Chatspeak Guide

Whilst surfing the forums, you may come across a strange and unintelligible language consisting of seemingly random letters and symbols. These are the hallmarks of chatspeak. This guide is intended to help you figure out what on earth people are saying. (This Chatspeak Guide is only intended to cover non-Marapet-specific terms, Marapet terms are covered in the Glossary page).

Chatspeak Guide:

<3

Love, as in "I <3 cheese toasties, they're just so tasty!"

1337 speak

1337 speak (leet, or elite) is a way of writing words online. Basically, 1337 speak makes minimal use of proper letters in words, instead replacing them with numbers and symbols. 1337 speak also tends to be very poorly spelled and has bad grammar. An example would be "0MFG D00D /\Ü571N 15 T3H l_l83Я 1337 Я0XX0ЯZ", which translates as "OMG, dude, Austin is the über-elite rocks-er!", or, in plain English, "Austin rocks!"[1]

1337 speak is a particularly irritating way of typing, and many people seem to have a real dislike for it. You are most likely to come across 1337 speak in the SPAM Forum.

abt

About, as in "What is all this Undying Festival talk abt?"

atm

At the moment, as in "I'll do the trade later, I'm busy atm"

bc

Because, as in "I only portalled your chibs bc you didn't say not to!"

bf

Boyfriend (see gf).

bff

Best friend forever, as in: "OMG, thanks for the angel chibs, you're my bff!"

btw

By the way, as in "btw, you still need to return my pet"

cba/cbb

Can't be asked/bothered, as in "My dad asked me to wash the dishes, but I cba"

diaf

Die in a fire. Used when you hate something, and wish to express your desire to see it destroyed, as in "Random Chat needs to diaf"

ffs

A vulgar version of the phrase "for goodness sake", as in "I wish people would stop mailing me to vote for them ffs"

This phrase is only usable on Adult Forums; its use anywhere else is against the rules, even in chatspeak.

fml

For my life. Means "honestly", as in "I met the president once, fml"

ftr

For the record, as in "ftr, I never scammed anyone, so stop accusing me"

ftw

For the win. Used to say something is awesome, as in "Jam doughnuts ftw!"

fyi

For your information, as in "Oh, and fyi, it wasn't me who told on you, it was Sally"

gal

Get a life, as in "Miley Cyrus fans need to gal"

gf

Girlfriend (see bf).

GL

Good luck, as in "'GL with your exam next week!" Also, glt for "good luck trading",

gtg

Got to go, as in "Well, that's lunch break over, gtg"

idc

I don't care, as in "Seriously, idc if you really want the avatar, I'm not voting for you"

idgi

I don't get it, as in "My friend has been ignoring me all week, idgi"

idk

I don't know (or, if you're Scottish, I dinnae ken).

ikr

I know right, as in:

Person 1 "People keep sending me begging mails for my pet"

Person 2 "IKR, it's sooooo annoying!"

imo

In my opinion, as in "Oasis were the best British band of the 90s imo". Sometimes lengthened to imho, meaning "in my honest opinion".

jk (or j/k)

This means "just kidding/joking", as in "If you tell me the answer, I'll give you my dad's car! jk"

jw

Just wondering.

lbh

Let's be honest. Used to put emphasis or great importance on whatever you are saying at that particular moment, as in "Lbh, any revamp of a pet is an improvement."

LMAO/ROFL

Laughing my a** off/Rolling on the floor laughing. Frequently combined to create "ROFLMAO" (Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off).

lol

Laugh out loud. There can't be many internet users who don't understand this term. Still, there are still some who will occasionally look blankly and uncomprehendingly at this word. Lol has been used in the past to mean "Lots of Love", but this isn't really commonplace anymore. It is very important to be careful if you wish to use the latter meaning, as messages such as "I'm sorry to hear your cat has died, lol", can be taken in a very different way!

Sometimes people will lengthen lol to lololol, loooool, lulz or a similar variation.

Meh

Meh has two distinct meanings. One means "me". The other is defined as: "Indifference; to be used when one simply does not care" or "bare-bones and lackluster". Meh perhaps comes from the Yiddish term מע‎ (me, “so-so”) and popularized by The Simpsons.

moar

An alternative spelling of more. Popularized by the Moar Krabs internet meme. See also: nao.

nao

An alternative spelling of now. See also: moar.

nbd

No big deal, as in "My mum took £5 from my wallet without asking first. It's nbd, but I'd rather she'd asked"

newb/n00b

A shorter version of the word "newbie". A newbie is a person who is new to a game, so hasn't necessarily learned how do do some of the more basic things which you may take for granted (such as restocking). Some people view "n00bs" as being beneath them, so may be very rude toward them. However, any decent player will treat a newbie as just another player, who may need a little more help. Remember, everyone was once a newbie, without exception!

"Some people make a distinction between a noob and a newb, with a "newb" being a level-headed beginner who is polite, heeds advice, and honestly wishes to improve, while a noob is obnoxious, annoying, and overconfident. In other words, everyone starts as a newb — you're only a Noob if you don't grow out of it." - tvtropes

ngl

Not gonna lie, as in "ngl, that cake was amaaazing!"

nty

No thank you, as in:

Person 1 "Trade my badly-named yellow addow for your statted angel chibs?"

Person 2 "nty"

ofc

Of course, as in "I wanted to go to spring break with my friends, but ofc my mom had different ideas"

OMG

Oh my God/gosh. As in "OMG, I can't believe you just called me that!"

Sometimes people will change it to the somewhat less polite OMFG.

orly

Oh really? Often followed by the response "ya rly" (yes, really), as in:

Person 1 "I love Doritos, I could eat them all day."

Person 2 "Orly?"

Person 1 "Ya rly."

pita

Pain in the a**, as in "My brother is being a real pita"

It is also a flat bread of Mediterranean origin. [2]

plz

Please.

PMSL

Peeing myself laughing. Used when something is exceptionally funny.

ppl

People, as in "You know, some ppl need to get a life"

rawr

This means "I love you" in dinosaur.

rly

Really.

srs/srsly

Serious/seriously, as in "srsly, someone needs to slap some sense into that guy"

sthu

Shut the heck/hell up. Also spelled stfu.

tbh

To be honest, as in "I hardly ever use chatspeak tbh"

teh

An alternative spelling of "the".

tfw

That feel when, as in "Tfw you see a new account upgrade".

tgif

Thank god it's Friday, as in "School has been terrible this week, tgif"

tl;dr

"Too long; didn't read". This is often a reply given to people who have made a very long forum post. Many people dislike reading anything more than a couple of sentences. This doesn't mean you shouldn't make long posts!

tmi

Too much information. People typically don't want to know if you've just been to the toilet, or hear about your fungal nail infection, so telling them about it will usually get you this response.

ttly

Totally, as in "Yeah, I ttly would trade you my Chibs for your Ercuw"

tyvm

Thank you very much, as in "Actually, I did very well in my exams, tyvm"

w/e

Whatever (pretty straightforward really!)

wth/wtf

What the heck/hell". As for wtf, we'll let you work that one out!

wuu2/wubu2

What are you up to/what have you been up to, as in "Hey, wuu2" and "Yo man, been a while since I've seen you, wubu2?"

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