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{{Infobox National football team |
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Name = Netherlands |
Badge = Netherlands_national_football_team_logo.png |
Nickname = Oranje, Clockwork Orange, <br>The Orangemen |
Association = [[Royal Netherlands Football Association|Royal Netherlands<br />Football Association]]<br/>('''''K'''oninklijke '''N'''ederlandse<br />'''V'''oetbal'''B'''ond'') |
Coach = [[Marco van Basten]], [[2004]]- |
Most caps = [[Edwin van der Sar]] (113)|
Top scorer = [[Patrick Kluivert]] (40) |
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First game = [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] 1 - 4 Netherlands<br />([[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]; [[30 April]], [[1905]]) |
Largest win = Netherlands 9 - 0 [[Norway national football team|Norway]]<br />([[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]; [[1 November]], [[1972]]) |
Largest loss = Netherlands 2 - 12 [[England national amateur football team|England Amateur]]<br />([[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]; [[1 April]], [[1907]]) |
World cup apps = 8 |
World cup first = 1934 |
World cup best = Runners-up, [[Football World Cup 1974|1974]] and [[Football World Cup 1978|1978]] |
Regional name = [[European Football Championship|European Championship]] |
Regional cup apps = 7 |
Regional cup first = [[1976 European Football Championship|1976]] |
Regional cup best = Winners, [[1988 European Football Championship|1988]]
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The '''Netherlands national football team''' is the national [[football (soccer)|football]] team of the [[Netherlands]] and is controlled by the [[Royal Netherlands Football Association]].


The Netherlands is currently rated third in the world by FIFA<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,All-May-2006,00.html Ranking & Statistics], ''[[FIFA]]'', May 2006</ref> having won the [[1988 European Football Championship]] (Euro 88), and having reached two consecutive [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] finals, but losing both ([[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]] and [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]). At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was nicknamed "Clockwork Orange" for its precision passing.
'''Internet slang''' consists of [[slang]] that users of the [[Internet]] have developed and utilized. Many of its terms originated with the purpose of saving keystrokes, as a result many use the same abbreviations in text messages (see [[txt]]). The terms often appear in lower case, with capitals often reserved for emphasis &mdash; the pronoun "I", for example, often appears simply as "i".


==History==
Common disclaimer phrases (or [[parentheticals]]) also often contract into acronyms &mdash; they tend to occur at certain points in a sentence, which can facilitate decoding. Some of these include:
The Netherlands made their first appearance at the World Cup final tournament in [[FIFA World Cup 1934|1934]], and after coming back in [[FIFA World Cup 1938|1938]], the Dutch national team entered the wilderness of world football.


===Totaalvoetbal===
* IMHO (in my humble/honest opinion)
They came out of this wilderness in the 1970s with the invention of [[Total Football]] ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Totaalvoetbal''), pioneered by [[Ajax Amsterdam]] and led by playmaker [[Johan Cruijff]] and national team coach [[Rinus Michels]]. The Dutch made huge strides, qualifying for two World Cup finals in the decade.
* AFAIK (as far as I know)
* AFK (Away from Keyboard)


In 1974, the Netherlands beat both {{nft|Brazil}} and {{nft|Argentina}} in the second group stage, booking a place in the tournament final for the first time in their history. However, the team lost to {{nft|West Germany}} in the final in [[Munich]], despite having gone 1-0 up through [[Johan Neeskens]]' early [[penalty kick]] before any German had even touched the ball. Supported by the crowd, goals from [[Paul Breitner]] and [[Gerd Muller]] led to a victory for the Germans. In spite of losing the final, the "Clockwork Orange" and Johan Cruijff had already written a new page in football's history.
The untrained eye often finds Internet slang difficult to interpret because content in spoken language that speakers convey in the [[intonation]] and [[tone (linguistics)|tone]] of the voice, such as sarcasm, do not readily transfer to written text.
[[Emoticon]]s (or smilies) such as "<nowiki>:)</nowiki>" can go some way towards clarifying emotional intent in Internet messages. As with other Internet slang, [[netizen]]s may use emoticons both genuinely and sarcastically; for example the ":-P" emoticon, which can express either genuine amusement and a sense of fun, or express a negative sarcastic comment on something another user might have said.


In 1978, the Netherlands again reached the final, only to be beaten by the hosts, Argentina. This side played without Cruijff, who refused to play in a country which had had a [[Proceso de Reorganización Nacional|miltary coup]] two years before. It still contained players such as Neeskens, [[Johnny Rep]], [[Arie Haan]], [[Ruud Krol]] and [[Rob Rensenbrink]] from the 1974 selection. This time the Netherlands were less impressive in the group stages, as they qualified only as runners-up, after a draw with {{nft|Peru}} and a loss to {{nft|Scotland}}. In the second group phase, however, the Netherlands topped a group including {{nft|Italy}} and West Germany - setting up a final with Argentina. However, the Dutch came second for the second World Cup in a row as they ultimately lost 3-1 on two [[extra-time]] goals from Argentina.
Certain online personalities, among them [[Jerry Holkins]] of ''[[Penny Arcade (comic)|Penny Arcade]]'', have begun to decry the usage of Internet slang, going so far as to refer to it as "the crude truncations of the lower classes." [http://penny-arcade.com/news.php?date=2005-07-06]


===European Champions===
Although Internet slang has a close relationship with [[leet|leetspeak]], only online gamers traditionally used leet, whereas much larger groups of Internet users commonly use Internet slang.
The team's main success has been winning the 1988 European Championship. After losing the first group match against the {{nft|USSR}} (1-0), Holland went on to qualify for the semi-final by defeating {{nft|England}} 3-1 (with a hat-trick by the tournament's top scorer [[Marco van Basten]]), and {{nft|Republic of Ireland}} (1-0). For many Dutch football supporters, the most important match in the tournament was the semi-final against West Germany, the host country, considered a revenge for the lost 1974 World Cup final (also in West Germany). Marco van Basten, who would later become national team coach, scored in the final minutes of the game to beat the German side. Some Dutch fans then chanted "''In 1940 they came; in 1988 we came''", referring to the [[The Netherlands in World War II|Nazi occupation of the Netherlands]] during [[World War II]]. The game is also remembered for its post-match shenanigans, including [[Ronald Koeman]], who, in front of the German supporters, provocatively pretended to wipe his backside with the shirt of [[Olaf Thon]] as if it was toilet paper, an action Koeman later regretted.<ref>[http://www.ajax-usa.com/desk/cheeseheads-vs-krauts-30-years-of-enmity.html "Cheeseheads vs Krauts": 30 Years of Enmity], ''Ajax-USA.com'', June 14, 2004</ref> Holland won the final with a convincing victory over the USSR, through a header by [[Ruud Gullit]] and a sublime volley by Van Basten.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osooz482Oeg Marco Van Basten Euro '88 The Best Goal In The World] at ''[[YouTube]]''</ref>


Holland subsequently reached the semi-finals in the {{ec|92}} tournament.
[[Chat]] [[acronyms]] or ''chaq'' (pronounced "chalk") originally developed on pre-Internet [[bulletin board system]]s. A handful (for example, ASAP, PO'ed) far pre-date computers. The [[TLA|three-letter acronym]] (TLA) remains one of the most popular types of abbreviation in computing and telecom terminology and slang. Similar systems have since come into use with users of text-messaging wireless telephones.


==Contexts==
===Recent===
In both the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] and {{wc|1998}} the Holland team lost to Brazil. In 1994 they could count on [[Dennis Bergkamp]] to score some important goals, but this was not enough against the team led by [[Romario]], [[Bebeto]] and [[Branco]], which won by 3-2. Netherlands lost the quarter-final match on [[July 9]], at the [[Cotton Bowl]], after a less than impressive first round, when it secured qualification to the round of 16 with the same points as teams such as {{nft|Saudi Arabia}} and {{nft|Belgium}}.
Internet slang occurs in various means of electronic communication. In order of most to least frequent use:
* '''[[Text messaging]]''' on cell phones involves slang even more heavily abbreviated than Internet slang, due largely to the relatively inefficient text-entry method.
* '''[[Instant messaging]]''' provides a very common medium of use, since brevity forms an important part of communication in this environment. Emoticons often convey emotions in instant messaging.
* '''[[Chatrooms]]''', especially those connected to instant messaging, often use abbreviations and emoticons.
* Chatrooms on '''[[IRC]]''' sometimes use abbreviations, and more frequently lowercase text (for speed) and emoticons. IRC-users often employ emoticons to express sarcasm.
* A few '''[[Internet forums]]''' use Internet slang. This may happen for the sake of speed, as in forums like FaceTheJury; or, on forums where more "proper" grammar prevails, it may give a sarcastic tone to speech, such as FYAD on the [[Something Awful Forums]]. Forum-based slang tends to appear more specialized and localized than other types of slang.


In 1998, Netherlands had players such as [[Marc Overmars]], [[Phillip Cocu]], [[Edgar Davids]], [[Ronald de Boer]] and [[Patrick Kluivert]]. The Dutch team won the group and, 20 years later, had the chance to revenge the final of the 1978 World Cup, playing Argentina, and won with a last-minute goal. Brazil couldn't count on Romario anymore, but in the semi-final they had [[Ronaldo]], and goalkeeper [[Taffarel]] who saved Cocu's and Ronald de Boer's shots in the [[penalty shootout]]. Playing for third place, Holland were defeated by {{nft|Croatia}}.
Internet abbreviations evolve and change continually. Online games provide a good place to observe language variation in use. Often, people uninterested in computer programming do not understand the more classically "nerdy" phrases like "2B||!2B" (which means "to be, or not to be"), thus they become useless or appear only in minority [[Internet forum|forum]]s.


In both the {{ec2|2000}} and {{ec2|2004}} tournaments, the Dutch reached the semi-finals. However they failed to qualify for the {{wc|2002}} held in [[Korea]] and [[Japan]].
==Common Internet slang==
The vocabulary of Internet slang draws from many different sources &mdash; typically environments that placed value on brevity of communication. Some terms, such as ''[[Snafu|FUBAR]]'' have roots as far back as [[World War II]][http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/f/foo.html]. Other terms come from more recent forms of communication, such as [[Teleprinter|TTY]] and [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]]. With the rise of [[Instant messenger|instant messaging]] services ([[ICQ]], [[America Online|AOL]], and [[MSN]], among others) the vocabulary has expanded dramatically. Some of the most commonly occurring elements of this slang include:


[[Image:Coat of arms of the Netherlands.png|thumb|110px||right|Coat of arms of the Netherlands]]
* [[LOL (Internet slang)|lol]] &ndash; laugh(ing) out loud/laugh on line/lots of laughs
* brb &ndash; be right back/bathroom break
* gtg/g2g &ndash; got to go
* l8r or cul8r &ndash; (see you) later
* lmao &ndash; laugh(ing) my ass/arse off.
* rofl &ndash; rolling on floor laughing
* sry &ndash; sorry
* cya or cu &ndash; see you
* ty &ndash; thank you
* gg/gj &ndash; good game/good job
* ttyl &ndash; talk to you later
* bbl &ndash; be back later
* thx/tx/tnx &ndash; thanks
* ta; thanks a lot
* ihm &ndash; i hate myself
* wombat &ndash; Waste of Money, Brains, and Time
* nm &ndash; Not much (sometimes never mind)
* nvm &ndash; Never mind


==Origin of shirt colour==
Aside from instant messaging programs another realm full of online languages exists: the Internet gaming world. One of the most popular forms of video game slang has become known as H4X0R or as 13375P34K (in [[leetspeak]]). For parents today, learning the online language can play an important role in maintaining the online safety of children. An [http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx article] produced by [[Microsoft]] may help parents begin to understand some of the things their kids say in-game. (Many of the more knowledgeable "[[geek]]s" consider this article a joke, especially for Microsoft's attempts to interpret 1337 speak.)
Many foreigners find it odd that the Netherlands national football team does not wear the colors of the Dutch flag of today, but instead plays in bright orange. Orange is the historic national color of the Netherlands and originates from the coat of arms of the Dutch founding father [[William the Silent|William of Orange-Nassau]] (1533–1584). The top (red) band of the [[Dutch flag|current flag]] was originally orange. However, the current Dutch away shirt incorporates the flag colours as a diagonal stripe.


==Competitive record==
The following lists could usefully expand to include citations of the earliest usage, where references exist.
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===World Cup===
*[[Football World Cup 1930|1930]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 1934|1934]] - Round 1
*[[Football World Cup 1938|1938]] - Round 1
*[[Football World Cup 1950|1950]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 1954|1954]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 1958|1958]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1962|1962]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1966|1966]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1970|1970]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1974|1974]] - Runners-up
*[[Football World Cup 1978|1978]] - Runners-up
*[[Football World Cup 1982|1982]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1986|1986]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1990|1990]] - Round 2
*[[Football World Cup 1994|1994]] - Quarterfinals
*[[Football World Cup 1998|1998]] - Fourth place
*[[Football World Cup 2002|2002]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 2006|2006]] - Round 2
|width=50% valign=top|


===European Championship===
==Special characters==
*[[1960 European Football Championship|1960]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1964 European Football Championship|1964]] to [[1972 European Football Championship|1972]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1976 European Football Championship|1976]] - Semi-finals
*[[1980 European Football Championship|1980]] - Round 1
*[[1984 European Football Championship|1984]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1988 European Football Championship|1988]] - '''Champions'''
*[[1992 European Football Championship|1992]] - Semi-finals
*[[1996 European Football Championship|1996]] - Quarterfinals
*[[2000 European Football Championship|2000]] - Semi-finals
*[[2004 European Football Championship|2004]] - Semi-finals


===Summer Olympics===
* (&gt;")&gt; / (&gt;'.')&gt; &mdash; '[[Kirby]]'
{{MedalTop}}
* (-_-;t) &mdash; Kirby's not happy and he's sticking up his middle finger.
{{MedalSport | Men’s [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
* <(Ò_Ó<) &mdash; Kirby's mad.
{{MedalBronze | [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]] | [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
* &not;<(Ò_Ó<) &mdash; Kirby's mad and he's got a gun!
{{MedalBronze | [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Stockholm]] | [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
* Q(._.Q) &mdash; Kirby with Boxing Gloves
{{MedalBronze | [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London]] | [[Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
* O-(._.Q) &mdash; Kirby throwing a punch
{{MedalBottom}}
* ^H &mdash; Signifies pressing the [[backspace]] key. "What an idio^H^H^H^Hinsightful comment!" (Stems from the use of Ctrl + H as backspace in some Unix shells)
|}
* ^W &mdash; Similarly, this means erasing the last word. "I mean, who really gives a^W^W cares?"
* &gt; &mdash; Greater than (as in "Linux &gt; Windows" or "Windows &gt; Linux"). Use of an asterisk (*) in this context sometimes denotes a wildcard, for example,. "John &gt; *" means "John is greater than all". (Depending on context, the reader may substitute the word "owns" in place of the phrase "is greater than". Another possible interpretation here may state: "John is better than all")
* ^ ^ or ^__^ or ^^ &mdash; an [[emoticon]] signifying happiness, especially used by [[anime]] fans. "Chuckle marks"
* &gt;_&lt; or &gt;&lt; &mdash; an emoticon signifying frustration or embarrassment
* &gt;_&gt; &mdash; an emoticon used to indicate sarcasm or suspicion, sometimes used with &lt;_&lt; to indicate shifty eyes
* T__T or TT_TT &mdash; Crying (often implying crying in a humorous way)
* ;_; &mdash; see above
* :3 &mdash; cat face
* =^_^= &mdash; same as above
* \,,/ or \m/ &mdash; [[Mano cornuto|Throwing the horns]]
* u_u &mdash; sad
* x__x &mdash; dead, unconscious, etc.
* ^__~ &mdash; wink, reluctant
* @_@ &mdash; symbol for a very tired person trying to stay awake, going crazy, dizzy.
* $_$ &mdash; Money-hungry
* :-) &mdash; smiley face (as with many things in computerspeak, the reader should view this emoticon sideways)
* ;-) &mdash; winking
*(oYo) breasts


==Famous past players==
===Emoticons===
''Listed according to when they debuted for Netherlands (year in parentheses):''
For an analytical discussion of emoticons, see [[emoticon]].


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Commonly-used emoticons include:
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* :) &mdash; Used to express happiness or content
*[[Bep Bakhuys]] (1928)
* :( &mdash; Used to express sadness or discontent
*[[Leen Vente]] (1933)
* :O &mdash; Used to express surprise or a sarcastic display of surprise
*[[Abe Lenstra]] (1940)
* :/ &mdash; Used to express indifference
*[[Faas Wilkes]] (1946)
* :o) &mdash; Used to express forum users' ignorance and vanity
*[[Jan Jongbloed]] (1962)
* :D &mdash; Used to express strong happiness or joy
*[[Piet Keizer]] (1962)
* >:( &mdash; Used to express strong anger or discontent
*[[Johan Cruijff]] (1966)
* >:D &mdash; Used to express malicious joy
*[[Willy van der Kuijlen]] (1966)
* >:) &mdash; Used to express malicious contentment
*[[Wim Suurbier]] (1966)
* -__- &mdash; disgusted, annoyed, etc.
*[[Jan van Beveren]] (1967)
* ^o^ &mdash; laughing, cheerful, joyous, similar to ^^
*[[Wim Jansen]] (1967)
* ^^__^^ &mdash; Angel
*[[Willem van Hanegem]] (1968)
* (^_^) &mdash; Happy face
*[[Rob Rensenbrink]] (1968)
* [*_*] &mdash; Scared, in awe
*[[Ruud Krol]] (1969)
* &gt;&lt;)))*&gt; &mdash; something appears fishy
*[[Johan Neeskens]] (1970)
* =^__^= &mdash; Cat face, blushing
*[[Barry Hulshof]] (1971)
* -^__^- &mdash; Blushing
*[[Piet Schrijvers]] (1971)
* ^__^' &mdash; Embarassed, "Sweatdrop", common among anime fans
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* ^__^; &mdash; Embarassed, "Sweatdrop" common among anime fans
*[[Arie Haan]] (1972)
* nn\\//o {|^.^|} o\\//nn &mdash; Headphone listening (peaceful)
*[[René van de Kerkhof]] (1973)
* \nn/ {|^.^|} \nn/ &mdash; Headphone listening (intensively)
*[[Johnny Rep]] (1973)
* ^///^ &mdash; Another form of blushing
*[[Willy van de Kerkhof]] (1974)
* =_= &mdash; tired, with bags under eyes
*[[Kees Kist]] (1975)
* &lt;^__^;&gt; &mdash; symbol for embarrassment commonly used by anime fans
*[[Ernie Brandts]] (1977)
* _|_ &mdash; an offensive [[emoticon]] signifying the middle finger
*[[Hugo Hovenkamp]] (1977)
* _W_ &mdash; "Whatever", "I do not care"
*[[Tschen La Ling]] (1977)
* &#8249;^&#8250; &mdash; another form of the middle finger
*[[John Metgod]] (1978)
* ..i.. &mdash; yet another form of the middle finger (often seen in pairs)
*[[Arnold Mühren]] (1978)
* ..!., &mdash; another form of the now infamous middle finger
*[[Dick Nanninga]] (1978)
* t('-'t) &mdash; Flipping off with both hands (the "double deuce").
*[[Piet Wildschut]] (1978)
* &lt;3 &mdash; "love"; [[ASCII art]] for a heart, the [[less than|less-than]] symbol and the three resemble a heart tilted on its side.
*[[Michel van de Korput]] (1979)
* &lt;/3 &mdash; "hate"; [[ASCII art]] for a broken heart, similar to &lt;3.
*[[Huub Stevens]] (1979)
* <nowiki>==</nowiki> &mdash; agreement; from the [[C programming language|C]] equality operator; means "me too" or "what he said"
*[[Simon Tahamata]] (1979)
* <nowiki>!=</nowiki> &mdash; disagreement; from the [[C programming language|C]] inequality operator; means "is not (necessarily) the same as" Sometimes also written as <nowiki>=/=</nowiki> as in mathematical notation.
*[[Bennie Wijnstekers]] (1979)
* ++ &mdash; Used after the manner of the [[C programming language|C]] operator to indicate something "one greater" than itself, for example: "Awesome++"; also used similarly to the "doubleplus" prefix in [[Newspeak]].
*[[Hans van Breukelen]] (1980)
* -- &mdash; Opposite of ++, indicating something "one less" than itself.
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* @ &mdash; "at". Some users go so far as to replace all "at" sounds in words with @, so "that" becomes "th@" and "cat" becomes "c@", for example. This occurs relatively rarely.
*[[Ronald Spelbos]] (1980)
* * (asterisk) &mdash; applied around a word or phrase to indicate emphasis or italics, or just typing in bold face. Singly, in chat, in front of a word or phrase at the beginning of a line means a correction to one's own previous [[typo]]. It recently started being used for an action. E.G ''*Jumps up and down*''
*[[Ruud Gullit]] (1981)
* _ (underscore) &mdash; similar to asterisk, but means underlining of a word or phrase. For example, "Do you _really_ think that?"
*[[Wim Kieft]] (1981)
* / (forward slash) &mdash; indicates italicized text, similar to the underscore for underlined text
*[[Frank Rijkaard]] (1981)
* -0_o- &mdash; an emotion expressing confusion, shock, drunkenness or a "high" state
*[[René van der Gijp]] (1982)
* 0.o &mdash; an emoticon expressing confusion or shock, signifying the user saying "WHAT!?!?"; also designating a drunken or high state
*[[Gerald Vanenburg]] (1982)
*d(-_-)b &mdash; a face with headphones on that indicates listening or chilling out to music
*[[Jan Wouters]] (1982)
* Ô_ô &mdash; an emotion expressing confusion, shock, drunkenness or a "high" state
*[[Marco van Basten]] (1983)
* 9_9 &mdash; rolling eyes, used to express annoyance
*[[Ronald Koeman]] (1983)
* XD &mdash; Laughing, Crossed Eyes
*[[Sonny Silooy]] (1983)
* XP &mdash; Sticking Tongue Out while Laughing, crossed eyes
*[[Adri van Tiggelen]] (1983)
* :O &mdash; "Oh" [[Emoticon]]
*[[Danny Blind]] (1986)
* :O~ &mdash; Drooling, foaming from the mouth. Commonly used when admiring something.
*[[John Bosman]] (1986)
* \o/ or \^o^/ &mdash; the 'yayman', representing the pose that someone with something to celebrate might adopt. In contexts such as forums, where small images replace emoticons, some type of happy emoticon image often replaces the 'o'.
*[[John van 't Schip]] (1986)
* \ob &mdash; similar to the yayman, the 'b' represents a thumbs-up.
*[[Berry van Aerle]] (1987)
* /o\ &mdash; more or less the opposite of the yayman, here the figure puts his hands on his head: 'Oh no!'
*[[Aron Winter]] (1987)
* !!!111!!!11!!!11One &mdash; making fun of noobs/newbs/n00bs on the net; or making fun of AOL people (placed at the end of a sentence)
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* !?!? or ?!?! or !? or ?! &mdash; showing surprise and confusion; this basically expresses anger, shock/surprise, or confusion, and rarely speechlessness
*[[Bryan Roy]] (1989)
* ajkaf;lsdjfjdskl;afj (any random string of lowercase characters, usually from the keys in home position on the keyboard) &mdash; hysterical laughter
*[[Rob Witschge]] (1989)
* (Y) &mdash; female genitalia
*[[Dennis Bergkamp]] (1990)
* (.)(.)&mdash; breasts
*[[Frank de Boer]] (1990)
* (oYo) &mdash; another form of breasts (fullstops may replace the "o"-symbols)
*[[Stan Valckx]] (1990)
* (*)(*)&mdash; breasts (augmented)
*[[Richard Witschge]] (1990)
* 8==&gt; &mdash; male genitalia
*[[Wim Jonk]] (1992)
* {}==[]:::::::::::::::&gt; &mdash; sword
*[[Arthur Numan]] (1992)
* &gt;&gt;&gt;-------------&gt; &mdash; arrow
*[[Peter van Vossen]] (1992)
* _ &mdash; showing suspicion or distrust
*[[Ronald de Boer]] (1993)
* <@(((>< &mdash; A fish
*[[Marc Overmars]] (1993)
* *_* or *.* or even *o* &mdash; admired; in awe; or, distracted by something shiny.
*[[Edgar Davids]] (1994)
* &#8729; ---»(X_x)«---o(°_°t) &mdash; One person shooting another while flicking them off. The eyes characteristic to the shooter, as non-keyboard characters, often do not appear. Likewise the double chevrons used to portray blood, and the bullet point representing the bullet. The hyphens merely represent the bullet's path.
*[[Patrick Kluivert]] (1994)
* \m/ (>.<) \m/ &mdash; a symbol of someone in a rock concert, or in other words " rocking on "
*[[Clarence Seedorf]] (1994)
*[[Roy Makaay]] (1996)
*[[Jaap Stam]] (1996)
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==Past managers==
==Abbreviations and acronyms==
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*[[Cees van Hasselt]] 1905-1908
*[[Edgar Chadwick]] 1908-1913
*[[Billy Hunter]] 1914
*[[Jack Reynolds]] 1919
*[[Fred Warburton]] 1919-1923
*[[Bob Glendenning]] 1923
*[[Bill Townley]] 1924
*[[J.E. Bollington]] 1924
*[[Bob Glendenning]] 1925-1940
*[[Karel Kaufman]] 1946
*[[Jesse Carver]] 1947-1948
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*[[Tom Sneddon (football coach)|Tom Sneddon]] 1948
*[[Karel Kaufman]] 1949
*[[Jaap van der Leck]] 1949-1954
*[[Karel Kaufman]] 1954-1955
*[[Friedrich Donenfeld]] 1955
*[[Max Merkel]] 1955-1956
*[[Wudi Müller]] 1956
*[[Friedrich Donenfeld]] 1956-1957
*[[George Hardwick]] 1957
*[[Elek Schwartz]] 1957-1964
*[[Denis Neville]] 1964-1966
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*[[Georg Kessler]] 1966-1970
*[[Frantisek Fadrhonc]] 1970-1974
*[[Rinus Michels]] 1974
*[[George Knobel]] 1974-1976
*[[Jan Zwartkruis]] 1976-1977
*[[Ernst Happel]] 1977-1978
*[[Jan Zwartkruis]] 1978-1981
*[[Kees Rijvers]] 1981-1984
*[[Rinus Michels]] 1984-1985
*[[Leo Beenhakker]] 1985-1986
{{col-4}}
*[[Rinus Michels]] 1986-1988
*[[Thijs Libregts]] 1988-1990
*[[Leo Beenhakker]] 1990
*[[Rinus Michels]] 1990-1992
*[[Dick Advocaat]] 1992-1995
*[[Guus Hiddink]] 1995-1998
*[[Frank Rijkaard]] 1998-2000
*[[Louis van Gaal]] 2000-2002
*[[Dick Advocaat]] 2002-2004
*[[Marco van Basten]] 2004-
{{col-end}}


===Numbers===
==2006 World Cup==
===Squad===
;10-4
Coach: [[Marco Van Basten]]
:"OK, Acknowledgement", as in the [[Citizens' band radio|CB Radio]] [[Ten-code|10-codes]].
;12B, 1AB
:"Wannabe"
;10q
:"Thank you"
;10x
:"Thanks"
;1337
:"[[Leet]]", short for ''élite'', often used ironically.
;143
:"I love you"
;20
:"location"; from CB Radio jargon
;224
:"today, tomorrow, forever"
;2B
:"to be"
;2B||!2B
:"to be or not to be"; from the [[C programming language]] [[boolean logic|logic]] operations "OR" ("||") and "NOT" ("!").
;2m
:"tomorrow"
;2TM
:"to the max"
;31337
:"elite", often used ironically
;3Q, 39, 3U, or 999
:"thank you" ([[Japanese language|Japanese]] [[wordplay]] for "thank you", rendered in [[katakana]] as サンキュー and pronounced ''sanky&#363;' ("3" substitutes for ''san'' and "9" for ''kyu'')
;4:
:"for"
;404
:"Couldn't find it", "Clueless" (from the [[HTTP]] [[404]] "Error: Resource not found" response code)
;4649
:"pleased to meet you", "hi" (from [[Japanese language|Japanese]] "yoroshiku", the four numbers can be pronounced yo-ro-shi-ku)
;46
:"pleased to meet you" "hi" (short version of 4649)
;4ever, 4eva
:"forever"
;5/5
:"[[five by five]]"
;54
:"To ignore", from [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin Chinese]] "wu shi" (&#28961;&#35222;). Mandarin Chinese speakers pronounce the numbers "5" and "4" to "&#28961;" and "&#35222;" respectively in Mandarin Chinese.
;69
:from the [[69 sex position]]. Often appears as part of [[AOL Instant Messenger | AIM]] [[screenname]]s
;[[666 (number)|666]]
:The triple sixes sequence often represents [[Satan]], on and off of the Internet. It often occurs in screennames.
;7
:When pronounced in Cantonese, it sounds very close to the Cantonese foul, "&#26578;" - used when someone has done something stupid or to refer to someone who looks or dresses ugly
;8O~
:Crazy, lost in the mind, drooling in true desire over something.
;8008135
:leet for "boobies".
;807, 8075
:"BOT(s)"; a person who demonstrates an extreme lack of knowledge or common sense. Originally deriving from forum or instant message bots, which often respond to pre-programmed keywords and commonly-used phrases humorously, without really making any coherent sense
;833r
:(''or b33r,'') - leet for [[beer]] or other alcoholic beverages
;88, 881 or 886
:"bye bye" ([[Chinese language|Chinese]] pronunciation). In some racist chat rooms it means "heil Hitler", because the letter "H" comes eighth in most Roman alphabets
;9494
:"that's it", "that's right", "you see?" ([[Mandarin language|Mandarin Chinese]] pronunciation, short for &#23601;&#26159;)


{{nat fs start}}
===A===
{{nat fs player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Edwin van der Sar]] ([[Captain (football)|c]])|age=[[29 October]] [[1970]]|caps=113|club={{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]}}
;[[ACK]]
{{nat fs player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Kew Jaliens]]|age=[[15 September]] [[1978]]|caps=1|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AZ Alkmaar]]}}
:"acknowledged", used frequently in discussion boards
{{nat fs player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Khalid Boulahrouz]]|age=[[28 December]] [[1981]]|caps=13|club={{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hamburger SV]]}}
;admin
{{nat fs player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Joris Mathijsen]]|age=[[5 April]] [[1980]]|caps=10|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AZ Alkmaar]]}}
:short for "administrator", a [[system administrator]] or [[Internet forum|forum]] moderator, among other possibilities
{{nat fs player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[Giovanni van Bronckhorst]]|age=[[5 February]] [[1975]]|caps=59|club={{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]}}
;AFAIC
{{nat fs player|no=6|pos=MF|name=[[Denny Landzaat]]|age=[[6 April]] [[1976]]|caps=25|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AZ Alkmaar]]}}
:"as far as I'm concerned", or "as far as I care", or "as far as I can..."
{{nat fs player|no=7|pos=FW|name=[[Dirk Kuyt]]|age=[[22 July]] [[1980]]|caps=20|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Feyenoord Rotterdam]]}}
;AFAICS
{{nat fs player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Philip Cocu]]|age=[[29 October]] [[1970]]|caps=99|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[PSV Eindhoven]]}}
:"as far as I can see"
{{nat fs player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Ruud van Nistelrooy]]|age=[[1 July]] [[1976]]|caps=53|club={{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]}}
;AFAICT
{{nat fs player|no=10|pos=MF|name=[[Rafael van der Vaart]]|age=[[11 February]] [[1983]]|caps=36|club={{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hamburger SV]]}}
:"as far as I can tell"
{{nat fs player|no=11|pos=FW|name=[[Arjen "De Duikelaar" Robben]]|age=[[23 January]] [[1984]]|caps=22|club={{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]}}
;AFAIK
{{nat fs player|no=12|pos=DF|name=[[Jan Kromkamp]]|age=[[17 August]] [[1980]]|caps=11|club={{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]}}
:"as far as I know"
{{nat fs player|no=13|pos=DF|name=[[André Ooijer]]|age=[[11 July]] [[1974]]|caps=21|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[PSV Eindhoven]]}}
;AFAIR
{{nat fs player|no=14|pos=DF|name=[[John Heitinga]]|age=[[15 November]] [[1983]]|caps=20|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ajax Amsterdam|Ajax]]}}
:"as far as I recall", or "as far as I remember"
{{nat fs player|no=15|pos=DF|name=[[Tim de Cler]]|age=[[8 November]] [[1978]]|caps=3|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AZ Alkmaar]]}}
;AFC, AFK
{{nat fs player|no=16|pos=MF|name=[[Hedwiges Maduro]]|age=[[13 February]] [[1985]]|caps=11|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ajax Amsterdam|Ajax]]}}
:"away/absent from [[computer]] or [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]]"
{{nat fs player|no=17|pos=FW|name=[[Robin van Persie]]|age=[[3 August]] [[1983]]|caps=12|club={{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]}}
;AFGE
{{nat fs player|no=18|pos=MF|name=[[Mark van Bommel]]|age=[[22 April]] [[1977]]|caps=39|club={{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]}}
:"another fucking growth experience"
{{nat fs player|no=19|pos=FW|name=[[Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink]]|age=[[11 July]] [[1978]]|caps=7|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[PSV Eindhoven]]}}
;AFK
{{nat fs player|no=20|pos=MF|name=[[Wesley Sneijder]]|age=[[9 June]] [[1984]]|caps=25|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ajax Amsterdam|Ajax]]}}
:"away/absent from keyboard", usually in the form ''<AFK>'' in one's [[User (computing)|handle]], or "a free kill" in many [[first-person shooter|FPS]] video games
{{nat fs player|no=21|pos=FW|name=[[Ryan Babel]]|age=[[19 December]] [[1986]]|caps=6|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ajax Amsterdam|Ajax]]}}
;APG
{{nat fs player|no=22|pos=GK|name=[[Henk Timmer (footballer)|Henk Timmer]]|age=[[13 December]] [[1971]]|caps=2|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AZ Alkmaar]]}}
:"Anti PiratGruppen", the Danish analogue of the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]
{{nat fs player|no=23|pos=GK|name=[[Maarten Stekelenburg]]|age=[[22 September]] [[1982]]|caps=2|club={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ajax Amsterdam|Ajax]]}}
;AICMFP
{{nat fs end}}
:"[[You are X and I claim my five pounds|and I claim my five pounds]]"
;AIM
:"[[AOL Instant Messenger]]"
;AIUI
:"As I understand it"
;[[Aka (initialism)#AK|aka]]
:"also known as" (predates the Internet)
;anon
:"anonymous"
;AO
:[[Anarchy Online]], a popular [[MMORPG]]
;AOHell
:Derogative term for [[America Online]] (AOL)
;ASAP
:"as soon as possible"
;aswom
:An intentional misspelling of "awesome" generally used for comedic purposes
;[[Age sex location|ASL]]
:"Age, sex, location"; used to request general information about a fellow user. Also used as an introductory phrase, usually when expecting that information up-front. Some consider this request rude.
;ATM
:"At the moment"
;ATOP
:"At time of posting"
;ATTN
:"Attention"
;AUP
:"Acceptable Use Policy"
;AWOL
:"Absent Without Leave" (pre-dates the Internet)
;AYBABTU
:"[[All your base are belong to us]]"
;Azn
:abbreviation for "Asian"


===B===
===Game information===
<table style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 180px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px">
;B
<tr><td><div style="position: relative;">
:"Bye"
[[Image:Soccer.Field Transparant.png|210px]]
;B&
{{Image label|x=0.25|y=0.06|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">[[Edwin van der Sar|'''v. d. Sar'''<br/>]]</font>}}
:"[[Ban (Internet)|Banned]]"
{{Image label|x=0.14|y=0.19|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Maroon">[[Khalid Boulahrouz|'''Boulahrouz'''<br/>]]</font>}}
;[[B2B]]
{{Image label|x=0.31|y=0.19|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Maroon">[[Joris Mathijsen|'''Mathijsen'''<br/>]]</font>}}
:"business to business"; [[Electronic commerce|ecommerce]] used by businesses to interact with other businesses. It can also mean "bad to the bone".
{{Image label|x=0.40|y=0.26|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Maroon">[[Giovanni van Bronckhorst|'''v. Bronckhorst'''<br/>]]</font>}}
;B4
{{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.26|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Maroon">[[André Ooijer|'''Ooijer'''<br/>]]</font>}}
:"Before"
{{Image label|x=0.10|y=0.36|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Navy">[[Mark van Bommel|'''v. Bommel'''<br/>]]</font>}}
;B4N
{{Image label|x=0.40|y=0.36|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Navy">[[Phillip Cocu|'''Cocu'''<br/>]]</font>}}
:"Bye for now"
{{Image label|x=0.25|y=0.48|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Navy">[[Wesley Sneijder|'''Sneijder'''<br/>]]</font>}}
;B7
{{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.55|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Robin van Persie|'''v. Persie'''<br/>]]</font>}}
:"[[Ban (Internet)|Banned]]" - A derivation of B&amp;, minus the shift key.
{{Image label|x=0.27|y=0.60|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Dirk Kuyt|'''Kuyt'''<br/>]]</font>}}
;B10
{{Image label|x=0.47|y=0.55|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Arjen Robben|'''Robben'''<br/>]]</font>}}
:"Beaten" - Usually said in response to someone beating you to making a particular comment on a forum.
</div></td></tr>
;[[Ban (Internet)|Ban]];
<tr><td><small>Netherlands lineup during the game against Portugal</small></td></tr>
:to deny a particular user access to an Internet resource, typically due to [[Terms of service|TOS]] violations.
</table>
;BB
The Netherlands reached the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in [[Germany]] and opened the campaign successfully with a 1-0 victory over {{nft|Serbia and Montenegro}} with a goal by [[Chelsea FC|Chelsea]] winger, [[Arjen Robben]]. Holland played the {{nft|Côte d'Ivoire}} in their next group game in Stuttgart on [[16 June]], winning 2-1. [[Ruud van Nistelrooij]] and [[Robin van Persie]] scored for the Netherlands - this victory saw the team qualify for the second round. Their final round-robin game saw them draw with Argentina 0-0. Argentina won the group on [[goal difference]], with the Netherlands second. Robben was named official FIFA Man of the Match for both of the first two games.
:"Bye bye"
They lost to {{nft|Portugal}} 0-1 in an acrimonious Round-of-16 match marked with a record-equalling number of [[yellow card|yellow cards]] (16) and record number of [[red card|red cards]] (4) that ended their 2006 campaign.
;BBIAB
:"Be back in a bit"
;BBIAW
:"Be back in a while"
;BBL
:"Be back later"
;BBQ
:"Be back quick", eventually corrupted to "Bar-B-Que" &mdash; see "OMGWTFBBQ".
;BBS
:"Be back soon", or "[[Bulletin board system|bulletin board system/service]]"
;BBT
:"Bubble Tea"
;BBW
:"be back whenever"
;BC, B/C
:"Because"
;Bewt
:"Boot" Often used as "Lewt fast 'n' Bewt ass".
;BIO
:"Bio Break, Biological Break, Bathroom Break" (Usually used following the BRB abbreviation)
;B00lean!
:A term adapted for the use of annoyance - when spoken the B00 in b00lean becomes exaggerated to make this annoying term
;B00t
:Opposite of "w00t". Can also describe kicking people from game or chat servers
;BF
:"Boyfriend"
;BFD
:"Big fucking deal"
;BFF
:"Best friend forever"
;BFG/[[BFG9000]]
:"Big Fucking Gun (9000)" (found in [[id Software]] games such as ''[[Doom]]'')
;BFN
:"Bye for now"
;BFU
:"Bloody fucking user"
;BGS
:An institution responsible for the creation of various colloquialisms, such as dede, dedish and ngaaah
;BJ
:[[blowjob]]
;BL
:"Bad luck"
;BLNT
:"Better luck next time"
;[[Blog]]
:Short for "weblog" from "Web log". Often used as a verb, as in "I was blogging today".
;blogger
:"Web logger": someone who writes or posts articles or messages on a blog.
;BNOL
:"Be nice or leave"
;[[Big Name Fan|BNF]]
:"Big Name Fan"
;[[BOFH]]
:"Bastard operator from hell". A series of funny stories about [[UNIX]] system administration written by [[Simon Travaglia]].
;BOHICA
:"Bend over, here it comes again." Originally [[U.S. Army]] slang.
;B0rk, b0rked, to b0rk
:broken, to break. A b0rked system refuses to work.
;BRB
:"Be right back"
;BRT
:"Be right there" (especially used in multiplayer games)
;BS
:"Bullshit". [[battle.net]] specific: backstab. [[EVE Online]] specific: Battleship"
;BSOD
:"[[Blue screen of death]]"
;BT
:"Big talk" as in big talk and no work
;BTDT
:"Been there, done that"
;BTTT
:"back to the top"
;btw or BTW
:"by the way"
;BTW (2)
:"Better Than Working", refers to an activity that can be done at work that is better than working. Like reading a blog or a humorous website, etc...
;Bump
:to comment for the sole purpose of bringing a thread to the top of the page. Used in forums.
;BURMA
:"Be Undressed Ready My Angel" (dates back to World War II; pre-Internet)
;BUTTSECKS
:Alternative spelling to "Buttsex", often used in the phrase "Y HELO THAR, BUTTSECKS?".
;BW
:"[[bandwidth]]" [[battle.net]] specific: broodwar.
;B/T, BT
:"Between" or the [[BitTorrent]] peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol.
;BYOC
:"Bring your own computer". Often used in connection with [[computer gaming]] events. May also stand for ''Build Your Own Computer''. For example, [[Quakecon]] is a BYOC [[Lan Party]] in North America.


===C===
==Player records==
===Most capped players===
;Careface
As of [[June 25]], [[2006]], the ten players with the most caps for the Netherlands are:
:as in "I don't care".
;CBA
:Can't be Arsed
;CBF
:Can't be fucked
;CE
:Critical Error (especcialy in [[Unreal engine | UT-engine-based]] games
;Cec
:"sex", used to get around Internet chat filters.
;chol
:Chuckled Out Loud
;Chown (Ch0wn3d)
:a deliberate mis-spelling of "own" (see "own" entry below). Also "changing ownership"; as derived from the UNIX chown command.
;CID
:"Consider it done"
;CiS
:"Chuckle(ing) in Silence", "chuckling very quietly"; as an alternative to "LOL"
;cig
:Short for cigarette or cigar
;CL
:(NukeZone) Clan Leader.
;cluebie
:A clueless newbie (but sometimes apparently confusingly used to mean "a newbie with a clue, but not close to a guru")
;CMIIW
:"Correct me if I'm wrong"
;CoD
:"[[Call of Duty]]"; World War II first person shooter PC Game*
;CoH
:"[[City of Heroes]]"; a comic-book themed massively-multiplayer online PC game
;coo
:"Cool"
;CPL
:"Actually standing for [[Cyberathlete Professional League|CyberAthlete Professional League]], the biggest LAN event, but has become an alternative to call some "leet" (good) for example, "OMG you're CPL"
;CS
:"[[Counter-Strike]]"; Widely played First Person Shooter game; Computer Science.
;CSL
:"Can't stop laughing"
;CT
:([[Counter-Strike]]) Counter Terrorist, (NukeZone) Clan Trustee.
;CTD
:"Crash To Desktop" - Used to indicate that the speaker's game has crashed.
;CTF
:"[[Capture the flag]]". A gaming mode where two teams have a flag each and the objective of capturing the other team's flag.
;ctm.
:"Chuckle to myself"
;CTTOI
:"Come To Think Of It"
;CU
:"see you"; used as a goodbye, commonly together with "l8r" (later), as in "cul8r", often abbreviated to merely "cul". See also "cya".
;CUAD
:"Curl Up and Die", see FOAD
;CUNT
:See You Next Time (C &amp; U are slang for see &amp; you)
;CUWUL
:"Catch up with you later"
;CWOT
:"Complete waste of time"
;CYA
:"See you"; used as a goodbye (see "cu"). Also, "check(ing) your ass", or "cover your ass", as in taking some precautionary measure just for safety's sake, or to avoid blame in a risky (but necessary) action (predates the Internet).
;cyberbug
:someone who spends too much time on the Internet
;CYFF
:"Change your font fucker!"; used when someone has an annoying and hard to read font.
;CVQ
:"chuckling very quietly"; see CiS
;C&amp;C, CnC
:"[[Command &amp; Conquer]]"; A popular series of Strategy games, originally by [[Westwood Studios]]
;C&amp;V
:"Chapter &amp; verse"; used in newsgroups.
;C|N&gt;K
:"coffee through nose into keyboard"; a [[Unix]]-ism involving the Unix [[command line]] [[Pipe (Unix)|pipe]] (|) and redirect (&gt;) characters.


{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
===D===
|-
;DB4L
!#
:"Drinking buddy for life"
!Name
;DC'd, D/C
!Career
:"Disconnected"
!Caps
;DD
!Goals
:"Don't die". Usually used in online real-time strategy games.
|-
;dernoe
|1.
:"(I) don't know"
|align="left"|[[Edwin van der Sar]]
;DFC
|1995 - present
:"Don't fucking care"
|113
;DFAAI
|0
:"Don't fucking ask about it"
|-
;DGT
|2.
:"Don't go there"
|align="left"|[[Frank de Boer]]
;DH
|1990 - 2004
:"Dear husband". Used by housewives posting on Internet forums.
|112
;DH
|13
:"Dickhead"
|-
;DIAF
|3.
:"Die in a Fire"
|align="left"|[[Phillip Cocu]]
;ding
|1996 - present
:To level up
|100
;DILLIFC
|10
:"Do I look like I fucking care?"
|-
;DILLIGAF
|4.
:"Do I look like I give a fuck?"
|align="left"|[[Marc Overmars]]
;DIRFM
|1993 - 2004
:"Does it really fucking matter?"
|86
;DIY
|17
:"Do it yourself" (pre-dates the Internet)
|-
;DKDC
|5.
:"Don't know, don't care", usually used when a person is apathetic about something.
|align="left"|[[Aron Winter]]
;DL, D/L
|1987 - 2000
:"[[Download]]"; receiving data from a remote host. Usually functions as a noun or verb. Can sometimes mean "[[down-low]]", as taken from [[real life|real-life]] usage.
|84
;DLF
|6
:"Dropping like flies"; said when many participants have left a chat room suddenly
|-
;DLLM
|6.
:"Diu Lei Lo Mo" or "Diu Lay Lo Mo", meaning "fuck your mother" in [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]]
|align="left"|[[Ruud Krol]]
;DM
|1969 - 1983
:"[[Deathmatch]]", A gaming mode with the goal of [[Frag (video gaming)|frag]]ging as many other players as possible during a given time.
|83
;DnD
|4
:"Do not Disturb" or "[[Dungeons & Dragons]]"
|-
;DOTC
|7.
:Dancing on the ceiling.
|align="left"|[[Dennis Bergkamp]]
;DoS
|1990 - 2000
:"[[Denial of service]]"; a malicious attack on a computer system.
|79
;dun
|37
:"Don't"; commonly used by [[Singapore]]ans.
|-
;dunno
|8.
:"(I) don't know"
|align="left"|[[Patrick Kluivert]]
;DUT
|1994 - 2004
:"Don't you think(?)"
|79
;DYK
|40
:"Did you know(?)"
|-
;DW, D/W
|9.
:"Don't worry"
|align="left"|[[Ronald Koeman]]
|1983 - 1994
|78
|14
|-
|10.
|align="left"|[[Clarence Seedorf]]
|1994 - 2004
|77
|11
|}


===E===
===Top goalscorers===
As of [[June 21]], [[2006]], the ten players with the most goals for the Netherlands are:
;E
:Enlightenment, a popular X11 [[X window manager|window manager]]
;EBBOM
:"Engage brain before opening mouth"
;EG
:"Evil grin", normally written *EG* or &lt;EG&gt; to separate it from the surrounding text.
;ehlp
:Deliberate misspelling of "help" (making fun of newbies yelling for help in a [[MMORPG]])
;EIL
:"Explode into laughter"
;EO
:Endless-Online, a popular RPG game
;EOF
:"end of file", used to imply the end of something
;EOM
:"End of message"
;EQ, EQ2
:"[[Everquest]]" and Everquest2, popular [[MMORPG]]s
;ESABATM
:"Eat Shit and Bark at the Moon", a riposte to someone allegedly behaving like an 'SOB'
;ESAD
:"Eat shit and die"
;ETLA
:"Extended three letter acronym", see [[TLA]].
;EULA
:End-User License Agreement
;evar
:Common mis-spelling of 'ever', used for emphasis, as in for example: "the best thing EVAR!!"
;EZ
:Easy (pre-dates the Internet)


{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
===F===
|-
*FAP &mdash; [[Onomatopoeia]] for the sound produced by male masturbation. Also used as a verb. See ''[[Sexy Losers]]''. Also: Fiction Alley Park.
!#
*[[Fanboy]] &mdash; a guy with an obsession for a [[operating system]] or for a [[game console]].
!Player
*[[FAQ]] &mdash; Frequently Asked Question(s), or a list of frequently-asked questions (with answers). Seldom appears written in small letters.
!Career
*FCS &mdash; For Christ's sake.
!Goals (Caps)
*fcbl; fake chinaman belly-laugh
|-
*FE &mdash; "Fúmate esta", a Spanish expression for "suck my dick"
|1.
*FE &mdash; "Fatal error"
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Patrick Kluivert]]
*FF &mdash; [[Final Fantasy]]; "Friendly Fire" (especially in [[First Person Shooters]]).
|1994 - 2004
*FFA &mdash; Free For All (especially in [[First Person Shooters]])
|40 (79)
*FFO &mdash; "Far Fucking Out", old hippie term
|-
*FFlO &mdash; "Far Flaming Out", old hippie term
|2.
*FFS &mdash; "for [[fuck]]'s sake!" (sometimes replaced with FS, "fuck's sake")
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Dennis Bergkamp]]
*FGI &mdash; "Fucking [[Google]] it"; used in response to a common question
|1990 - 2000
*FK &mdash; "Short for Fuck"
|37 (79)
*FKN &mdash; "Short for Fucken" as in FKN Hell (Fucken Hell)
|-
*flames &mdash; see "flamer".
|3.
*flamer &mdash; one engaged in [[flaming]]. Also ominously close to the term [[lamer]].
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Faas Wilkes]]
*FLOABT &mdash; "for lack of a better term"
|1946 - 1961
*FO, FOAD &mdash; "Fuck off/Fuck off and die"
|35 (38)
*FOAF &mdash; "Friend of a friend"; the dubious attribution given to [[urban legend]]s
|-
*FOIG &mdash; "Find out in game"
|4.
*FOOCL &mdash; "Falls out of chair laughing".
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Johan Cruijff]]
*fooding &mdash; the act of acquiring food; often used in conjunction with AFK (EG: "AFK fooding")
|1966 - 1977
*FOTF &mdash; "Fall On The Floor"
|33 (48)
*FOTM &mdash; "Flavour of the Month"
|-
*FP &mdash; "[[First post]]"; originally used on [[Slashdot]]
|5.
*FPS; "[[First Person Shooter]]", games such as [[Quake]] and [[Unreal Tournament]] exemplify First Person Shooters; (Computing) Frames per second
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Abe Lenstra]]
*[[Frag (military)|frag]] &mdash; To kill or tear to pieces. Its origin comes the [[Vietnam War]] or earlier, from "[[fragmentation grenade]]". It had a particular application to "fragging" 2nd lieutenants or hated officers, especially in the jungle.
|1940 - 1959
*FSOD &mdash; "Frozen Screen of Death"; a [[Phantasy Star Online]] error.
|33 (47)
*FTA &mdash; "From the article"
|-
*FTF or F2F &mdash; "Face to face"; referring to a meeting in the real world, not online. In [[Role-playing games|role-playing]] terms, it is the offline predecessor to [[MMORPG]]s and [[MUD]]s.
|6.
*FTLOG &mdash; "For the love of God!"
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ruud van Nistelrooy]]
*FTP &mdash; "[[File transfer protocol]]"; or "First to post"
|1998 - present
*FTTB &mdash; "For the time being"
|28 (54)
*FTW &mdash; "For the win"; Indicates the end of the game, it is often used to reference the object responsible for victory. Also sometimes shown as 4tw.
|-
*FU &mdash; "Fuck you" (predates Internet)
|7.
*[[FUBAR]] &mdash; "Fucked up beyond all repair" or "fucked up beyond all recognition" (predates Internet). (Possibly led to the [[metasyntactic variable]]s ''foo'' and ''bar'')
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Bep Bakhuys]]
*FUBAH &mdash; "Fucked up beyond all hope"
|1928 - 1937
*fucktard &mdash; portmanteau of "[[fucking]] [[retard]]"
|28 (23)
*[[FUD]] &mdash; "Fear, uncertainty and doubt"; purposeful spread of misinformation.
|-
*FUDIE &mdash; "Fuck you and die"
|8.
*FWIW &mdash; "For what it's worth"
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kick Smit]]
*FXP &mdash; "[[File exchange protocol]]"
|1935 - 1946
*FYAD &mdash; "Fuck you and die" (from SomethingAwful.com)
|26 (29)
*[[FYI]] &mdash; "For your information" (predates the Internet)
|-
*FFS &mdash; "Fuck Fuck Shit"; "For Fucks Sake"
|9.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Marco van Basten]]
|1983 - 1992
|24 (58)
|-
|10.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Leen Vente]]
|1933 - 1940
|19 (21)
|}


===G===
==Footnotes==
<references />
*G &mdash; "Grin", normally written *G* or &lt;G&gt; to separate it from the surrounding text
*G1 &mdash; "Good one".
*G2G, GTG &mdash; "Got to go", also "good to go"; popularized in [[MMORPG]]s and [[MUD]]s.
*G4Y, GFY &mdash; "Good for you", or "go fuck yourself"; the ambiguity of this acronym calls for care. G4Y can also mean "gay".
*GA &mdash; "Go Ahead"
*GAGF &mdash; "Go and get fucked"
*GAL &mdash; "Get a life"
*gamez &mdash; Illegally obtained games (see [[warez]]).
*GAWD &mdash; A variant spelling of the word "God", taken to the Internet.
*GBTW &mdash; "Get Back To Work"; commonly used in conjunction with other acronyms, as in "STFU GBTW".
*GCAD &mdash; "Get cancer and die"
*&lt;g,d&amp;r&gt; &mdash; "Grins, ducks and runs"; used after a particularly bad joke, seemingly to try to avoid comments about it.
*GF &mdash; "Girlfriend", also means "get [[fuck]]ed"
*GFI &mdash; "Good fucking idea"
*GFY &mdash; "Go fuck yourself"
*GG &mdash; "Good going" or "good game"; used sincerely in competitive and cooperative online games, or used sarcastically when someone has done something foolish. Also "genuine girl", used on chat sites to indicate that the user is female, rather than simply pretending to be.
*GGG &mdash; "Go, go, go!" A command to tell players to attack.
*GGL &mdash; [[Google]]
*GGMF &mdash; "Great Godzilla Motherfuckers!", first quoted in Dealer McDope No. 1 (drawn by Dave Sheridan)
*GGPO &mdash; "Good Game, Peace Out" originating from underground Street Fighter gaming communities. Namely, http://www.shoryuken.com. Possibly also rooted in Ebonics. Used to convey either good games, or losing games. (e.g. drinking + driving = ggpo). Often shortened to just "peaced out" (e.g. He was driving drunk, hit a wall, and got peaced out.)
*GH &mdash; "Good half", used in online round-based games such as [[Counter-Strike]].
*Ghey &mdash; "Gay"
*GIS &mdash; Google Image Search; searching for images through the Google search engine
*GIYF &mdash; "Google is your friend", implying "search the web rather than asking questions".
*GJ &mdash; "Good job" (often used sarcastically)
*GL &mdash; "Good luck"
*Gl hf &mdash; "Good luck, have Fun." Usually used in online gaming.
*GMTA &mdash; "Great minds think alike"
*gnite, GN8 &mdash; "Good night"
*"gno" &#8212; Gonna (Going to)
*Godo &mdash; an unintentional misspelling of the word "good" in an Internet videogame, which then turned into an inside joke within the JJ2 ([[Jazz Jackrabbit 2]]) community and spread from there.
*[[Godwin's law | Godwin's Law]] &mdash; The longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler. When participants in an argument make such a comparison, their opponents commonly invoke Godwin's "law" to claim victory.
*Gosu &mdash; Korean for ''Exceptional'' or ''Superior''
*GR8 &mdash; "Great", sometimes spelled gre8t even though it doesn't make the word any shorter.
*Grats &mdash; Abbreviation of "congratulations". Used in [[MMORPG]]s when a played reaches a new rank or level
*GTFO &mdash; "Get the fuck out"
*GTG &mdash; "Got to go"
*GTH &mdash; "Go to hell"
*GTP &mdash; "Got to Pee"
*[[guru]] &mdash; An expert in some technical topic, such as [[C programming language|C programming]] or [[Unix]] system administration
*GW &mdash; "Good work", often used sarcastically.
*GYTOYA &mdash; "Get your thumb outta your ass." Sometimes used during chat sessions when one of the chatters become unresponsive for some time.


===H===
==See also==
* [[Netherlands national under-21 football team]]
*H8 &mdash; "Hate", or "H1" to "H9" to indicate how much a person hates something.
* [[Royal Netherlands Football Association]]
*HAI &mdash; A purposeful misspelling of "hi"; Japanese for "yes"
*HAMMRD* &mdash; "Hammered, also meaning pwn/pwned/owned. See [[pwn]]"
*HAND &mdash; "Have a nice day"
*Hawt &mdash; variation of "hot", used to suggest that someone seems attractive
*HAX, H4X; "Hacks, term most commonly used in multiplayer games by new players (see n00bs) to accuse someone of hacking, more commonly than not because of their own lack of skill. (see pwned)"
*HAXOR, H4X0R; "Hacker"
*HB &mdash; "Hurry back"
*HB &mdash; "Herremange Byte" Danish expression for a large amount of data. Also abbreviated to "H", it may appear in various other expressions, like "HP &#8212; Herremange Pornofilm" (large amount of pornographic movies), etc.
*HBD &mdash; "Happy birthday"
*HC &mdash; "Holy Crap"
*HF &mdash; "Have fun"
*HGC &mdash; "Hum Ga Chan", cursing one's family to die in [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]]
*hijack &mdash; To start an off-topic discussion; "hijack a thread" on a message board.
*hmwk, hwk, hw &mdash; "Homework"
*HNG &mdash; "Horny net geek"
*H/O &mdash; "Hold on"
*HoBO &mdash; Person who plays games, especially HoB (www.heatofbattle.net)
*HPB &mdash; "High ping bastard" or "High ping bait", reference to those with high latency (ping) usually in online games. The opposite of LPB
*HPL &mdash; "High ping llama", an alternate form of HPB.
*HSS &mdash; "Horse shit and splinters"
*[[HTH]] &mdash; "Hope this (or that) helps"
*HTF &mdash; "How the fuck"; derivative of WTF.
*HTF &mdash; hitting the fridge
*hysterical raisins &mdash; Phonetic-based variation of the term "historical reasons". Used to dismisses given reasons as absurd, obsolete and/or detrimental to progress
*HWG Here We Go
*HWGA Here we go again
*HWP &mdash; "Hug, Wave, Poof"; A way of saying "goodbye"


*[[Aruba national football team]]
===I===
*[[Netherlands Antilles national football team]]
*[[IANAL]] &mdash; "I am not a lawyer"; usually used before a non-lawyer gives legal advice, as a (sometimes humorous) disclaimer.
*[[Sint Maarten national football team]]
*IANARS &mdash; "I am not a rocket scientist"
*IAWTC &mdash; "I agree with this comment"; netizens can substitute other letters/words for C/comment, such as 'post' or 'article'.
*IBDTSFY &mdash; "I've been doin this (stuff) for years" (sometimes with an "M" ("man") appended)
*IC &mdash; "I see", also "in character" in [[MMORPG]] or [[MUD]] settings.
*ICURNS2 &mdash; "I see, you're an ass, too".
*ICYDK / ICYDN / ICUDK &mdash; "In case you didn't know"
*[[Idk|IDK]] &mdash; "I don't know"
*ID10T &mdash; "Idiot"; generally pronounced eye-dee-ten-tee, its meaning is not obvious until viewed in written form. Example: "We've got an ID10T error!"
*idjit, ijit &mdash; "Idiot"
*IDNHSWTW "I did not have sex with that woman", a reference to president Clinton. Quite obscure
*IHAC &mdash; "I have a customer"
*IIRC &mdash; "If I recall correctly", or "if I remember correctly"
*IIUC &mdash; "If I understand correctly"
*IKON &mdash; "[[ikonBoard]], also spelled as IKN"
*I'D HIT IT &mdash; "I'd have sex with that person", originated on [[Fark]]
*I like pie &mdash; Used to express apathy or confusion towards the present subject matter, invented by YINever of the GameFAQs message boards
*ILOTIBINLIRL &mdash; "I'm laughing on the Internet, but I'm not laughing in real life"
*I'LL RATE IT &mdash; A term used when judging something to have a high degree of excellence or brilliance ; term used to complement a joke-teller on a job well done.
*ILU; ''i love u''' - saying you love a person
*IM &mdash; "Instant message", can be used as a noun ("Send an IM") or a verb ("I'll IM him"). Past tense is "IM'd" or "IMed".
*IMESHO &mdash; "In my ever so humble opinion", as opposed to [[IMHO]] (In my humble opinion)
*IMO &mdash; "In my opinion"
*IMAO &mdash; "In my arrogant opinion"
*[[IMHO]] &mdash; "In my humble opinion", or "in my honest opinion"
*IMHPO &mdash; "In my humble public opinion", used by public accounts (accounts owned by more than one persons).
*IMHE &mdash; "In my humble experience"
*IMNSHO &mdash; "In my not so humble opinion", as opposed to [[IMHO]] (In my humble opinion)
*INMP &mdash; "It's not my problem"
*Internets &mdash; Sarcastic way of referring to the [[Internet]]. Allegedly coined by [[George W. Bush]] during an election campaign debate.
*Internetica &mdash; General term describing about anything related to the Internet. First used on Premier BBS in 1992
*Interweb/Intarweb &mdash; Sarcastic mangling of the separate concepts 'Internet' and 'world-wide web'
*INTPFPOTM &mdash; "I nominate this post for post of the month"; incredibly obscure.
*IOH &mdash; "I'm outta here"
*IOKIYAR &mdash; "It's OK If You're A Republican", usually used on [[Democratic Party (United States) | Democratic]] blogs referring to hypocritical things [[Republican Party (United States) | Republican]]s allegedly do
*IOW &mdash; "In other words"
*IPB &mdash; [[Invision Power Board]]
*IRC &mdash; [[Internet Relay Chat]]
*IRL &mdash; "In [[real life]]"; often used in online games to refer to life outside of the game, see RL. Made famous by the movie "[[The Net (film)|The Net]]" starring [[Sandra Bullock]]
*IRT &mdash; "In reply to"
*ISTR &mdash; "I seem to remember/recall"
*ITT &mdash; "In this thread"; first used on forum.canucks.com in White Noise.
*ITYM &mdash; "I Think You Mean"; usually prefacing a humorous "correction"
*IYDMMA &mdash; "If you don't mind me asking"
*IYKWIM &mdash; "If you know what I mean"


===J===
==External links==
*[http://www.knvb.nl/oranje/selectie/ Official site (in Dutch)]
;JAHOYFT
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/ned-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1908-]
:"Just ask him/her out you fucking tool", used to motivate persons suffering from unnecessary trepidation
*[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ned-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers]
;Jaja
*[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ned-coach-triv.html RSSSF archive of coaches]
:This is the correct spelling of "Haha" in several languages, however, this is occasionally used online as slang for laughing. However, ''jaja'' in Polish means "eggs", or "big fun".
*[http://www.voetbalstats.nl/ Netherlands National Football Team History]
;JAK
*[http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~goldkeep/Holland74/index.htm Story of Holland at the 1974 World Cup]
:"Jazak Allah Khair", Arabic expression for "thank you"
*[http://www.holland78.net Story of Holland at the 1978 World Cup]
;JC, J/C
*[http://www.jadransport.org/articles/2433.html Holland: "The unbearable Lightness of being Oranje..."]
:"Just curious"
*[http://www.cokecans.com/can/538-World-Cup-France-98-Netherlands-team Coca-Cola Cans set of Netherlands World Cup France 1998 National Football Team]
;JFC
:"Jesus Fucking Christ"
;JFTR
:"Just for the record"
;JJ
:"Just joking"
;JJ
:Short form of male sexual organ in recent spoken [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]] in [[Hong Kong]] (''Jer Jer'' &#38592;&#38592;; the little bird), believed to have originated on the famous [[HK Golden Forum]]. ''JJ'' refers to male masturbation too. [[Mandarin]] ''jījī'' &#x96de;&#x96de; also means 'penis', and sounds like the baby word for 'chicken'.
;JJable
:Derived from the slang "JJ" (see above), ''JJable'' in [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]] slang means "sexy" or "hot"
;JK, J/K
:"Just kidding"
;JOOC
:"Just out of curiosity"
;j00, j00s, j00r
:[[Leet]] speak for "you" or "your"
;JW, J/W
:"Just wondering"


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===K===
{{International Football}}
*1k &mdash; "One Thousand"- 2k=2000 10k=10000 etc
{{UEFA teams}}
*K &mdash; "OK/Okay"
{{2006 Football World Cup}}
*keekles &mdash; Usually used while deliberately acting like a newbie. Otherwise used as an alphabetical substitute for the [[^__^]] emoticon.
{{fb end}}
*kewl, kool &mdash; Alternate forms of "cool".
*KHITBASH &mdash; "Kick her in the box and shove her"
*[[KISS principle|KISS]] &mdash; "Keep it simple, stupid" (predates the Internet)
*KITFO &mdash; "Knock it the fuck off"
*KK &mdash; "Ok Kool"
*[[Kernel Normal Form|KNF]] &mdash; "Kernel normal form"; kernel source file style guide ([[OpenBSD]]'s [http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=style&sektion=9&format=html style(9)] man page)
*KNN &mdash; "Fuck your mother" ([[Mandarin language|Mandarin Chinese]]) <!-- What is the full, non-abbreviated phrase? -->
*KO &mdash; A common mis-spelling of ''OK''; also "Knock out"
*KOTC &mdash; "Kiss on the cheek"
*[KOL|KOTL] &mdash; "Kiss on lips" or "[[Kingdom of Loathing]]", a free online RPG.
*KOS &mdash; "Kill on Sight"; used to designate enemies in online games whom -- based on their prior actions -- one should kill
*KREE! &mdash; "Attention!" (from [[Jaffa (Stargate)|Jaffa]] language in [[Stargate]])
*KS &mdash; "Kill steal"; used in online games with an experience (EXP) system, when one player defeats an enemy already weakened by another player.
*KTHXBYE &mdash; "Okay, thanks, goodbye" &#8212; usually used to end a conversation abruptly and rudely, to indicate that the preceding has had the last word on a subject, alternatively "KTHXBAI."
*ku &mdash; alternate form of "cool"


[[Category:European national football teams]]
===L===
[[Category:Football in the Netherlands]]
*L8, L8R &mdash; "Late", "later"; as in "see you later", often used together with CU, as in CUL8R.
*LAFFO &mdash; Signifying laughter
*LAL &mdash; "Laugh a little", weaker form of LOL used only by a select few
*Llama &mdash; Lame player (see also HPL); Lower League Manager (used on SiGames Message boards)
*LATN &mdash; "Laugh at the newbs"
*LBR &mdash; "Little boy's room"
*LD &mdash; "Link dead"; used in online games when a disconnected user's persona or character remains in the game.
*LEO &mdash; "Law enforcement officer"
*Leef &mdash; "Leave", go now !
*[[Leet|LEET, L33T, 1337, 31337]] &mdash; "Elite", used ironically; also another kind of slang where numbers and symbols replace similar-looking characters.
*Lewt &mdash; "Loot" Often used as "Lewt fast 'n' Bewt ass".
*LIGAFF &mdash; "Like I give a flying fuck"
*LIGAS &mdash; "Like I give a shit"
*Linkage &mdash; Link
*LION &mdash; "Like it or not..."
*LIUY &mdash; "Look it up yourself"
*LKY &mdash; "Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore"
*LMAO &mdash; "Laughing my ass off"
*LMAOnade &mdash; A homophonous extension of LMAO that humorously refers to "lemonade"
*Chairman LMAO &mdash; similar to above, referring to the first Communist ruler of China.
*LMAYONNAISE &mdash; The precurser to LMAOnade referring to mayonnaise. Inspired by the game [[ROFL Attack]].
*LMFAO &mdash; "Laughing my fucking ass off"
*LMTFA &mdash; "Leave me the fuck alone"
*LOFL &mdash; "A recursive play on ROFL; LOFL on floor LOFLing"
*[[LOL (Internet slang)|LOL]] &mdash; "Laughing out loud", or "lots of laughs"; as a reply to something amusing. Also "lots of love" (not as common). Alternatively allegedly derived from the Dutch word ''lol'' ("fun")
*lolarious &mdash; hilarious
*[[lolcity]] &mdash; Something so funny the entire city laughs out loud.
*[[lollercaust]] &mdash; An extreme event of hilarity.
*[[lollerskates]] &mdash; Pun on the word "rollerskates"; similar usage to LOL.
*LOLZ &mdash; noun form of 'LOL'
*Lolly Roffles &mdash; Laughing Out Loud and rolling on the floor laughing (used when something seems particularly funny)
*L@@K &mdash; "Look", from [http://www.ebay.com eBay]. Used by sellers who have nothing interesting to say about their item, but who try to attract attention anyway
*Loxxen &mdash; An altered form of LOL, with virtually the same meaning, but slightly enhanced.
*LPB &mdash; "Low ping bastard", reference to those with low latency (ping) usually in online games. The opposite of HPB.
*LPL &mdash; "Like Penny Lane", reference to a song from [[The Beatles]], which includes the line "Penny Lane is in my ears, and in my eyes". It implies something very strange or weird.
*LSFW &mdash; "Less Suitable for Work"
*LTID &mdash; "Laugh 'til I die"
*LTNS &mdash; "Long time no see"
*lulz &mdash; See 'LOLZ', used mainly in reference to Internet drama
*lurker &mdash; One who reads an email list or a message board but does not participate in the discussion.
*[[luser]] &mdash; Punny cross between [[loser]] and [[user]], can mean either of the two. Usually denotes users of [[Microsoft Windows]].
*LYL &mdash; "Love ya lots"
*LYLAS/LYLAB &mdash; Love you like a Sister/ Love ya like a Brother
*LYK, LYKE &mdash; "Like"
*LYSM &mdash; love you so much

===M===
;M473z
:"Mates" pronounced may-tez, a term referring to a good friend, closer than a m8
;M8
:"Mate"; as in "buddy" or "pal"
;mA
:"my ASS"
;[[Meh (slang)|Meh]]
:word signaling indifference towards a subject or general apathy, used as a typed version of a shoulder shrug or a sigh.
;[[Merge From Current|MFC]]
:"Merge from current"
;Micro$oft, M$
:Satirical alternative spellings of "[[Microsoft]]", used to poke fun at that company's alleged commercial orientation and monopolizing tendency
;MILF
: "Mom I'd Like to Fuck"; popularized by the movie '[[American Pie]]'
;MLOD
:"Mega LOL of doom"
;MML
:"Make mine Linux", comeback to 'élitist' Windows users; Million Man Lan, held in Louisville, KY once a year. See also [http://www.millionmanlan.com MML WebSite]
;[[MMORPG]]
:"Massively multiplayer online role playing game", a game played online with (potentially) thousands of other people from (potentially) across the world
;[[Moderator (communications)|Mod]]
:"Moderator" (usually referring to a forum) or "modification"
;Mookies Law
:on the SiGames message board means to post a pic of the subject under discussion
;MOTD
:"Message of the day"
;MSAR
:"My Socks are Rocked" see RMS
;MT
:"Miss tell" ("I intended to send the previous message to another user or via a different channel")
;MUD
:"Multi User Dungeon" (or Dimension / Domain), a type of online computer game (''see [[MUD]]'')
;MUSH
:"Multi User Shared Habitat", a text-based online social environment (''see [[MUSH]]'')
;MYOB
:"Mind your own business" - Also the brand name of accounting software [http://www.myob.com.au MYOB (Australia)]. See also [http://www.supportforum.com.au MYOB Support Forum]

===N===
*N1 &mdash; "Nice one"
*N/A &mdash; "Not applicable" or "not available"
*NAP &mdash; "Necessary action please"
*NB &mdash; Short for "nabei", commonly used in [[mmorpg]]s as a swear word. Closest approximation of meaning &#8212; see CB.
*NBD &mdash; "No big deal"
*NFBSK &mdash; "Not for British school kids", originally from message boards at [[snopes.com]], used sometimes in place of NSFW.
*NFI &mdash; "No fucking idea"
*NFS ; "Not for sale". Commonly used in MMORPGs when someone wants to buy another player's equipment
*newb &mdash; Short for "[[newbie]]"; meaning someone who is new, usually at a game
*NFAHRU? &mdash; "Not from around here R U?"
*NG &mdash; "Newsgroup"
*NG &mdash; "No good"
*NG &mdash; "Also used to refer to the flash site [http://www.newgrounds.com NewGrounds]
*Ngaaaah &mdash; A cry of frustration or triumph, which one can speak out loud by using the throat and nasal passage to produce a loud and at times annoying sound. Used comonly in some school environments to annoy a teacher as a class unit. This cry can also gain the attention of ones peers
*Nh &mdash; "Nice hand"; used in online card games.
*NI &mdash; "No idea"
*NIB &mdash; "New In Box", from [http://www.ebay.com eBay] auctions.
*N1994, N199312 &mdash; [[Leet]] speak for "nigga/nigger"
*NIFOC &mdash; [[Nudity|Naked]] in front of Computer
*NM or N/M or nm &mdash; "Never mind" or "not/nothing much". Also "no message", used on message boards to indicate that all the text is in the post's title, and that it need not be opened itself.
*NM U: "Nothing much, you?" (generally said after ''sup'')
*NMFYS &mdash; Unknown acronym from comic ''Badly Drawn Kitties'', a webcomic. User-created "solutions" include "Not Mentioned For Your Sanity" and "Not My First Yellow Submarine," see [http://www.badlydrawnkitties.com/d/20031111.html the BDK Comic.]
*NMNHNLM &mdash; Acronym for "no money no honey nobody loves me" originating from HWZ forums
*NN &mdash; "Night night" like "good night" Also: "Nerf Noodle" (someone who doesn't belong on a computer), or "Nazi Newbie" (a know-it-all newbie who corrects everyone), or "non-nude" (in the context of photos)
*noob, n00b, nub, newb &mdash; Shorthand or leet spelling of "[[newbie]]". In some Internet circles, the term "noob" or "n00b" has a negative connotation, generally not associated with "newb" or "newbie", where being a n00b carries a connotation of ignorance and laziness. N00bs may lack the energy or the gumption to [[RTFM]] or otherwise attempt to find out about a subject themselves &#8212; even given the ready availability of the information &#8212; and instead choose to bother others. A newbie, on the other hand, simply comes fresh to a subject, with no particularly negative connotations. Internet Games such as "[[Call of Duty]]", "[[Counter-Strike]]", the Battlefield Series, and "[[Medal of Honor]]" commonly use the term "n00b".
*n0083127z &mdash; "Nooberts" a mutation of n00b, often used to describe someone who not only demonstrates stupidity, but is also has less esteem or less power than the speaker
*NORE; "No Rematch" (Usually said by the victor)
*Norp &mdash; from pr0n. Used to discreetly speak of pornography without alerting the attention of others (less obvious in meaning than ''pr0n'')
*[[Norwich|NORWICH]]; "Knickers off ready when I come home" (UK, pre-Internet)
*NOYB &mdash; "None of your business"
*NP &mdash; "[[No problem]]"; Neopoints, currency on the free web game [[Neopets]]
*NPA &mdash; "Not paying attention"
*NR &mdash; "No reserve"
*NR4U &mdash; "Not right for you"
*NS &mdash; "Nice shot"; used sincerely in competitive and cooperative online games such as GunBound, or Medal of Honor. Also, "No Shit"; sometimes used as "NSS" for "No Shit, Sherlock"
*[[NSFW]] &mdash; "Not safe for work"; indicates that one should avoid using a link from a workplace due to the presence of pornography or of other unsuitable content. Used at [[Fark.com|Fark]] and on some message boards. See also [[SFW]].
*[[nsh]] &mdash; "No" and "shhhh"; indicates good-natured denial.
*NPNT &mdash; "No picture, no talk", originlly from Hardwarezone &#8212; EDMW
*NT &mdash; "No text"; used on [[Internet forum]]s or [[Usenet]] to indicate that a post has no content. Also, "nice try"; used by gamers.
*NTH &mdash; "Not totally here"
*NVM &mdash; "Never mind"
*NWS &mdash; "Not work safe"; see NSFW.
*Nyo &mdash; A usually meaningless word/particle attached to the end of sentences, similar to the word "hiyo" used by [[Johnny Carson]]; from the [[anime]] [[Di Gi Charat]]

===O===
*O &mdash; "Oh"
*OAR &mdash; On a roll &mdash; referring to someone's luck during Internet games. Winning several games in a row (3 or more) would constitute an OAR.
*OBTW &mdash; "Oh, by the way"
*OGM &mdash; "Oh God My!!" Sometimes intentional misspelling of OMG.
*oh noes!!!!111 &mdash; An exaggerated expression of despair, often used for humorous effect.
*OIC &mdash; "Oh, I see"
*OL &mdash; "Online"
*OMD &mdash; Exclamation; varient of OMG. A "bastardization" of ''OMG'', as well as standing for "Oh my dog"
*OMG &mdash; Exclamation, "Oh my God/goodness!"
*OMFG &mdash; Exclamation, "Oh my fucking God!"
*OMGWTFBBQ &mdash; "Oh my God, what the fuck, bar-be-que."; used in a humorous manner in reference to those who abuse Internet slang.
*OMGWTFNIPPLES &mdash; "Oh my God, what the fuck, nipples", used in a humorous manner in reference to those who string together too much Internet slang in one word
*OMFL &mdash; Exclamation, "oh my fucking [[lag]]!"
*OMW &mdash; "On my way"
*On9 &mdash; "moron", originated from colloquial [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]], written as &#25095;&#40169; in Chinese characters. &#25095; has a pronunciation similar to "On" in Cantonese, whereas the number "9" when spoken in Cantonese sounds close to the word &#40169;.
*OOC &mdash; "Out-of-character"; usually in [[MMORPG]] or [[MUD]] settings when a player isn't acting out his/her part. It was also used in [[fanfiction]] to indicate likewise. Also, "out of curiosity".
*OOF &mdash; "Out of oFfice"; used primarily at [[Microsoft]]. Sometimes said to be from "Out Of Facility".
*OOO &mdash; "Out of the office"; Used similarly to [[MIA]]. "Ken is OOO today."
*OOo &mdash; [[OpenOffice.org]].
*OOM &mdash; "out of mana" (used in games with a "[[mana]]" or "energy" bar)
*OP &mdash; Original poster
*Op &mdash; Operator, a moderator or moderators of a [[chat room]]
*orz &mdash; used to express frustration. The characters taken together as a single glyph depict a person slamming his head into the ground while on hands and knees.
*OS &mdash; "Oh, shit", "Operating System"
*OSIB &mdash; "Open skull, insert brain"
*OT &mdash; "Off-topic"
*OTC &mdash; "Over the counter" - items bought from stores without a permit or without requiring a permit. (Pre-dates the Internet)
*OTP &mdash; "One true pairing", meaning two characters believed to be perfect together, usually not [[canon (fiction)|canon]]. Used in [[fanfiction]]
*OTOH &mdash; "On the other hand"
*OTTOMH &mdash; "Off the top of my head"
*OTW &mdash; "On the way"
*OUACOWA &mdash; "Open Up A Can Of Whoop-Ass", meaning an amazing thing. Coined from the roleplay game [[Unknown Armies]].
*OU812? &mdash; "Oh you ate one too?", reference [[Van Halen]] for "You're stoned too?" druggie slang.
*OXO (oxa, oxå) &mdash; Norwegian/Danish (Swedish) shortening of the word "også" ("också"), which translates to "too" or "also"
*own, owned, OWN3D, ownt &mdash; (see also [[pwn]]) To defeat someone (used commonly when playing [[Counter-Strike]]) or to humiliate someone tactically in a debate; to exhibit extreme coolness (for example: "BMWs totally own").
*ownzer &mdash; One who "owns" (see [[own]])
*OYATM &mdash; "One Year Ago This Month" used in [[Usenet]] binary groups when posting content that has just recently become old enough to post.
*OQC &mdash; "Only Quality Crap"

===P===
*P911 &mdash; "Parents are here, don't type sumthin' stupid!"
*P2P &mdash; "[[Peer-to-peer|Peer-to(2)-Peer]]". Also "pay-to-play" for games with subscription fees like [[Everquest]], [[RuneScape]], or [[Dark Age of Camelot]].
*PAW &mdash; "Parents are watching" (Also see "POS")
*PCBD &mdash; "Page cannot be displayed"; [[Internet Explorer]] error when attempting to visit an invalid link or URL, or when a Web server times out. See also [[404 error]]
*PCC &mdash; Short for ''par-chiew-cheng''. In [[Min Nan|Min Nan Chinese]], short for the act of male masturbation.
*PEBKAC &mdash; "Problem exists between keyboard and chair", referring to in human error. See PICNIC and ID10T.
*PFO &mdash; "Please [[fuck]] off"
*Photoshop &mdash; Popular software for creating and editing artwork and pictures; commonly used as a verb describing the process of photomanipulation -- "Will you photoshop this picture for me?"
*PICNIC &mdash; "Problem in chair, not in computer", referring to in human error. See PEBKAC and ID10T.
*[[Piconjo]] &mdash; A shared account on www.[[newgrounds.com]]. Large numbers of people, under the guise of Piconjo accounts, submit explicit [[animations]] of NG animators, in an attempt to "pwn" them. Piconjo speaks in fluent [[1337]] and claims to have "pen0r power".
*Pic(s), pix &mdash; Used in reference to a picture. Usually posted when someone wants another person to post a picture. This could be used in many different situations, but is most prominent when someone is talking about a woman or girl.
*PIIDB &mdash; "Put it in da butt" (referring to anal sex)
*[[ping]] &mdash; "Are you there?", derived from the program of the same name.
*PITA &mdash; "Pain in the ass"
*PLS, PLZ, PLX &mdash; "Please" &mdash; predates Internet
*PK &mdash; "Player killer", or "Pok Gai" (cursing a person to die on the street in [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]])
*PM &mdash; "Private message"
*PMG &mdash; Can sometimes be seen instead of "omg", which means "oh my God"
*PMI &mdash; "Pardon my ignorance"
*PMIBD &mdash; "Pardon me I'm brain dead!"
*PMSL &mdash; "Pissing myself laughing", synonymous with "LMAO", above and "ROFL", below.
*PO, PO'd &mdash; "Piss off", or "pissed off"
*POA &mdash; Plan of Action;
*POTAS; Person Of The Appropriate Sex, that is, a person of the sex that one finds attractive. A more politically correct term than "person of the ''opposite'' sex"
*POS &mdash; "Parents over shoulder"; a warning, by kids, that parents may be watching. Also, "piece of shit". (Also see "PAW")
*[[POV]] &mdash; "Point of view"
*ppl, ppls &mdash; "People".
*ppor &mdash; "Post proof or recant."
*prawned &mdash; A derivation of "pwn" (see below), used comically, especially for vocal use, rather than typed.
*pro, pr0 &mdash; "Professional"; meaning someone is really good, usually at a game.
*pRO &mdash; "Philippine Ragnarok Online" MMORPG
*pron, [[pr0n]] &mdash; "Porn" (short for [[pornography]]); intentional misspelling used to avoid automated filters on certain words.
*protal, pr0tal &mdash; a misspelling of "[[portal]]", an automated system used on websites such as [[Newgrounds]] to manage submitted content.
*prv &mdash; "Private" similar to PM; usually used for IRC private messaging
*pshlut &mdash; The P and the H are silent, thus equaling slang for "[[slut]]"
*PTBB &mdash; "Pass the barf bag," coined in the Childfree.net discussion list in the '90s.
*PvE &mdash; Player versus environment
*[[Player versus player|PvP]] &mdash; Player versus player
*PvM &mdash; "Player versus Monster"
*[[pwn]], pwned (also p0wn or pwnt) &mdash; An accidental or intentional mistyping of "own". Sometimes used to speak of illegal activities. See "own" above.
*P07 &mdash; Another way to type "[[Cannabis (drug)|pot]]" as in "weed" or "grass". other ways to say this include: w33d, po7 q07 qot and \/\/33d. More abbreviations exist: see [[leetspeak]]

===Q===
;QFE
:"quoted for emphasis", see QFT
;QFT
:"quoted for truth", means something along the lines of "I second that statement!". Sometimes stated more emphatically as ''QFMFT''.
;ql, qool, qoolz
:"Cool" (in the [[United States|American]] sense)
;qwn, qwnt, qwned
:Deliberate typo of "pwn" (which see), which is a deliberate typo of "own"
;QQ
:"Crying eyes" (of perhaps Hong Kong Origin) meaning "oh poor baby" (false pity)

===R===
*R &mdash; "Are"
*r0x0rz (also rox0rs and other forms) &mdash; Leet speak for "rocks".
*R8 &mdash; "Right", "rate"
*RBP &mdash; "Read Before Posting"
*RCT &mdash; RollerCoaster Tycoon
*RD &mdash; [[Red Dwarf (TV series)|Red Dwarf]]
*RE &mdash; rematch; often used in online games
*re/rehi &mdash; "Hello again", used on IRC, especially popular with Europeans. Mentioned in the [[Jargon File]].
*refl &mdash; Deliberate mistype of "ROFL"
*reflectoporn &mdash; from [[eBay]] auctions created by [[Exhibitionism|exhibitionists]] who sell various metal/glass dishes, bowls, spoons, with themselves reflected nude on the surface of the item.
*rents - short for "parents"
*rgr &mdash; "Roger" aka "affirmative" or "10-4", radio talk; "Roger that", meaning "message acknowledged".
*rifk &mdash; Deliberate mistype of "ROFL"
*RIFY &mdash; Read if You Like; often used such that 'if you like __ you will probably like this'
*RL &mdash; "[[Real life]]"; often used in online games to refer to life outside of the game (which some would see as fictional!), see IRL.
*rly &mdash; "really"; usually used as "o rly" to signify one's stupidity at not knowing the topic at hand.
*RMS &mdash; "Rocks my Socks", expresses amusement or being impressed by something. For example, "Religion RMS." Often used to express indifference or unenthusiasm
*ROFL, ROTFL, ROFLMAO &mdash; "Rolling on the floor laughing (my ass off)"; as a reply to something extremely amusing.
*ROFLMAOPIMP; "Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off peeing in my pants"
*[[Roflcopter|ROFLCOPTER]] &mdash; The superlative of ROFL
*roffle &mdash; Alternate version of "ROFL", based on the latter's supposed verbalisation.
*roffle out loud &mdash; A form of "ROFL" or "LOL", intended to mock those who use many acronyms in speech.
*roj &mdash; "Roger" aka "affirmative"
*[[ROR]] &mdash; "Raughing out roud", an [[Engrish]] variant of [[LOL]].
* ROLF &mdash; "Rolling on the laughing floor", a misspelling of "ROFL".
*ROTFLAHAHA &mdash; "Rolling on the floor laughing and having a heart-attack"
*ROTFFLMFAO &mdash; "Rolling on the fucking floor laughing my fucking ass off." A more vulgar version of ROTFLMAO.
*ROTFLBTC &mdash; "Rolling on the floor laughing, biting the carpet"
*ROTFLMHO &mdash; "Rolling on the floor laughing my head off"; alternative to ROTFLMAO. Some people may leave out the "T" so it will be ROFLMHO
*ROTFLMAOSTC &mdash; "Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off scaring the cats"; another alternative to ROTFLMAO
*ROFLMOO &mdash; "Rolling on the Floor Laughing my Organs Out"
*ROFLKMD &mdash; "Rolling On the Floor Laughing [[Kazaa]] Media Desktop" or "Rolling on the floor laughing kicking my dog"; another alternative to ROFL
*RS &mdash; [[RuneScape]], one of the many [[MMORPG]]s.
*RSN &mdash; "Real soon now" (carrying overtones of sarcasm)
*RTFA &mdash; "Read the fucking article"; applies mostly to [[Slashdot]] threads, in response to users who make comments on a story without having read it first.
*RTFRFC &mdash; "Read the fucking [[Request for Comments|RFC]]", similar to [[RTFM]], telling someone to read an RFC to find his or her answer.
*[[RTFM]] &mdash; "Read the fucking/freakin'/friendly/fine manual", the frequent reply to a request for basic help from newbies who have not attempted to find the answer for themselves.
*RTFMFM &mdash; "Read the fucking manual fucking moron"; derived from RTFM with slightly more emphasis on the newbie's lack of intelligence.
*RTFP &mdash; "Read the fucking post"; derived from RTFA and also used on [[Slashdot]].
*RTFS &mdash; "Read the fucking/fine source", frequently used when documentation for a software program is lacking or absent.
*RTL &mdash; "Report the loss"; usually used in online gaming; used sarcastically when one loses or gets fragged
*RtR &mdash; "Raise the Roof"; usually followed by an exclamation mark
*RTSD &mdash; "Rush That Shit Down" originating from underground Street Fighter gaming communities. Namely, http://www.shoryuken.com. Possibly also rooted in Ebonics. Used to convey taking advantage of a good thing. (e.g. Filet-O-Fish only $0.99 on Fridays? RTSD!). Originally used to describe a play style where one overwhelms the opponent with many quick and up close attacks.
*RU &mdash; "Are you"
*RUT &mdash; "Are you there?"

===S===
*S &mdash; "Smile", usually written *S* or &lt;S&gt; to separate it from the surrounding text. See "G".
*SB &mdash; "[[Strong Bad]]", a cartoon character on [[Homestar Runner]]
*S2R &mdash; "Send-to-receive"; indicates that one expects to receive a file (usually an image) before he or she sends his or hers.
*SFLA &mdash; "Stupid Four Letter Acronym"
*sif &mdash; "As if"
*sifn't &mdash; "As if not", used in reply to "sif".
*SCNR &mdash; "Sorry, could not resist"
*SH &mdash; "Shit happens"
*SLAGIATT &mdash; "Seemed like a good idea at the time" Helpful for comments when refactoring embarrassing software design decisions. Pre-Internet.
*SMD &mdash; "Suck my [[penis|dick]]"
*SMDVQ &mdash; "Suck my dick very quick"
*Smeg &mdash; Derived from the word ''smegma'', meaning the same as "fuck" or "bugger" (popularized by ''[[Red Dwarf (television)|Red Dwarf]]'', a British TV [[sitcom]]).
*SMF &mdash; "Simple Machines Forums"
*SO &mdash; "[[Significant other]]"; a termed encapsulating a girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse.
*SOB &mdash; ''[[Son of a bitch]]''
*Soz &mdash; "Sorry", apparently only used in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].
*[[SFW]] &mdash; "Safe for work"; material (pictures, webpages) that is safe for the office. Used at [[Fark.com|Fark]]. See also [[NSFW]]. Alternate meaning (which may not be appropriate in the office): "So fucking what?"
*SOW &mdash; Abbreviation of Spirit of the Wolf, a commonly asked-for spell in [[EverQuest]], which makes a player run faster.
*sroucks &mdash; Means even when something rocks, it sucks (or something in between), or vice versa. Often used in a sarcastic way, as to let others remain in doubt if it's praising or just the opposite.
*sry &mdash; "Sorry"
*srsly &mdash; "Seriously", usually used as an interjection; to signal a sarcastic response to an inane remark.
*SSDD &mdash; "Same shit, different day."
*[[SSIA]] &mdash; "Subject says it all"; used in newsgroup postings and the like.
*SSTS &mdash; "Snickering softly to self"
*STFD &mdash; "Sit the fuck down", often used after STFU and often targets someone expressing an unpopular opinion
*STFM &mdash; "Search the fucking manual"
*STFNG &mdash; "Search the fucking newsgroup" &#8212; variant on STFW
*STFU &mdash; "Shut the fuck up"
*STFW &mdash; "Search the fucking Web"
*stooge &mdash; Referring to an idiot, which can be spelled ''st00g3''. A variant exists as "stoogewagger", which means more of a n00b and a "stooge".
*STW / STK &mdash; "Share The Wealth" or "Share The Knowledge". Most commonly used on [[Warez]] sites, it is a request that another user share a serial number or cracked software download. On [[Hacker]] forums, often refers to sharing information about a new exploit.
*SUAGOOML &mdash; "Shut up and get out of my life"
*sugarpic &mdash; A digital erotic, nude or suggestive image of one's self, usually sent online to a lover or to a friend
*sup? &mdash; "What is up?"
*sux, sux0rs, suxxor &mdash; Leet speak for "sucks", "suckers"
*SWAK &mdash; "Sealed with a kiss"
*SWALK &mdash; "Sealed with a loving kiss" (pre-Internet)
*SWIM; "someone who isn`t me"
*SWMBO &mdash; "She who must be obeyed"
*Swoot, a combination of Sweet and Woot.

===T===
*T &mdash; ([[Counter-Strike]]) Terrorist
*T3h &mdash; See [[teh]].
*TA &mdash; "Thanks again"; also [[England|English]] and [[Australia]]n slang for thanks, pronounced ''taa'', predating the Internet.
*TBH &mdash; "To be honest"; also used within organizational charts to mean "To be hired", equivalent to TBD (to be determined) or to TBA (to be announced)
*TBQH &mdash; "To be quite honest"; used interchangeably with TBH
*TC &mdash; "Take care!"
*thanx, thx, thxs, thz &mdash; "Thanks"; this can form combinations such as "kthx" (OK, thanks), "plzkthx" (Please, OK, thanks), and "kthxbye" (OK, thanks, goodbye).
*[[teh]] &mdash; A ''usually'' deliberate typo of "the" &mdash; its popularity stemmed from the often-misspelled original word due to its natural frequency in English sentences. When deliberate, it sometimes serves to emphasise the following adjective, for example, "You are teh fat". It can also function to dismiss a subject, as in: "Teh, I don't care".
*TFA &mdash; "The fucking article"; a shorter form of "RTFA", mostly used on [[Slashdot]]
*T,FTFY &mdash; "There, fixed that for you", used when displaying an edited version of another's post, to correct an error or make a humorous word (or phrase) substitution
*tho &mdash; "though"
*TIA &mdash; "Thanks in advance"
*TIFM &mdash; "This is from memory"
*TITFO &mdash; "Turn It The Fuck Off" &mdash; common in [[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | Rainbow Six]] series games
*TK &mdash; Team kill (or killing, killer, depending on context)
*[[TLA]] &mdash; "Three letter [[acronym]]". ''TLA'' exemplifies a TLA.
*[[TL;DR]] &mdash; "Too long, didn't read"
*TMAI &mdash; "Tell me about it"
*TMR@IA &mdash; "The monkeys are at it again"; usually used to blame the staff of online gaming communities for any screw ups in-game.
*TMI &mdash; "Too much information"
*TMTOWTDI &mdash; "There's more than one way to do it"; usually used as one of the mottos of the [[Perl]] programming language.
*TNG &mdash; "That's Not Good"
*ToS &mdash; "Terms of service"; "Tales of Symphonia", a video game for the Gamecube and PS2 (the latter only in Japan), often referring to the official website's forums.
*ToSF &mdash; "Tales of Symphonia Forums", a recently growing center of popularity on the Internet. http://tales.namco.com/forums
*TP &mdash; "Town Portal", in [[Diablo (computer game)|Diablo]] and [[Diablo II|Diablo_II]], a magical scroll for getting back into town; safety. Pronounced "teepee", and may occur as a verb ("Hey, TP me!"). Also, less frequently, "Take Point" in other games, thereby conserving a team member's health while the one "taking point" takes most of the damage. TP also stands for "team player" in many online rts games.
*TPTB &mdash; "The powers that be"
*[[Internet troll|troll]] &mdash; A person who deliberately stirs up trouble.
*tr00 &mdash; "True" (used in the [[black metal]] community to refer to a supposed "true" hardcore, underground fan of the genre)
*TT &mdash; Emoticon signifying sadness or a [http://members.teamtg.com/excalibur/koricons.htm crying face]
*TTBOMK &mdash; "To the best of my knowledge"
*TTFN &mdash; "Ta ta for now" (bye, originated with [[Winnie The Pooh]])
*TTIUWIOP &mdash; "This thread is useless without pics"
*TTT &mdash; Third Tier Toilet
*TTYL &mdash; Talk to you later
*TTYS &mdash; Talk to you soon"
*TY &mdash; "Thank you"
*TY4P &mdash; "Thank you for playing"
*TYA, TYG &mdash; "There you are", "there you go"
*TYCLI &mdash; "Then you can learn it"

===U===
;u
:"You"
;UA
:User agreement
;[[UFIA]]
:"Unsolicited finger in the anus"
;ul
:Unlucky, used in gaming
;UL, U/L
:"[[Uploading and downloading|Upload]]"
;ur
:"You're" or "your"
;URT
:"Urban Terror", a mod for [[Quake III Arena|Quake III]]
;URYYFM
:"You are too wise for me", where the "two [[Y]]s" become "too wise".
;UST
:"unresolved sexual tension"; usually referring to fanfiction
;USUX
:"You suck"
;UT
:[[Unreal Tournament]]; usually referring to the ''Game of the Year'' edition. Also used with a year suffix, as in ''UT2003'' or "UT2K3" for [[Unreal Tournament 2003]] or ''UT2004'' or "UT2K4 for [[Unreal Tournament 2004]].
;UTFG
:"Use the fucking [[Google]]"; as an answer to a common question.
;Über
:German for "over" but interpreted in English as "super" or "hyper". Used in many contexts for emphasis or as a superlative, as in, "I'm an über player". Also seen written as "uber", "üb3r", "ül33R" and other [[leet]] variations.

===V===
;v
:"We"
;VFM
:"value for money"
;VoIP
:"Voice over Internet protocol", or phone conversations over broadband connections.
;VWEG
:"Very wicked evil grin". See "G"

===W===
;w
:Japanese version of LOL (laugh out loud). ''Warai'' (&#31505;&#12356;) in Japanese means "laughter".
;W/
:"With", predates Internet
;[[w00t]], woot
:[[Leet]]-speak exclamation of excitement or happiness or applauditory whistle; Used after gaining [[superuser|root]] control of a computer, can stand for "woohoo" or for "We owned the other team"
;w012d
:"Word" (a generally positive interjection)
;W8
:"Wait"
;Waaahmbulance
:An exclamation used when a user attempts to elicit pity from others
;WAI
:"What an idiot"; also, Japanese for "yay" as influenced by the [[anime]] culture
;WAD
:"Without a doubt"
;WADR
:With all due respect.
;waffles
:Pun on "ROTFLMAO"; used similarly. In full: "Roffle my waffles"
;[[warez]]
:Illegally obtained software.
;WB, wibs, wibbles, wibbers
:"Welcome back"
;WBAGNFARB
:"Would be a good name for a rock band. Inspired by columnist [[Dave Barry]] and used broadly by his fans.
;WC3
:"Warcraft III"
;WD
:"Well done"
;WDUWTA
:"What do you want to talk about?"
;w/e
:"Whatever"
;WFM
:"Works for me"
;WG, WEG
:"Wicked (evil) grin"
;Whoamg
:"Whoa my God", used as a sarcastic "whoa".
;w/o
:"Without", pre-dates Internet
;WoW
:"World of Warcraft"
;WOMBAT
:"Waste of money, brains, and time"
;WoS
:"Waste of Space"
;wot, wut
:"What", predates Internet
;WP
:"Well Played", used in Internet gaming
;WRT, w/rt
:With respect to, with regard to
;WRU
:A very simplified "Where are you". For example, "Wru from?"
;[[WTF]]
:"What the fuck?"; Also "who the fuck?", "why the fuck?", and so on, depending on context.
;Wruu2
:"What are you up to?"
;WTG
:"Way to go!", often sarcastic.
;WTH
:"What the heck?" or "what the hell?"
;WUD
:"what you doing"
;[[WYSIAYG]]
:"What you see is ''all'' you get". Like WYSIWYG, with a derogatory suggestion as to the incompleteness of the software.
;WYSITWIRL
:Pronounced "wizzy twirl", "What you see is totally worthless in real life." A derogatory term indicating that a claim of [[WYSIWYG]] has little validity.
;[[WYSIWYG]]
:Pronounced "wizzywig", "What you see is what you get". In the print industry, it means that printed output will look identical to its screen representation. More recently used to refer to the style of making webpages that arose through the use of [[HTML]]-generators such as [[Nvu]], [[Microsoft FrontPage]], and [[Macromedia Dreamweaver|Dreamweaver]] in which context it implies that the output may appear crude and does not transfer well across all settings.

===X===
;''X''&gt;*
:The subject, ''X'', surpasses anything else. For example, "[[Gentoo Linux|gentoo]]&gt;*" would mean, "Gentoo outclasses any other [[Linux distribution]].
;XD
:An [[emoticon]] resembling someone laughing when rotated clockwise 90&deg;. Also written ''xD''.
;-x0r
:A suffix used by [[leet]]-speakers to emphasize a point.
;XOXO
:Hugs and kisses

===Y===
;y
:"Why"
;y2k
:"Year [[2000]]"
;YGM
:"You've got mail"
;YGO
:Stands for [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]], a popular [[manga]], [[anime]], and [[trading card game]].
;YGP
:"You've got pictures" ([[AOLese]])
;YGPM, YHPM
:"You've got a private message", "you have a private message"
;YHBT
:"You have been [[Internet troll|trolled]]"
;YHL
:"You have lost"
;YIM
:[[Yahoo! Messenger]]
;YM
:"[[your mamma|Your mom]]!"
;YMMV
:"[[Your mileage may vary]]"
;[[YMSTICPC]]
:"You Might Say That, I Couldn't Possibly Comment"
;YNK
:"You never know"
;YOMANK
:"You owe me a new keyboard". Said after a joke causes explosive expulsion of beverage from one's mouth or after masturbation to a pornographic image causes one to ejaculate on said keyboard.
;yr
:"Your" or "you're"
;YS
:"You suck"
;YSSIA
:"Your spelling says it all!"
;yt
:"You there?"
;yuo
:A ''usually'' deliberate typo of "you". Possible origins include careless typers hitting the keys out of sequence. Like "[[teh]]", it can add emphasis to a phrase, for example, "Yuo are teh suck".
;YW
:"you're welcome"

===Z===
;z00t, zoot
:bastardization of "w00t"
;[[Zero day|0day]]
:Software or media obtained illegally before or on the day of its official release. In the hacker community this can refer to exploit code obtained before or on the day of the publication of the vulnerability.
;zig
:Cigarette. Also it's something that has to be moved, for great justice, if you know what you doing.
;[[ZOMG]]
:Bastardization of "OMG", meaning "oh my God". Derived from the accidental use of the "z" key when the typist intended to use the Shift function. Pronounced "zoe my God", "zee oh em gee", or "zed oh em gee" (the last two varying on the regional pronunciation of the name of the letter [[Z]]).

==Effects on wider language use==

Users sometimes make up Internet abbreviations on the spot, therefore many of them can seem confusing, obscure, whimsical, or even nonsensical. This type of on-the-spot abbreviating leads to such things as: OTP (on the phone) or the less common, OPTD (outside petting the dog). Another feature common to Internet communication is the truncation and morphing of words to forms that users can type more readily. These may one day creep into common usage and end up in the dictionary. Examples of this include:

*addy &mdash; "Address" (plural: "addys")
*compy &mdash; "Computer" (already has made the leap to common spoken usage)
*dun &mdash; "Don't"
*ima &mdash; "I'm going to", "I'm a gonna" (predates the Internet).
*pic &mdash; "Picture" ("pics", "pix" or "piccies" for plural)
*proggy &mdash; "Computer program"
*prolly &mdash; "Probably" (The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' traces this usage back as far as 1962)
*awsum &mdash; "Awesome"
*siggy &mdash; "Signature"

The form "teh" offers a special case of this transformation. This originated as a corruption of "the", and often pops up spontaneously when typing fast. So common has it become, in fact, that it has made the jump to purposeful usage. Typically it occurs in situations where the writer presents as self-consciously enthusiastic, mimicking the less-grammatical Internet newbie: "That movie was teh suck!!", "The fight scene with all the Agent Smiths was TEH AWESOME", etc. It occurs most commonly in "teh suck", "teh lame", and "teh shit", although "teh shit" has the same meaning as cool or "teh cool". This sarcastic usage originates with [[JeffK]].

Similarly, netizens may use the word "liek" or "leik" as sarcastic mis-spellings of the word "like", as in "I LIEK PIE". It often implies an insult to one's intelligence and/or typing ability.

The word [[newbie]] occurs almost exclusively to refer to all sorts of new users of an Internet forum or starters in a particular field of activity. It does not function as a pejorative term ''per se'', but can do so when combined with [[RTFM]], etc.
"[[n00b]]" has much more derogatory implications than "newbie".

"own" has become a mainstream word for "to completely dominate". It probably pre-dates the Internet in some usages. It also sometimes appears spelt "pwn" owing to a common typing error due to the proximity of the "p" and "o" keys on a [[QWERTY]] keyboard.
This spelling "error" sometimes get verbally pronounced "Pone" or "Pawn", although more commonly Internet users simply pronounce it as "Own".

==See also==
*[[Jargon File]]
*[[Avatar (virtual reality)]]
*[[Abbreviation]]
*[[Acronym]]
*[[African American Vernacular English]]
*[[Emoticon]]
*[[Leet]]
*[[List of computing and IT abbreviations]]
*[[Slang]]
*[[Txt]]

==External links==
*[http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/acronyms.php E-mail and Online Chat Acronyms]
*[http://www.noslang.com Internet Slang Translator & Dictionary]
*[http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/ Jargon File webpage]
*[http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html FOLDOC &mdash; Free On-line Dictionary of Computing]
*[http://www.acronymfinder.com/ Acronym Finder]&mdash;searchable acronyms and abbreviations site (over 400,000 entries with over 25,000 slang/chat/Internet entries)
*[http://www.geocities.com/ben-fuzzybear/acronyms.html BIBLIA &mdash; Ben's Incredible Big List of Initialisms and Acronyms]
*[http://www.urbandictionary.com/ UrbanDictionary.com] ('''Warning:''' Possibly offensive and sexual words on this site.)
*[http://www.netlingo.com NetLingo.com The Internet Dictionary]
*[http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx Parents' primer to computer slang] from [[Microsoft]]


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Revision as of 21:08, 25 June 2006

Netherlands
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Oranje, Clockwork Orange,
The Orangemen
AssociationRoyal Netherlands
Football Association
(Koninklijke Nederlandse
VoetbalBond)
Head coachMarco van Basten, 2004-
Most capsEdwin van der Sar (113)
Top scorerPatrick Kluivert (40)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Belgium 1 - 4 Netherlands
(Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April, 1905)
Biggest win
Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway
(Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1 November, 1972)
Biggest defeat
Netherlands 2 - 12 England Amateur
(The Hague, Netherlands; 1 April, 1907)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1934)
Best resultRunners-up, 1974 and 1978
European Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1976)
Best resultWinners, 1988

The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association.

The Netherlands is currently rated third in the world by FIFA[1] having won the 1988 European Football Championship (Euro 88), and having reached two consecutive World Cup finals, but losing both (1974 and 1978). At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was nicknamed "Clockwork Orange" for its precision passing.

History

The Netherlands made their first appearance at the World Cup final tournament in 1934, and after coming back in 1938, the Dutch national team entered the wilderness of world football.

Totaalvoetbal

They came out of this wilderness in the 1970s with the invention of Total Football (Dutch: Totaalvoetbal), pioneered by Ajax Amsterdam and led by playmaker Johan Cruijff and national team coach Rinus Michels. The Dutch made huge strides, qualifying for two World Cup finals in the decade.

In 1974, the Netherlands beat both Brazil and Argentina in the second group stage, booking a place in the tournament final for the first time in their history. However, the team lost to West Germany in the final in Munich, despite having gone 1-0 up through Johan Neeskens' early penalty kick before any German had even touched the ball. Supported by the crowd, goals from Paul Breitner and Gerd Muller led to a victory for the Germans. In spite of losing the final, the "Clockwork Orange" and Johan Cruijff had already written a new page in football's history.

In 1978, the Netherlands again reached the final, only to be beaten by the hosts, Argentina. This side played without Cruijff, who refused to play in a country which had had a miltary coup two years before. It still contained players such as Neeskens, Johnny Rep, Arie Haan, Ruud Krol and Rob Rensenbrink from the 1974 selection. This time the Netherlands were less impressive in the group stages, as they qualified only as runners-up, after a draw with Peru and a loss to Scotland. In the second group phase, however, the Netherlands topped a group including Italy and West Germany - setting up a final with Argentina. However, the Dutch came second for the second World Cup in a row as they ultimately lost 3-1 on two extra-time goals from Argentina.

European Champions

The team's main success has been winning the 1988 European Championship. After losing the first group match against the USSR (1-0), Holland went on to qualify for the semi-final by defeating England 3-1 (with a hat-trick by the tournament's top scorer Marco van Basten), and Republic of Ireland (1-0). For many Dutch football supporters, the most important match in the tournament was the semi-final against West Germany, the host country, considered a revenge for the lost 1974 World Cup final (also in West Germany). Marco van Basten, who would later become national team coach, scored in the final minutes of the game to beat the German side. Some Dutch fans then chanted "In 1940 they came; in 1988 we came", referring to the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II. The game is also remembered for its post-match shenanigans, including Ronald Koeman, who, in front of the German supporters, provocatively pretended to wipe his backside with the shirt of Olaf Thon as if it was toilet paper, an action Koeman later regretted.[2] Holland won the final with a convincing victory over the USSR, through a header by Ruud Gullit and a sublime volley by Van Basten.[3]

Holland subsequently reached the semi-finals in the (edit conflict × 92) tournament.

Recent

In both the 1994 and

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the Holland team lost to Brazil. In 1994 they could count on Dennis Bergkamp to score some important goals, but this was not enough against the team led by Romario, Bebeto and Branco, which won by 3-2. Netherlands lost the quarter-final match on July 9, at the Cotton Bowl, after a less than impressive first round, when it secured qualification to the round of 16 with the same points as teams such as Saudi Arabia and Belgium.

In 1998, Netherlands had players such as Marc Overmars, Phillip Cocu, Edgar Davids, Ronald de Boer and Patrick Kluivert. The Dutch team won the group and, 20 years later, had the chance to revenge the final of the 1978 World Cup, playing Argentina, and won with a last-minute goal. Brazil couldn't count on Romario anymore, but in the semi-final they had Ronaldo, and goalkeeper Taffarel who saved Cocu's and Ronald de Boer's shots in the penalty shootout. Playing for third place, Holland were defeated by Croatia.

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held in Korea and Japan.

File:Coat of arms of the Netherlands.png
Coat of arms of the Netherlands

Origin of shirt colour

Many foreigners find it odd that the Netherlands national football team does not wear the colors of the Dutch flag of today, but instead plays in bright orange. Orange is the historic national color of the Netherlands and originates from the coat of arms of the Dutch founding father William of Orange-Nassau (1533–1584). The top (red) band of the current flag was originally orange. However, the current Dutch away shirt incorporates the flag colours as a diagonal stripe.

Competitive record

World Cup

  • 1930 - Did not enter
  • 1934 - Round 1
  • 1938 - Round 1
  • 1950 - Did not enter
  • 1954 - Did not enter
  • 1958 - Did not qualify
  • 1962 - Did not qualify
  • 1966 - Did not qualify
  • 1970 - Did not qualify
  • 1974 - Runners-up
  • 1978 - Runners-up
  • 1982 - Did not qualify
  • 1986 - Did not qualify
  • 1990 - Round 2
  • 1994 - Quarterfinals
  • 1998 - Fourth place
  • 2002 - Did not qualify
  • 2006 - Round 2

European Championship

Summer Olympics

Olympic medal record
Men’s Football
Bronze medal – third place 1920 Antwerp Team
Bronze medal – third place 1912 Stockholm Team
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Team

Famous past players

Listed according to when they debuted for Netherlands (year in parentheses):

Past managers

2006 World Cup

Squad

Coach: Marco Van Basten

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Edwin van der Sar (c) 29 October 1970 113 England Manchester United
2 2DF Kew Jaliens 15 September 1978 1 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
3 2DF Khalid Boulahrouz 28 December 1981 13 Germany Hamburger SV
4 2DF Joris Mathijsen 5 April 1980 10 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
5 2DF Giovanni van Bronckhorst 5 February 1975 59 Spain Barcelona
6 3MF Denny Landzaat 6 April 1976 25 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
7 4FW Dirk Kuyt 22 July 1980 20 Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam
8 3MF Philip Cocu 29 October 1970 99 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
9 4FW Ruud van Nistelrooy 1 July 1976 53 England Manchester United
10 3MF Rafael van der Vaart 11 February 1983 36 Germany Hamburger SV
11 4FW Arjen "De Duikelaar" Robben 23 January 1984 22 England Chelsea
12 2DF Jan Kromkamp 17 August 1980 11 England Liverpool
13 2DF André Ooijer 11 July 1974 21 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
14 2DF John Heitinga 15 November 1983 20 Netherlands Ajax
15 2DF Tim de Cler 8 November 1978 3 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
16 3MF Hedwiges Maduro 13 February 1985 11 Netherlands Ajax
17 4FW Robin van Persie 3 August 1983 12 England Arsenal
18 3MF Mark van Bommel 22 April 1977 39 Spain Barcelona
19 4FW Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 11 July 1978 7 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
20 3MF Wesley Sneijder 9 June 1984 25 Netherlands Ajax
21 4FW Ryan Babel 19 December 1986 6 Netherlands Ajax
22 1GK Henk Timmer 13 December 1971 2 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
23 1GK Maarten Stekelenburg 22 September 1982 2 Netherlands Ajax

Game information

Netherlands lineup during the game against Portugal

The Netherlands reached the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and opened the campaign successfully with a 1-0 victory over Serbia and Montenegro with a goal by Chelsea winger, Arjen Robben. Holland played the Côte d'Ivoire in their next group game in Stuttgart on 16 June, winning 2-1. Ruud van Nistelrooij and Robin van Persie scored for the Netherlands - this victory saw the team qualify for the second round. Their final round-robin game saw them draw with Argentina 0-0. Argentina won the group on goal difference, with the Netherlands second. Robben was named official FIFA Man of the Match for both of the first two games. They lost to Portugal 0-1 in an acrimonious Round-of-16 match marked with a record-equalling number of yellow cards (16) and record number of red cards (4) that ended their 2006 campaign.

Player records

Most capped players

As of June 25, 2006, the ten players with the most caps for the Netherlands are:

# Name Career Caps Goals
1. Edwin van der Sar 1995 - present 113 0
2. Frank de Boer 1990 - 2004 112 13
3. Phillip Cocu 1996 - present 100 10
4. Marc Overmars 1993 - 2004 86 17
5. Aron Winter 1987 - 2000 84 6
6. Ruud Krol 1969 - 1983 83 4
7. Dennis Bergkamp 1990 - 2000 79 37
8. Patrick Kluivert 1994 - 2004 79 40
9. Ronald Koeman 1983 - 1994 78 14
10. Clarence Seedorf 1994 - 2004 77 11

Top goalscorers

As of June 21, 2006, the ten players with the most goals for the Netherlands are:

# Player Career Goals (Caps)
1. Patrick Kluivert 1994 - 2004 40 (79)
2. Dennis Bergkamp 1990 - 2000 37 (79)
3. Faas Wilkes 1946 - 1961 35 (38)
4. Johan Cruijff 1966 - 1977 33 (48)
5. Abe Lenstra 1940 - 1959 33 (47)
6. Ruud van Nistelrooy 1998 - present 28 (54)
7. Bep Bakhuys 1928 - 1937 28 (23)
8. Kick Smit 1935 - 1946 26 (29)
9. Marco van Basten 1983 - 1992 24 (58)
10. Leen Vente 1933 - 1940 19 (21)

Footnotes

  1. ^ Ranking & Statistics, FIFA, May 2006
  2. ^ "Cheeseheads vs Krauts": 30 Years of Enmity, Ajax-USA.com, June 14, 2004
  3. ^ Marco Van Basten Euro '88 The Best Goal In The World at YouTube

See also

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