So I was on FB this evening and one of my friends wondered aloud what to get her 16 year old son for Christmas and was looking for suggestions. Without thinking until 2 seconds after hitting the send button, I said hookers and blow. I'm sure I'm not the first one that has used a BBS-ism in a different context and the people you use it towards don't get it. What stories are out there of these BBS-isms being used where the people just didn't understand?
Not from here, but moran is a staple at STN.net. Guads is the preferred spelling for quads on a cycling forum as often spelled by an idtio on there.
Too funny. Several times a week I start a sentence with "this dude on the beeb" or "I bet somebody on the beeb knows". Other people say "what the hell is a beeb?" My wife rolls her eyes...