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[penguinofhonor]

nb.
eg.
ie.
all meaning something in the line as 'for example:' or 'note below'

N.B. is nota bene, which means "Pay attention to what I'm about to tell you."

eg. is the shortened form of the latin word for "example", which is really similar to the word example. All it means is that the writer is about to give you an example of something he just said to help define it.

i.e. is id est, which means "it is". It's similar to eg, but it means that the writer is going to define what he just said, not that he's giving an example.

e.g. stands for exempli gratia.  You use it when you would say "for example".  You use i.e. when you would say "in other words".

It's been over a year since latin. Man, I used to know things better.

[Zai]

must be a latin abreviation.

nb.
eg.
ie.
all meaning something in the line as 'for example:' or 'note below'

IMHO/IMO: in my humble opinion/less humble
FYI: for your information

recently saw a few FTW ...for the world?

IMHO is also In My Honest Opinion.

Good page for similar things:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Internet_slang

Also. What does this have to do with Dwarf Fortress? XD

[Cavalcadeofcats]

The OP saw IIRC used in the forums, perhaps thought it was DF specific, and then everyone got very excited.

I'd guess, I wasn't really involved.

[Dareon Clearwater]

Can also be "Fuck the what," exactly the reverse of "What the fuck."

I used to think that's what it meant.  Made a decent amount of sense that way.  If WTF would imply disgust in the same context, FTW must be approval or appreciation.