Whether you want to make friends or get the opportunity to win prizes, it's certainly a good idea to brush up on your chat lingo.
Typical chat lingo usually takes the form of acronyms of common bingo phrases such as "WTG" or "Way To Go" to cheer on winners.
Here are some of the most common online bingo slang terms.
| Lingo |
Meaning |
| AFK |
away from keyboard |
| A/S or A/S/L |
age/sex age/sex/location |
| BAK |
Back At Keyboard |
| BBL |
Be Back Later |
| BRB |
Be Right Back |
| <bs> |
Big Smile |
| btu |
Back To You |
| <eg> |
Evil Grin |
| FWIW |
For What Its Worth |
| GGP |
Gotta Go Pee |
| GL2U |
Good Luck To You |
| <g> |
Grin |
| GR8 |
Great |
| HB |
Hurry Back |
| IRL |
In Real Life |
| IMO / IMHO |
In My Opinion / In My Humble Opinion |
| LOL |
Laughing Out Loud |
| OTFL |
On The Floor Laughing |
| R |
Are |
| ROFL |
Rolling On the Floor Laughing |
| <s> |
Smile |
| TY |
Thankyou |
| U |
You |
| <vps> |
Very Big Smile |
| WB |
Welcome Back |
| <wg> |
Wicked Grin |
| WTG |
Way To Go |
| YW / YVW |
You're Welcome / You're Very Welcome |
| 1TG/2TG/3TG |
1 To Go/ 2 To Go/ 3 To Go etc (ie, number left to get Bingo) |
Acronyms like Ggp (gotta go pee) are pretty strange, since that's not exactly the kind of thing one would like to say to a room full of strangers. And besides, isn't that why we have the Afk (away from keyboard) acronym ?
There's also the acronym "CM" for the chat monitor. He's the guy who hosts the chat room, welcomes guests and puts disputes in order.
Most chat rooms have their own unique bingo acronyms, which is known only to Web site regulars. |
