Our neologism “lamerick“ (a mix of lame and limerick) officially enters in Urban Dictionary … [Mugs, T-shirts, Mousepads, Magnets available] 🙂
But what is Urban Dictionary anyway?
When you start playing online games, one of the first problems you have to solve is understanding what others are saying in game chat.
In a virtual world where people from all regions and dialects come together and communicate in real time with everyone else, it should be no surprise that the language used in these cyber realms takes on qualities of its own.
gg, bb, cu, cya, omg, afk, lame, noob, cheat, pwned, lol, brb, n1, gn, thx, ty, ns, lag, ping, bot, camper, kick, spec, wtf, idk, k, np, …
Hmm…, for me it wasn’t easy at all, until someone pointed me to Urban Dictionary.
Urban Dictionary is a web-based dictionary of slang words and phrases, which contains over 10 million definitions. Submissions are regulated by volunteer editors and rated by site visitors. Most words have multiple definitions, usage examples, and tags. Many examples are funny, though frequently gross.
[BTW, the image above is an accurate “Wordle“ of the words I used more frequently in BallerBude game chat, during the 6 months when I was admin. Based on BB logs].
I like this neologism BB “lamerick” style very much.
Great job, Biondo! 🙂
hehe, i remember when i start online gaming with the release of rtcw 2001, i was totally confused about that chat and expressions like lol or rofl 😉
I’m a bit familiar with Urban Dictionary. Listening a lot to Jamaican music, one pics up some ‘strange’ patois (Jamaican Dialect) in song texts. Often Urban Dictionary brings in the answer…
Very nice addition, this Lamerick…You submitted it in Biondo?
Thank you Zapata. Yes, of course, I submitted it 😉
Great news. Nice graphic Biondo! Thanx
Haha genious our words in a big dictionary very nice . 🙂
It’s very fascinating that abbreviations are known in the rest of the world. Very strange.
Btw nice mindmap BIondo