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AFK
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- acronym of "away from keyboard." Commonly used in online textual communication, such as IM and chat. One may "go" AFK, as in the following example.
I need to go AFK to get some lunch.
Samueliscool is now AFK.
- See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: not present, away.
Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Jul 17 2009.
- acronym of "away from keyboard." Commonly used in online textual communication, such as IM and chat. Used to respond to a message, indicating that one isn't currently available. (Of course, in this usage, "away from keyboard" isn't strictly true.)
Question: Hey, can I talk to you about the programming assignment for CS61A?
Response: AFK.- See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: not present, away.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Jul 17 2009.
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all your base are belong to us
interjection
- a declaration of victory or superiority.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to win, defeat.
Last edited on Apr 27 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 17 2007.
origin
- This term is from the 1991 Sega Genesis release of an arcade game called "Zero Wing." The introduction in the game has a very poor translation of Japanese to English. It shows the bridge of a space ship in chaos as the enemy appears and says, "How are you gentlemen!! All your base are belong to us."
In 2001, this poor translation spread virally through the Internet, resulting in many images of doctored photographs, each showing a street sign, store front, package label, etc. manipulated to read "All your base are belong to us."
The original has been generalized to "All your 'X' are belong to us", to imply that the thing 'X' will be annihilated. For example:I had to sign a non-compete clause when I took the job. They basically told me, "All your future work are belong to us."
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Jul 17 2009.
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let's jam
- A suggestion to depart together.
This party's lame: let's jam!
Last edited on Nov 03 1999. Submitted by Dao from Chicago, IL, USA on Nov 03 1999.
- Let's have a boogie
"hey man this beat is tight, let's JAM"Last edited on Jul 17 2009. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 17 2009.
verb
- Working or attempting to spontaneously collaborate on a project of some kind with at least one other person outside of oneself.
Last edited on Nov 30 2014. Submitted by Anonymous from Seattle, WA, USA on Nov 30 2014.
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shiny
- I believe this use of shiny developed on the Colorado College campus, and have no idea if it has reached beyond that. It started out being used to mean "distracting in a good way," its definition has now expanded to include "very good." It is often used in place of other slang words like "cool."
I didn't get my work done because I was distracted by all kinds of shiny people.
- See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.
Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Heather H. from Colorado Springs, CO, USA on Feb 13 2003.
- - also made popular by Joss Whedon's TV show Firefly. Ex: "Everything's shiny, Captain." Kalee to Captain Mal, explaining that ship is not about to crash.
Last edited on Jul 17 2009. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 17 2009.
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