September 06, 2005

BLOGGER SLANG

Blogson _Jon of We Swear suggested that I compile a list of blogging slang & acronyms for the benefit of newbies.

Trouble is, I've been at this so long, I can't remember what is and isn't tough to figure out.

So I'll start with a few that had me puzzled the first time I saw them, and y'all can chime in in the comments with other things you saw that had you scratching your head. Depending on the response & my mood, I may compile a list to be posted later.


ROPMA - Religion of Peace, My Ass - a reference to George W. Bush's (and others') habit of referring to Islam as the "religion of peace".

MSM - Mainstream Media - refers collectively to big city newspapers and cable news networks, often in the context of them having a consistent political bias and the habit of overlooking important stories, e.g. any story from Iraq that doesn't include a body count.

WRT - With Regard To

WTF? - "What The F***?", or if your kids ask - "What's This For?"


I'd like to point out that the Wikipedia master list of intenet slang already exists, so that's a pretty good resource if you ever get confused, but there's a lot of Message Board, Text Message, and L33T-speak abbreviations mixed in. I'm looking for stuff you've actually seen on blogs.

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Ogre exemplified on September 7, 2005 05:56 AM

I prefer Fmsm -- Formerly mainstream media.

Phelps exemplified on September 8, 2005 02:09 PM

Bleg
Blawg
linky-love
blogspotted

Those are the ones that come off the top of my head.

Phelps exemplified on September 8, 2005 02:09 PM

And the granddaddy of all, fisk(ing).

Madfish Willie exemplified on September 8, 2005 07:19 PM

Blow Me... means exactly what the fuck it says!!1!

mike exemplified on October 30, 2005 07:57 AM

the message "tx" was sent to me and i don't know what it means