Perm
Permission
Example
Can you give me perms to copy items from the shared driectory?
Done. LMK if you need anything else
The sad reality of no gif-posting perms
Related Slang
| admin | Administrator |
| sysadmin | System administrator |
| mod | Moderator |
| Permabanned | Permanently banned |
| c/p | Crossposting |
| bump | Forum post message bump |
| Threadjacking | Steering a discussion away from the original topic |
| LMK | Let me know |
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Online, perm is short for "permission," which refers to a privilege given to a user to be able to perform something, like posting images or accessing protected directories. You will likely encounter perms among users in forums and messaging apps like Discord or IT professionals.
For example, a Discord user may ask, "Can I get some image perms?" when looking for image-posting capabilities in a server. Or, an IT professional may message a co-worker, "I gave katharinep perms to access the archives database, so you can mark the case as resolved."