NETSPEAK

LEXICAL DISTINCTIVENESS

•Compounding
•Affixation
•Blends
•Creative forms
•Conversions
 COMPOUNDING

•Mouse: mouseclick, mouseover,

mousepad
•Ware: firmware, freeware, groupware,
shovelware, wetware
•Web: webmail, webmaster,
webonomics, webster, webzine
 AFFIXATION
• Hyper-: hyperfiction, hyperlink, hypertext,
hyperzine
• -bot: annoybot, cancelbot, chatterbot, knowbot,
mailbot, softbot, spybot
• Cyber-: cyberspace, cyberculture, cyberlawyer,
cybersex, cybersquatter, cyberian, cybercrime,
cybersitter, cyber rights
 BLENDS

•Bugzilla •Infonet
•Cybercide •Internaut
•Datagram •Netiquette
•Infobahn
 CREATIVE FORMS

•Ecruiting •net.citizen
•Ecruiter •net.legend
•E-lance •net.police
•Etailing
 CONVERSIONS

•To mouse •Whois

•To clipboard •Whowhere
•To geek out
•To backspace
TXTING
 AFAIK

As far as I know
 ATW

At the weekend
 BBL

Be back later
 BCNU

Be seeing you
 B4

before
 BRB

Be right back
 BTW

By the way
 CM

Call me
CUL, CUL8R

See you later

 DK

Don’t know
 F?

Friends?
 FOTCL

Falling off the

chair laughing
 FWIW

For what it’s

worth
 FYA

For your
amusement
 FYI

For your
information
 G

grin
 GAL

Get a life
 GMTA

Great minds
think alike
GR8

great
 HHOK

Ha ha only
kidding
 IANAL

I am not a
lawyer, but…
 ICWUM

I see what you

mean
 IMHO

In my humble
opinion
 IMNSHO

In my not so
humble opinion
 IMO

In my opinion
 IOW

In other words
 JAM

Just a minute
 JK

Just kidding
 KC

Keep cool
 LOL

Laughing out
loud
 LMAO

Laughing my ass
off
 NP

No problem
 OIC

Oh I see
 OTOH

On the other
hand
 PMJI

Pardon my
jumping in
 ROTF

Rolling on the
floor
 ROTFL

Rolling on the
floor laughing
 SMTOE /
S!M!!OE!!

Sets my teeth
on edge
 SO

Significant other
THX, TNX, TX

thanks
 TIA

Thanks in
advance
 TMOT

Trust me on this
TTYL / TTYL8R

Talk to you later

 TTTT

To tell (you) the

truth
 WADR

With all due

respect
 WRT

With respect to
 WU

What’s up?
 X!

Typical woman
 Y!

Typical man