • LOL • M/F? • NSFW • OMG • QFT • PHP • ROFL • RTFM • SNCA • STFU • STFW • SWTF • TMI • TND • TTYL • WTF • YGGR • YWNBAW • ZOMG |
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| Other Lingo |
BCC • FIRRIB • FYIAD • FUBAR • GABYAW • IDIFTL • PITR • TLA • YHBT |
| Internet Places/Group | |
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| IRL Acronyms | |
| Bad Acronyms |
ACLU • ACMA • ACORN • ALF • ATF • BDSM • BLP • CIA • CP • CSD • DMCA • EDL • ESRB • FBI • FA • FFA • FNB • IWF • L.U.L.Z. • MGTOW • MPAA • MTP • MUGEN • NAMBLA • NEDM • RIAA • SPH • SPLC • TBBT • TOW • WWJD |
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Languages and Dialects • Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Style, and Usage • Rhetorical Strategies • Poetry •
The Politics of Language and Communication • Media • Visual Rhetoric
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