[Guide] Blupig's Ultimate Guide to Internet Slang

[Guide] Blupig's Ultimate Guide to Internet Slang


Most of you who are ready this most likely know what internet slang is, and are just getting kicks out of reading this. We'll start out with the basics:

Definition of Internet Slang:
Like most slang in any language, words are modified or even completely made up to save time in typing or saying them. Why do they do it? On the internet, people are lazy. They have anything they need at their fingertips besides their microwave diners and bottle of Coke, unless they go to grocery delivery service sites, in which case the food comes to them *sigh*.

Here are the most common internet slang expressions, and their english counterpart:
u = you
y = why
k = okay
kk = okay (no difference from "k")
kay = (see "kk")
cuz/cus/coz/cos/cause = because
wai = way (e.g. "No way!" would become "No wai!"
ma = my
L337/1337/Leet/L33t = We'll go into detail about this one a bit later, but a shortened term is "cool"
lol/lul/leel = Laugh Out Loud/Lots of Love (lol term for "Lots of Love" is RARELY used)
lmao = Laughing My Ass Off
rofl = Rolling On Floor Laughing
roflmao = Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ftw = For The Win
tbh = To Be Honest
ffs = For Fuck Sakes
stfu = Shut The Fuck Up
gtfo = Get The Fuck Off
go = Get Off
<3 = heart
<>< = fish
uber = this means cool/awesome in german


NOTE - "rofl" and "lmao" sometimes have an "f" put in there, so like "lmfao" or "roffl". The extra "f" tends to stand for fuck.

Emotes:
The word "emote" is short for "emoticon" which means a visual representation for emotions, so like an emotion icon therefore "emot-icon". On some websites and instant-messaging programs, when a user types in an assortment of characters, a small smiley face or something is shown. Other times, only the characters are shown. Here is a variation of common text-emotes and their parts (meaning that these are common characters for people to type in to state their emotions):

VERTICAL STYLE TEXT EMOTE PARTS
=/: = these are usually used as eyes
)/]/} = smile
(/[/{ = frown
x = the "x" is usually used as closing eyes (e.g. xD)
D = smile
S/? = confused face (e.g. :S, :?)
o/0 = open mouth, or a clown nose
> = slanted eyebrows (tend to mean angry)
* = blushing cheek
8 = glasses
# = tape over face
+ = clown eyes
- = nose
3 = puppy face smile
\/| = slanted faces showing a neutral face (e.g. :|, =\)
; = winking/crying eyes
' = tear
P = playful tongue sticking out

EXAMPLES:

>=)
xD

:#
:3
+o)

>:0
8)
=]

:'(

;P

If there's a pair of characters close together that you think might be a vertical style emote, look at them sideways. They look like faces.

HORIZONTAL STYLE TEXT EMOTE PARTS
- = eye slit
0/o = wide eyes
_ = neutral mouth
. = puckered mouth
' = sweat
^ = happy eyes/eyes looking up
> = eye looking right
< = eye looking left

EXAMPLES:
0.o
-_-
'-.-
^_^
>.>
<.<
>_<
-_0


LEET SPEAK:
Leet speak or "L337 5P34K" originated from hackors. Don't jump to conclusions, nowadays it's used my many people who aren't hackers. Hackers used Leet Speak (L337) to communicate with each other in public areas on the internet such as chat rooms, without anyone knowing what they were talking about. Well, one day the secret leaked and now everyone knows it. L337 isn't by itself it's own language, it's basically english except a couple letters are exchanged with numbers and some words were exchanged with a foolish counterpart.


THE L337 ALPHABET
a = 4
b = 8
c = c
d = d
e = 3
f = f
g = g
h = h
i = 1
j = j
k = k
l = l
m = m
n = n
o = 0
p = p
q = q
r = r
s = 5
t = t
u = u
v = v
w = w
x = x
y = y
z = z

E.g. D035 3v3ry0n3 l1k3 my l337 gu1d3?
What happens to numbers? They stay the same. Same thing with punctuation.

L337 WORDS
w00t = a cheer similar to "yay" or "woohoo"
L337 = cool, awesome
pl0x = please
n00b = beginner (insult)
ch00b = variation of n00b
o0br = variation of uber (see internet slang examples above)
ub3r = reffer to o0br

INTERNET LANGUAGE:

L337 isn't the only "internet language" out there. It's actually 1 of 2. The second one includes a whole variation of exceptions, switches, etc. This is the common internet language, with no exact rules. The rules are made up by each and everyone of the people who use it. Using it is really only using your immagination to add clever things onto words. An example is the usage of a "z" instead of an "s". Other people like to take L337 words and spell them out how they sound (e.g. W00t = Wewt, Pl0x = Plocks, L337 = Leet, n00b = newb). Something else in the common internet language that is very...common...Are typos that are typed on purpose, or even by mistake. People might skip letters or punctuation where it isn't exactly needed, or just to save more time. If you're unsure of what someone's saying, say it out loud and compare what it sounds like to other words. Something else that internet language speakers will do is speak all in capitals, SO LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME - IT GETS REALLY REALLY REALLY ANNOYING. People who use internet language to an exagerated extent are often reffered to as n00bs.

Something else that people tend to do is integrate a programming language into their sentences. For example, to show sarcasm, someone could say this:
<sarcasm>Oh yeah, and then we'd laugh.</sarcasm>
That is part of HTML.

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This guide has been brough to you by Blupig (Daniel GK)
Please thank/rep if available.

 

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