Acronyms and abbreviations

	If you are communicaiong with other people, no matter if you are using e-mail or chat, you will soon find, that they are using many acronyms and abbreviations. Many of those are a quasi-standard and are used by nearly everyone on the Internet. We won't leave you alone here. The following two tables contain the most frequently used smileys,acronyms and abbreviations. Top
	Smileys The table below shows some of the most encountered smileys. Smileys are made of a combination of certain characters, like "(", ":", ";" and some others. :-) 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. TABLE 3.1.1: Frequently used smileys and their meaning Top
	Abbreviations This table explains the meaning of frequently used abbreviations like LOL or IMHO. Using and understanding these abbreviations will show you are a professional Internet user. 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 TABLE 3.1.2: Frequently used abbreviations and their meaning

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