May 12, 2014 06:46 PM
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2016 10:59 PM by A Powerade.)
The Lingo of HF
A guide to understanding the language of HackForums
This guide is designed with the sole purpose of providing everyone a way to learn the common slang terms that many members of HF use.
The following lists are in alphabetical order with tabs for each letter to make it easier to look up a specific word.
Lingo
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1337: Usually used as sarcasm when talking about someone who thinks that they are a top-notch hacker, when they aren't.
3p1c: An upgrade that does not have any prerequisites and can only be paid for via OMC.
A
ASM: Assembly language (machine code). It is a low level programming language and is also need to for advanced hacking.
Atreides: A user on Hack Forums who has more than 10000 posts.
Award Whore: Being an award whore means you are constantly trying to get new awards. This is also an award, view it here.
B
BIN: Stands for buy it now and is mostly used in the Marketplace in auctions where the buyer can pay that price instead of outbidding others. This price is usually higher than the top bid would be.
Black hat: A type of hacking that is illegal and is almost always done for money.
BT: Stands for BackTrack, the ancestor of Kali Linux. Backtrack used to be the most popular pentesting *nix distro around, before it got discontinued and replace by Kali Linux. Created by Offensive Security.
BTC: Short for Bitcoin. It is the most popular crypto-currency out there and averages out at around $500 USD. You can find more accurate prices here.
C
Carded: A credit card, gift card, etc. that was obtained by illegal means and has a high likeliness of being disabled and tracked. Also, discussion of this is not allowed here on HF.
CF: ComboFix is a program, created by sUBs, that scans your computer for known malware, and when found, attempts to clean these infections automatically. In addition to being able to remove a large amount of the most common and current malware, ComboFix also displays a report that can be used by trained helpers to remove malware that is not automatically removed by the program. Can be downloaded here.
C/O: Stands for current offer and is used in the Marketplace in auctions.
D
DDoS: Stands for distributed denial of service and is when internet service to and from a computer/server/modem is slowed or cut of by one of many methods. You can read more about this here.
E
eBook: Usually a .pdf document that has a method of some sort on how to make money easily. However, be aware that the majority of eBooks on HF don't do what they promise.
F
FDE: Stands for full drive encryption and is when you encrypt a hard drive using a program like TrueCrypt.
Flamer: A member who harasses another with excessive insults and threats.
Flaming: The act of harassing someone with excessive insults and threats. This is against the rules and will result in a 15% warning level.
Fremen: A user on Hack Forums who has more than 2500 posts.
FUD: Stands for Fully Undetectable, is usually used in reference to a program or service.
G
GLWS: Stands for good luck with sales and is usually used when a member doesn't buy another member's product but wishes them the best of luck with selling their product.
Grave Digging:The act of resurrecting a thread that has been "dead" for a long time (usually around a week).
Green Apples: Slang for positive reputation points.
Grey hat: A "hacker" that does hacking activities with no moral compass and does it because he/she just feels like it.
Group Whore: A person who aims to be in a large amount of groups.
H
Harkonnen: A user on Hack Forums who has more than 50 posts.
HF: Short for Hack Forums and it is the site you are on right now.
HF News: The official newspaper of HF that reports on many different types of events, both on and off of HF.
Honeypot: A site that usually has obvious exploits and is easily hacked, but it is there to help trap and capture hackers.
HQ: HQ is an acronym that stands for high quality. It is used mostly when someone has good spelling, grammar, and posting habits. This is used a lot less than the next acronym.
I
IMO/IMHO: Stands for in my opinion/in my honest opinion. Is used when someone is expressing their opinion on a subject and they want to be clear about it being an opinion.
IRL: Short for in real life. It is usually used to indicate that the person is talking about something that happened in person or not online.
J
JRT: Stands for Junkware Removal Tool, a tool that is used to scan a system and remove various PUPs, Junkwares, Adwares and Browser Hijackers.
K
Kali: Stands for Kali Linux, a full pentesting-oriented *nix distro based on Debian, created by Offensive Security.
Kwisatz Haderach: A user on Hack Forums who has more than 25000 posts.
L
L33T: The first level of upgrade available on HF. Costs $18 and is open to everyone.
Leak: A paid product being put available to public for free.
LQ: LQ is an acronym just like HQ is, but LQ is for low quality. It is used to describe someone that is one of the following: a troll, a spammer, or someone who otherwise is annoying and lacks the basics of the English language.
LQP: Yet another acronym. This one stands for low quality post or low quality poster. This has the same definition as LQ, but it applies to specific posts or posters.
LTC: Short for Litecoin and is the second most popular crypto-currency. It is second to Bitcoin and the price is $10 on average as of late.
M
MBAM: Stands for Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. It is considered to be the most popular Anti-Malware program to this date.
Mentat: A user on Hack Forums who has more than 250 posts.
Mining: Maintaining the block chain is called mining, and those who do are rewarded with newly created Coins and transaction fees. Miners may be located anywhere in the world. Miners process payments by verifying each transaction as valid and adding it to the block chain.
MOTM: Stands for Member Of The Month. One member is chosen by the community every month by voting on polls. MOTM Sub Forum.
MRT: Stands for Malware Removal Team and they are the ones that help out the members of HF with removing malware from their computers. You can find them here.
N
NFA: Stands for non-free accounts and is usually in reference to sales threads that sell accounts that are subscription based or not free. Examples would be: Netflix and Minecraft accounts.
O
Old Fags: Refers to very old members of Hack Forums, most members from 2007-2009 are considered to be one.
OG: Is usually used in the context of something being really good, original, or short. Ex; OG Twitter account (@Weed).
OMC: Short for Omnicoin. This is the official crypto-currency of HF and is used to obtain the OMC award and the 3P1C rank.
OP: Stands for original poster and refers to the member that posted the thread that is being discussed.
OP (Minecraft version): A player on a Minecraft server that has Administrator permissions and is usually the one running the server. This word can be seen a lot in the Minecraft griefing section.
Omni: Omniscient, sole owner and overlord of Hack Forums. Praise be!
OT: Short for on-topic and is used when someone strays off-topic and then gets on-topic at the end of their post.
OTL: OTL, or OldTimer ListIt, is a tool that is used to diagnose a computer for a possible malware presence and to provide system diagnostics information that can by someone working on a computer. When run, OTL will scan your computer for a variety of information and then generate a report with a tremendous amount of information about your computer's hardware, programs, files, and running environment. Can be found here.
P
PM: Stands for private message. This is when you send a message to another member privately, not much more to it.
Post Whore: A person that goes to any length to get their post count as high as possible. These people are usually LQP as well.
Powindah: A user on Hack Forums who has less than 50 posts and is usually a new user.
PP: Short for PayPal and is one of the most popular and secure method of payment on the internet besides bank transfers. You can find out more here.
Q
R
RAT: A tool that is used to gain remote access to a computer. It has some practical uses, but most members on HF use them for more malicious purposes. Acronym stands for Remote Access Trojan.
Red Apples: Opposite of green apples; negative reputation points.
Repfuck: The removal of all of a member's positive reputation points. All neutral and negative reputation points remain. This is usually a result of the breaking of a major rule (like PMing Omni about something unimportant).
Repwhore: A person that is obsesed with getting as much positive (or negative in the case of Nyx-) reputation points as possible, at any cost.
S
Sardaukar: A user on Hack Forums who has more than 1000 posts.
Scam Report: A report that is made by an HF member that shows how another member scammed them through the site and shows proof of the scam. You can find scam reports here.
Scammer: A person that exploits others for personal gain (usually for money).
Search Button: The button near the top of the page that says search. Instead of posting the same question 2874864 times, you click this button before posting and find many threads that already answer your question.
SF: SF stands for SupportForums, another forum owned by Omni and dedicated to support and assistance in various domains. The Support Feather award was given when you made 100 high quality posts on this forum.
Skid: Skid is slang for script kiddie. Someone who uses pre made tools and scripts (i.e. Havij or SQLMap) rather than writing their own.
Skidded: A program that was created by copying other programs, sometimes to the point of literally copy and pasting.
Slave: A computer or server that is infected with a RAT that is used for many purposes. The most common purposes are DDoSing and mining crypto-currencies.
Sticky: A thread that is "stuck" to the top of the section it is posted in by an Administrator. Threads are stickied when an Administrator finds one to be exceptionally high in quality, another way a thread is stickied is by paying Omni. Find thread sticky prices Advertising and Paid Stickies.
SRPP: Stands for Science, Religion, Philosophy, and Politics and is the section on HF where you can discuss such things.
T
Thread: The thing that is made when you click the "New Thread" button in a sub-forum.
TL;DR: Short for too long, didn't read and is used when a person makes a long paragraph in a post and then make a shorter version for those too lazy to read the whole thing.
Tleilaxu: A user on Hack Forums who has more than 5000 posts.
Troll: A person who shows their disagreement by starting arguments or upsetting people by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community with the deliberate intent of provoking others into an emotional response or otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
U
Ub3r: The second level of upgrade on HF. Costs $25 but requires approval from Omni and L33T first.
UD: Stands for undetectable and is usually used in reference to a program that is only detected by a very small amount of anti-virus programs.
UID: Stands for user ID and is the number associated with each account made on the site.
Where to find a UID (in bold): hackforums.net/member.php?action=profile&uid=2209419
V
Vouch: Confirmation from a member that another member is legit from their experience. However, do not rely on these for anything, they are miss-used a lot. Also, there is no official vouch system as of now.
Vouch Begging: The act of begging for vouches through posts or PMs when none were offered. This can earn you a warning level.
VPN: Stands for virtual private network and is used to hide the user's IP address.
VPS: Stands for virtual private server and is a computer that is rented out by the user.
W
Wardriving: Act of searching for weak Wifi networks to easily break/crack into (WEP encrypted/ no password) while driving around.
White hat: The term white hat refers to an ethical computer hacker who specializes in penetration testing and in other testing methods to ensure the security of systems. This hacker acts with the permission of the network owner in order to conduct his tests on the network.
Writers: An official group on HF that writes and maintains the HF News.
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