菜鸟，形容一个人上网很“菜”，用来比喻网络新手，英文中的对应词是newbie；

大虾，谐音自大侠，形容网络高手，英文中的对应词是knowbie，表示a knowledgeable and experienced Internet user.

“灌水”叫 bump，这种“灌水”往往被认为是一种垃圾留言（spam）

To bump a thread on an internet forum is to post a reply in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. This is also called "necroposting".

。“潜水”在英语中的对应词是lurk。

Lurking is an activity performed on Internet Forums or Chat rooms that involves wandering the website, reading posts and never actually posting anything.