SPAM: unwanted or "junk" e-mail messages, usually in large quantities. Often spamming is done deliberately, but it can be accidental. In many cases, sending a message to a very long list of recipients (even with good intentions) results in loss of computing privileges. In a forum, "spams" are, more often than not, off-topic posts.
LURKING: is the very common practice of reading an online or e-mail discussion without taking part in the discussion. Most visitors to discussions on Web sites, Usenet groups, e-mail discussion groups, Internet Relay Chat channels, or bulletin board systems understandably spend much more time reading or "listening" than writing or "speaking." What this term seems to imply in its usage is that some people benefit a great deal from a discussion without ever offering to enrich it with their own information or ideas. It is well understood and accepted, however, that there will always be lurkers in any discussion. And people new to a discussion are sometimes advised to lurk until they become familiar with the discussion.
COMM: is the cult of worshippers that spam much and deny more in their attempt to spread the "Light" of COMMunication as opposed to the "Darkness" of Spam. According to Weasel, former leader of the COMMs:
a shortened version of Communicating. A way to spread joy to all the board and do away with the vile evil spam that is overflowing this place. Founded in 1982 by poor moon people on vacation to the Earth, it's a NON-profit group dedicated to wiping out Spam and Dark Flamers: a group of women dominators who hatched a plan to take over the world. Their postion is to have complete domination of COMM.
DARK FLAMERS: a group of men and women who write fiction in a thread called Order of the Dark Flames.
SLURR: currently a form of sociable Spamming, while drinking and/or smoking. According to Ned, co-founder of the SLURRs, along with Bloodstalker and McBane:
it isn't really Spam and it isn't COMMunicating. Most aptly described, I'd say it's coherent thoughts contorted by booze.
BToN: Bloodstalker's Tavern of Neutrality. Tavern in which the principle of SLURRing was applied most accurately. Great conflict surrounds the closing of this tavern.
Rolling Thunder (TM): black Mack truck, driven by Beldin. It contains a pocket plane (see ToB), so that it can hold many recreational facilities (e.g. hottub and pooltable). It is also equipped with a shinethrower
tm, operated by Ode to a Grasshopper. Primarily, however, the Rolling Thunder
(TM) is considered to be a moving tavern (preventing final closure).
SYM: Speak Your Mind. Forum, in which moderators are a bit more lenient towards spamming
LOL: Laughing Out Loud
ROFL: Rolling On the Floor Laughing
LMAO: Laughing My (censorship) Off
IIRC: If I Recall Correctly
IMO: In My Opinion
RL: Real Life - often used as opposition to life in SYM
STICKY: one of the first threads in a forum, marked with a message "sticky" to the side. Moderators can turn threads into stickies, so that they will remain on the first (couple of) page(s) of the forum and not move several pages according to which thread was last posted in, like the other threads.
BUMPING: making a post which does not contribute anything except putting the thread back to the top of the list
PM: Private Message. Often used as a verb to indicate sending a Private Message e.g. you can always PM me.