Also known as Thank God it’s Friday. It is an abbreviation to indicate that you are happy that the last working day of the week has started, and that you feel like the weekend. In addition there is also another American restaurant chain which is called T. G. I. Friday’s.
The abbreviation FTW is origination from the Gamerswereld, but has been taken over fairly quickly in online communication (IRC, MSN, Twitter). You use to report that you find something very good, likes it. For example, if you are a Feyenoord fan, you say:
Feyenoord FTW
Are you Apple fan, then it is:
Apple FTW
On Twitter, a hashtag is often created:
Twitter #FTW
One often speaks about the ABP, but it is actually: Stichting pension fund ABP and it is the pension fund for the people who work in government and in education. It is the largest pension fund in the Netherlands, totalling over 2 million people. More than 500 thousand people receive pensions and that costs the ABP more than 5 billion a year. Halfway 2010, the ABP had a power of more than 210 billion, making it ABP the second largest pension fund in the world. Read More
A FUP often applies when using an Internet connection. You may download it, but it should not be done constantly so that other users are bothered by it: it is therefore not allowed to be extremely much data user. What happens when the FUP is violated varies by contract, it may be that no data traffic is possible at all, or that an additional account is coming. Because Fair Use is rather opaque, you don't know as a user when you are violating it.
Twitter was regularly offline in the past by a too large amount of users who would like to use the service at the same time. The page you saw then was a whale that was lifted by birds from the water: This is the Failwhale. Meanwhile, many improvements have been made to the platform, but it still occurs that the servers are out (especially during upgrades or major events). The Failwhale has become a household name and is also often used if another site doesn't do it anymore. Failwhale images from Flickr
An SOS is an (international) emergency signal for wireless communication. Sometimes it is also called ' Save Our Ship ' for the abbreviation, it is not 100% a real abbreviation, but more a way to indicate that help is needed. Read More
A gadget (a thing, Gizmo) is an article that is innovative and often cleverly designed. Often a gadget is a consumer electronics product (but it doesn't have to be). The technology or design is innovative, so a trendsetter likes to buy it. Often a gadget is also purchased as a status symbol. A gadget is especially interesting at the beginning (and even then it is more frequent for the entertainment purchased, and not so much for its functionality), later there are too many people who have it too, and it is not interesting anymore to have (or to show off). A gadget is often purchased online, in a special gadget or gift shop.
A hashtag is a way to catagoriseren messages on Twitter. Much is used at events/conferences to make all messages about an event easy to find. This is also frequently used in news items (#schipholcrash). A hashtag is a hash (#) with the tag behind it. It descends from IRC where you can access a certain channel with a #. The hashtag is already very well established in everyday life and is used everywhere. Read More