Help...I don't understand all this Internet lingo!
When reading posts about erotic power exchange on the Internet, taking part in a chatroom or a discussion group, or reading some of the personal ads on various sites you may run into a lot of very specific Internet lingo. While the ones on the list below certainly aren't all of them, they'll give you a good starting point that we can add to later. Like everything else here in your Exchange area, we'd welcome hearing from you with any additional acronynms or three letter abbreviations (TLAs) that belong here.
| AAMOF AFAIK/AFIK AKA ASAP ASB ASF ASFD ASS B&D BBS BBW BDSM BDSMLMNOP BF BG BS BTDT(GTT) BTW CB or C+B CBT CHUDWAH CHUSWAH CIS CNC CP CTS D&S or D/s DKF EPE FAQ FTR FWIW FYI F2F G GL GS HNG IAP IMAO IM IME IMHO IMNSHO IMO IMX IRC IIRC IRT ISO ISP ITMT LOL LDR LTR M MOTAS/OS/SS MPD MUDs (MUSHES/MUXS) Munch NC NG NL NLA NP ObBDSM OGL O/L OT OTOH OTW PDA PEP PISS PITA PLONK RL ROFL ROTFLMAO RTFM s S SAM SFB SM or S&M SMBD SO SOH SQO S.S.B./S.S.B.B. SSC S.S.S. STD/STI TES TIA TLA TPE TPTB TS TTFN TV V/A VBG VEG Wiitwd(h) WRT WS WS YKINMK YKINOK YKIOK,IJNMK YMMV | As a Matter of Fact As Far as I Know Also Known As As Soon As Possible usually: alt.sex.bondage (or alt.sex.bestiality) alt.sex.fetish. alt.sex.femdom or alt.sex.fetish.diapers alt.sex.spanking/stories/services (context!) Bondage and Discipline Bulletin Board System Big Beautiful Woman B&D and D&S and S&M BDSM and whatever else we might do Bloody Fool Big Grin Bullsh Been There, Done That (Got the T-shirt) By The Way Cock & Ball Cock & Ball Torture Clueless Heterosexual Dom WAnnabe (the U and H are extras) Clueless Heterosexual Sub WAnnabe Complete and Irrevocable Submission Consensual Non-Consent Corporal Punishment Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Domination & Submission Dreaded Koosh Flogger Erotic Power Exchange Frequently Asked Question(s) For The Record For What It's Worth For Your Information Face to Face Grin Good Luck Golden Shower Horny Net Geek Internet Access Provider In My Arrogant Opinion Instant Message (AOL version of /msg) In My Experience In My Humble Opinion In My Not So Humble Opinion In My Opinion In My eXperience (preferred form: IME) Internet Relay Chat If I Recall Correctly In Reply To, In Regards To In Search Of Internet Service Provider In The MeanTime Laughing Out Loud (usual) Lots Of Luck (rare) Long Distance Relationship Long Term Relationship Master (dom) Member of the Appropriate/Opposite/Same sex Multiple Personality Disorder Multi User Dungeon (online themed rooms) Social gathering of local BDSM-people Non-Consensual News Group New Leather (new to EPE) National Leather Association (support group) No Problem Obligatory BDSM (to make post on-topic Old Guard Leather (elder community member) On Line (as opposed to Real Life) Off Topic On The Other Hand One True Way Public Displays of Affection People Exchanging Power (support group) Passive Ignorance Silence Strike (used against frequent flamers in newsgroups) Pain In the Ass Messages from this person will be automatically deleted/ignored (used against frequent flamers in newsgroups) Real Life (as opposed to net.life) Rolling On the Floor Laughing Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off Read the Fucking Manual slave (sub) Smile Smart-Ass Masochist Shit For Brains Sadism & Masochism; sadomasochism; (also Sexual Magick) S&M and B&D Significant Other Sense Of Humor Some Quantity Of Soc.Subculture.Bondage-BDSM Safe, Sane, Consensual Soc.Sexuality.Spanking Sexually Transmitted Disease / .. Infection The Eulenspiegel Society Thanks In Advance Three Letter Acronym Total Power Exchange The Powers That Be TransSexual Ta Ta For Now TransVestite Verbal Abuse Very Big Grin Very Evil Grin What it is that we do (here) With Respect To Warm Smile Water Sports (urine play) Your Kink Is Not My Kink Your Kink Is Not Okay Your Kink is OK, It's Just Not My Kink Your Mileage May Vary |
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