Chat Definitions

Learn what Chat words mean and how to use them

Away Message
This is something set up frequently for instant messaging or IRCing to inform people that you are away.

RL
This is an acronym for real life and the term is usually used in ways such as real life boyfriend or in real life as compared to internet based conversations.

Cybersex
This is an exchange of words used to tell a sexual fantasy or story and excite its participants. The excitement is generated solely through reading and writing so to say this is not a mental based high is a lie.

A/S/L or ASL
This is an acronym for age/sex/location which is a frequent question that people ask when chatting online. People that ask such in this fashion are often not very sophisiticated or good with writing itself so this intro can help to weed them out.

Afk
This is an acronym for away from keyboard

LOL
This is a popular acronym that stands for laughing out loud and it is inserted usually in response to something else said by someone else that is funny.

IMHO
This is an acronym for in my humble opinion and it is used frequently in chatting online

BRB
This is an acronym for be right back

BBL
This is an acronym for be back later

ROFL
This is an acronym for rolling on the floor laughing and it is used in a similar fashion to Lol in online conversation

Roflmao
This is an acronym for rolling on the floor laughing my ass off

Handle or Nick
This is the name that a person chooses to represent themselves in online chats or message boards

To Slap with a Trout
This is a default setting in the popular Irc browser MIRC. To slap someone is to send a highlighted message often in purple that says that your nick slapped another nick with a large trout. It is used to draw attention to someone for something stupid or offensive they said.


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