Acronyms and abbreviations
December, 23. 1996

You will most likely find acronyms when communication with other people, like when using 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.

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EMOTICONS AND SMILEYS

*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
:-XWriter won't say anything more
:-OWriter 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
%-6User is braindead
O-)Writer is a scuba diver
:-Writer is male
:->(evil) Sarcastic remark.

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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.

AFAIKAs far as I know
<g>grin
<eg>evil grin
<bg>big grin
AFAICSAs far as I can see
ASAPAs soon as possible
BTWBy the way
C U short for: see you
FAQFrequenlty Asked Questions
HTHHope this helps
IMHOIn my humble opinion
IOWIn other words
LOLLots of laugther
L8RLater
ROFLRolling on the floor laughing
RSNReal soon now
RTFMRead the fucking manual
TNXThanx
TIAThanx in advance


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