EMOTICONS: A-Z
=):-)= Abraham Lincoln
( <> .. <> ) Alienated
0:-) Angel
>:-< Angry
(:& Angry
(:-& Angry
;-( Angry or Black eye
>:-( Annoyed
:-Y Aside comment
:-C Astonished
@== Atomic bomb
~:0 Baby
(::()::) Band-Aid (comfort)
-D Big laugh
:-) Classic smiley
:*) Clowning
:-~) A cold
Q:-) College graduate
%-( Confused
%-) Dazed or silly
8-# Death
:- :- Déjà vu
]:-> Devil
<:-> Devilish expression
>-) Devilish wink
:-e Disappointed
:e Disappointed
<:-( Dunce
5:-) Elvis
\_/ Empty glass
} { Face to face
:-( Frown
>-< Furious
:^D Happy, approving
d :-o Hats off to you!
( 8() Homer
{{put name here}} Hug person in braces
() Hugging
(( )):** Hugs and kisses
%-} Humorous or ironic
:- Indifferent, bored, or disgusted
<:-) Innocently asking dumb question
%-{ Ironic
:x Kiss
:-x Kiss, or my lips are sealed
=^* Kisses
:-D Laughing
(-: Left-handed smile, or from southern hemisphere
>:) Little Devil
: ( ) Loudmouth, talks all the time, or shouting
>:-) Mischievous devil
:-} Mischievous smile
{ } No comment
:/) Not funny
:-l One sided smile
:-O Open-mouthed, surprised
+:-) Priest
!-) Proud of black eye
:-k Puzzlement
‘:-) Raised eyebrow
[ : ] Robot
@}->-- Rose
12x@>--->--- A dozen roses
@>--->--- A long-stemmed rose
: ( Sad
M:-) Salute
*<:-) Santa Claus
*<:-) Santa Claus, or a clown
:-@ Screaming
M-) See no evil
:X Hear no evil
:-M Speak no evil
:’-( Shedding a tear
#:-o Shocked
8-o Shocked
*-) Shot to death
:-V Shouting
-( Sleepy, struggling to stay awake, or sleeping badly
: ) Smile
:-> Smile of happiness or sarcasm
:-{) Smile with moustache
:-{)} Smile with moustache and beard
(:-) Smiley variation
:-] Smiling blockhead; also sarcasm
:-, Smirk
=====: } Snake
~~~~8 } Snake
:-\’ Sniffles
^o Snoring
[:-] Square head
O 8-) Starry-eyed angel
:-P Sticking out tongue
B:-) Sunglasses on head
:-o Surprised look, or yawn
:\’-) Tears of happiness
:-J Tongue in cheek
:-& Tongue tied
(:-( Unsmiley
(:-\ Very sad
:-c Very unhappy
[:-) Wearing Walkman or MP3 with headset
:-s What?
8- Wide-eyed surprise
8) Wide-eyed, or wearing glasses
8-) Wide-eyed, or wearing glasses
; ) Wink
; P Wink with a raspberry
;-) Winkey
;-D Winking and laughing
}-) Wry smile
:-i Wry smile or half-smile
-O Yawn
>=^ P Yuck
CHAT TERMS
$0.02 Throwing in your 2 cents’ worth
? Indicates, “I have a question”
AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact
ADN Any Day Now
AFAIC As Far As I’m Concerned
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFAIR As Far As I Remember
AFK Away From the Keyboard
AISI As I See It
ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different
AS Another Subject
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ATSL Along The Same Line
AWC After While, Crocodile
AWGTHTGTATA Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This Again?
AYOR At Your Own Risk
B4N Bye For Now
BBFN Bye Bye For Now
BBIAB Be Back In A Bit
BBIAF Be Back In A Few (minutes)
BBL Be Back Later
BBR Burnt Beyond Repair
BCNU Be seein’ you
BFN Bye For Now
BION Believe it or not
BOT Back On Topic
BRB Be Right Back
BTAIM Be That As It May
BTW By The Way
BYE? Are you going to say goodbye? Reply “BYE”
BYKT But You Knew That
CADET Can’t Add, Doesn’t Even Try
CMIIW Correct Me If I’m Wrong
CSG Chuckle, Snicker, Grin
CU See You
CU2 See You, Too
CUL See You Later
CUL8R See You Later
CULA See You Later, Alligator
CYAL8R See You All Later
DIKU? Do I Know You?
DIY Do It Yourself
DK Don’t Know
DLTBBB Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite
dotgov A governmental official
DTRT Do The Right Thing
F2F Face To Face
FCFS First Come, First Served
FISH First In, Still Here
FITB Fill In The Blank
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FS For Sale
FTF Face To Face
FTL Faster Than Light
FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Repair
FURTB Full Up Ready To Burst (used to describe a computer hard drive)
FWIW For What It’s Worth
FYA For Your Amusement
FYI For Your Information
GA Go Ahead
GAL Get A Life
GFN Gone For Now
GFR Grim File Reaper
GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GOWI Get On With It
GTSY Great To See You
HHO 1/2 K Ha, Ha, Only Half Kidding
HHOJ Ha Ha Only Joking
HHTYAY Happy Holidays to You and Yours
HOYEW Hanging On Your Every Word
HSIK How Should I Know?
HTH Hope That Helps!
IAAA I Am An Accountant
IAAL I Am A Lawyer
IAE In Any Event
IANAA I Am Not An Accountant
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer (but ) Disclaimer; usually followed by a legal opinion
IAW In Accordance With
IBTD I Beg To Differ
IC I See
IIABDFI If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
IIRC If I Remember Correctly
IIWM If It Were Me... (or) If It Were Mine...
IJWTK I Just Want To Know
IJWTS I Just Want To Say
IKWUM I Know What You Mean
IMA I Might Add
IME In My Experience
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IMPOV In My Point Of View
INPO In No Particular
IOW In Other Words
IRL 1. In Real Life (chat) 2. Industrial Robot Language
ISS I’m So Sure
ISWIM If (you) See What I Mean
ITFA In The Final Anaylsis
ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits, Wear It
IWALU I Will Always Love You
IWBNI It Would Be Nice If
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean
JAM Just A Minute
JAS Just A Second
JIC Just In Case
JMO Just My Opinion
k Okay
KHYF Know How You Feel
KIT Keep In Touch
KWIM Know What I Mean?
KYFC Keep Your Fingers Crossed
L Laugh
L8R Later
LJBF Let’s Just Be Friends
LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause
LMHO Laughing My Head Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LSHMBA Laughing So Hard My Belly Aches
LTHTT Laughing Too Hard To Type
LTNS Long Time No See
LTNT Long Time, No Type
LTS Laughing To Self
LUWAMH Love You With All My Heart
LY Love You
MOF Matter Of Fact
MOTD Message Of The Day
MTF More To Follow
NAVY Never Again Volunteer Yourself
NBD No Big Deal
NHOH Never Heard Of Him/Her
NIH Not Invented Here
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NOYB None Of Your Business
NP No Problem
NQA No Questions Asked
NTIM Not That It Matters
NTW Not To Worry
NTYMI Now That You Mention It
O Over (completion of communication)
OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject
OBO Or Best Offer
OBTW Oh, By The Way
OIC Oh, I See
ONNA Oh No, Not Again
OO Over and Out (end of communication)
OOO Out Of Office
OTF (L) On The Floor (Laughing)
OTL Out To Lunch
OTT Over The Top; too much
OTTH On The Third Hand
OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head
PDS Please Don’t Shout (Shouting in chat mode is typing all in capital letters, which is considered rude)
PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMIGBOM Put Mind In Gear, Before Opening Mouth
ppl People
PTMM Please Tell Me More
R U THERE? Are You There?
RAEBNC Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment
rehi Hi Again
RL Real Life
RLCO Real Life Conference
ROFLASTC Rolling On Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat
ROTF Rolling On The Floor
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides
RRQ Return Receipt Request
RSN Real Soon Now
RSVP Responez S’il Vous Plait, French for “please reply”
RTFAQ Read The Frequently Asked Questions
RTM Read The Manual
RYS Read Your Screen
S Smile
SCNR Sorry, Could Not Resist
SEC Wait a second
SETE Smiling Ear To Ear
SICS Sitting In Chair Snickering
SLM See Last Mail
SMOP Small Matter Of Programming
SNAFU Situation Normal: All Fouled Up
SOS 1. Same Old Stuff 2. Help!
SUFID Screwing Up Face In Disgust
SWIM See What I Mean?
SWL Screaming With Laughter
SYS See You Soon
TAF That’s All, Folks!
TAFN That’s All For Now
TANJ There Ain’t No Justice
TANSTAAFL There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TARFU Things Are Really Fouled Up
TBYB Try Before You Buy
TFS Three Finger Salute (The act of pressing the keys Ctl-Alt-Del to restart or re-login to a Windows computer)
TFTHAOT Thanx For The Help Ahead Of Time
TFTT Thanks For The Thought
TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally
THX Thanks
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TINWIS That Is Not What I Said
TNSTAAFL There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TNTL Trying Not To Laugh
TNXE6 Thanks A Million (“E6” means 10 to the 6th power = a million)
TOBG This Oughta Be Good
TOY Thinking Of You
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTKSF Trying To Keep a Straight Face
TTUL Talk To You Later
TTYAWFN Talk To You A While From Now
TTYL Talk To You Later
TTYT Talk To You Tomorrow
TYCLO Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off (Quit Shouting)
TYVM Thank You Very Much
UOK Are You OK?
WAEF When All Else Fails
WB Welcome Back
WDYMBT What Do You Mean By That?
WDYT What Do You Think?
WIBNI Wouldn’t It Be Nice If
WMMOWS Wash My Mouth Out With SoapWNOHGB Where No One Has Gone Before
WOA Work Of Art
WOTAM Waste Of Time And Money
WRT With Regard To, or With Respect To
WT Without Thinking
WTB Want to Buy
WTG Way To Go!
WTTM Without Thinking Too Much
WYGIWYPF What You Get Is What You Pay For
YGLT You’re Gonna Love This...
YGTI You Get The Idea?
YGWYPF You Get What You Pay For
YIU Yes, I Understand
YKYARW You Know You’re A Redneck When...
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary (or your experience could be different)
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