The Internet Language
The modern English Language has been described as a ‘Global Language’ because it is the first spoken language for most people in Australia, Canada, the Commonwealth Caribbean, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
Not only that, but it is the chosen second language of many non English speaking countries.
English words are actually taken from other languages.
Some examples of this are competition, art, table, publicity and police which were originally all French words, though they have been changed to be pronounced according to English rules of phonology (a subfield of linguistics which studies the sound system of a specific language).
What does all of this have to do with this guide? The following abbreviations are in themselves a language - the internet language. And like most English words, these ‘words’ are taken from another language.
For most people these 'words' are not our first language. Hence this guide to help people get more familiar with the internet lingo, and hopefully allow people to fully understand those more fluent in this, the internet language.
AFK- Away From Keyboard
ASAP- As Soon As Possible
ATM- At the moment
BBL- Be Back Later
BRB- Be right back
COD 3/4-
Call of Duty 3/
Call of Duty 4
DLC- Downloadable content
DMC4-
Devil May Cry 4
EOJ-
Eye of Judgment
FF-
Final Fantasy XIII/
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
FFS- For F*** sakes
FPS- First Person Shooter
FTW- For the Win
G2G- Got to go
GG- Good Game
GOW- God of war/Gears of war
GTA-
Grand Theft Auto IV
JKS- Jokes
KH- Kingdom Hearts
LMAO- Laughing My Arse Off
LOL- Laughing out loud
MLB- Major League Baseball
MGS4-
Metal Gear Solid 4
MMORPG- Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game
NBA- National Basketball Association
NFL- National Football League
NFS-
Need for Speed: Carbon/
Need for Speed: Pro Street
OMG- Oh my God/ Oh my Gosh
OMFG- Oh my f****** Gosh
PMSL- Piss Myself Laughing
PS1– Playstation 1
PS2- Playstation 2
PS3-
Playstation 3
PSN- Playstation Network
PSP-
Playstation Portable
RE5-
Resident Evil 5
ROFL- Roll on the floor laughing
RPG- Role playing game
RTS- Real Time Strategy
SH-
Silent Hill
STFU- Shut the f*** up
TPS- Third Person Shooter
TBS- Turn Based Strategy
TF2- Team Fortress 2
USB- Universal Serial Bus
UT3-
Unreal Tournament 3
WD- Well done
WTF- What the f***?
XMB- Cross Media Bar
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