The Txt Tlk-English Pocket Guide UPDATED 10-12-07

[Something Cataclysmic]

heart mks - Variation - Okay.
Jaykay - Just kidding variation.

Also, pertaining to the smileys:
Staring variations - >.> and <.<


I'm sure I could contribute more,
but after reading the entire list, my
brain is numb.

 

[speed2616203260fan]

Wow! this is handy! I undserstand so much more now!  

[Snorlax says NO]

Shigures Editor

MadnessFreak

Zweite

Maybe it's my arrogance talking but I believe this should be made into a sticky...

Seconded.
The idea, not the arrogance claim.

I third that motion! (Again, just the idea.)

To be added:

bff - Best friend forever
tisnf - This is so not fair
nbd - No big deal
ftw - For the win

Thank you! I've seen people use "ftw" before and I never knew what it meant until now.  

[Sylvaniae]

Hmm... It amazes me to no end that people spent so much time developing txt tlk and 1337 when not even one person has fully mastered English. It makes no sense to learn a cool cipher of English when you don't even have that down pat yet.  

[Shiyiya]

Missing:
GTFO (Get the ******** out)
your (sometimes=you're)
tl;dr (too long; didn't read)
ntm (not too much)
atm (at the moment, seriously never heard it as "at the mall")
pos (parents over shoulder)
kthxbye or kthxbai (okay, thanks, bye)
bai (bye)
wai (way)
luv (love)
^^ (general sort of happy, teehee sort of smiley - hard to define this one, actually.)
nub (n00b/noob)
gurl (girl)
boi (boy)
ghey (gay)
teh (the)
w/e (whatever)
b/c (because)
j/c (just surious)
hth (hope this helps or hope that helped)
no prob (no problem)
bfd (big fat deal or big ******** deal)
orly (oh, really?)

Also, does anyone know what on earth QQer means? I keep seeing people call people that in ED and I have no IDEA what it means...  

[Shiyiya]

Also, here is an English to leet translation service. Yes, I am DEAD serious. I couldn't find any the other way 'round, but, maybe this will help someone anyway.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/leet

edit:HAH! I found a leet-english translator!

http://sciencewizz.tripod.com/leeter.html

Hope this will help somebody, I know I can't read leet worth a s**t!  

[bushy_haired_freak]

Thank you for the guide. The txt tlk confuses me so!  

[Error Access Denied]

I may never understand "txt tlk" but at least this gives me an upper hand at understanding a little better when I come across it some day.  

[dying dreams poet]

The horrors of this 'tnk-tlk'
But I can't say anything for I use the codes: brb, gtg, and lol  

[Vakruz]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure "atm" is at the moment. I live in the US, and I have NEVER heard it used as "at the mall". I'm also fairly certain that gg is "good going", but that may just be a variant.

Some things gleaned from listening to people talk about their ethnicity:

azn = asian
krn = Korean
viet = Vietnamese
jap = Japanese
isrel = Israeli

And the rest:

ne = any
ne1 = anyone (These last two annoy me SO much. Argh.)
gj = good job
wb = welcome back (Was that on there?)
hax = hacks
ilu = I love you (variant of ily)

Also, a completely random emote:

owo <--- Something with fangs? Or mandibles? I don't know, but I find this one fun to use. xd  

[TeeJaye]

Not to steal anyones thunder, and all...

But if you want to add vastly to this list, here is a website.

Chat Abbreviations  

[de musique]

More emotions.

C: = Happy
:3 = Cat smile?
=^_^= or =^w^= = Contented/Happy cat
-__-;; = Embarrassed (";;" may be replaced by one or two apostrophes or a single quotation mark.)
:> = Happy
:< = Sad
:V = Beak
:B = Buckteeth
9__9 = Rolling ones eyes
6__6 = Downcast
E> = Variation of "<3"  

[little cherry blossom]

Wow. So many of these things. I have to admit I have been to the website when people send me these things and I have NO IDEA what they are talking about!  

[Kipluck]

And then when you are talking to "grown ups" you get a few oddities like...
SAHM - Stay at Home Mom
DH - Dear Husband
DD- Dear Daughter
DDiL - Dear Daughter-in-Law
MiL - Mother-in-Law
etc.  

[Artificial Joy]

XBelievingxisxLyingX

Shigures Editor

MadnessFreak

Zweite

Maybe it's my arrogance talking but I believe this should be made into a sticky...

Seconded.
The idea, not the arrogance claim.

I third that motion! (Again, just the idea.)

To be added:

bff - Best friend forever
tisnf - This is so not fair
nbd - No big deal
ftw - For the win

Thank you! I've seen people use "ftw" before and I never knew what it meant until now.

I thought it meant "******** the what?"