# SD jargon that has slipped into your life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629 "2001-02-15T19:22:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/1 "2001-02-15T19:22:09Z")
Has Straight Dope messageboard talk dropped into your real life vocabulary? Have you ever told someone who was getting on your nerves “Wanna take this to The Pit?” Has your sister ever started an arguement with “They say. . .” and you immediately jumped in with “Cite, please?” My girlfriend recently got a home computer and has been lurking for a while. She just today told me, “That’s a completely different thread in a whole 'nother forum.” Do you do this? And if you do, do people look at you as if you are crazy when it happens? ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/2 "2001-02-15T19:31:40Z")
Well, not exactly that way, but I do find myself saying (all the time), “See, there was this note on the message board I’m part of …” , plus “Who is THEY??! Did you read this in a paper or something reputable or did you just see it in an email?” ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/3 "2001-02-15T19:41:13Z")
I have been using :wally quite a bit lately. All my co-workers have been wondering why in the hell I have been using it, and where I got it. I just 😃 and say SDMB… The look on their faces is funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/4 "2001-02-15T19:57:55Z")
I’ve been using “teeming millions” since forever, does that count? ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/5 "2001-02-15T20:46:35Z")
… I find that whenever I happen to send out an e-mail that 1. has a list 2. No matter who it’s to, ends up with 3. Hi, Opal! I’ve gotten some pretty strange responses back from my non-Doper friends! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![St.Attila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@St.Attila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Attila)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/6 "2001-02-15T20:54:16Z")
Seems that all my conversations IRL lately make me sound like that girl in _American Pie_. “Once, in band camp…” except I say, “Once, on the Straight Dope Message Boards…” ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/7 "2001-02-15T21:00:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BunnyGirl \* > \*\*Well, not exactly that way, but I do find myself saying (all the time), “See, there was this note on the message board I’m part of …” , plus “Who is THEY??! Did you read this in a paper or something reputable or did you just see it in an email?” \*\* I do the exact same bloody thing, and it WEIRDS out the people I know. They’re not big on internet communities… ---
**Author:** ![slackergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@slackergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slackergirl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/8 "2001-02-15T21:05:43Z")
I said YMMV to somebody last week. They looked at me like I had lobsters coming out of my ears. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/9 "2001-02-15T21:18:06Z")
I find myself: [ul] [li]typing **[B], [I] or [U]** instead of CTRL + B or I or U for Word documents\*\*.[/li][li]typing **: eek :** in an e-mail and getting mad when I don’t get the little blue face.[/li][li]also adding **Hi Opal!** to a list.[/li][li]looking for the **“Preview Reply”** button before sending a e-mail.[/li][li]inadvertantly referring to my supervisor as my “moderator” (happened only once).[/li][li]resending an e-mail and apologizing for misspelling a word.[/li][li]trying to explain to someone not on the board why “The Return of the Princess Bride Jedi” is so damned funny.[/li][/ul] \*\*Purposely screwing up the code here so I don’t get \*\*bold, \*italic or underline in the list ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/10 "2001-02-15T21:27:31Z")
I DO know that when I e-mail folks now, I’m looking for the :rolleyes: , :eek: , 🙂 and 😃 ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/11 "2001-02-15T21:37:36Z")
Whenever an obscure question comes up at work, I always volunteer to find the answer/solution/etc. When I come back with the answer, I always start with, “Some friends of mine did some research on this…” or “I asked a friend, who’s a biologist specializing in spider monkeys, about that…” or “My friend, who is a geneticist at Johns Hopkins, says…”. They all think I have a personal team of researchers helping me out with all our random wonderings. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/12 "2001-02-15T21:48:40Z")
Just a few days ago, a coworker and I were preparing a list of things for our boss to bring up at an upcoming meeting, and sure enough, I typed “Hi, Opal” at the third bullet. Fortunately the guy I was working with knows about the SDMB and occasionally reads threads I point him to, so it didn’t take too much explanation. Fortunately, my IFGS friends are accustomed to strange names, so it doesn’t baffle them when I refer to someone here (in a group where names like Damnfairy Lizardking or Yan Kankuk are accepted, our screennames seem downright pedestrian). I’m prone to saying “Cite, please” and generally apologize in advance for not having a cite. Both of these habits confuse people. I also use YMMV, IMHO, and a few other abbreviations occasionally. Fortunately, most of my friends are used to hearing me slip into hackish jargon and can glork it from the context. ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/13 "2001-02-15T21:57:04Z")
during conversation: … something really funny happened to a friend of mine… uhm… at the straight dope… yes online… no I dont know him/her in real life… well… this is what happened… :eek: :eek: :eek: I also almost introduced myself as “dodgy” ones… and almost screamed LOL instead of laughing. ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/14 "2001-02-15T21:58:16Z")
during conversation: … something really funny happened to a friend of mine… uhm… at the straight dope… yes online… no I dont know him/her in real life… well… this is what happened… :eek: :eek: :eek: I also almost introduced myself as “dodgy” once… and almost screamed LOL instead of laughing. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/15 "2001-02-15T22:04:30Z")
Gah, **C3**! Username dropping, I forgot! In conversation with co-workers and friends: “Well **wring** said the same thing…” “Yeah, and **Zenster** has this great recipie for chicken…” “I know what you mean. **peace** pissed me off when…” and people say “Who is **wring** / **Zenster** / **peace** /etc.?” “Um, I don’t know, I’ve never met any of these people.” And typing asterisks to replace letters in normal words like **c_ncr_t** \*, **S_nt_n\*l** , et al. ---
**Author:** ![St.Attila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@St.Attila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Attila)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/16 "2001-02-15T22:21:02Z")
_Originally posted by **BornDodgy** _ > [@](#): > > \*\*…and almost screamed LOL instead of laughing. \*\* 😃 I just blew Coke and Skittles out my nose visualizing that. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/17 "2001-02-15T22:47:08Z")
Besides the plethora of information that I’ve gleaned here, the bad jokes that I’ve lifted and the use of the _double-colon narrative punctuation mark_ (e.g.- **::pulls up a lawn chair and pops open a cold one::** ) in my e-mails, the one thing I’ve gotten from the boards (not really jargon, however) is ( \* Y \* ) [sub]…my thanks to the lovely and wonderful Ayesha and Byzantine for this symbol![/sub] …not something I can use everyday, mind you, but when i _can_ squeeze it in, it usually brings the roof down!! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/18 "2001-02-15T22:51:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by St. Attila \* > I just blew Coke and **Skittles** out my nose visualizing that. That _had_ to hurt! :eek: I just now confused the guy in the next cube. We were talking about the kournikova virus that’s been going around (he mentioned that the guy who started it turned himself in); I said, “Yeah–the guy wasn’t exactly hiding. soulsling found his handle in the file and tracked down his home town a couple of days ago.” Then he wanted to know who (or what) a “soulsling” was. Like C3, I’m believed to have ties to an extraordinary team of researchers (also spies and hackers). That’s just from stuff I pick up in passing. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/19 "2001-02-15T23:00:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BornDodgy \* > \*\*and almost screamed LOL instead of laughing. \*\* I’ve _done_ that! I roll my eyes a whole lot more lately. Also, “The would be a _ **great** _ band name/sig line/thread topic.” ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629/20 "2001-02-15T23:08:56Z")
I was in a charity board meeting a couple of weeks ago, and I referred to the person who brought up a topic as “the OP.” Which immediately led to puzzled looks and the question: “Who’s Opie?” Hamana hamana hamana ummmm . . . did I say ‘Opie’? Forced laugh, quick change of subject. I say “do you have a cite for that?” a lot, but then it’s part of my job and predates the Board, so no credit there. I pass on Board information by saying “this girl (or guy) I know said . . .” without specifying that it’s a girl (or guy) I’ve never actually met. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-jargon-that-has-slipped-into-your-life/54629.md?page=2)