In Conversation with Terry O’Brien

PART ONE

WORD POWER TODAY

We live in an age of constant oral and written expressions. In a time when our knowledge is increasing with breathless speed, particularly in specialised areas, it is important that we understand each other by having a better comprehension of some “old” words, “new” words, most of which are “borrowed” but always with every possible effort to present the “true” origins and current usages of those words. This is what Word Power Today is all about.

INTERNET ABBREVIATIONS

BISLY But I Still Love You ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits, Wear It!

BFF Best friends, forever! WIBAMU Well, I’ll be a Monkey’s Uncle!

BTAIM Be That As It May TTYL Talk To You Later

IIRC If I Recall Correctly... AFAIK As Far as I Know

WRT With Respect To NSFW Not Safe for Workplace Viewing (warning that there is sexual or repulsive content)

NWT New With Tags OTOH On the Other Hand AFK Away from Keyboard ASL Age/Sex/Location?

TPTB The Powers that Be JMHO Just My Humble Opinion

IMHO In My Humble Opinion OATUS On a Totally Unrelated Subject

PMFJI Pardon Me for Jumping In SFSG So Far, So Good

TC Take Care! BTHOM Beats the Hell Out of Me SGTM Sounds Good to Me!

O RLY Oh, Really (sarcasm) OP The Original Poster (who started this discussion thread)

WB Welcome Back IDK I Don’t Know LBW Love and best wishes

OOAK One of a Kind MEGO My Eyes Glaze Over

IBTL In Before the Lock! BBIAB Be Back in a Bit SASR Short and Sweet Reply

YMMV Your Mileage May Vary MTFBWY May the Force Be With You NIMBY Not in My Back Yard

MT Mistell (mistaken chat message, please disregard) AMAIR As Much as I Recall KISS Keep It Short and Simple

INTERNET ETIQUETTE

• NETHICS: Ethics on the Net

• BRB: Be Right Back

• The “Golden Rule” of Netiquette is: Remember the human

• “Lurk before you leap” in cyberspace: It’s important to get the lay of the land before jumping in

• “Flaming” is: Sending derogatory email or “verbally” attacking someone in a chat

• A “newbie”: They are new to the internet or the chat room

• “You have pm”: They have sent you a “private message” or email

• “Internet troll”: Someone who participates in a message board or chat with intentions of disrupting it in some way• ACK : Acknowledged• HTH: “Hope this helps” “Happy to help”• SCREAM: Write in all capital letters

• HAND: Have a nice day