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  • tonyadam, on 07/17/2008, -12/+30Loved the Geek Speak/Slang section! Nicely done! I don't feel like such a noob anymore! =P
  • Surferess, on 07/17/2008, -2/+90No fap?
  • embeemb, on 07/17/2008, -7/+78Aren't most of the items on the list more like normal acronyms and only a few being digg-specific?
    • JBrown99, on 07/18/2008, -1/+18My thoughts exactly. Pretty lame list.
    • cesclaveria, on 07/18/2008, -0/+9he is just following some of cracked's (weird that it was not on the list) advices, put digg on your article and you have instante front page material, because digg loves to read about digg.

      Also, "Risk" Astley????
      • doctechnical, on 07/18/2008, -0/+6The Board Game that's taking the world by storm! Rick-Roll your way through Poland on toward Ultimate Victory!
      • dpantages, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1I lol'd in my cubicle when I read that
    • sgtpppr, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1This looks like a 'how to understand 4chan' article...but then again....digg is like the adopted son of 4chan.
    • bagboyrebel, on 07/18/2008, -0/+3almost none of it is digg specific.
  • Haoie, on 07/18/2008, -3/+36So many abbreviations, so little time.

    And to be fair, most of those mentioned are used all over the web, not exclusively on this site. It's more of a general net jargon page.
    • toekneebullard, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7It's called pandering to your audience. Apparently, it worked like a charm.

      /this is a very lame submission
  • spookyttws, on 07/18/2008, -14/+6A) Although some of them are used often on Digg (maybe 10 of those listed) as pointed out above, it's general geek speak, a lot of which are just company or object names.
    B) No one really uses them to the extent that it is completely unclear what they're saying. Most people can understand it basd on the context used.
    C) STFU you RIAA loving, PS3 playing, PTSD having, IE using A-Hole. Why not just GTD and play GTA4 B4 I make you lol so much that your face will be NSFW. IMHO.
  • 1KrazyKorean, on 07/18/2008, -3/+21FINALLY! I understand
  • occasus, on 07/18/2008, -4/+47Here's a simpler guide:
    JFGI
    • Bukowsky, on 07/18/2008, -3/+11I must confess. I went to go look what that meant, and you're right... that's how I solve most of life's problems.
      • benjorino, on 07/18/2008, -0/+6I actualy googled it to find out what it meant :
    • megamod, on 07/18/2008, -0/+9if i don't know what that stands for how can I JFGI "JFGI". see the paradox? what came first the chicken or the egg? unless time travel was used to take an egg back in time?

      then again time travel is a paradox of its own.
      • zip000, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Well, Dinosaurs laid eggs, so eggs definitely came before chickens.
    • pamrdigg, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1That's about right, but there is also www.jfgi.org
  • MarianaPeyton, on 07/18/2008, -26/+4I'm hot. Please digg this comment.
    • DeskFlyer, on 07/18/2008, -2/+14Yes you are indeed hot, but I'm burying you anyway.
    • MarianaPeyton, on 07/18/2008, -10/+4I was kidding.
      • BoonTobias, on 07/18/2008, -0/+14almost thought you were spam, doll.

        how you doin?
      • MarianaPeyton, on 07/18/2008, -9/+1And you're probably just a nerd with no family or friends because you are stupid.
      • Peck3277, on 07/18/2008, -1/+9STFU and make me a sandwich bitch
      • versualize, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4Not buried until you were a bitch. Now you're buried.
    • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 07/18/2008, -0/+5***** or GTFO

      (GTFO is not in this guide, you'll have to decode it elsewhere)
  • gl77, on 07/18/2008, -2/+59pretty sad that i just whipped through that description and understood everything without even thinking about it until i was done reading it.

    also

    "Goatse – Disturbing move in male pornographic videos"

    its a "move" now? is it like a wrestling move?
  • allaboutdatiki, on 07/18/2008, -11/+4I'm thinking that half this ***** is older then half the constituents of our grand diggnation.
    • Nosty, on 07/18/2008, -3/+4Than.

      Jackass.

      Learn the difference between then and than for christs sake. This is the newest your/you're pandemic and it's sweeping the goddamned nation! What the hell is wrong with you retards?
  • Khanvalescent, on 07/18/2008, -3/+28Ultimate guide to generic internet acronyms.
    • bosssmiley, on 07/18/2008, -5/+6Agreed. Article buried for fake Digg angle.
  • musha, on 07/18/2008, -0/+38wheres facepalm.jpg ?
    • SuperWinner, on 07/18/2008, -1/+10facepalm.ascii
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  • techdever, on 07/18/2008, -2/+6hah, it even has XKCD
    • cesclaveria, on 07/18/2008, -0/+8well, XKCD is pretty much part of diggs normal operation now.

      it should have cracked and Zero Punctuation also.
  • WriterSD, on 07/18/2008, -3/+4Good article. I thought the "Important People" section was going to list important people on Digg.
    • musha, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Andrew Sorcini - Number #1 Digger (username: MrBabyMan)

      they did.
  • kensavage, on 07/18/2008, -6/+12The Internets - Used when describing the Internet, taken from George W. Bush

    FAIL
  • michnuc, on 07/18/2008, -3/+22MPAA and RIAA are not "US Agencies", they are industry trade groups that act in their own self-interest. If you had RTFAs, you'd understand this distinction, and the level of importance it carries on digg.
    • Bluezdood, on 07/18/2008, -3/+2You're correct, don't know why you got dugg down.
  • erichansa, on 07/18/2008, -9/+2Hi, i like your topics and add you as my friend. Can I be your friend too so that we can share other good stories?
    • Peck3277, on 07/18/2008, -2/+3I'm not your friend guy
    • diggleague, on 07/18/2008, -1/+3I'm not your guy, buddy
    • Jarett, on 07/18/2008, -2/+1I'm not your buddy, dude.
    • po43292, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2There is only friend, guy, and buddy. There are no dudes, pals, or mates.
  • Burento, on 07/18/2008, -7/+1Great collection of terms and very fun to see some of those videos again.. Why is this not Front Page?
  • ChayD, on 07/18/2008, -2/+9Digg speak? WTF? I thought all fora had similar styles of writing

    /apart from Fark, which is a law unto itself
  • andrewsho, on 07/18/2008, -0/+17The NSFW poster lady is worth the visit
  • shutaro, on 07/18/2008, -3/+25OM NOM NOM!
    • Murdats, on 07/18/2008, -0/+16didnt you read the article?
      its OH NOM apparently.
      • shutaro, on 07/18/2008, -0/+8"It was the best of times... it was the... BLURST of times?!?!"
  • levelred, on 07/18/2008, -2/+10I will pass this on to my mom.
  • Nosty, on 07/18/2008, -6/+9This is dumb as *****.
  • antiorblkflag9, on 07/18/2008, -2/+7Tay Zonday...really?
  • Bluezdood, on 07/18/2008, -3/+61IMHO = In my honest opinion?
    I thought it stood for "in my humble opinion"
  • SRSco, on 07/18/2008, -6/+21I was hoping this would explain the lame ass meme of:

    1. Step 1
    2. Step 2
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

    Where the hell did that come from?

    I don't get it.
    • f4nt0m4s, on 07/18/2008, -0/+23http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants_Gnomes

      The Underpants Gnomes have a three-phase business plan, consisting of:

      1. Collect underpants
      2. ?
      3. Profit
      • SRSco, on 07/18/2008, -7/+1Oh. South Park isn't funny. No wonder I thought that was so ***** lame.
    • clogmoney, on 07/18/2008, -8/+2I don't understand either. I tried to do it once but the abuse I got affected me badly. Now I stay away from any thing I don't understand.... Unfortunately this means time spent with the ladies has gone down, on the plus side it's given me more time to write comments on digg!

      Oh dear...
      • clogmoney, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4Oh god no, it's happening again.....

        and yes I am very bored at work...
      • badjoke, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Oh nom...
    • XeroKool, on 07/18/2008, -0/+12South Park.
    • ifoundgodot, on 07/18/2008, -2/+1As long as we're explaining that, can someone also please explain the whole "In before..." meme?

      :(
  • m0zzie, on 07/18/2008, -7/+2"Software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux."
  • m0zzie, on 07/18/2008, -3/+25"Software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux."

    ah yes, the Linux.
  • RyeBrye, on 07/18/2008, -3/+17More like "link-bait, how to get diggers to suck your dick by posting a bland article slightly related to digg"
  • k104, on 07/18/2008, -3/+4***** THE RIAA

    etc
  • RMDTech, on 07/18/2008, -11/+2FTW =/= For the Win (unless someone just recently changed it or something)
    FTW = ***** the What

    And when did all Internet Lingo become strictly Digg lingo?
    • djepik, on 07/18/2008, -0/+9Its "For the Win" - always has been

      http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ftw

      and "Does not equal to" is represented by " != " not " =/= " (its from the programming language "C" )
      • RMDTech, on 07/19/2008, -1/+1Well I did not know that...

        And I don't know the programming language "C" so really wouldn't have used "!=" and have seen "=/=" used many other times before to mean "not equal to".
      • RMDTech, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Also according to that urban dictionary which is the version I was referring to was:

        FTW: Intentional spelling error of the word wtf to emphasise confusion and bewildredness.
    • Balloondoggies, on 07/18/2008, -0/+6WTF does "***** the What" mean?
      • RMDTech, on 07/19/2008, -2/+1It's WTF in the mirror.

        I don't know I just guesstimated what it meant since I never saw a actual definition until this article came out and never really cared enough to actually look it up.
      • Balloondoggies, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2well great idea to try to correct someone when you don't know WTF you are talking about.
  • FredFredrickson, on 07/18/2008, -2/+15That's not Digg speak... it's internet speak.
  • chuckDontSurf, on 07/18/2008, -2/+20Lame. Who the ***** doesn't know what BS stands for? The only reason this made the front page is that they put the word "Digg" in the title.
    • Buckweet, on 07/18/2008, -1/+5I thought it meant "*****," but now I know it means "bullsh*t." Thank you, 10e20!
  • ZephyrNinety, on 07/18/2008, -1/+8You know, some people don't have maps.
  • rolandvvv, on 07/18/2008, -3/+3Option #4: Write Something About Digg Itself
  • KezG, on 07/18/2008, -1/+16dugg for OGC.
  • Briii, on 07/18/2008, -0/+5Talk about commitment
    • tian2992, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1That is what he is thinking of. Something you won't get from any other guy.
  • f4nt0m4s, on 07/18/2008, -1/+5This article is dumb...most of these expressions are not inherent to Digg, they are more simple Internet terms that came from various sources....and a lot of those acronyms are for real things, like the MPAA, which everyone already knows. The rest of those acronyms are pseudo-English that came from IRC/gaming conversations. And half of Digg users don't use half of the things on that list.

    urbandictionary.com is a much better resource, and I find it both enlightening and hilarious.
  • djepik, on 07/18/2008, -2/+3Good article, was familiar with 99% of it, but dugg for completeness. This obviously took a lot of work.

    One question though, and I hope I don't get flamed for this, when was Chocolate Rain popular? I've seen the vid, seen the guy on that southpark episode and everything, but it just feels like I was AWOL for that meme. And, I've never seen it on digg except for discussion of the South Park Episode (Canada on Strike)
  • jamez, on 07/18/2008, -9/+2INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET

    Also, article buried.
    • shutaro, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2Internets!
      • jamez, on 07/18/2008, -2/+1actually, you failed to grasp the 'deeply' obscure reference, sorry chap
      • shutaro, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1That doesn't make it any less true an observation, my friend.
  • diggB, on 07/18/2008, -1/+35***** THING SUCKS!
  • ostracize, on 07/18/2008, -5/+5Obama supporters are just as guilty of spam as Paul supporters.
  • UnSuperSaid, on 07/18/2008, -3/+5Paul sucks.. burry me I don't give a *****.
  • falafelkiosken, on 07/18/2008, -3/+2EEpc? Epic fail
  • buenit, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7No "buried as innaccurate"? Probably the most overused phrase on digg.
    • thebza451, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1overused maybe, but at least it serves a purpose, unlike, 'let's do it live' and 'FTW!'
    • ichunxo, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Indeed, which is among the reasons that I buried this article as inaccurate.
  • picpak, on 07/18/2008, -1/+4Andrew Sorcini is the number number one Digger...now you know.
  • dnw5032, on 07/18/2008, -3/+7holy ***** I thought FTW meant "***** the World"
    • arielb86, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1Lol much smarter than my theory.....I thought it was a nerd way(somehow) of saying WTF
    • kennyhyder, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1You're both right.... It has multiple meanings..
    • bagboyrebel, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2I have never seen anyone use it to mean WTF.
  • teamedge07, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Whoo Whoo. Straight up baller son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • waydee, on 07/18/2008, -1/+9This is mostly just dumb ***** lifted from various other forums and used by 4chan *****.

  • tahcoboy, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1I want Stride to choose me as the next Matt Harding....cept I'll love women throughout the world rather than dance :)
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