Seriously, some of the silly abbreviations need to come to an end. Half of these are either 1) re!@#$%^&*ed 2) so uncommon, someone must have just made it up. I will list the ones that seem completely rediculous: i mean, half of the abbreviations i see, ONLY apply to hyperspace bb: be back bbiab: be back in a bit bbs: be back soon beta: beta SubSpace (VIE bsg: Battlestar Galactica (TV and film series) cba: can't be a**ed cbf: can't be f**ked fab: fabulous force: purposely induce lag (uh NO? do you not understand what "Force" means?) grate: great iirc: if I recall correctly ilu: I love you (NO NO NO, ITS I <3 U) in spec: in spectator mode (seriously... this is NOT an abbreviation) irt: in real time keke or kekeke or kekekeke: laughter ( ) nbsg: Battlestar Galactica (reimagined) (TV and film series) (god !@#$%^&*, whoever wrote this is a dork) lancing: flying a lancaster (maybe in HS, thats about it) non-ssc or non ssc: not on SSC biller or not on SSC network (uhhh, self explanitory?) noobcake or n00bcake or nubcake: inexperienced player (derogatory) (NO NO NO NO NO!) noobd or noob'd or n00bd or n00b'd: overcame easily (derogatory) obsg: Battlestar Galactica (original) (TV and film series) (Im seriously going to murder this guy....) phreaking: hacking of non-Internet equipment ( ) pl: Pure_Luck (uhhhh... no? pl usually means packetloss) plz or plzz or plzzz or puhlease or puhleaze or puh-leaze: please (......) qt: cutie or quiet (O.o) roffle: rolling on floor laughing (haha, i remember this one, i think i coined it , still stupid however) sop: standard operating procedure (Never heard anyone say this...) specced: switched to spectator mode (nooo... really?) st: Star Trek (TV and film series) (i swear to god, if i see another one, im gonna cry) supered or super'ed: put on temporary superpower (....no) sw: Star Wars (TV and film series) () tbc: to be continued trek: Star Trek (TV and film series) () tty: talk to you ttys: talk to you soon wtfh: what the f**king h*ll (its one or the other... NOT BOTH) yeap or yep or yeppers or yeps or yup or yuppers or yups: yeah (overboard much?)