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Here's a list of some commonly used acronyms, expressions, and
"emoticons" on CIS.
Much of it is based on a file called CISexp.doc, compiled by Josh
Mandel and used by kind permission of the Gamers Forum (Thanks,
Nightie). That file itself began as a compilation of earlier WPSG
files, compiled by James Bach and Joan Friedman.
Other contributors to the list are Sally Neuman, Neil Rubenking,
Orville Fudpucker, and Dave Konkel.
Updated 03-13-93 by Axel Roschinski [100022,2647]
$0.02 Throwing in your two cents' worth
AFAIK As far as I know
AWHFY Are we having fun yet?
B4 Before
B4N Bye for Now
BAD Broken as Designed
BBR Burnt Beyond Repair
BBS Bulletin Board System
BCNU Be seein' you! (saying goodbye)
BFN Bye For Now
BION Believe it or not
BMTIPG Brilliant minds think in parallel gutters
BRB Be right back (typically used when leaving briefly
during a COnference)
BRS Big Red Switch
BTA But then Again (in response to IOW)
BTAIM Be that as it may
BTOBD Be there or be dead
BTSOOM Beats the S**t Out Of Me
BTW By the way
BWQ Buzz Word Quotient
CAD Control-Alternate-Delete (if you don't have a PC
clone, ignore this)
CADET Can't add, doesn't even try
CIS Compuserve Information System <tm>
CI$ <same>
CO Conference
CU See you
CUL8R See you later
DIIK Darn if I know
DL or D/L Download, transmit to you
DTRT Do The Right Thing
DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly
ESAD Eat S... and Die
ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym
FCFS First come, first served
FFRD Flying F... in a rolling donut (I don't give a FF in
a RD)
FISH First In, Still Here
FOAF Friend of A Friend
FRED F...... Ridiculous Electronic Device
FTF Face to Face
FUBAR "Fixed" up beyond all recognition (also as FOOBAR or
- as a filename: FOO.BAR
FUD Fear, uncertainty, and doubt
FURTB Full up ready to burst (about hard disk drives!)
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For your information
g,d&r grinning, ducking, and running
g,d&rf Grinning, ducking and running FAST!
g,d&rvvf Grinning, ducking and running VERY VERY FAST
GA Go Ahead
GDW Grin, Duck and Weave
GFR Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer)
GGC Goo Goo Cluster (cause zits & intestinal blockage)
GIGO Garbage in, Garbage Out
GIGO Garbage In, Gospel Out (people accepting blindly what
the computer says)
GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting
GMTA Great minds think alike
GOWI Get on with it
GPF General Protection Fault (Old UAE, New Name!)
GP,F Go Puke, Fast!
HSIK How Should I Know
IAAA I am an accountant
IAAL I am a lawyer
IANAA I am not an accountant
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
IAC In any case
IAE In any event
IMO In my opinion
IMHO In my humble opinion [the speaker is never humble]
IMCO In my considered opinion
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IME In My Experience
IMPOV In my point of view
IOW In other words
ITFA In the final analysis
IWBNI If would Be Nice If
IYFEG Insert Your Favourite Ethnic Group
JAM Just a moment
JAS Just a second
JAWS Just another Windows shell
JIC Just In Case
KMA Kiss my arm (shouldn't be used online...)
LABATYD Life's a bullshit and then you die
LMAO Laughing My Arm Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
MLA Multiple Letter Acronym
MOF Matter Of Fact
MOTAS Member of the Appropriate Sex
MOTOS Member of the Opposite Sex
MOTSS Member of the Same Sex
MOTM Member of the Month
MOTH Humorous Collectibles Forum variation on Member of
the Month
NATO Never Again Volunteer Yourself
NBD No Big Deal
NFW No F...ing Way
NIMBY (we all want it:) the Node In My Back Yard
NINO Nothing in, nothing out
NOYB None Of Your Business
NQA No Questions Asked
NTIM Not That It Matters
NTIMM Not That It Matters Much
NUI Network User Identification
OBTW Oh, By the Way
OIC Oh, I see
OTF On the Floor
OTL Out To Lunch
OTOH On the other hand
OTTH On the third hand
OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head
PABG Pack a Big Gun
PBM Play by Mail (Games)
PDN Public Data Network
PITA Pain in the Anatomy
PLOKTA Press Lots of keys to abort
PMBI Pardon my butting in
PMFBI Pardon Me for butting in
POSSLQ Person of Opposite Sex sharing living quarters
POV Point Of View
PPN Programmer Project Number; currently known as UserID
PPPP Previous Paragraph was Polemical Position
RFD Request For Discussion
RHIP Rank Has Its Privileges
RLCO Real Life COnference
RNA Ring, No Answer
ROF,L Rolling on floor, laughing
ROFL <same>
RPG Role Playing Games
RSN Real Soon Now (when WP 5.0 or other vaporware will
arrive)
RTFM Read the "friendly" manual (or message)
SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym
SMOP Small Matter of Programming
SNAFU Situation normal, all "fixed" up
SO Significant Other
SOS Same old Sh!t
SSDD Same sh!t, different day
SUFID Screwing Up Face In Disgust
SWMBO She who must be obeyed
Sysop System Operator, person who runs the BBS/Forum
TAFN Thats all for Now
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBYB Try Before You Buy
TDM Too Damn Many
TFTT Thanks For The Thought
TGIF Thank God Its Friday
TIA Thanks in advance
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TLA Three Letter Acronym (now surpassed by MLA)
TM Thread mangler
TPTB The Powers That Be
TSJD Texas Size Jelly Donut
TSR Terminate and stay resident program
TSR Totally Stupid Rules
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTL4N Thats the lot for now
UAE Unrecoverable application error (Bane of Windows'
users! Now surpassed by GPF)
UL or U/L Upload, send to the BBS
UNCLE Unified Nuclear Coalition of Latvian Emigrants
WAEF When All Else Fails
WIMP Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing (to describe Windows
and other similar interfaces)
WizOp Wizard Sysop; the primary forum administrator for a
forum
WOA Work Of Art
WOFTAM Waste of Flaming time and money
WTF What the Freep
WTFDIK What the Freep Do I Know
WTH What The H---
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
WYSBYGI What you see before you get it
WYGIWYPF What you get is what you pay for
YADS Yet Another DOS Shell
ZNT Ziffnet
Actions performed by the writer are often wrapped in smaller-than- "<" and
greater-than- ">" signs:
<g> Grinning
<gg> Big grin (etc.)
<BG> Big grin
<eg> Evil grin
<ig> Impish grin
<dg> Devilish grin
<s> Smiling
<ss> Big smile (etc.)
[s] Smiling sarcastically
<g,d&r> Grinning, ducking & running
<grin>
<chuckle>
<smirk>
<smile>
<sheepish grin>
<silly grin>
<wink>
<lewd wink>
<frown>
<raising eyebrows>
<arching eyebrows>
<<mounting the soapbox>>
<<falling off the soapbox>>
<<ducking>>
*blush*
*hug*
*kiss*
*wink*
some others:
<!> An important part of a message
<?> One part of the message contains a questionable item
<ahem> clearing your throat just before saying something
controversial
<sp?> word/name/phrase probably contains a spelling error
CompuSlang is a dialect that constantly grows and changes, although
some of the words and phrases have become standards.
Drop carrier To disconnect without logging off properly.
Dumped Involuntary victim of a carrier loss.
Flame To post a disparaging or controversial message.
Lurker Someone who reads, and "listens in" on discussions
without participating or contributing to libraries.
Netiquette Accepted practices on a service net.
Thread A series of messages or conversations that follow a
single thought or topic.
emoticon: n. a figure created with the symbols on a keyboard that
is usually read with the head tilted to the left. Used to
convey the spirit in which a line of text was typed.
:-) Humor
:) midget Smile
:> Midget Smiley
:-) )-: Masking theatrical comments
:/) Not funny
;-) Wink
;) midget Wink
;> <same>
:-))) reeeel happy, big smile
:-> Alternate happy face
:-( Unhappy
:-c Real unhappy
:-C Unbelieving (jaw dropped)
:-< Forlorn
;-) Sardonic incredulity
:-} Crooked Smile
:-i Semi-Smiley
:-7 User after a wry statement
(@ @) You're kidding!
:-" Pursing lips
:-v Just another face (speaking) profiled from the side
:-V Shout
:-w Speak with forked tongue
:-W Shout with forked tongue
:-r Bleahhh (sticking tongue out)
:-f <same>
:-p <same>
:-1 Smirks
:-, <same>
<:-O Eeek!
:-* Oooops (covering mouth with hand)
:-T keeping a straight face (tight-lipped)
:-D said with a smile
:-P <same>
:-y <same>
:-o More versions of shouting
:-O <same>
:-| Disgusted
:'-( Shedding a tear
:~-( <same>
:~(~~~ crying
:-).... drool
:-)~~~ another drool
|-) getting tired
:-D big mouth
:~) yummee - lick lips
:-? Licking your lips
:-8 Talking out both sides of your mouth
<:-) For dumb questions
:-# Censored
o= A burning candle for flames
-= A doused candle to end a flame
8 Infinity
.-) User has one eye
:-: User is mutant
:<) For those with hairy lips
:^{ For those with mustaches
:*) Smile with moustache
8*) Smile with Glasses and Moustache
B*) Smile with Moustache and Designer Sunglasses!
:<)= For those with beards too
:-=) Older user with mustache
:-#| User with bushy mustache
::-) User wears glasses
8:-) Glasses on forehead
B-| User is wearing cheap sunglasses
P-) Pirate
:-{ Count Dracula
=|:-)= Uncle Sam
7:) Reagan
:~i Smoking
:~j (and smiling)
:/i No smoking
:-I It's something, but I don't know what....
:-x Kiss kiss
:-B Drooling (or overbite)
<:>== A turkey emoticon
):-) :-) :-) Loud guffaw
:-J Tongue-in-cheek comments
:*) Clowning around
(:-) Msgs dealing with bicycle helmets
@= Warning about nuclear war
OO Headlights on msg
:_) I used to be a boxer, but it really got my nose out of joint
B-) Smiling and wearing glasses or sunglasses
(or a message from Batman)
8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look
#:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
:-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
#:-o Same as previous
|-( Late night messages
:^) Messages teasing people about their noses
:-{#} Messages teasing people about their braces
(:-$ Message indicating person is ill...
(:-& Message indicating person is angry...
(:-( Message indicating person is VERY sad...
(:^( Message concerning people with broken noses
(:<) Message concerning blabber mouths
:-(=) Message about people with big teeth
&:-) Message from a person with curly hair
@:-) Message from a person with wavy hair
?-( Message about people with a black eye
*:* Message about fuzzy things
*:** Message about fuzzy things with fuzzy mustaches
%-) Message about people with broken glasses
+<:-| Message from a monk/nun...
{0-) Message from cyclops...
(:-|K- Formal message.
...---... S.O.S.
@%&$%& You know what that means...
||*( Handshake offered (giving)
||*) Handshake accepted (taking)
<&&> Message concerning rubber chickens
>< >< Message about/to someone wearing argyle socks
2B|^2B Message about Shakespeare
(-_-) Secret smile
<{:-)} Message in a bottle...
<:-)<<| Message from a space rocket...
(:-... Heart-breaking message...
<<<<(:-) Message from a hat sales-man...
(O--< A fishy message...
(:>-< Message from a thief: hands up!
<I==I) A message on four wheels
{ Alfred Hitchcock
@>--->---- A rose.
..|._ Opposite of a rose
(.)(.) Ms. Dos
&;-P A suave guy on the make, who keeps advertising...just in case.
*;-~i A lady replying to the guy by closing both eyes & puffing
nonchalantly on her cigarette.
|-( Nightmare.
|-) A good dream! Or a face looking into bright sunlight.
O:-) Angel
>:-) Devil
>;-) Devilish Wink
C=:-) Chef
:-)## Guy with a Beard
@:-)## Guruka Singh Khalsa (note turban and beard!)
&:-] Overly Handsome Self-Portrait of the Uploader w/Square Jaw (old)
&8-] Overly Handsome Self-Portrait of the Uploader w/Square Jaw (new)
@@B-) Bouffant Woman with Catseye Frame Glasses
(8-} Percy Dovetonsils
>-) Oriental Smiling Face
;-)}<////> Corporate-type guy (see the necktie?)
&B-]}<////> Another corporate-type with aviator glasses, wavy hair & tie.
O!O a MALE moon (visualize someone bending over, naked)
O^O a FEMALE moon
;|8-) Hagar caught lying
:*) I'm drunk
7:^] I resemble Ronald Reagan
*<|:-) I'm Santa Claus
)-:|<* Sanity Clause
:-))) I'm overweight
[:-) I'm wearing a walkman
d:-) I'm a Braves fan
:-o User singing national anthem
:-\ Popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye
;-\ Popeye gets his lights punched out
:-* User just ate a sour pickle
:-s User after a BIZARRE comment
-:-) User sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T
:%)% User has acne
:n) User with funny-looking right nose
:u) User with funny-looking left nose
'-) User only has a left eye, which is closed
(-: User is left-handed
(-) User needing a haircut
(:I Egghead
{:-) Smiley with its hair parted in the middle
+:-) Smiley priest
=:-) Smiley punk-rocker
%-^ User is Picasso
%-) User is cross-eyed
@:I Turban
(><) Anally retentive
:-! Foot in mouth
#-) partied all night
:-(*) about to vomit
%-\ hungover
:-| man playing an harmonica
O:-) for those innocent souls
=:-) from a hosehead
:-)8 well dressed
8:-) from a little girl
:-)-{8 from a big girl
:x( habe a code in by dose
8:] from a gorilla
(:)-) scuba diver
(-:|:-) Siamese twins
{:V sounds like a duck
%+{ from the loser of a fight
d :-) hats off to your great idea
d:-) message about baseball
q:-) for those who wear their caps backwards
:-$ put your money where your mouth is
{:-) Kirk
>:-| Spock
:-/ McCoy
(:-) Captain Picard
:-{)} Commander Riker
<>:{(} Lt. Worf
**:-) Counsellor Troi
#-) Lt. LaForge
]) Lt. LaForge
|-) Lt. LaForge
|-) Data
[:-| Data (straight haircut, no emotions... seems to work better...)
{(:-) I am William Shatner
} (:-( I am William Shatner in a high wind
8(:-) Zippy
******:-) Marge Simpson
These emoticons are particularly used by the Japanese but there is no reason
why they should not get worldwide use.....
^^ happiness
^^; embarrasment
;; sadness
-- when it's the occasion to bow