Comments on: Internetese as a Second Language

By: Caldaren

Caldaren — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:36:13 +0000

The one I use for the PvP battlegrounds…or did, pre-BC post 2.0 patch when we actually played them…was BOHICA.

Bend Over Here It Comes Again.

Just shout it out at the beginning of the match. Someone is bound to ask what it means, and the chuckles are usually pretty decent at releasing some of the tension.

By: Fireball

Fireball — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:41:23 +0000

You pwn some major RL ass my friend! /salute

One thing I have noticed is that among gamers, even of console sort, there is a bit of shared language. I guess we can thank things like XBL for that. But still, WoW tends to also have it’s own dialect. 🙂

By: BigFreak

BigFreak — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:17:36 +0000

SNAFU and FUBAR FTW, TBH…IMO.

By: Eradon

Eradon — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:26:50 +0000

A serious salute to you my friend, you pwn the crap out of RL.
RAWK ON!!

By: Random Poster

Random Poster — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:21:45 +0000

My personal favs have always been PITA, and a couple carry overs from my military days SNAFU, and FUBAR (which are great ones for those raids were you just can’t seem to do a single damn thing right).

By: Marlowe

Marlowe — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:13:42 +0000

Oh you didn’t introduce her to “STFUB”?

By: Jer

Jer — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:57:22 +0000

I had the distinct pleasure of explaining to some deeply earnest outsourcers (for whom English was a second (or third) language) that “FTW” meant “for the win” and not “fuck the world”. They were extrapolating from “WTF”, of course.

By: Dreaming

Dreaming — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:07:26 +0000

I find myself in the same position. Whenever I go back home for an extended family gathering, my 2 brothers and I end up talking about gaming, which means internetese creeps in of course. The confused looks from my fundamental christian relatives (read: the most boring and judgemental people you will ever meet in your life) is the one thing I really look forward to.

And this year I will be talking about my new Pally, that class has all sorts of acronyms.

By: Scud

Scud — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:42:08 +0000

I’d be curious how many guilds have their own internetese. I know in my guild a former guildie came up with a gem I use all the time now.

DIAPS
Die in a Prison Shower.

(no offense meant to anyone who has suffered that tragic fate, but it’s a great thing to you yell after you cap a flag or get an amazing crit and 2 shot someone in PVP.)

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:28:50 +0000

*giggles until blue in the face*

Go Uncle Foton!