Glossary

In my writings, I tend to use a lot of abbreviations, technical terms, and slang. Hence this glossary, which mainly refers to external sources like online dictionaries, encyclopedia, and specialized web sites.

Abbreviations

abbr
Abbreviation.
ACJ
Alexander Christiaan Jacob.
adhd
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
ass
Aural style sheets.
atm
  1. According to me.
  2. Anti-tank missile.
  3. Ass to mouth.
  4. Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
  5. At the moment.
  6. Automated teller machine.
bball
Basketball.
bbiab
Be back in a bit.
bbl
Be back later.
brb
Be right back.
css
Cascading Style Sheets.
db
  1. Database.
  2. David Bowie.
  3. Dragon Ball (???????).
faq
Frequently asked questions.
g
  1. Gangsta’: ’sup, G?
  2. One thousand (1,000): da year 2g.
gta
Grand Theft Auto.
fm
Fragile Minds.
h8
Hate: I H8 U!
hs
Holy shit.
Hollands Spoor.
hth
Hope that helps.
html
HyperText Markup Language.
ie
Internet Explorer.
jfgi
Just Fucking Google It.
k
  1. Okay.
  2. Kanker.
  3. Karat.
  4. Kilo (either 103 or 210, depending on context).
kabk
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten.
lamp
Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl: I ? lamp.
lm(f)ao
Laughing my (fucking) ass off.
lol
Laughing out loud. (Not to be confused with the Dutch word lol, which — ironically — means fun.)
mdma
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
mime
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
mk
Mortal Kombat.
mk:d
Mortal Kombat: Deception.
mk:da
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.
mkk
Mortal Kombat Kourier.
mko
Mortal Kombat Online.
mkw
Mortal Kombat Warehouse.
mt
Movable Type.
nba
National Basketball Association.
omf
Oh my fuck.
p4
Personal Project Pixel Perfect.
pmp
Pixel makes perfect.
png
Portable Network Graphics.
psp
  1. Paint Shop Pro.
  2. PlayStation Portable.
r
Are: I R SECKZ!
rofl(n(ol)/m(f)ao)
Rolling on floor laughing (n(out loud)/my (fucking) ass off).
rtc
Rotterdam Terror Corps.
sf
Street Fighter.
stfu
Shut the fuck up: have a nice cup of stfu.
svg
Scalable Vector Graphics.
thc
  1. Tetrahydrocannabinol.
  2. The Hague city.
thx
Thanks.
u
You.
ur
  1. Utterly Random.
  2. You are.
w3c
World Wide Web Consortium.
wtb
What the blood.
wtc
What the crap.
World Trade Center.
Wu-Tang Clan.
wtf
What the fuck.
wth
What the hell.
wts
What the shit.
wwj
Waar was je?
xml
Extensible Markup Language.
xtc
Ecstasy.

Definitions

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1337
Elite.

A

Agnosticism
[T]he philosophical view that the truth values of certain claims, particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God, gods or deities, are either unknown or inherently unknowable.
Alley oop
[A]n offensive play [in basketball] where a player jumps, catches the ball in mid air and immediately makes a slam dunk.
anywho
Anyway.

B

bebe
Baby.

C

craptastic
Fantastic negativism: well that’s just craptastic.

D

dunno
Don’t know: I dunno. ?

E

ecstasy
[A] synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the secretion of large amounts of serotonin as well as dopamine and noradrenaline in the brain, causing a general sense of openness, empathy, energy, euphoria, and well-being.
Engrish
[A] slang term which, in its purest form, refers to poor-quality attempts by Japanese writers to create English words and phrases; whether in mistranslation of an original Japanese language text, or in an attempt to create an original text in the English language.

F

fier
Fire: lier lier pants on fier.
fuckpouch
A despised person.

G

glossary
A list of often difficult or specialized words with their definitions, often placed at the back of a book.
google
[T]o search for information about a specific person through the Google search engine.

H

h4x0r
hax0r
haxor
hacker
[A] term used to describe different types of computer experts, who employ a tactical, rather than strategic, approach to computer programming, administration, or security.
Haylo
Hey/hello

I

indeed
The sound produced by a parrot, mimicking human mental activity without actually performing it.

J

jack
jack shit
jack squat
A small or worthless amount.

K

L

lier
Liar: OMF UR LIER!
luv
Love.

M

mayhaps
Perhaps/maybe.
metadata
Data about data.

N

N00B
Newbie: stfu N00B!

O

OHamburgefonstiv
A combination of letters used by type designers.

P

phat
Fat: Yo, that shit is phat!
pink
  1. #FFC0CB.
  2. A thing real men wear.
  3. Dutch word for little finger.
  4. One of the [t]hings that are the new black.
  5. The highest or best degree.
pr0n
Porn.

Q

quite
A word I happen to use quite a lot. Not in the last place because of the episodes of Super Secret Secret Squirrel I saw as a youngster: Hmm … quite.

R

redundant
See redundant.

S

seckz
Sex: Hi, buttseckz?
shipload
shitload
A large amount.
slang
  1. A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect.
  2. Dutch for the word snake.

T

teh
The.

U

Ãœber1337
Highly elite: Morpheus is an Ãœber1337 h4x0r.

V

W

w00t
[A] slang interjection used to express happiness or excitement, usually over the Internet.

X

x-height
[T]he height of the lower case letters in a font. Typically, this is the height of the letter x in the font (which is where the terminology came from), as well as the a, c, e, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, and z.

Y

y’ello
A means of answering the phone: y’ello?

Z

Zod
General Zod.
ZOMBO
You can do anything at Zombo[.]com.

Languages

Some of the languages that are used on this site:

de
German. Primarely used for German cites (names, titles, etc.).
en
English. This is the base language of most documents on this site.
en-GB
British English.
en-GB-x-Hixie
Hixie English. British English, as used by Ian Hixie exclusively. On this site, it’s solely used for citing said individual.
en-US
American English.
fr
French. Primarily used for French cites (names, titles, etc.).
it
Italian. Primarily used for Italian cites (names, titles, etc.).
nl
Dutch.
nl-x-ACJ
Dutch, as spoken by me specifically. Many nl-x-ACJ specific words are just misspelled equivalents of existing Dutch words (like neit instead of niet), but others are made up.
nl-x-Haags
Dutch dialect, known as plat Haags, exclusively spoken by natives of The Hague, Netherlands.
sur
Sranan Tongo.