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jazzlover
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Registered: May 2000
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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I must admit that I don't understand a number of the acronyms I read in posts here (RAFLMAO, I think, was one).
Can anyone point me somewhere that lists definitions of them?
Thanks for the help and patience.

05-22-2001 06:54 PM

j762538
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Registered: Feb 2000
Location: El Segundo,CA
Posts: 374

My Netscape search brought this page up first. http://freespace.virgin.net/wendy.nugent/index5.html

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05-22-2001 07:05 PM

K. Cannon
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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: South Carolina
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Actually...

quote:
Originally posted by jazzlover
RAFLMAO

You may have discovered by now that this one is actually
ROFLMAO...AKA, rolling on floor laughing my A off.

Kelley

P.S. Is there some secret code with these, like magicians never give away tricks? Hope I haven't violated some unwritten rule...

05-22-2001 07:13 PM

Rob
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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: at work...
Posts: 736

Re: Actually...

quote:
Originally posted by K. Cannon
P.S. Is there some secret code with these, like magicians never give away tricks? Hope I haven't violated some unwritten rule...

That's it! I'm reporting you to the Stonecutters !!!

...

A couple of search engines that will define many acronyms for you:

http://www.atomica.com/ (you can just skip the registration part)
http://www.google.com/

05-22-2001 07:45 PM

Winchell
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Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Baltimore MD, USA
Posts: 717

Re: Actually...

quote:
Originally posted by K. Cannon
P.S. Is there some secret code with these, like magicians never give away tricks? Hope I haven't violated some unwritten rule...

Nope, no unwritten rule.
These were invented because many internet people were too lazy to type the entire thing. AFAIK of course.

Having said that, there are some script kiddies and pseudo-crackers who think it is "kewl" to write in a deliberately obsure fashion, and don't want their (simple minded) secret let out. 3L173 = "ELITE" for instance.

One can do entire paragraphs in this sort of junk with the "Lamerizer"!
http://www.elfqrin.com/lamerize.html
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05-22-2001 08:58 PM

K. Cannon
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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 1062

Re: Re: Actually...

quote:
Originally posted by Rob

That's it! I'm reporting you to the Stonecutters !!!

That's one of my very favorite episodes!!

"Who keeps the metric system down? WE DO! WE DO!"

05-22-2001 09:03 PM

K. Cannon
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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 1062

Re: Re: Actually...

quote:
Originally posted by Winchell

Having said that, there are some script kiddies and pseudo-crackers who think it is "kewl" to write in a deliberately obsure fashion, and don't want their (simple minded) secret let out. 3L173 = "ELITE" for instance.

I doubt I would spend much time trying to decipher them--not unlike my attitude toward clever license plates...

05-22-2001 09:05 PM

septimus
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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Them Twin Cities
Posts: 1758

Re: Re: Re: Actually...

quote:
Originally posted by K. Cannon
I doubt I would spend much time trying to decipher them--not unlike my attitude toward clever license plates...

Best plate: NO BX

...on a volkswagon beetle...

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