Heres a good reference for those of us not quite familiar with the lingo.


1337: see L33t (awesome or great)
AFC: away from computer
AFK: away from keyboard
AFAIK: as far as I know
AFAIR: as far as I remember
ASAP: as soon as possible
ATM: at the moment
Bai2u: 'bye to you' goodbye
BBIAB: be back in a bit (used to express a longer time of absence than with brb)
BBL: be back later
BBS: be back soon
BRB: be right back or bathroom break (very commonly used)
BTW: by the way
Bump: used in forums to bring a post to the top of the forum list (a common backronym for "bring up my post")
CYA: see ya, or see you later (also CU) (or, less commonly and depending on the context, cover your ass)
DMY: don't mess yourself (used to tell someone they are overreacting, seen on The Simpsons as a spoken abbreviation)
DND: do not disturb
DW: Don't Worry
F2P: free to play
FOAD: **** off and die
FFS: for ****'s sake
FTLOG: For the love of God
FU: **** you
FYI: for your information
G2G or GTG: got to go or good to go
GD: god damn
GG: good game or good god
GFYS: Go **** yourself
GJ: Good Job
GL: good luck
GLF: Group looking for ___ (used mostly in MMORPGs)
GN8: good night
GTFO: Get the **** out/off
GTH: go to hell
GLLN: Got Laid Last Night(?)
HTH: hope that helps or happy to help
IANAL: I am not a lawyer (used when offering amateur commentary on a legal case)
IDC: I don't care
IDK: I don't know
IIRC: if I recall/remember correctly
IMO: in my opinion
IMHO: in my humble/honest opinion (derived from IMO or vice-versa)
IRL: in real life
JK: just kidding
JP: just playing
JS: just saying
KK: okay
Lag: where a connection is not as fast as others making the game lag behind
L33t: elite
LFG: looking for group (used mostly in MMORPGs)
LFT: looking for team (used mostly in MMORPGs)
LOL: laugh out loud
LMAO/LMFAO: Laughing my (****ing) ass off
L2P: learn to play
MOFO: Mother****er
MYOB: mind your own business
nOOb: Newbie, often one who dies alot in their first few times in games online
N1: nice one
NE1: Anyone
NSS: no **** sherlock
NVM: nevermind
NSFW: not safe for work (often used as a warning that a link contains racy or pornographic images)
NWS: not work safe
OMFG: Oh My ****ing God
OMG: oh my god
OMGWTFBBQ: combines the terms OMG, WTF, and BBQ. (can also be used as a mockery of newbies who express surprise at commonly known facts, a mockery of L33T, or in self deprecation)
OMW: on my way (usually used in ORPGs)
OH NOES: oh no (commonly a mockery of stupidity or of L33T
OP: original post/original poster (referring to the first post in a thread on a forum)
OTOH: on the other hand
P2P: pay to play, player to player, or peer to peer
PK(er): Player kill(er)
PVP: Player vs. Player
PVE: Player vs. Enemy/Environment
PWN(d): own(ed);pawn(ed). Usually referring to someone in a video game being decidely beaten by another player.
PWNAGE: The act of someone being PWNED; see above
PEBKAC: problem exists between keyboard and chair
PO: piss off
PO'd: pissed off
POS: piece of ****
QFT: quoted for truth; sometimes also means quit ****ing talking
QQ: cry more (meant to look like eyes with tears dripping from them)
QT: cutie
RE: returned or back or rematch
RM: remake
ROFL: rolling on floor laughing
ROFLCOPTER: retardation of ROFLMAO
ROLFCOPTER: even bigger retardation of ROFLMAO (rolling on "laughing" floor)
ROTFL: rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLM(F)AO: rolling on the floor laughing my (****ing) ass off
RTFM: read the ****ing manual
SAOM: ****ting all over myself (alternative to ROFL)
SGTM: Silently giggling to myself
SFW: safe for work
SIF: As if
SOMG: Saracastic oh my gosh
SU: shut up
STBY: Sucks to be you
STFU: shut the **** up
SNAFU: Situation Normal, All ****ed Up!
STHU: shut the hell up
TBA: to be added or to be announced
TBH: to be honest
TIA: thanks in advance
TK(er): Team Kill(er)
TTYL: talk to you later
TTYS: talk to you soon
TY: thank you
TYVM: thank you very much
THX: thanks
YW: you're welcome
WB: Welcome back
WD: Well done
WS: work safe
WTH: what the heck/hell
WTB: want to buy
WTG: way to go
WTF: what the ****
WTFH: what the ****ing hell
WTS: what the **** or want to sell
WTT: want to trade
WTV: watching tv
WU@: what/where you at
YT?: You there?
ZOMG: variant of OMG, taken from an intentional typo of hitting the 'z' next to the left shift key.