Showing posts with label abbreviations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abbreviations. Show all posts

Thursday, December 25, 2014

What the Heck Does That Mean?!

In Whyville chatrooms or in the BBS you may see people "lol"-ing and "brb"-ing left and right. But what does that even mean? Lots of lollipops? Bring rat babies? I'm here to decode all these abbreviations and whatchamacallits for you.

Whyville Related:
  • TP- trading post
  • SS- style studio
  • WC- whycash
  • BC- beauty contest
  • FS- For sale
  • CG- clamgram
  • RP- Roleplay
  • BBS- Bulletin Board System
  • Comp- computer
  • Lag- slow loading
  • Boot- kick out
  • Scion- Car
  • MTM- Meet The Makers (meet the city workers)
  • CW- city worker
  • CH- City Hall (the place or the city worker)
  • WW- wishing well/warp wagon
  • CR- City records
  • GGC- Girl Game Co.
  • PYN- Pick Your Nose
  • FF- Friend Find(er)
  • HC- Help Center
  • FFV- Face Factory Voucher
  • SDV- Scion Decal Voucher
  • null- (when relating to the forums) dead/no longer relevant
  • Poof- to disappear from a chatroom
  • Bump- to bump your thread to the top of the list on the BBS
  • SR- sun roof
  • Tables- food court tables
  • Y/Why (anything)- whyville related
General:
  • lol- laugh out loud
  • lmbo- laughing my butt off
  • rofl/rotfl- rolling on the floor laughing
  • Wb- Welcome Back
  • BRB- Be right back
  • Ty- Thank you
  • yw- You're welcome
  • Hmu- Hit me up
  • U- you
  • R- are
  • gr8- great
  • BF- boyfriend
  • GF- girlfriend
  • BFF- Best Friend Forever
  • BFFL- Best Friends For Life
  • <3/x3- heart
  • ily- I love you
  • omg- oh my gosh/god/goodness
  • FTW- for the win
  • AKA- Also known as
  • AWK- away from keyboard
  • AWC- away from computer
  • BTS- Back to school
  • bc- because
  • Hbu/Wbu?- How/what about you?
  • HB- Happy Birthday
  • BTW- By the Way
  • JSYK- Just so you know
  • imo/imho- in my (humble) opinion
  • ASL- Age/Sex/Location
  • DIY- Do-it-yourself
  • Tl;dr- Too long; didn't read
  • (on the) dl- on the down-low
  • IDTS- I don't think so
  • IDK- I don't know
  • DW- Don't worry
  • IRL- In real life
  • FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
  • gtg/g2g- got to go
  • TTYS/TTYL- talk to you soon/later
  • GL- good luck
  • X- kiss
  • O- hug
  • hw- homework
  • Imy/imu- I miss you
  • Jw- just wondering
  • Jk- just kidding
  • Kk- okay, cool
  • LMK- let me know
  • Nvm- nevermind
  • S/O- significant other
  • Srsly- seriously
  • TBH- To be honest
  • TTFN- Ta ta for now
  • IDC- I don't care
  • WTG- way to go
Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments, tell me your whyville username and I'll mention you!