Coded word

[CompNut]

Hi everyone, This is a serious question, I am not being flippant.
I keep seeing the initials: IMAO and LMFAO on various threads; the others seem to understand what they mean, (at least, they don't query it ) but I do not!
Would some kind person say in plain English what these initials do mean, please? Thanks.

[maximo]

LMAO : laughing my a$$ off.

LMFAO : laughing my fuhcking a$$ off.

Correct me if I'm wrong , peeps !

I've a feeling this answer is going to be banned.....

[CompNut]

Whoops, I shouldn't have asked ! Thanks maximo, it brings a whole new view to some of the replies people give to threads!

[tubeway]

it has just moved on from lol - laugh out loud and rofl - roll on the floor laughing

[jno]

similar stuff here

[CompNut]

jno, thanks muchly for introducing me to the mysteries of the emoticon, and also the list of abbreviations. Now I understand what all the dots, colons and O's were about - easy when you know how! Thanks for taking the trouble to send me the site.
BCNU.

Thanks tubeway too. 8) (smiley with glasses) !

[Azimov]

Addictive isn't it Compnut :o)
I bet you use these a lot more from now on!
ROFLMFAO

[CompNut]

WTG ! Azimov, TTFN.

[jacko50]

have a look at this .www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/chat.html/p%3e

[Azimov]

As the thick snooker player said, CompNut...
"I case my rest!"

[Azimov]

Jacko50
I've saved the link in my faves... not sure how much use it'll be now that I spend so little time in chatrooms (I used to chat for 8+ hours a day back in the old Excite VP days, when it was free!) but it is fun to look over the old and the new abbrevs!
I notice there are one or 2 missing but that's probably down to the fact that many were somewhat, shall we say, rude?? (see ROFLMFAO)

[Nelson100]

You could try searching on Google for "netiquette" and find out more. Its quite easy to pick it up if you know the rules.

Lol