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Offline Chairboy

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« on: June 16, 2002, 03:24:35 AM »
For kicks, try literally translating every acronym people use in the game for a night.  Not the meaning, but the actual words.  For instance, I saw someone say something, then follow it with "LOLOLOLOL!".  Sure, it's clear that they're just laughing hard, but if you translate it literally, it becomes:

"Laughing out loud out loud out loud out loud"

Also, ROOOOOOFLLLLL! becomes:

"Rolling on on on on on on (the) floor laughing laughing laughing laughing laughing!"

Think of it as a little game, and it becomes clear that people have started using the acronyms as words in their heads instead of actual acronyms.  The unintentional side-effects of this are hilarious literal translations.

Of course, be careful not to mention what's funny to the wrong people, there are some real stick-in-the-mud types like urbMAW who respond w/ clever comebacks that equate to 'you suck!' and make witty plays on your handle, (in my case, 'ChairNERD'.  Ouch!  I don't know if I'll ever recover!).  

I suppose that's just an additional layer of humor.  ;)
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« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2002, 03:33:47 AM »
'PuterMAN' :D
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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2002, 03:58:06 AM »
LOL has become a word for me.  I said it to a co-worker without thinking.  She said, "What?"  I said, "uhh.....nevermind."


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« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2002, 04:02:12 AM »
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Originally posted by Chairboy
"Laughing out loud out loud out loud out loud"

Also, ROOOOOOFLLLLL! becomes:

"Rolling on on on on on on (the) floor laughing laughing laughing laughing laughing!"
As a Radio Amateur, I used to notice similar things on there.  We use various codes (mainly for Morse code users, but many have carried over to voice transmissions too) such as 73 which means "Best Wishes" - but so many people say 73s which literally means "Best Wishes"s - or 88 is "Love and Kisses", but 88s is "Love and Kisses"s.  Another thing which always made me laugh was people's insistance of saying "hihi" rather than actually laughing!  Hihi is OK in Morse code (.... ..  .... ..) where it actually does sound pretty good as laughter, but to say it as words sounds peculiar to me!  Probably the equivalent would be somedbody saying L O L rather than actually laughing!  :D
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2002, 04:05:10 AM »
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Originally posted by Furious
LOL has become a word for me.  I said it to a co-worker without thinking.  She said, "What?"  I said, "uhh.....nevermind."
Hehe, exactly what I referred to in my message sent at the same time!  :)
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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2002, 05:00:34 AM »
I said ROFL to my wife. You should have seen her face...:D
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« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2002, 06:09:48 AM »
A few years back when I was the most active in irc, spent hours there on the textbuffer, I did the same.

I was out with my friends and they were telling a relatively funny (not a riot) story. I smiled and said lol. Fortunately none of the others knew what lol meant back then nor why I said such an irrelevant word in the situation. LOL.
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« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2002, 06:56:44 AM »
*Shrug* I've said LOL to friends aswell, definite proof that one spends too much time with all you people!
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« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2002, 08:31:59 AM »
CC :)
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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2002, 08:49:59 AM »
I've caught myself at work telling someone to "CHECK SIX" if they have someone coming up behind them trying pass or get around 'em. Usually earns me a "strange" look :)
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« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2002, 05:52:51 PM »
hehe...
i find myself saying "copy that" to people when responding to questions and stuff.
+ the obvious LOL (come on who hasen't slipped and said it :D)
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« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2002, 10:19:12 PM »
"cc" "copy that" "Rgr" are now common terms around my house.

LOL & 'ROFL are IMO easier to type than say, easier to laugh than say actually.

I have used "Fast bogey inbound at 3:00" stopped at a corner. Wife kinda looked at me funny but then it processed & she just nodded & waited for the car to pass.
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« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2002, 11:24:34 PM »
Was on a traffic stop and ran a drivers license check throught the dispatcher.  She gave the the return and without thinking i said "CC".  lol   :)
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« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2002, 11:42:58 PM »
I've noticed that when I drive and I check my rear view drive, there's a thought in the back of my mind checking the closure rate, angle and friend-or-foe discrimination..

Then I remember I'm in the real world and only have to worry about cops and radar cars..
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« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2002, 12:01:38 AM »
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Originally posted by -Concho-
Was on a traffic stop and ran a drivers license check throught the dispatcher.  She gave the the return and without thinking i said "CC".  lol   :)


Had a Kittyhawk 727 Captain ask is that Charlie Charlie? on the operations frequency once...the puzzled looks from our ops guys was only matched by my confirmation, and subsequent explantion of the term CC learnt from AH/WB

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