Internet Lingo (Language,) has became a part of our everyday writings in just about everything we do. Its frustrating to see an Acronym and not understand what it means. I have a very good friend who I started ending emails with WBS soon she couldn't stand it and asked what it meant, With Burned Sausage is now a running joke lol...WBS means Write Back Soon.

We have all been there and wondered (What The???) when seeing a strange set of letters, either in a chat room or blog group. Internet Jargon is now moving into the Gemstone World as well...I will give you the basics and, please, feel free to email me questions or jargon I may have missed. I will start with the most used.

lol or LOL is simply (Laugh Out Loud) it replaces the old haha.

ROTFL (Rolling on the floor laughing) must be hysterical

IMHO (In My Humble Opinion)

IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion

J/K -   Just Kidding

NAZ - Name, Address, Zip

BRB (Be Right Back)

FOAF - Friend Of A Friend

NALOPKT - Not A Lot Of People Know That

B4YKI - Before You Know It

LMK - Let Me Know

TYVM    Thank You Very Much

F2F - Face To Face

SWDYT - So What Do You Think?

2G2BT    Too Good To Be True

AAMOF    As A Matter Of Fact

AFAICT    As far As I can Tell

GTG:      Got To Go

BITD    Back In The Day

HC:   Hard copy, usually a actual paper copy of an email

I like this one from Microsoft Tech:

PICNIC       Problem In Chair, Not In Computer

Now Those are some that are seen quite often but not so much on Ebay auctions, except (LOL...)

The NetLingo Top Internet Acronyms Every Parent Needs to Know:

POS - Parent Over Shoulder
PIR - Parent In Room
P911 - Parent Alert
PAW - Parents Are Watching
PAL - Parents Are Listening
ASL - Age/Sex/Location
SOR -  Straight or Gay
TDTM- Talk Dirty to me
BRT- Be right there
MorF - Male or Female
LMIRL - Let's Meet In Real Life
KPC - Keeping Parents Clueless
ADR - Address
WYCM - Will You Call Me?
KFY - Kiss For You
MOOS - Member(s) Of the Opposite Sex
MOSS or MOTSS - Member(s) Of The Same Sex
NALOPKT - Not A Lot Of People Know That
EOD - End Of Day
FSWDYT - So What Do You Think? 2F - Face To Face
WUF - Where Are You From?
WYRN - What's Your Real Name?



BIN-     Buy It Now

FRB-    Flat Rate Box

FB-   Feed Back

RSJ-    Royal Sahara Jasper,

POTN- Pebbles Of The Nile

OJ-    Ocean Jasper I never have liked those initials, reminds me of a messed up court system.

MHPJ-   Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper

BCOVA-       British Columbia Ocean View Agate

BIPDA-   Blue Ice Polka-Dot Agate

IPS-    Indian Paint Stone

PJS-    Picture Jasper Slab

RTR-    Rock Tumbling Rough



Rockhound:     A person who has a true passion for rocks, loves to hunt rocks, dig rocks etc...Also holds morals and ethical values dear.
Rockpup:        A youngster Rockhound
or Pebblepup

Grayhound:   Older Rockhounds

Cab:   Means a Cabochon, or cutting a stone (Cab) short for Cabochon

Slab:   A slab is from a rock cut in a saw, slab a rock up, like a tile

Rough:   Is rock straight from the Earth, usually uncut

Rocklicker:    Is someone who doesn't take the time to spray a rock with water to better see the pattern but rather licks the rock.

Fingerlicker:   One who licks their finger then rubs the rock

Leaverite:     An old rockhound term for a rock found while rockhounding that is not worth packing out so you leave it right where its found.

Idon'tknowite:   Mystery rock

Fortification:   Mainly used in Agate descriptions, its when the patterns form a complete circle, like a fort.

Gemmy:   Usually Agate that is Eye Candy, Immacualte

Chalcedony:   (Kal-said;knee) is Gemmy Agate (Blue Chalcedony)

Fracture:   Hairline crack that is usually unseen by the naked eye.

Unstable:   A rock that easily fractures, needs treated to be stable enough to work.

High Grade:   Border Line Best of the Best. Hand Selected for its Better Quality. If you buy a rock thats listed as High Grade and it doesn't cut up as High Grade, get a refund.

Mine Run:   This is suppose to mean ungraded rock but I have yet to meet a miner that didn't High Grade his rocks. I mean think about it...These lots of (Ungraded Emeralds etc...) don't buy into that nonsense. If you are looking for true mine run then the only fair way to get it is pay for a dig and make sure that you get all the rock without the miner making any exceptions...
It has been my experience that mine run lots is mostly a way to get rid of lower grade rocks by taking a few and throwing in a couple keepers and medioca rocks and calling it mine run!!!

Dale Rhode  2006-2007-2008