You will most likely find acronyms when communication with other people, like when using
EMOTICONS AND SMILEYS
ABBREVIATIONS
These abbreviations are often used to express common phrases. Why they are used ? Some say they are for lazy people, the other say they are used for conserving
bandwidth. Well, both statements are true. Below you will find a list with frequently used abbreviations.
irc
mail or the
usenet newsgroups. This section is split up into two
sections, called smileys and acronyms. If you know any new smiley or acronym which is not listed here, then please let me know
and it will be listed here.
Smileysand
emoticons
are combinations of characters like "(", ")", "-" or ":". These and other characters are used to form
smileys which like a laughing face. You have to turn the smileys (or your head or your monitor) 90 degrees clockwise. Here is a list of frequently used smileys:
:-) Smile; Last comment was ment ironical :-( Sadness; Writer is sad (about last comment) ;-) Twinkle; Last comment was ment to be funny or coquettish :-| Hmm; Writer is not quite sure or comment doesn't mean anything to him :*) Writer is drunken :_( Writer cries due to sadness :_) Writer cries due to happiness @>-- Rose; Writer sends one to his female talk partner :-)_ Writer is smoker >:-) Writer is a punk :-X Writer won't say anything more :-O Writer is amazed :-* Ooops ! :-# Censored ! :-{ I'm Dracula 8-) or B-) Writer is wearing sunglasses :-& Writer is angry :-)= Writer is a bunnyy :o) Writer is a clown c|:-) Man with hat +<:-) Pope %-) User has been staring to the screen for 15 hours %-6 User is braindead O-) Writer is a scuba diver :- Writer is male :-> (evil) Sarcastic remark.
AFAIK As far as I know <g> grin <eg> evil grin <bg> big grin AFAICS As far as I can see ASAP As soon as possible BTW By the way C U short for: see you FAQ Frequenlty Asked Questions HTH Hope this helps IMHO In my humble opinion IOW In other words LOL Lots of laugther L8R Later ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing RSN Real soon now RTFM Read the fucking manual TNX Thanx TIA Thanx in advance