Glossary Of Terms

[No Woking Furries]

[glow=Blue,2,100] TERM [/glow]	[glow=Blue,2,700] MEANING [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] lol [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Laugh Out Loud, but could also mean, Love You Lots [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] rofl [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Roll On The Floor Laughing [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] meh [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Rubbish; Boring; Not worth the effort; who cares; so-so, whatever. It is the all-purpose dismissive shrug. [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] pmsl [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Piss Myself Laughing [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] brb [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Be Right Back [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] ftw [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] For The Win [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] ffs [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] For Fek Sake; to demonstrate a persons displeasure at another person or situation [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] afk or afc [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Away From Keyboard/Computer [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] bk or bac [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Back At Keyboard/Computer [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] ttfn [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] ta ta (bye) for now [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] bs [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Bullsh!t [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] fubar [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Feked Up Beyond All Recognition [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] gab [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Getting a Beer/Bottle [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] bow [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Bottle Of Wine [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] gf [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Girl Friend [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] IRL [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] In Real Life [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] RL [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Real Life [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] gl [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Good Luck [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] btw [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] By The Way [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] imho [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] In My Humble Opinion [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] lmao [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Laugh My @ss Off [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] np [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] No Problem [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] omg [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Oh My God (astonishment) [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] thx, ty, ta [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Thanks or Thank You [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] tmi [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Too Much Information [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] tyvm [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Thank You very Much [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] newbie or newb [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Someone new to something, in our case, new to playing Guild Wars [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] noob [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Someone who may be well versed in the game, but acts like a jerk. Noobs fail too see the fact that no person is a pro when they start playing the game [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] HM [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Hard Mode [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] Squish [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Short for Vanquish; the clearing of an in-game area in Hard Mode (HM) [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] bf [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Boy Friend [/glow]
[glow=Black,2,100] idd [/glow]	[glow=Black,2,700] Indeed [/glow]

I will add more to this soon, then sort the table out alphabetically

For a fuller list of acronyms and short text messaging, follow this link: www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm

Meh - Interesting article on how this may have evolved:
www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2026533,00.html
(copy & paste as the URL tool does not seem to work for this address)

[Knaught Ghey]

In regards to where "meh" came from. I don't know about the Yiddish history part but I got it from ol' Bart. Much to the dismay of my father I grew up with the Simpsons. He was fond stating "You know why his initials are BS? 'Cause he ain't nothin' but a big pile of ..." One time I muttered something about parents picking the given name and the naming customs of patriarchal societies that follow the patrilineality system determining the surname, but just once. The rest of the time my reply was meh as I headed out the door in my "Don't have a cow" shirt. ;D
I was surprised to see the article noted that this word only used the word 2 times in a 6 year span. I thought it was much more frequent than that. So in the name of journalistic research I feel I should now rewatch ALL of the Simpsons seasons on DVD and count for myself.
Thanks for the list. Could you add others that are GW, alliance, and guild specific? I would be grateful for the guild and alliance list especially. Though the only one I can think of off the top of my head is "squish" which means to go vanquish an area in HM.

[Eki]

Oct 11, 2007 11:40:12 GMT No Woking Furries said:

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[glow=Black,2,100]

newbie or newb

[/glow]
[glow=Black,2,700]

Someone new to something, in our case, new to playing Guild Wars

[/glow]

[glow=Black,2,100]

noob

[/glow]
[glow=Black,2,700]

Someone who my be well versed in the game, but acts like a jerk. Noobs fail too see the fact that no person is a pro when they start playing the game

[/glow]

*snip*

I truly wish people understood and appreciated the difference between the two words

[katya]

I agree with you completely.
Only a true noob is going to call someone new to the game that. I like newbies, we have a few in our guild and I really think there can be no stupid questions. We all started sometime.
Like me for example. When I started playing GW everything was so new to me I can hardly imagine it now. It took me 6 months to discover Guildwiki and I admired ppl who seemed to know everything about the missions (especially the bonuses in Prophecies).
We all see builds that are not the most appropriate. I don`t like people laughing at "noob" builds. If the build is really bad, you can always give the player some advice how to change it to improve the chances of survival for example.
We all get frustrated sometimes by players who don`t know what they`re doing but it is our job as more experienced players to maybe teach them something about the game so soon they will be able to teach others.
BTW, there are still things I don`t know about the game, some abbreviations I have no idea what they mean but I would like to believe that I can ask that without someone calling me a noob.
And as for real noobs... I think enough has been said about them.

[katya]

[glow=Black,2,100] bf [/glow]

[glow=Black,2,700] Boy Friend [/glow]

Included this because more and more girls (and women) are playing GW (and other games) nowadays and it`s only fair to add this abbreviation

For example:
brb, my bf wants me to spend some time with him

[katya]

Added IDD because Mike found out what it meant after 4 years of playing GW, today. So it deserves to be here ;D

[No Woking Furries]

[Loreena]

I haven't played GW for 4 years (but almost 3 though), and I only recently found out what idd meant .... and that's because I quietly asked a trusted friend what it meant.

and I am not talking about the other ones I still don't know the meaning for sure So Mike, you're not the only one

[katya]

Been playing for quite some time, too, but I'm still having trouble remembering what ftw means, for example
So, may I join the club? ;D

[moonchild]

just realised I have been calling my self 'noob' happily in guild and open chat.
Hopefully I am in fact 'newb'
another term that confused me - eotn

Whilst trying to work out various complicated phrases I asked and was disappointed by eye of the north.....

[Loreena]

While looking for the meaning of QQ, I came across this website
www.internetslang.com/

When I have time I'll look for some useful ones to add to the list above.
But in the meantime, if you're baffled by some ZOMG, O.O, O:-) , D/C or DAMHIKT, check the Internet Slang They seem to have a pretty long list there!

Learned that DAVID means good guy and DAWG means close friend. Not sure I'll remember that though
Liked the fact that they had ZUT ;D or ZAIN , a proof that it's not just English...
and in chats, 9 can mean 'parent watching' and 99 'parent stopped watching' This is for you, parents of teenagers who spend hours on chats.
Check it out, you'll become more *internet aware*

ZUT means d**n it (in French) and ZAIN beautiful (in arabic)

[moebius]

purely as a point of information and probably of no interest to anyone - when using the morse code yl is an abreviation for young lady i.e. girl friend and xyl is used when refering to one's wife.