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Old 11-14-2005, 10:40 AM
simonekarl simonekarl is offline
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Default Forum Jargon explained

I'm a new comer to forums and have never chat'ed either so I feel at a slight disadvantage not knowing the jargon.
Can anyone help me out?
What does LOL, TFS, and there are many more..
Please help
Simone.. : )
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Old 11-14-2005, 11:28 AM
joseelias joseelias is offline
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Default Re: Forum Jargon explained

Some examples:

LOL – Laughing Out Loud
TFS – Thanks For Sharing
IMO – In My Opinion
IMHO – In My Humble Opinion

In Photos:
DOF – Depth Of Field
POV – Point Of View
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Old 11-14-2005, 03:20 PM
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Default Re: Forum Jargon explained

another one here :
btw - by the way
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Old 11-14-2005, 07:40 PM
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Default Re: Forum Jargon explained

HEYYYYYYYYYYY DON'T BELIEVE THOSE GUYS!!!

if someone write things like LOL, ROFTL, BTW, they are simply saying your photos suck!!!

LOL: Lousy-or-Lunatic
ROFTL: Remember-Other-Funcking-Trek-Lunatic
BTW: Big-time-worst

We are not nice to eachother, we love to insult members without they know about it :P

By the way Simone, you are a GNM ;)
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Old 11-14-2005, 08:18 PM
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Bolao: A person who is at least 100lbs overweighted. In english: meatball.

Careca: A bald person, no hair at all, or only a few. Usually wears hats or similar accesories to hide or conceal the situation.

K.
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Old 11-14-2005, 08:21 PM
simonekarl simonekarl is offline
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Great New Man???

Cheers Mario your a star, with a SSH (sinister sense of humor)

and there I was thinking LOL meant lots of love, I just couldn't work it out why everyone was using it.

OK adesso capisco

Simone..
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Old 11-14-2005, 08:30 PM
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ahaha you can use LOL as Lots-of-Love, but be carefull where you use it that way :P

I was think Great-new-member for GNM but Great new man sound equally good :D
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