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conversely, most of the people who know these are unfamiliar with FOO?, BCNU, HELLOP, NIL, and T. |
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The MUD community uses a mixture of Usenet/Internet emoticons, a few of the more natural of the old-style talk-mode abbrevs, and some of the 'social' list above; specifically, MUD respondents report use of BBL, BRB, LOL, b4, BTW, WTF, TTFN, and WTH. The use of rehi is also common; in fact, mudders are fond of re- compounds and will frequently rehug or rebonk (see bonk/oif) people. The word re by itself is taken as 'regreet'. In general, though, MUDders express a preference for typing things out in full rather than using abbreviations; this may be due to the relative youth of the MUD cultures, which tend to include many touch typists and to assume high-speed links. The following uses specific to MUDs are reported: |
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see you later (mutant of CU 18tr) |
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fuck off and die (use of this is generally OTT) |
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over the top (excessive, uncalled for) |
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thanks (mutant of TNX; clearly this comes in batches of 1138 (the Lucasian K)). |
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Some B1FFisms (notably the variant spelling d00d) appear to be passing into wider use among some subgroups of MUDders. |
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One final note on talk mode style: neophytes, when in talk mode, often seem to think they must produce letter-perfect prose because they are typing rather than speaking. This is not the best approach. It can be very frustrating to wait while your partner pauses to think of a word, or repeatedly makes the same spelling error and backs up to fix it. It is usually best just to leave typographical errors behind and plunge forward, unless severe confusion may result; in that case it is often fastest just to type "xxx" and start over from before the mistake. |
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See also hakspek, emoticon. |
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talker system n. British hackerism for software that enables real-time chat or talk mode. |
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tall card n. A PC/AT-size expansion card (these can be larger than IBM PC or XT cards because the AT case is bigger). See also short card. When IBM introduced the PS/2 model 30 (its last gasp at supporting the ISA) they made the case lower and many industry-standard tall cards wouldn't fit; this |
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