Netiquette

[Mariposa De La Luna]

As suggested in another thread, netiquette seems to be lacking and it may be from new users who don't know the lingo. So could you please post any links to pages dealing with it or your favorite expressions.

My favorites are:

SAHM- Stay At Home Mom
IMHO- In My Humble Opinion
NO SHOUTING!!!! Please no speaking in all caps. :)

[loopy]

Originally posted by SAHM
SAHM- Stay At Home Mom

Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Is that what your handle means? I always thought it was your name, pronounced "Sam." :D

[Mariposa De La Luna]

Still pronounced "sam" but my name is Michelle. :D

[loopy]

Good to know! :D:D Merry Meet, Michelle! :D:D:D:D:D

Eesh, waaaaaaaaaaaay too much coffee. :D (You can never have too much coffee!) :D:D:D

[Mairwen]

Originally posted by SAHM
Still pronounced "sam" but my name is Michelle. :D

Can I still call you Sahm-I-Am?

[Mairwen]

Just a snippet from my Netiquette Database:
(um, edited for both brevity and um ... foul language):rolleyes:

Use these abbreviations with <>

<g> grin
<bg> big grin
<eg> evil grin
<vbg> very big grin
<s> smile
<rofl> rolling on floor, laughing
<roflol> rolling on floor, laughing out loud
<roflmho> rolling on floor, laughing my head off
<gr&d> grinning, running and ducking


Use these abbreviations without <>

AFK away from keyboard
ASAP as soon as possible
BCNU be sein'you
BOHICA Bend over, here it comes again.
BIS back in a second
BRB be right back
BTW by the way
CU see you
FYG for your guidance
FYI for your information
IMHO in my humble opinion
IMO in my opinion
IOW in other words
LOL lot of laughs
NBD no big deal
OIC oh, I see
OTOH on the other Hand
PDQ pretty darn quick
PITB pain in the butt
PMJI pardon me for jumping in
RSN real soon now
RTM read the manual
TIA thanks in advance
YAGE Yet another growth experience

[Mariposa De La Luna]

Originally posted by Mairwen


Can I still call you Sahm-I-Am?

Of course! I do like green eggs and ham!

[Wyrdsister]

Wow, Mairwen, I think you've probably covered all the net abrieviations we'll ever need! :) Thanks for being so thorough!

(your post will be a good reference for me as I'm sure I won't remember half of what you posted! :))

On another note, isn't "netiquette" more about being polite and tolerant than it is about abreviations? The "NO SHOUTING" one is a big one in my books. (I have a friend who still types all her emails in CAPS - talk about painful! ;))

Wyrdsister

[Mairwen]

Yes, there are Rules of Netiquette. Net abbreviations are only part of it.

[eaglewolf]

You forgot FWIW, IME, YMMV...

LMAOWSCFM!

~ew

[Mairwen]

Shaddup! :D

Here are my favorite URL's, btw:


http://www.albion.com/netiquette/

http://www.imaginarylandscape.com/helpweb/

http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html

[Mairwen]

Originally posted by eaglewolf
You forgot FWIW, IME, YMMV...

LMAOWSCFM!

~ew

fwiw for what it's worth
ime in my experience
ymmv your mileage may vary
lmaowscfm laughing my *** off while spewing coffee from my mouth. :D

and

fomclmaostc fallling out of my chair laughing my *** off scaring the cat

and ...

rotfl ~ rolling on the floor laughing

or ~ rave on tofu flinging leeches.

[Mariposa De La Luna]

Originally posted by Mairwen



and ...

rotfl ~ rolling on the floor laughing

or ~ rave on tofu flinging leeches.


LOL! :D :D :D :D :D

[Mairwen]

Someone actually had a NetAbbr Tagline file once upon a time (back in the BBS days) with the Rave On Tofu Flinging Leeches one in it. 8O 8O

[Wyrdsister]

Thanks for the resources, Mairwen!

And the Tofu Flinging Leeches are the best! I'm going to have to use that more often, ;)

Wyrdsister

[gunner]

then there are the old classics;

snafu = situation normal all f***ed up
fubar = f***ed up beyond all repair
fubah = f***ed up beyond all hope

[rantnraven]

My Contribution

ILMT I Love My Truck
IPHAY I'm Pagan How About You
HHWK Hoka-hey Heya, Wakan Kolaya
BFD 'nough said

RnR Well... RantnRaven (could be Rowdy Nerd Righting - or is that writing?):D :rolleyes: :D

RnR

[Vinga]

DH / DW - Dear hubby / Dear wife
GF / BF - girlfriend / boyfriend
SO - significant other
WTF - what the f...
BBL - be back later
ROFLMAOPMP - rolling on floor laughing my a** off peeing my pants
LMAO - laughing my a** off

HTH - hope this helps ;)

[Armitage]

Ok, netiquette....
I wish people would stop using abreviations for things that are too friggin short to be abbreviated... Like saying 'how r u' instead of 'how are you'. No offense meant to anyone here who uses them, but it drives me nuts. And sometimes it's unintelligible. And the StIcKy CaPs are worse!