Web Acronyms Part III: Chat & Emoticons
by Jason M. DesRoches
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Web Acronyms Part III: Chat & Emoticons by Jason M. DesRoches http://www.bigresources.com |
Finally, the fun stuff. These
common chat room acronyms will have you ROFL, and make you LOL in no time!
Familiarize yourself with the list before you attempt to make contact,
then come show off what you learned with us at htmlforums.com.
| Chat Expression Acronyms |
| AFAIK | As Far as I Know |
| AFK | Away From Keyboard |
| AKA | Also Know as |
| ASAP | As Soon as Possible |
| ASL | Age, Sex, Location? |
| B4 | Before |
| BAK | Back at Keyboard |
| BBL | Be Back Later |
| BBS | Be Back Soon |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| BTDT | Been There Done That |
| BTW | By The Way |
| CFV | Call for Votes |
| CUL | See You Later |
| DYJHIW | Don't You Just Hate it When... |
| EOM | End of Message |
| F2F | Face to Face |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Question |
| FC | Fingers Crossed |
| FUBAR | Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition |
| FWIW | For What It's Worth |
| FYA | For Your Amusement |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| GA | Go Ahead |
| HH | Holding Hands |
| HHOJ/K | Ha Ha, Only Joking/Kidding |
| HIWTH | Hate it When That Happens |
| GR&D | Grinning, Running, & Ducking |
| IAE | In Any Event |
| IANAL | I Am Not a Lawyer |
| IDK | I Don't Know |
| IITYWTMWYBMAD | If I Tell You What This Means Will You Buy Me a Drink? |
| IMCO | In My Considered Opinion |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
| IMNSHO | In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| IMO | In My Opinion |
| IOW | In Other Words |
| IRL | In Real Life |
| IYKWIM | If You Know What I mean |
| JAM | Just a Minute |
| JASE | Just Another System Error |
| J/K | Just Kidding |
| KOTC | Kiss on the Cheek |
| L | Laugh |
| L8R | Later |
| LMAO | Laughing My @$$ Off |
| LOL | Laugh Out Loud |
| NNTP | Network News Transport Protocol |
| NRN | No Reply Necessary |
| OBTW | Oh, by the Way |
| OIC | Oh, I see |
| OTOH | On The Other Hand |
| OT | Off Topic |
| PITA | Pain In The @$$ |
| PLZ | Please |
| PMFJI | Pardon Me for Jumping in |
| ROFL | Rolling on The Floor Laughing |
| RSN | Real Soon Now |
| RTFN | Read The Freaking Manual (or Message) |
| SITD | Still In The Dark |
| SNAFU | Situation Normal, All Fouled Up |
| SOL | $h*t Outta Luck |
| STFU | Shut The Freak Up |
| SYL | See You Later |
| TANSTAAFL | There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch |
| TGIF | Thank God it's Friday |
| TIA | Thanks in Advance |
| TIC | Tongue in Cheek |
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
| TNX | Thanks |
| TTFN | Ta Ta For Now |
| TTYL | Talk to You Later |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| WB | Welcome Back |
| WRT | With Regard to |
| WTF | What the Freak |
| WTG | Way to Go |
| YMMV | Your Mileage May Vary |
| Emoticons |
| :) or :-) : or :) ) ) | Smiling/happy faces |
| =) | Very Happy Face |
| ;) or ;-) | Winking |
| 8) or 8-} | Worried/Crazy Smile |
| :D or :-D | Big smilng/laughing faces |
| :p or :-b or :-p | Faces sticking out tongues |
| :-( or :-< | Sad/angry face |
| :e or :-e | Disappointed Face |
| :-l | Hmmph! |
| :-/ | Undecided |
| :.-( | Weeping Face |
| :-Z | Sleeping |
| ?-( | I don't know what went wrong |
| :*) | Drunk (red nose) |
| :(:) ) | Happy pig |
| ^..^ | Bat |
| =^..^= | Cat |
| ^_^ | Dog ears |
| <g> | Grin |
| <bg> | Big grin |
| <vbg> | Very big grin |
| <s> | Sigh |
| <:-) | Dumb question |
| :-* | Kiss |
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