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IRC Chat: Common Terms, Abbreviations, and Phrases

Once you get into IRC, you need to understand the barrage of abbreviations and phrases that are commonly used.

People will do anything to be lazy—especially where typing is concerned. Anyone who uses IRC will come across abbreviations and certain jargon that will stump them initially. Do not look like a fool by asking unless you absolutely must!

Noun-Verb Duality

One peculiarity you may notice is that IRC commands are often treated as both verbs and nouns. You can refer to your IRC client documentation for additional commands, but here are some examples:

op

n. A person in a channel who has the +o flag in a channel. Usually has the @ prefix in the username.

v. The act of setting mode +o. Used with omitted subject “me” as a request.

<lamer> op

/mode #

channel

 +o lamer

* idiot sets mode +o lamer

oper

n. A person who has been granted special privileges on the IRC server.

<w8> TsTech is an oper, right?

v. To identify to an IRC server with an administrator login and password, for example.

/oper User Password

msg (short for privmsg)

n. A private message to a user.

[lamer(idiot@some-host.com)] you're cool

v. To send someone a private message.

/msg lamer I know am.

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