R U a Digg n00b that gets pwned by 1337 Digg Commenters? Well RTFM so teh next time ur comment won’t be an EPIC FAIL!

On Digg, having something to say is only half the battle, knowing how to say it is the other half. This guides you to dissect the jargon, people and memes used in comments on a daily basis. Each section is broken down in detail to help you boost your Digg cred the next time that you leave a comment.

3G – Third Generation of mobile phone standards and technology

AMD – Advanced Micro Devices (mainly a CPU competitor to Intel)

API – Application Programming Interface

APOD – Astronomy Picture of the Day (link)

BS – Bullsh*t

CCTV – Closed-circuit television (UK public surveillance)

CCFL - Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps (Modern light bulb that uses a fraction of the electricity of regular light bulb)

CES – Consumer Electronics Show

D&D – Dungeons and Dragons

DAB – Digital Audio Broadcasting

DDR – Dance Dance Revolution

DIY – Do It Yourself

dl – Download

DRM – Digital Rights Management (digital music copyright)

DS – Nintendo “Developers’ System” or Nintento “Dual Screen” (Portable Nintendo Video Game System) -also avail in DS lite

E3 – Electronic Entertainment Expo

EDGE – Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (digital mobile phone technology that allows increased data transmission rates and improved data transmission reliability)

EV – Electronic Vehicle

FCC – Federal Communications Commission (US gov’t agency)

FISA – Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

FFXIII – Final Fantasy 13 (video game)

FP - Front Page of Digg (where story ends up after becoming popular)

FTW – For The Win (way to state that something is the winner)

FWIW – For What It’s Worth

FUBAR – “F’ed” Up Beyond All Recognition

GH – Guitar Hero

GL – Good Luck

GPL – GNU Public License

GTA – Grand Theft Auto (game)

GTD – Get Things Done (action management methodology)

Gnome – GNU Network Object Model (simplistic Linux desktop environment with a focus on usability)

GOW – Gears Of War (video game)

GSM – Global System for Mobile communications (most popular standard for mobile phones in the world)

HF - High Five

HDD - Hard Disk Drive

IE – Internet Explorer

IMHO – In My Honest Opinion

IMO – In My Opinion

IRC – Internet Relay Chat

JFGI – Just F’ing Google It

KA – Kickass

KDE – K Desktop Environment (GUI desktop environment for UNIX users)

LMAO – Laughing My Ass Off

LOL – Laughing Out Loud

MMO- Massive Multiplayer Online (game)

MMORPG- Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game

MPAA – Motion Picture Association of America (US agency)

MPG – Miles Per Gallon

np – No Problem

NSFW – Not Safe For Work

OC - Overclock (Over Clock)

OMG – Oh My God

OS – Operating System

PET – Polyethylene Terephthalate (the largest polymer used in the US)

ROFL – Rolling On Floor Laughing

RTFA - Read the F’ing Article

RTFM – Read The F’ing Manual

P2P – Peer-to-Peer (file sharing)

PnP – Plug ‘n Play

PS3 – PlayStation 3 (Video Game System/Blu Ray Player from Sony)

PSP – PlayStation Portable (Portable Video Game System from Sony)

PTSD – Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

PVP - Player Versus Player (game)

RIAA – Recording Industry Association of America (US agency)

RPG- Role Playing Game

SDK – Software Development Kit

SFW – Safe For Work

SMS – Short Message System (usually referring to a text message)

STFU – Shut The F Up

UMPC – Ultra-Mobile PC

VoIP – Voice over Internet Protocol

VZ – Verizon (US telephone carrier)

WoW – “World of Warcraft” (PC game)

WTF - What The F

y/o – Year old

ZOMG – same meaning as OMG, but used in a sarcastic manner

Alberto Gonzales – Former US Attorney General who served with many controversies, the biggest being the dismissal of 7 US Attorneys.

Andrew Sorcini – Number #1 Digger (username: MrBabyMan)

Alex Albrecht – Former TechTV co-host and co-host of Diggnation.

Barack Obama – Illinois Senator, 2008 US Democratic candidate.

Bill Gates – Co-founder, former CEO and chairman of Microsoft.

Jack Thompson – Florida attorney who is an activist against video games and the video game industry

John McCain – Arizona Senator, 2008 US Republican candidate.

Kevin Rose – Former TechTV co-host and co-founder of Digg.com, Revision3 and Pownce.

Linus Torvalds – Software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux.

Paul Allen – Co-founder of Microsoft.

Ron Paul – Republican United States Congressman who made a bid for presidency. Supporters are infamous for spamming Digg with positive Ron Paul stories and articles.

Steve Ballmer – CEO of Microsoft.

Steve Jobs – Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.

Steve Wozniak “Woz” – Co-founder of Apple.

Tay Zonday – Internet start who became famous for the video “Chocolate Rain.”

1337 or ‘LEET’ - Elite (way to say you are better than something/someone)

360 – Xbox360 (Microsoft Video Game System)

4chan – An imageboard website based primarily around the posting of pictures, many times tidiculous and alarming

700 MHz Spectrum – A US frequency band previously used for analog television broadcasting separated into 5 blocks for wireless usage

Android – Google’s software platform and operating system for mobile devices based on the Linux operating system.

BitTorrent - A content distribution protocol that enables efficient software distribution and peer-to-peer sharing of very large files.

Blogspam – When a blog copies an article or video from the original source and submits to Digg

Bury Brigade – A ‘mythical’ group of diggers who help to fight spam by burying submissions

Comic-Con – Largest comic book and popular arts convention in the world.

Diggnation – Weekly show featuring Alex Albrecht & Kevin Rose, or can refer to all diggers as a whole

Dupe – A duplicate submission of a story already submitted to Digg

EEpc – UMPC from ASU

EPIC FAIL – The FAIL of the item in question was of epic proportions.

FAIL – The item in question failed at its intent.

Frag – Kill

Jump The Shark – Something has either sold out or has become lame.

Leopard – Macintosh OS X v10.5

Linux – The most popular free Unix-type operating system

Mac Air – Ultrathin Macbook Air Notebook from Apple

MSI Wind – UMPC from MSI

nom nom nom aka oh nom – Used to describe something that is tasty

noob – Short for newbie or someone that is a beginner

O RLY – “O, Really?” (Can be accompanied by a Snowy Owl) – Meant to be a sarcastic comment and is usually followed by a retort

Pirate Bay – The world’s largest bittorrent tracker

ROFLcon – internet culture conference

submit – short for submission (article, image or video)

teh – A typo for “the” that also stands for “the” however, it is used in the same manner that Spanish-speaking people use the word “El”

The Google – Used when describing Google, taken from George W. Bush

The Internets – Used when describing the Internet, taken from George W. Bush

Title Says It All – Used in the description when the submitter thinks that there is no description needed

PIC – Picture included in the submission

Pwned! – Owned, which means ‘dominated’

Revision3 – A San Francisco based Internet television network founded by Kevin Rose that creates, produces and distributes video shows on niche topics and produce ‘Diggnation.’

Slashdot – Digg-like technology related news site that was started in 1997

TXT – Text Message

Torrent – A ‘file’ that points to where you can download a file from using BitTorrent protocol. Multiple recipients supply different parts of the file for fast downloads.

Ubuntu – Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers.

VID – Video included in the submission

Vista – Heavily criticized Microsoft OS released in 2007

WiMax – An Intel-backed wireless standard that has great bandwidth and range capability.

WOOT aka w00t- originally meant “wow, loot” in Dungeons and Dragons, now used as a term of excitement, also an online retailer

Wordpress – The most popular blogging software

All Your Base Belong to Us aka All Your Base – A broken English phrase taken from from the opening cutscene of the European Sega Mega Drive version of Zero Wing.

“Buddy -> Guy -> Friend” Comments – Dialogue from South Park long Canadian argument

C-c-c-combo Breaker – From the video game Killer Instinct, used in comments to break an on-point streak of comments

Chocolate Rain – Music video that launched Tay Zonday into internet stardom

Don’t Tase me, Bro! – University of Florida student comments while being tasered at John Kerry forum

Flying Spaghetti Monster – The deity of a parody religion called The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and its system of beliefs, “Pastafarianism”

Grape Lady – A reporter who takes a spill and lets out a screech while stomping grapes

Goatse – Disturbing move in male pornographic videos

I Like Turtles – Zombie kid who says he likes turtles on camera

LOLcatz aka I can has cheeseburger? – Stupid, Funny & Cute cat pictures with ridiculous poorly spelled captions

Miss Teen South Carolina – Beauty queen who answered a pagent question very poorly. Also source of any “The Iraq” comments

OGC – Reference to a semi-inappropriate corporate logo (link) – usually used when pictures of attractive women appear on digg

Rick Roll or Rick Roll’d – Being offered a helpful link and instead sent to a the “Never Gonna Give You Up” Risk Astley Video

Two Girls One Cup aka 2girls1cup – One of web’s most disgusting pornographic videos that has been spoofed many times, even by the likes of John Mayer

Will it Blend – Viral videos from BlendTec featuring items getting shredded in a blender.

Where The Hell Is Matt – The travels of Matt Harding who journeys across the earth

“Whoo Whoo” – Ridiculous News clip from California featuring “Bubb Rubb & Lil’ Sis” about installing Whistle Tips on car exhausts

XKCD – Popular webcomic (link)

Hope you learned a thing or two on improving your comments, if you have any additional items to add to the list feel free to leave them in the comments!

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Posted by Greg Finn at 2:03 pm
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