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ACRONYMS

AAM OF

As A Matter Of Fact.

ADN

Any Day Now.

AFAIK

As Far As I Know

AFK

Away From Keyboard.

ASAP

As Soon As Possible.

BAC

By Any Chance.

BAK

Back At Keyboard.

BBIAF

Be Back In A Few.

BBL

Bye Back Later.

BBS

Be Back Soon/Shortly.

BRB

Be Right Back.

BTW

By The Way.

CPI

Common Programming Instructions.

CU L8R

See You Later.

CYA

See Ya.

EOT

End Of Transmission.

FAQ

Frequently Asked questions.

FWIW

For What It's Worth.

GIGO

Garbage In Garbage Out.

GMTA

Great Minds Think Alike.

GOL

Groaning Out Loud.

GR8

Great.

GTRM

Going to Read Mail.

HTH

Hope That Helps.

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol.

IAIYH

"It's All In Your Head."

IMHO

In my Humble Opinion.

IMNS HO

In my Not So Humble Opinion.

IRL

In Real Life.

LOL

Laugh(ing) Out Loud.

LRF

Little Red Flag.

LTNS

Long Time No See.

MorF

Male or Female.

LOL

Laugh(ing) Out Loud.

MYOB

Mind Your Own Business.

ROTFL

Rolling On The Floor Laughing.

ROTF LOL

Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud.

ROTF LAIC GU

Rolling On The Floor Laughing And I Can't Get Up.

ROTF LMAO

Rolling On The Floor Laughing My 'Anatomy' Off.

ROTF WTI ME

Rolling On The Floor With Tears In My Eyes.

TLA

Three Letter Acronym.

TTFN

Ta Ta For Now.

TTYL

Talk To You Later.

WB

Welcome Back

WTG

Way To Go

YAJL

Yet Another Joke List

Searchable Web site

.

FACES

:-)

Smiley Face.

;-)

Smiley Face with a wink.

:'-)

I'm shedding a tear of joy.

3;-}

I'm giving you a devilish Lear.

:-X

My lips are sealed.

:-0

I'm shocked.

@}----->---

A Rose.

%*}

I'm Drunk.

-:(

I have a Mohawk.

:-p

Sticking out my tongue.

(:-)}

Bald man with a beard.

:-v

talking puppet head

:-D

smile/laughing/big grin

:-x

my lips are sealed

:-Q

tongue in Cheek

:-(

frown

:'-(

crying

@@@: )

marge simpson

#: (

bad hair day

~''',,"",,"c

crocodile

=|: ) }

Uncle Sam

%*@:- (

hung over

%-6

brain-dead

( -:

left handed

( 8-o

mr. bill

! *:o )

Bozo the Bozo the clown

/:-|

Mr. Spock

8- )

excited/wearing glasses

8:- )

glasses on forehead

:, (

crying

:-$

mouth wired shut

:-%

banker/Snidely Whiplash

:-&

tongue tied

:-*

eating something bitter/sour

:-9

licking lips

:-/

skeptical

:-0

orator/yelling

:-1

bland face

:-7

wry statement

:-?

smoke 'um peace pipe ( Hi Cherokee! )

:-@

screaming

:-[

really bummed

:-S

incoherent/bizarre statement

:-x

lips are sealed

:-`

spitting out chewing tobacco

:-t

cross

@=

nuclear war

$- )

opportunity

A quick list


This will never be a complete list of all the Acronyms used on the WWW and "faces" in e-mails, if there are any others that you think should be included, please e-mail them to me at abv_info@jacsoft.co.nz

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And some Bonus ones for those people who look at the whole page:

  • APPLE
Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
  • BASIC
Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
  • CD-ROM
Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
  • DEC
Do Expect Cuts
  • DOS
Defunct Operating System
  • I BM
I Blame Microsoft
  • ISDN
It Still Does Nothing
  • MACINTOSH
Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs
  • OS/2
Obsolete Soon, Too.
  • PCMCIA
People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
  • SCSI
System Can't See It
  • WWW
World Wide Wait