The Slang
Depending upon just how slang-riddled a particular post is, it can
sometimes be rather difficult for newcomers to understand just what
is going on. This page is an attempt at helping explain the most
common pieces of slang used in the context of Anonymous and Project
Chanology.
Firstly, there are two primary branches of slang that are used: chanspeak, which has its origins in websites like 4chan; and scispeak, which is the deliberately complex, obfuscated, and generally opaque jargon used by the Church of Scientology.
Chanspeak
The single most obvious thing about chanspeak is that it is offensive. This is deliberate. There are three plausible courses of action for an individual to take upon first encountering chanspeak: 1) freaking out, usually angrily and/or noisily; 2) getting over it or ignoring it; and 3) realizing that you actually find it bloody hilarious. I would strongly advise you select option 2 or 3; feel free to take option 1 if you want too, but if you whine about people swearing here you will most likely be banned. There are more important things to do than protect your precious ego.
Now that that's over with, on to some actual detail.
Likely the first piece of chanspeak you will run into is the ubiquitous "fag". Unsurprisingly (this is slang, after all), this word does not have the meanings it is normally associated with in society at large. Rather, it is almost always used as a synonym for "person". Much as "man" is used as a suffix in words like "mailman" or "alderman", "fag" is found in compounds such as "newfag" (someone who is new to the site or the culture), "Amerifag" (an American), and so on.
After that come the memes: behold, in all their glory, or lack thereof, things like the Rickroll, Caturday, IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZOR, and OVER NINE THOUSAND. Given enough exposure to these, you too will begin to find them amusing, despite a lack of any good reason for them to be funny. You have my condolences.
Scispeak
Protip: If it's an acronym you don't recognize, there's a good chance it's moonbat Scispeak. A few of the more commonly used ones are CoS (Church of Scientology, of course), OSA (Office of Special Affairs, the intelligence branch of the CoS), and OT (Operating Thetan. What you get when you've dumped enough cash into the whole thing to level up, so to speak). If you run across any others, you should be safe asking whoever posted it what it stands for.
Firstly, there are two primary branches of slang that are used: chanspeak, which has its origins in websites like 4chan; and scispeak, which is the deliberately complex, obfuscated, and generally opaque jargon used by the Church of Scientology.
Chanspeak
The single most obvious thing about chanspeak is that it is offensive. This is deliberate. There are three plausible courses of action for an individual to take upon first encountering chanspeak: 1) freaking out, usually angrily and/or noisily; 2) getting over it or ignoring it; and 3) realizing that you actually find it bloody hilarious. I would strongly advise you select option 2 or 3; feel free to take option 1 if you want too, but if you whine about people swearing here you will most likely be banned. There are more important things to do than protect your precious ego.
Now that that's over with, on to some actual detail.
Likely the first piece of chanspeak you will run into is the ubiquitous "fag". Unsurprisingly (this is slang, after all), this word does not have the meanings it is normally associated with in society at large. Rather, it is almost always used as a synonym for "person". Much as "man" is used as a suffix in words like "mailman" or "alderman", "fag" is found in compounds such as "newfag" (someone who is new to the site or the culture), "Amerifag" (an American), and so on.
After that come the memes: behold, in all their glory, or lack thereof, things like the Rickroll, Caturday, IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZOR, and OVER NINE THOUSAND. Given enough exposure to these, you too will begin to find them amusing, despite a lack of any good reason for them to be funny. You have my condolences.
Scispeak
Protip: If it's an acronym you don't recognize, there's a good chance it's moonbat Scispeak. A few of the more commonly used ones are CoS (Church of Scientology, of course), OSA (Office of Special Affairs, the intelligence branch of the CoS), and OT (Operating Thetan. What you get when you've dumped enough cash into the whole thing to level up, so to speak). If you run across any others, you should be safe asking whoever posted it what it stands for.
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