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13 Internet Slangs with Unexpected Alternate Meanings

By Larry Bodine

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Thanks to Mashable for these ineffable internet homonyms. You may have thought you were using a three-letter acronym to say something simple, but it turns out to have a secondary meaning that you didn't intend.

You wrote	But it also means
LOL: laughing out loud	Little old lady, shorthand used by doctors.
BRB: be right back	Big Red Button, an important, non-descript button associated with a power, reset, detonation, self-destruction, emergency shut-down, or ejection switch.
IDK: I don't know	'Ident-A-Kid,' the largest child-identification program in the United States.
BFF: best friends forever	Binary File Format, a procedure for storing computer files encoded in binary code.
OMG: Oh my God!	Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. One of the most notorious OMGs in America is the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, founded in 1935.
PLZ: please	Known in aviation as the airport code for the Port Elizabeth Airport in South Africa, which recently saw increased traffic due to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
CYA: see ya	Cover your ass
BTW: by the way	British Traditional Wicca, the Neo-Pagan religion Wicca that has origins in the New Forest area of England.
FML: F*ck My Life, a popular site for telling screwed up life stories	Family and Medical Leave
DOS: disk operating system	Dreaded Orange Spots, which have been plaguing soap-makers for ages, and apparently no one really knows why they show up
ROFL: rolling on the floor laughing	Clan 52 of Medievia, better known as 'Rogues Of the Forbidden Legion.
THX: thanks	THX sound system, created by Tomlinson Holman for the third Star Wars film, to ensure optimal sound quality.
BC: because	Before Christ