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The trouble with online Chat, postings, and email is that anything said in them is open to misinterpretation. Emoticons are clusters of punctuation such as : ) and : > that are used to set the tone for the sentence that precedes them. The knack to interpreting them is to tilt your head sideways to the left and look for a facial expression.
:-) smile
:-> sarcastic
;-) wink
:-))) laughing or double chin
:.-) laughing tears
;-)=) grin
:-D laughing
:-} wry smile
:-P tongue
:-( sad, angry
:-< sad
:-I indifferent/sad
:.-( weeping
:-II angry
:-@ angry
}-) evil
:-X mute
:-() talking
:-O surprised/shocked
=:-) shocked
O:-) halo
:-3 has eaten a lemon
:-/ sceptical
:-Z sleeping
:-x kissing
:-* sorry, I didn't want to say that
?-( sorry, I don't know what went wrong
:*) drunk (red nose)
%-) stared too long at monitor
#-) dead
X-) unconscious
:-Q smoking
(:-) bald
.-) one-eyed
-:-) punk
<:-) stupid question (donkey's hat)
<|-) chinese
@:-) arab
8:-) little girl
:-)-8 big girl
[:-] robot
::-) wearing glasses
8-) wearing (sun)glasses / wide-eyed grin
B-) horn-rimmed glasses
B:-) sunglasses on head
.^) side view
:<) moustache
_O-) aquanaut
{:-) wig
:-E vampire
:-[ vampire
(-: left-handed
:o) boxer's nose
(:-}{-:) kissing smilies
d:-) wearing a cap
~:-( fuming
Midget smilies (without noses)
:) happy
[:] robot
:] gleep, friendly
=) variations on a theme
:} (what should we call these?)
:> (what?)
:@ (what?)
:D laughter
:I hmmm...
:( sad
Internet related acronyms
2U2 to you, too
AAMOF as a matter of fact
AFAIK as far as I know (AFAIC As far as I'm concerned)
AFK away from keyboard
ASAP as soon as possible
BBL be back later
BITMT but in the meantime
BOT back on topic
BRB be right back
BTW by the way
C4N ciao for now
CFD call for discussion
CFV call for vote
CU see you
CUL(8R) see you later
CWOT complete waste of time
CYA see ya
DAMIFINO damn if I know
DIY do it yourself
EMFJI Excuse me for jumping in (PMFJI pardon me for jumping in)
EOD end of discussion
EOT end of transmission
F2F face to face/flesh to flesh
FAI frequently argued issue
FAQ frequently asked questions
FBOW for better or worse
FOAF friend of a friend
FOCL falling off chair laughing
FWIW for what it's worth
FYA for your amusement
FYI for your information
GAL get a life
GBTW get back to work
GFC going for coffee
GFETE grinning from ear to ear
GMTA great minds think alike (GLLA great lovers love alike)
GR&D grinning, running & ducking
GRMBL grumble
GTG got to go
HAND have a nice day
HHOK ha ha only kidding
HTH hope this helps
IAC in any case
IAE in any event
IC I see
IDGI I don't get it
IMCO in my considered opinion
IMHO in my humble opinion
IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion
IMO in my opinion
IMPE in my previous/personal experience
IMVHO in my very humble opinion
IOTTMCO intuitively obvious to the most casual observer
IOW in other words
IRL in real life
ISP Internet service provider
IYKWIM if you know what I mean (IYSWIM if you see what I mean)
JIC just in case
J/K just kidding
KISS keep it simple stupid
LOL laughing out loud
LTNS long time no see (LTNT long time no talk)
MfG Mit freundlichen Gruessen
MTCW my two cents worth
NC no comment
NRN no reply necessary
ONNA oh no, not again!
OOTC obligatory on-topic content
OTOH on the other hand
PCMCIA people can't memorise computer industry acronyms
REHI hello again (re-Hi!)
RO(T)FL rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
RSN real soon now
RTDox read the documentations
SHTSI somebody had to say it
SO significant other (e.g. boyfriend, husband, wife, pet dog)
TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TAFN that's all for now
THX thanks
TIA thanks in advance
TLA three letter acronym
TMK to my knowledge
TOS terms of service
TPTB the powers that be
TSWC tell someone who cares
TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge
TTFN ta-ta for now
TTYL(8R) talk to you later
TWIMC to whom it may concern
WIIWD what it is we do
WILBI wouldn't it be lovely if
WRT with regard to
WTG way to go
WWDWIIWD when we do what it is we do
YA yet another
YGIAGAM your guess is as good as mine
YGWYPF you get what you pay for
YMMV your mileage may vary ("I do not expect you to agree with
me.")
Useful expressions & other stuff
B4 before
2nite tonight
n case in case
EZ easy
troo true
kewl cool
dewd dude
d00d dude
grrlz girls
wirld world
guvment government
gawd god
wymyn women
lurve love, luv, luff
to go nookleer to explode
to deevee to devalue
n/a not applicable
w/ with
w/o without
b/c because
Xtian Christian
wuz was
cos(cuz) because
w3b www
tripdub www ("triple w")
K 1000 (like, 2K = 2000); also: extremely cool (k-kool, k-rad)
@ Circle A (symbol for anarchy)
^..^ bat
TOSsed to lose internet account because of violation of TOS
agreement with ISP
B-D breakdown
BTL better than life
S&D search and destroy
R&D research and development
RSI repetitive stress injury (e.g. from using keyboard)
ILF Information Liberation Front (imaginary organisation; joke)
TBT talking by typing
BLJ black leather jacket
DOA dead on arrival
T-P telepathy
VI village idiot
TV transvestite
op operation
MorF Male or Female
< g > grin
< bg > big grin
< vbg > very big grin
WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
YAFIYGI you ask for it, you get it (opposite of WYSIWYG
WYSITWIRL what you see is totally worthless in real life
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