The ZU Guide to the Internet

I was really hesitant about making this thread at first because I knew someone would be all up in my grills. But I no longer care.

What this is is basically a guide to tell you all you need to know about the interwebs. There is plenty of slang, emoticons etc. Plus there are also time zone issues to deal with. It is all mentioned below.

Internet Slang
Below are many of the definitions of various words tossed around the internet, as well as a few emoticons.

Flaming: Intentionally attacking someone over the internet in an attempt to start a fight.
Spam: Subject(s) that is completely off-topic.
Meme: A frequently reoccurring idea over the internet.
Examples are: lolcatz, "You mad, bro?", "Problem?", Pedobear, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, and Fail / Win
Troll: One who spams, often in a humorous way, to try to get people fired up.

jk: Just kidding.
lol: Laugh out loud. Other variations include: lul, lolz, lulz
fml: ♥♥♥♥ my life
ftl: For the loss.
ftw: For the win.
gtg: Got to go. Another variation is g2g.
nm: Not much
nvm: Never mind
omg: Oh my God. Omfg is another variation.
rofl: Roll on the floor laughing.
roflmao: Roll on the floor laughing my ass off
ttyl: Talk to you later
wtf: What the ♥♥♥♥

Emoticons
Close the spaces to produce these emoticons on ZU. Others not found on ZU will also be mentioned.

: )
: -)
: P
: (
: -(
; )

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Some of these are redundent but you never know who may need these!

More to come! If I left anything out or something is wrong just vm me or pm me!

FTW is more commonly known (at least to me) as for the win. FTL is for the loss.

Why don't you just link to UrbanDictionary? Far simpler.

If you didn't already know most of these, you need to get out less.

Patience my fellow ZUers. This is only the first draft.

Finally I can understand what the Internet is all about.

This....is actually a good idea.

Ok I have split one section and added another. It is really general right now but I will get into specifics next edit.

No offense, but as someone already said, just link it to UD. This is pretty pointless.

Yeah, I kinda fail to see the point of this

Sources like urban dictionary or Wikipedia are about as reliable as the US government at any given time. Besides, its not finished yet.

I disagree. I feel like the fact that anyone can edit Wikipedia makes it more reliable. But you're right, the Urban Dictionary is screwed up.

I find this extremely useful and I will use it every day.

Thank you for making this, Sir. Thank you.

Lock this. I need to rethink how to make this thread. I need to get more opinions.

I thought it was a good first draft.

It's a good idea, when I first came here I was kinda clueless about some parts of the internet.

Well, if I keep it up people will just keep spamming and that's not doing the forums any good.

but how do i get nudes from all the sexy womens?!??

How does one get to this here "google" website. I keep searching for it and it takes me back to the same white page.

Dang newfangled gadgets.

Locked on request.