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Posted on 12-13-09 02:04:22 PM Link | Quote
This was inspired by the discussion on the meaning of PC in the sense of inflation.

Anyway, I was talking to my dad years ago about a game that was an RPG (Role-Playing Game). He wasn't into them but was in the military and thought I meant Rocket-Propelled Grenade!

When I learned about a bank CD, I was confused at why you would put a compact disc/disk in a bank. I also thought the ROM in CD-ROM meant the drive. Like you put CDs into the CD-ROM

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Posted on 12-13-09 02:05:46 PM Link | Quote
?

I use them and understand the majority of them by common knowledge.

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Posted on 12-13-09 05:52:48 PM Link | Quote
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I too was kinda confused about bank CD, but figured it was something else. Also, I knew about rocket propelled grenades before role playing games, because of Duke Nukem 3D.

I can't seem to recall any interesting acronym confusion, just basic stuff that comes from using the web I learned gradually, like LOL, ROFL, IIRC, etc.

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Posted on 12-13-09 07:22:13 PM Link | Quote
I knew about the RPG games long before the RPG grenades, since I played stuff like Phantasy Star and Final Fantasy IV

However, I did get confused about CDs as in banks... and I've also read stuff on sites like Rinkworks where they mingle with abbreviations and acronyms, like thinking "ROM" is referring to an image on a CD-ROM

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Posted on 12-14-09 12:58:34 AM Link | Quote




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I either know what most acronyms stand for, or at least what they imply/mean. What gets me is RAS Syndrome ().

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Posted on 12-14-09 09:23:19 PM (last edited by Xkeeper at 12-14-09 06:26 PM) Link | Quote
Originally posted by Terra
the meaning of PC in the sense of inflation.



It stands for "post count", of course.

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Posted on 12-14-09 11:33:33 PM Link | Quote
Post #2735 - 12-14-09 06:33:33 PM
My dad tells me FTW used to mean Fuck The World. My, how times change...

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Posted on 12-14-09 11:44:54 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by HyperHacker
My dad tells me FTW used to mean Fuck The World. My, how times change...

I've actually heard that somewhere before.

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Posted on 12-14-09 11:58:28 PM Link | Quote
I used to think FTW stood for "fuck the what" when the acronym started popping up on 4chan like half a decade ago

I don't know why my brain automatically assumed that was what it stood for

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Posted on 12-15-09 01:46:15 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by HyperHacker
My dad tells me FTW used to mean Fuck The World. My, how times change...


Never heard that expression before.

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Posted on 12-15-09 03:49:08 AM Link | Quote
Supakitsune's post
Originally posted by Kyargu
I used to think FTW stood for "fuck the what" when the acronym started popping up on 4chan like half a decade ago

I don't know why my brain automatically assumed that was what it stood for


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Posted on 12-15-09 06:16:59 PM Link | Quote
I pretty much always knew what FTW was supposed to be, and it later mutated into "FTL" and even "FTD"

Also, RO(T)FL and LM(F)AO aren't as common as they were years ago, yet, I still use them sometimes

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Posted on 12-16-09 01:23:32 PM Link | Quote
One of the waiters walked past me yesterday and said, "OMG". I replied with "OMFG".

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Posted on 12-16-09 02:23:31 PM Link | Quote
My mom thought LOL was Lots Of Laughter, although I suppose it could be

BRB is common, but I tend to follow it up with IB (I'm Back), which has only caught on with my mom.

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Posted on 12-17-09 12:17:03 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Schala
I pretty much always knew what FTW was supposed to be, and it later mutated into "FTL" and even "FTD"

Also, RO(T)FL and LM(F)AO aren't as common as they were years ago, yet, I still use them sometimes


Most of the people I hang out with on IRC mainly use "lmfao" to laugh.

Also, FTD? What on earth does that stand for?

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Posted on 12-17-09 12:19:25 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Kyargu
Originally posted by Schala
I pretty much always knew what FTW was supposed to be, and it later mutated into "FTL" and even "FTD"

Also, RO(T)FL and LM(F)AO aren't as common as they were years ago, yet, I still use them sometimes


Most of the people I hang out with on IRC mainly use "lmfao" to laugh.

Also, FTD? What on earth does that stand for?


"For the draw", although that might be my coinage... I *know* I've heard "for the win" and "for the lose" before

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Posted on 12-17-09 12:26:37 AM Link | Quote
I've used FTL before as well. Mostly in joking or talking about space travel.

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Posted on 12-17-09 03:13:14 AM Link | Quote
Supakitsune's post
Originally posted by Kyargu
Also, FTD? What on earth does that stand for?
Florist's Transworld Delivery.

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