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Read more before posting; the 4chan reply to a newcomer's naive question.
lurk moar: Read more before posting; the 4chan reply to a newcomer's naive question. Example: "lurk moar before you ask what a rage comic is"
Sarcastic dismissal of a boring or pointless post.
cool story bro: Sarcastic dismissal of a boring or pointless post. Example: "cool story bro"
Posting in a forum thread to push it back to the top of the list.
bump: Posting in a forum thread to push it back to the top of the list. Example: "bump, still looking for a Halo: Reach group"
The signature image or text under every forum post, often an animated banner.
sig: The signature image or text under every forum post, often an animated banner. Example: "nice sig, is that from your guild?"
tl;dr: Too long; didn't read. A complaint about a long post, or a one-line summary placed at the end of one. Example: "tl;dr Digg v4 sucks, we're all on Reddit now"
friend / unfriend: To add or remove someone on Facebook; "unfriend" was the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 word of the year. Example: "she unfriended me after the wall post"
In before: predicting a reply before it arrives.
inb4: In before: predicting a reply before it arrives. Example: "inb4 someone posts the Fail Whale"
like (verb): To click the thumbs-up on a post; from April 2010 also on any website with the Like button. Example: "37 people like this"
wall / wall post: The public message area of a Facebook profile; writing on someone's wall was the 2010 equivalent of a public shout-out. Example: "happy birthday!!! -posted on your wall"
tweet / RT: A Twitter post, and RT for retweet: repeating someone's tweet, by hand ("RT @user") or, from late 2009, with the button. Example: "RT @kimmel: my favorite video of the year...
reblog: To repost someone's Tumblr post to your own blog, with or without commentary; Tumblr's core verb. Example: "this got 40,000 notes after one reblog"
viral: Spreading rapidly by sharing; "going viral" was the ambition of every 2010 video, ad and blog post. Example: "the Old Spice ad went viral overnight"
The Game: A mind game everyone is playing; thinking about it means you just lost. Posting "I lost the game" made everyone else lose. Example: "I just lost the game"
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