Boardisms

Hankyspanky123

I have a question, well two actually that have cropped up after perusing many posts in AH...

What is a 'Troll Post' and what does 'Your Ma' mean or where does it come from?

AlmightyCushion

"Yore ma" means "your mother" and is used as a witty retort. e.g.

"I'm dying"
"So's yore ma after last night "

Yore ma isn't just used on boards, it's actually used by people in the real world to although I spend somuch time here I'm beginning to forget what that is.

Spud83

AlmightyCushion wrote:

"Yore ma" means "your mother" and is used as a witty retort. e.g.

However it is normally used unwittingly (if thats a word).

Acid_Violet

'Your Ma' comes from everywhere! It is usually said as a sexual innuendo after someone says something that could be distorted into an innuendo. Par example;

'It's really easy'
'Like yore ma?'

When talking about money (for example);
'I'm a bit tight at the moment'
'Like your ma'.

However, because the 'your ma' jokes are so ubiquitous, common and over-used, people often say 'your ma' as a parody of itself, because of how 'your ma' jokes have degenerated into being said all the time and not even funny anymore;

'This isn't funny anymore'
'Like your ma'.

To my knowledge, a troll post is someone saying something just to annoy people.

AlmightyCushion

alanmurphy83 wrote:

However it is normally used unwittingly (if thats a word).

Diswittingly? Unwittingly? Disunwittingly? That's a tricky one. Yes you are right. Only seldom is it actually funny. I await the "Yore Ma's a tricky one " reply any minute now :rolleyes:

Wossack

'yore ma' well covered above ^^ (eh wha!?)

a troll post is a post made purely to get a rise out of someone, or to bait people into responding. Theyre not contributing posts, and are made purely to create heated discussion that the 'troller' will just sit back and laugh over

AlmightyCushion

Acid_Violet wrote:

To my knowledge, a troll post is someone saying something just to annoy people.

Not too sure what trolling is. either I think it's when someone says something trying to get someone else to say something they shouldn't and result in a ban. If any of that makes any sense because it barely makes any to me. But more or less what violet said.

Spud83

Hankyspanky123 wrote:

What is a 'Troll Post' and what does 'Your Ma' mean or where does it come from?

This would be an example of troll post then...

Dont ask stupid questions, Dumbass!!!!!!!

Wossack

Thats baiting Cushion, another tool in the trollers arsenal

Ishmael

Trolling is posting provocative posts to get a reaction out of people more than to actually discuss the topic.

eg. A thread like "I think x/y/z is ****** " would be a troll unless the poster has some way of backing it up.

Steve_o

Wossack wrote:

a troll post is a post made purely to get a rise out of someone, or to bait people into responding. Theyre not contributing posts, and are made purely to create heated discussion that the 'troller' will just sit back and laugh over

I think a troll post is also a post that tries to drag the thread off topic with a random post that doesn't contribute and so cause other posters to reply angrily and as such, the thread is gone off topic!






I Think!

Hankyspanky123

Ahhh the thick fog clears thanks guys!

Now i can return to reading volumes and fully understand whats being said, not that AH is full of sensible talk or anything

Don1

Yore ma is troll post ya muppet. :rolleyes:

Tar.Aldarion

Hankyspanky123 wrote:

I have a question, well two actually that have cropped up after perusing many posts in AH...

What is a 'Troll Post' and what does 'Your Ma' mean or where does it come from?

If you are ever in doubt google urban dictionary.

Acid_Violet

On the subject of finding out things we don't know about boards, what's up with the stars? I never ever knew........do tell!

philstar

sorry can i just but in....

how did the term "moth" for girlfriend come about??

Tar.Aldarion

philstar wrote:

sorry can i just but in....

how did the term "moth" for girlfriend come about??

A clueless and or stupid person that appears to be staring at a light all day, with no reguards as to what's happening in the real world.
Sounds like a girl ya? :P

Jimoslimos

philstar wrote:

sorry can i just but in....

how did the term "moth" for girlfriend come about??

I always thought it had something to do with the irish phrase "maith an cailin" (forgive the absence of fadas, too lazy).

Tar.Aldarion

Acid_Violet wrote:

On the subject of finding out things we don't know about boards, what's up with the stars? I never ever knew........do tell!

http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/Stars
There is a better link on the biki somewhere.

John Mason

philstar wrote:

sorry can i just but in....

how did the term "moth" for girlfriend come about??

cailin maith - irish for good girl (girlfriend) got shortened to moth

Pherekydes

alanmurphy83 wrote:

However it is normally used unwittingly (if thats a word).

Witlessly is the word you're looking for. It means without wit.

Unwittingly means unintentionally.

This is flaming:

Dont ask stupid questions, Dumbass!!!!!!!

Spud83

now i dumbass!!!

kevmy

philstar wrote:

sorry can i just but in....

how did the term "moth" for girlfriend come about??

Used by skangers about skangerettes and as such should not be used by normal people in polite conversation

Slow Motion

kevmy wrote:

Used by skangers about skangerettes and as such should not be used by normal people in polite conversation

Not it's not ! They call their maiths "Burds" I call my Maith, Maith, because as previously explained it comes from the Irish for My Good Girl, once I explained this to her she grew to quite like it as a term of endearment !

Wossack

I always thought it was 'mot' - is that just a further skangerism of the term?

biko

Acid_Violet wrote:

On the subject of finding out things we don't know about boards, what's up with the stars? I never ever knew........do tell!

http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/Stars
http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/Troll

2funki4wheelz

Wossack wrote:

I always thought it was 'mot' - is that just a further skangerism of the term?

I agree, I've only ever heard mot, not moth. Moths eat clothes.

Don1

I believe it's just poor diction pronouncing "Moth" as "moHHH" :rolleyes:

5starpool

2funki4wheelz wrote:

I agree, I've only ever heard mot, not moth. Moths eat clothes.

I also thought this too, and I have learned over the years not to let AH change my mind on most of these things.

TheSearcher

not sure about the rest of the world but thats a Dublin saying

Zaph

TheSearcher wrote:

not sure about the rest of the world but thats a Dublin saying

Yep, and it's been around since my father was a young fella, which is a long time ago!

Orange69

There was a new "boardism" coined on feedback recently...

"fat cock up the ass"... abbreviated to FCUTA.. it means to chill out or take it easy

In context:

Damn man, im completely stressed from work!?!!

Yo, you need a fat cock up the ass!

Totally!

sam34

pardon the ignorance, but what does "ftw" at the end of a sentence mean?

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For the win.

As in, who's the sexiest woman in the world?

Mary Harney ftw.

Zaph

From Urban Dictionary

FTW

Acronym, For The Win

An enthusiastic emphasis to the end of a comment, message, or post. Sometimes genuine, though often mocking, in jest or sarcastic.

sam34

cheers guys, always wondered

AlmightyCushion

Another one I seen was ftl or for the lose. Thought it was quite funny at the time.

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AlmightyCushion ftl.

AlmightyCushion

seansouth wrote:

AlmightyCushion ftl.

togster

QFT???

Tar.Aldarion

Quoted for truth.

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Quoted For Truth.

A previous poster may have made a point that you really, really agree with, and to re-enforce that post, you quote it, and place QFT underneath, to show everyone that you are a sheep and think the exact same thing as that other person.

AlmightyCushion

togster wrote:

QFT???

It stands for quantum field theory. Which is a theoretical framework, widely used in particle physics and condensed matter physics in which to formulate consistent quantum theories of many-particle systems, especially in situations where particles may be created and destroyed.

Wossack

AlmightyCushion wrote:

It stands for quantum field theory. Which is a theoretical framework, widely used in particle physics and condensed matter physics in which to formulate consistent quantum theories of many-particle systems, especially in situations where particles may be created and destroyed.

QFT

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AlmightyCushion wrote:

It stands for quantum field theory. Which is a theoretical framework, widely used in particle physics and condensed matter physics in which to formulate consistent quantum theories of many-particle systems, especially in situations where particles may be created and destroyed.

STFU.

AlmightyCushion

seansouth wrote:

STFU.

You gotta love wikipedia

Wossack

whats funny bout the QFT one, is that in some american circles it stands for 'quit f***ing talking'... which is pretty much the exact opposite of 'quoted for truth'

Nevyn

What ?

no no no NO

FTL has been around for years and means Faster Then Light.
I mean only tards say ftl.

QTF

Quoted For Truth.

Pherekydes

seansouth wrote:

...who's the sexiest woman in the world?

Mary Harney ftw.

QFT!

Zaph

Thaedydal wrote:

QTF

Quoted For Truth.

QTF???

Thaed introduces a new TLA to the interweb.

im_invisible

zaph wrote:

TLA

Tits Legs Ass??

YoreMari Jaguar FTW