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The Internet/Forum Jargon Thread

BIG_ROB
BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
in Troubleshooting
For those, like me, who ain't got a Scooby Doo what some of it means.

Sic?
Wum?
Troll? (I thought this was a made up account, but a regular poster was called a Troll on here the other day)

There's more, but I can't think of em at the moment.
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  • redcarter
    redcarter Posts: 1,009
    WUM = Wind Up Merchant
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,640
    and what are the symbols for `i'm joking' etc?
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,970
    Troll is someone that goes on a website just to cause unrest.

    Sic is something to do with spelling i think
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    BIG_ROB said:

    For those, like me, who ain't got a Scooby Doo what some of it means.

    Troll? (I thought this was a made up account, but a regular poster was called a Troll on here the other day)

    .

    When I first came on here I thought that "General Charlton" was just an extremely prolific poster rather than a thread category.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,409
    Troll = someone that adds posts just to get a reaction, or takes up a contrary position on purpose.

    Sic = is a Latin phrase in common use for many years. It means "I am reproducing this text with the errors that it originally contained, so don't think I have made an error myself"
  • GretnaGreenAddick
    GretnaGreenAddick Posts: 3,085
    Troll & WUM are the same thing in my view, someone who is just looking for a reaction to there comments, rather then a real debate or conversation.
  • red_murph
    red_murph Posts: 2,460
    Valiantphil said:

    Troll = someone that adds posts just to get a reaction, or takes up a contrary position on purpose.

    Sic = is a Latin phrase in common use for many years. It means "I am reproducing this text with the errors that it originally contained, so don't think I have made an error myself"

    Nice one VP, I always wondered what Sic meant. I could have just Googled it I suppose but I'm lazy like that :)
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    Troll & WUM are the same thing in my view, someone who is just looking for a reaction to there comments, rather then a real debate or conversation.

    disagree

  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    sic erat scriptum

  • GretnaGreenAddick
    GretnaGreenAddick Posts: 3,085
    Macronate said:

    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    Troll & WUM are the same thing in my view, someone who is just looking for a reaction to there comments, rather then a real debate or conversation.

    disagree

    Ok never claimed to be an internet expert, i already waste enough time, enlighten me?
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  • C.Walsh'sLoveChild
    C.Walsh'sLoveChild Posts: 3,334
    edited January 2013
    I stand corrected, said the man in the orthopaedic shoes

    BBC News
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    C.Walsh'sLoveChild said:

    I stand corrected, said the man in the orthopaedic shoes

    BBC News

    Wrong thread mate!
  • C.Walsh'sLoveChild
    C.Walsh'sLoveChild Posts: 3,334
    edited January 2013
    bugger, always looked at people who do that as being a bit dim. How on earth can you post on the wrong thread hhhmmmm
  • fossdeneboy
    fossdeneboy Posts: 403
    C.Walsh'sLoveChild said:

    bugger, always looked at people who do that as being a bit dim. How on earth can you post on the wrong thread hhhmmmm

    Thanks for calling me dim
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,820
    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    Macronate said:

    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    Troll & WUM are the same thing in my view, someone who is just looking for a reaction to there comments, rather then a real debate or conversation.

    disagree

    Ok never claimed to be an internet expert, i already waste enough time, enlighten me?
    I think that, in internet jargon terms, classifies as a

    WHOOOOSH

    :-)

  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,217
    AFKABartram said:

    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    Macronate said:

    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    Troll & WUM are the same thing in my view, someone who is just looking for a reaction to there comments, rather then a real debate or conversation.

    disagree

    Ok never claimed to be an internet expert, i already waste enough time, enlighten me?
    I think that, in internet jargon terms, classifies as a

    WHOOOOSH

    :-)

    haha, it went whoooshing right over my head too!
  • GretnaGreenAddick
    GretnaGreenAddick Posts: 3,085
    AFKABartram said:

    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    Macronate said:

    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    Troll & WUM are the same thing in my view, someone who is just looking for a reaction to there comments, rather then a real debate or conversation.

    disagree

    Ok never claimed to be an internet expert, i already waste enough time, enlighten me?
    I think that, in internet jargon terms, classifies as a

    WHOOOOSH

    :-)

    Damn, im not doing very well today, people need to start all doing that smiley thing, i recently started using it, as im not a fan of them including LOL but sometimes the only way for us all to stop having so many arguments.

    Ok im gonna go sit in the corner embarressed for now.

  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,587
    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    AFKABartram said:

    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    Macronate said:

    GretnaGreenAddick said:

    Troll & WUM are the same thing in my view, someone who is just looking for a reaction to there comments, rather then a real debate or conversation.

    disagree

    Ok never claimed to be an internet expert, i already waste enough time, enlighten me?
    I think that, in internet jargon terms, classifies as a

    WHOOOOSH

    :-)

    Damn, im not doing very well today, people need to start all doing that smiley thing, i recently started using it, as im not a fan of them including LOL but sometimes the only way for us all to stop having so many arguments.

    Ok im gonna go sit in the corner embarressed for now.

    LHG
  • Phantom_User
    Phantom_User Posts: 655
    jwfstfitt = Just waiting for someone to fall into the trap.

    Apparently.... ;)
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    @GretnaGreenAddick

    ;)
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  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    edited January 2013
    Koc means utter bullshit and seems to be used by a lot of people (on here)
  • Norfolk_Addick
    Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
    Valiantphil said:

    Troll = someone that adds posts just to get a reaction, or takes up a contrary position on purpose.

    Sic = is a Latin phrase in common use for many years. It means "I am reproducing this text with the errors that it originally contained, so don't think I have made an error myself"

    Just like to add that I believe the reason we see (sic) a lot nowadays is because many quotes are taken directly from Twitter. And most footballers on Twitter cannot spell.
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    Not sure what 'norven monkee' means?!?
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    Norfolk_Addick said:

    Valiantphil said:

    Troll = someone that adds posts just to get a reaction, or takes up a contrary position on purpose.

    Sic = is a Latin phrase in common use for many years. It means "I am reproducing this text with the errors that it originally contained, so don't think I have made an error myself"

    Just like to add that I believe the reason we see (sic) a lot nowadays is because many quotes are taken directly from Twitter. And most footballers on Twitter cannot spell.
    I thought it was a new slang word e.g. Look at what I've wrote, it's sic man, wicked
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    AddickUpNorth said:

    Not sure what 'norven monkee' means?!?

    It means Addick Up North.

    ;o)

  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,559
    @gretnagreen You are not alone ;-)
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    Oggy Red said:

    AddickUpNorth said:

    Not sure what 'norven monkee' means?!?

    It means Addick Up North.

    ;o)

    Oi Oggy, I don't have a wooden heart y'know ;o)
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    I'm sorry mate, I just couldn't resist!
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,140
    I would like to introduce TMOG ( Two minutes on Google ) for people who put links and pictures up on Facebook which take about that long to disprove if you bother to check them out.
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    edited January 2013
    SIC is spelling or grammar based i.e., you type something knowing that you may have spelt it wrong, or made a grammatical error, so you add (sic) It means you are aware it maybe spelt wrong or you get my meaning etc, not an Internet thing though, been around for years.

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