Thank you to my geeky colleagues on fr.hobbynewsonline.com for this article…

Do you have any idea what the following jargon used on the internet means?

BJR TLM, KOI29 ? AUJ G RAS and RAD PCQ CHUI OQP, DSL ! G BCP  TAF and + G  PB DS IE7… ALAP !

RE, AMHA, MSG  PTDR,  XPDR. DTF JDC TJRS : PR NS  TPS C NIMP !

BJ NSP ? STOU PR AJD, at 2M1

This is now part of our reality …

There are millions of people who send thousands of messages daily online, be it instant messaging, cell phone, blog, forum, etc… And of course to allow a written exchange as fast as the spoken word, a multitude of acronyms, abbreviations, emoticons have been created.

The boom in media and social networks like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and company has only increased the phenomenon, and now the language of the Net is part of reality.  Obviously as with any organic language, it is sometimes difficult to navigate.  You can quickly become an old fossil if you do not keep up with the latest trends and jargon!

In addition, there are now expressions that are widely used and reinvented … And yet I’ll spare you the many emoticons that come with it to indicate your voice!

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A short list of cool sites to help you understand the jargon of the Internet

Internet Slang Translator : For English abbreviations and acronyms, a tool of “translation” very nice instantly translates the acronym as plain text

AcronymFinder : account for its nearly 4 million acronyms and abbreviations in its database.

If you are still at a loss, then I advise you to consult the fairly comprehensive list in Wikipedia , which is always changing.  LOL