For someone who doesnt often participate in online chatroom or forum discussions, keeping up with the chat in your online Bingo game can be quite confusing. Rather than take the time to type out what they want to say, players often use slang and acronyms to talk to you, which is basically jibberish to someone not familiar with online terminology.
To make your online Bingo more enjoyable, and hopefully help you understand what people are saying to you, I will try to define some of the most commonly used Bingo acronyms here for you in this article. It really isnt that difficult to decipher online chat, once you know what all the acronyms and slang really mean. One of the easiest ways to spot an online newbie is that they dont have a clue what you are saying when you type something like WTG, or ROFL. If you think about them long enough, you can probably figure out what they mean, but how many numbers are you missing by sitting there staring at lines of chat? You could win the game and not ever even know it, because you are so engrossed in what is being said.
Many of these acronyms are used in everyday chatroom talk, not just Bingo chat. A few of the easier ones are:...