BB Vernacular - Newbie's Quick Start Guide to ChessChat

[Basil]

Article 42: A document that essentially says this forum is a community. Its not just about the chess. All welcome. Most tolerated.
BB: Bulletin Board
BBL: Be Back Later
BEMU: Belated Excited Misinformed Utterance.
Bot: Moderator/ Admin. Originally a derogatory term likening behavioural traits similar to a robot. Since reclaimed as a term of endearment.
BRB: Be Right Back
Chess: A very difficult game that is beyond most BB users.
Coffee Lounge [CL]: Curious reference with no known origins. Occasionally slips into the vernacular. Often avoided once uttered. Crazy speak which sometimes results in the utterer disappearing.
Dribble: A collection of words that makes no sense. Often, the author is unaware.
FOFW: Please leave.
Girls: 'Morning Girls, 'Evening Girls. A pleasant way to say hello to the largely male populace of the BB. Try it in the Shoutbox, one day.
HADBBA: Howard Andrew Duggan Bulletin Board Awards.
HCD: Howie Cyber Dollar. Often paid for quality posts and witicisms.
IMO: In My Opinion. IMHO: In My Humble Opinion.
Off fucoffee: Coffee Break
Lefty Plonker: A derogatory, or term of endearment depending on the recipient. Refers to the author's opinion of one's political leanings.
Line of text: An unknown identity.
Lurker: A registered user who prefers to look but not post. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
Mollusc: 1. Lowest life form on BB 2. Kevin's little friends.
NTTAWWT: Not that there's anything wrong with that. Regularly used to confirm that one's employment in making holes in doughnuts is quite acceptable, some might say admirable [except Axiom].
Obfuscating Dribble: Dribble that is generally intended to cloud an issue that is otherwise lost to the author via rationale debate.
Poll: A user generated mechanism intended to measure support for a proposition. Prone to failure 90% of the time through a) disinterest, or b) voters voting in self interest.
Rubber Bullet: A spamming mechanism created by Antichrist.
Sausage Time: Cigarette Break
s.f.: split from. A thread is split from its original when in the opinion of the Squad, it has either drifted to far, or is worthy of separate attention.
SWAMBO: She Who Always Must Be Obeyed. Often permission required from SWAMBO to play in tournaments.
The [Mod] Squad: Collective noun for admins/ moderators coined by Howard Duggan.
Troll [v.]: The intent of provoking or inflaming.
WTF?: That defies belief.
Yellow Card: Unofficial Infringement.

Non permitted words:
Paradigm
Metric

[Basil]

Non permitted words UPDATE:

Paradigm - wankish
Metric - we did just fine before its widespread use
Axiomatic - on its merits
Bourgeois [ie] - dangerous dribble in firegoat7's hands

[Basil]

For consideration to be inducted:

WIBBLE

as penned by Mother Bot in Regarding The Behaviour thread

[Kevin Bonham]

WIBBLE

Can't claim credit for it personally, I'm afraid. While I'm the sole user of "wibble" here thus far, I'm one of three or four posters who use it quite heavily on my other main forum. The main culprit also posts here but I'll try not to blow his cover.

[Desmond]

Not unique to this site, but some others for @ n00b to remember:

LOL: Laugh Out Loud
ROFL: Roll On Floor Laughing
PMSL: P*ss MySelf Laughing

[Ian Murray]

These should facilitate inter-user exchanges on CC:-

AWGTHTGTATA
Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This Again
AYCOOYM
Are You Completely Out Of Your Mind
CYPUWIPD
Can You Pick-Up What I'm Putting Down
DAMHIKIJKOK
Don't Ask Me How I Know, I Just Know OK
FIOFY
Figure It Out For Yourself
ICTYBTIHTKY
I Could Tell You But Then I'd Have To Kill You
IMCAO
In My Completely Arrogant Opinion
IMHBCO
In My Humble But Correct Opinion
NALOPKT
Not A Lot Of People Know This
ONNA
Oh No, Not Again
SUNOILTY
Shut Up, No One Is Listening To You
WAFWOT
What A Waste Of Time
WTFRUTA
What Are You Talking About
YAFIYGI
You Asked For It, You Got It
YANETUT
You Are Not Expected To Understand This
YHGASP
You Have Got A Serious Problem

[Kevin Bonham]

And of course the immortal AMABR, and its close cousin AMABIPR.

A Google search revealed that "Alert, Mop and Bucket Required" is an original Gletsosism found nowhere on the internet but chesschat.

I wonder if it will spread?

[Basil]

Ian, you appear to have missed the translation of a couple of 'F's. I can't for the life of me work out what they could be.

WAFWOT
What A Waste Of Time
WTFRUTA
What Are You Talking About

[Brian_Jones]

Ian, you appear to have missed the translation of a couple of 'F's. I can't for the life of me work out what they could be.

I know what FQ means but does FC refer to Canetoads or Cockroaches?

[Ian Murray]

Ian, you appear to have missed the translation of a couple of 'F's. I can't for the life of me work out what they could be.

Thorough searches of reference books and other materials failed to elucidate on these.

I guess it must be a misprint

[Trent Parker]

Rotfl pmsl

AFAIK - As Far As I Know
FWIW - For what its worth.

[firegoat7]

Im afraid your glossary is incorrect Howard, here are some updates..

Dog- Invented by Matt Sweeney. It means backdoor man unable to settle or resolve disputes in an honest way.

Bot- Invented by Fg7. It means an unreflective computer loop that is stuck in binary opposition and therefore show a distinct lack of humanity.

B1 and B2- Kevin and Bill.

Moron- A person who disagrees with the arguer.

Idiot- a person who disagrees with the arguer.

Fool- A person who disagrees with the arguer.

Tockley- a person who is adapt at one handed internet typing.

Five cars- parasite.

clown- somebody who works for the ACF

the circus- ACF

orientation course- Victorian championship

goose- see chesslover

ragtop- ???

dribbler- mindless insult

Cheers fg7

[Axiom]

goose- see chesslover

Cheers fg7

fg- do you describe yourself as a chesslover?

[firegoat7]

fg- do you describe yourself as a chesslover?

Axiom- search memberslist for chesslover to understand the context of my comments.


cheers Fg7

[Axiom]

Axiom- search memberslist for chesslover to understand the context of my comments.


cheers Fg7

...good,i was hoping it wasn't a freudian slip .......