internet slang

Age, sex, location, asked in that order of every stranger. Died when platforms began answering the question for you, permanently and in public.

'As far as I know' — the hedge that has opened uncertain claims since Usenet, and survived every platform because people are still not sure. The record's entry for the oldest disclaimer still typed daily.

Away from keyboard. Once a real status; now an artefact of a time when leaving the machine was a distinct, announceable event.

Performed superbly, with no crumbs left. Sometimes extended to 'ate and left no crumbs', which is the same thing said by someone who has not.

Did it perfectly, with nothing left to criticise — 'ate' with an emphasis. From stan and drag vocabulary into the mainstream in 2023, used about pop stars, outfits and, eventually, a colleague's spreadsheet.

Charisma measured in points, gained and lost in public. Minus 1,000 aura for explaining it, which this entry has just done.

Doing something cool for no reason other than to be seen doing it. The eleven-year-old on the boat was made a tourism ambassador, which is aura farming by a government.

'By the way' — the aside, in three letters, from Usenet to the present, and one of the first acronyms that non-internet people learned. The record's entry for the tangent that is usually the point.