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Here's a post about internet slang. You may learn a few new word and phrases.
Some say that nothing more than the Internet has been responsible for the evolution of the English language. Words, phrases, expressions and abbreviations are continually coined and promulgated.
Read the following passage that is typical of an Internet user nowadays.
“So, I was out
surfing the Web. You know,
lurking around a
chat room and reading my favourite
ezines when I met this user and we
blabbed away about her
blog and the number of
hits it gets. The next thing, this
newbie logs on and starts asking loads of questions. I didn’t mind as I am into
Netiquette but after a few minutes he started to
flame about all these cool domain names he owns. I realized he was a
cyber squatter so I cut the conversation quickly.”
Phrases & Expressions
| blog: Short for web log. It is a web page serving as a kind of personal journal. |
| Newbie / Noob: A term for a new user. Used in a derogatory sense. |
| Cluebie: A term for a new user who has some clue, meaning they have some existing Internet know-how. |
| Flame / Flamer / Flaming: An opinionated Internet user who maybe interacting with hostility or simply talking about uninteresting subjects. |
| Lurk / Lurker / Lurking: A forum user who reads email threads or message boards but does not participate the discussion. |
| Ezines: An magazine published on the Internet |
| Netiquette: Rules of polite behaviour for the Internet. |
| Cyber squatter / Cyber squatting: Someone who purchases domain names of well-known trademarks or commercial names in order to sell them for a large profit. |
| Blab / Blabbed / Blabbing: A verb that means to chat. |
Abbreviations
Such terms typically originated with the purpose of saving key strokes when sending messages and using chat rooms or forums. Soon after a new Internet expression is coined, the abbreviated surfaces. Avid Internet users are responsible for spreading these new terms but on occasions they take time to be accepted and used by the wider Internet community.
You may know of or may use some of the following common abbreviations:
ppl - people
pls /plz - please
brw – by the way
tbh – to be honest
bbp – banned by parents
Many cultures have embraced the Internet as a dominant past time, just like in Hong Kong. This being the case, users should maintain clear uses of informal Internet slang and correct modern English.
Exercise
Do you know the full form for the following popular Internet abbreviations?
kiss
ttyl
noyb
brb
oic
Check the answers below.
Answers
kiss – keep it simple silly
ttyl – talk to you later
noyb – none of your business
brb – be right back
oic – oh I see
