IRC Abbreviations
From Support
Here is a list of commonly used abbreviations within IRC. Note that some of these have grown from the Intersocs IRC Network or have been imported it it from other sources, so they may not be readily used elsewhere.
The more common abbreviations are marked in bold type.
| afaik | As far as I know (Variations include: afair (remeber) and afaics (can see) |
| afk | Away From Keyboard |
| aiui | As I Understand It |
| bak | Back at keyboard (LeetSpeak variation: b@k) |
| bb | Bye bye |
| bbl | Be back later |
| brb | Be right back |
| bn | Bonne nuit (French for goodnight) |
| bg | Bad game |
| bj | Bon jeux (roughly French for good game) |
| btw | By the way |
| foad | **** off and die (only bold people use this) |
| ftw | For the win (LeetSpeak variation: 4tw) |
| gg | Good game |
| iirc | If I remember correctly |
| imho | In my humble opinion |
| imnsho | In my not so humble opinion |
| imo | In my opinion |
| lo | Hello |
| lol | Laughing out loud ("lol" is banned in #netsoc) |
| lolz | Laughing out loud sarcastically (this is also banned in #netsoc due to containing the substring "lol") |
| mdr | Mort de rire (roughly French for lol) |
| mj | Mauvais jeux (roughly French for bad game) |
| nn | Night night |
| psc | Prep school c*** (usage: to chastise another user of IRC due to their prudish attitude) |
| stfu | Shut the **** up (see foad for usage) |
| tbh | To be honest (the use of this phrase is not to be encouraged - take note, Mark) |
| tbj | Très bon jeux (roughly French for very good game) |
| tmj | Très mauvais jeux (roughly French for very bad game) |
| vbg | Very bad game |
| vgg | Very good game |
| wtf | What the ****? (Also Why/Where/When/Who) |
| ytf | Why the ****? |
The attention of readers is particularly directed toward the extensive article on the phrase gg and its related phrases (bg, vgg, vbg, bj, mj, tbj, tmj etc.).
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