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AAMOI
AFAIK
AFAUI
AIUI
AKA
ASAP
BRB
BTW
CFD
FAQ
FUBAR
FWIW
FYI
GTBOS
IANAL
IDK
IMHO
IMO
IYSWIM
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As A Matter Of Interest
As Far As I Know
As Far As I Understand
It
As I Understand It
Also Known As
As Soon As Possible
Be Right Back
By The Way
Call For Discussion
Frequently Asked Question
F'd Up Beyond All Recognition
For What It's Worth
For Your Information
Glad To Be Of Service
I Am Not A Lawyer (But...)
I don't know
In My Humble Opinion
In My Opinion
If You See What I Mean
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LOL
OTOH
PITA
PMFJI
PMJI
RFC
ROTFL
RTFM
SNAFU
SNAIL MAIL
SOHF
SPAM
SWALK
TIA
TPTB
TTFN
WRT
WB
WYSIWYG
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Laughing Out Loud
On The Other Hand
Pain In The Ass
Pardon Me For Jumping
In
Pardon My Jumping In
Request For Comments
Rolling On The Floor
Laughing
Read the F*@%ing Manual
Situation Normal; All
F'd Up
The speed of postal mail
Sense Of Humor Failure
Stupid Person's AdvertiseMent
Sealed With A Loving
Kiss
Thanks In Advance
The Powers That Be
Ta-Ta For Now
With Respect To
Welcome back
What You See Is What
You Get
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Chat Abbreviations
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Chat Abbreviations
A-K
.02 Your
(or my) two cents worth.
<chuckle>
the speaker chuckles
<frown>
the speaker is frowning
<g> Grin
<grin> the
speaker is grinning
<smile>
the one writing the message is smiling
<smirk>
the one writing the message is smirking
<wink> the
one writing the message is winking
JK Just
Kidding
? I have
a question
! I have
a comment
A-OLs Administrators
On-Line
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
AFJ April
Fools Joke
AFK Away
From the Keyboard
AISI As
I See It
ANFAWFOS
And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
ANFSCD And
Now For Something Completely Different
AS Another
Subject
ASAP As
Soon As Possible
ASL Age,
sex, location
ATSL Along
The Same Line
AWC After
While, Crocodile
AWGTHTGTTA
Are We Going To Have To Go Through This
Again?
AWHFY A
Word To The Wise
AWTTW Are
We Having Fun Yet?
AYOR At
Your Own Risk
B4N Bye
For Now
BAK Back
At Keyboard
BBFN Bye
Bye For Now
BBIAB Be
Back In A Bit
BBIAF Be
Back In A Few
BBL Be Back
Later
BBR Burnt
Beyond Repair
BCNU Be
seein’ you
BEG Big
Evil Grin
BF Boy Friend
BFN Bye
For Now
BIF Before
I Forget
BION Believe
it or not
BOT Back
On Topic
BRB Be Right
Back
BRS Big
Red Switch.
BTA But
Then Again
BTAIM Be
That As It May
BTHOM Beats
The Hell Outta Me
BTOBD Be
There Or Be Dead
BTW By The
Way
BWL Bursting
With Laughter
BWQ Buzz
Word Quotient
BYE Response
to BYE?
BYE? Are
you ready to say goodbye?"
BYKT But
You Knew That
BYOB Bring
Your Own Bottle
BYOM Bring
Your Own Mac
C&G Chuckle
and Grin
CADET Can't
Add, Doesn't Even Try
CID Crying
In Disgrace
CMIIW Correct
Me If I’m Wrong
CO Conference
or Company
CPP C Plus
Plus or C++
CRS Can't
Remember Sh**
CSG Chuckle,
Snicker, Grin
CU See You
CU2 See
You, Too
CUL See
you later
CUL8R See
You Later
CULA See
You Later, Alligator
CWYL Chat
With You Later
CYA See
Ya or Cover Your Ass.
CYAL8R See
You All Later.
DIIK Damned
If I Know.
DIKU? Do
I Know You?
DILLIGAD
Do I Look Like I Give A Darnn?.
DIY Do It
Yourself
DK Don’t
Know
DLTBBB Don't
Let The Bed Bugs Bite.
dotgov A
government official (from the .gov of
government domain names)
DTRT Do
The Right Thing
DWIMC Do
What I Mean, Correctly
DWIMNWIS
Do What I Mean, Not What I Say
EG or <eg>
Evil Grin
ESAD Eat
Sh** And Die
ETLA Extended
Three Letter Acronym.
F2F Face
To Face
FCFS First
Come, First Served
FISH First
In, Still Here
FITB Fill
In The Blank
FOAD F***
off and die
FOAF Friend
Of A Friend
FS For Sale
FTASB Faster
Than A Speeding Bullet
F2F Face
to Face
FTF Face
To Face
FTL Faster
Than Light
FUBAR Fouled
Up Beyond All Repair
FUBB Fouled
Up Beyond Belief.
FUD Fear,
Uncertainty and Doubt
FURTB Full
Up Ready To Burst
FWIW For
What It’s Worth
FYA For
Your Amusement
FYI For
Your Information
G Grin,
or Giggle
G2G Got
to Go
GA Go Ahead
GAL Get
A Life
GD&R Grinning,
Ducking and Running
GD&RF Grinning,
Ducking and Running Fast
GD&WVF Grinning,
Ducking, and Walking Very Fast
GDW Grin,
Duck and Weave
GF Girl
Friend.
GFN Gone
For Now.
GFR Grim
File Reaper
GIWIST Gee,
I Wish I’d Said That
GLGH Good
Luck and Good Hunting
GMTA Great
Minds Think Alike
GOWI Get
On With It
GR&D Grinning,
Running and Ducking
GTG Got
To Go
GTSY Great
To See You
H&K Hugs
and Kisses
HAK Hugs
And Kisses
HHIS Hanging
Head In Shame.
HHOJ Ha
Ha Only Joking
HHOK Ha
Ha Only Kidding
HHOS Ha
Ha Only Serious
HHTYAY Happy
Holidays to You and Yours.
HOYEW Hanging
On Your Every Word
HSIK How
Should I Know.
HTH Hope
That Helps!
IAC In Any
Case
IAE In Any
Event
IANAL I
Am Not A Lawyer (but) A disclaimer which
is usually followed by a legal opinion
IAW In Accordance
With
IBTD I Beg
To Differ
IC I See
IDK I Don't
Know
IIABDFI
If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It.
IIRC If
I Remember Correctly
IIWM If
It Were Me
IJWTK I
Just Want To Know
IJWTS I
Just Want To Say
IKWUM I
Know What You Mean
IMA I Might
Add
IMAO In
My Arrogant Opinion
IMCO In
My Considered Opinion
IME In My
Experience
IMHO In
My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In
My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My
Opinion
IMPOV In
My Point Of View
INPO In
No Particular Order
IOW In Other
Words
IRL In Real
Life
ISS I’m
So Sure
ISSYGTI
I’m So Sure You Get The Idea!
ISWYM I
See What You Mean
ITFA In
The Final Analysis
ITSFWI If
The Shoe Fits Wear It.
IWALU I
Will Always Love You
IWBNI It
Would Be Nice If
IYFEG Insert
Your Favorite Ethnic Group
IYSWIM If
You See What I Mean
JAM Just
A Minute
JAS Just
A Second
JFI Just
For Information
JIC Just
In Case
JMO Just
My Opinion
JTLYK Just
To Let You Know
k Okay
KHYF Know
How You Feel
KIBO Knowledge
In, Bullshit Out
KISS Keep
It Simple, Stupid
KIT Keep
In Touch
KMA Kiss
My Ass
KWIM Know
What I Mean?
KYFC Keep
Your Fingers Crossed
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Chat Abbreviations
L-Z
L Laugh
L8R Later
LABATYD
or LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch And Then You
Die
LJBF Let’s
Just Be Friends
LLTA Lots
and Lots of Thunderous Applause
LMAO Laughing
My Ass Off
LMHO Laughing
My Head Off
LOL Laughing
Out Loud
LSHMBA Laughing
So Hard My Belly Aches
LSHMBH Laughing
So Hard My Belly Hurts.
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
MEGO My
Eyes Glaze Over
MLA Multiple
Letter Acronym
MOF Matter
Of Fact
MOSS Member
Of Same Sex
MOTAS Member
Of The Appropriate Sex
MOTD Message
of the day
MOTOS Member
Of The Opposite Sex
MOTSS Member
Of The Same Sex
MTFBWY May
The Force Be With You
MYOB Mind
Your Own Business
NAVY Never
Again Voluneer Yourself.
NBD No Big
Deal
NFW No Friggin'
Way!
NHOH Never
Heard Of Him/Her
NIH Not
Invented Here
NIMBY Not
In My Back Yard.
NINO Nothing
In, Nothing Out or No Input, No Output
NOYB None
Of Your Business
NP No Problem
NQA No Questions
Asked
NTIM Not
That It Matters
NTIMM Not
That It Matters Much
NTW Not
To Worry
NTYMI Now
That You Mention It
O Over (indicates
the end of a communication)
OATUS On
A Totally Unrelated Subject
OAUS On
An Unrelated Subject
OB Obligatory
OBO Or Best
Offer
OBTW Oh,
By The Way
OIC Oh,
I See
OMG Oh My
God
ONNA Oh
No, Not Again
ONNTA Oh
No, Not This Again
OO Over
and Out (end of communication)
OOTC Obligatory
On-Topic Comment
OTF On the
Floor (laughing)
OTFL On
the Floor Laughing
OTL Out
To Lunch
OTOH On
The Other Hand
OTOOH On
The Other Other Hand
OTT Over
The Top
OTTH On
The Third Hand
OTTOMH Off
The Top Of My Head
OWTTE Or
Words To That Effect
PABG Packing
a Big Gun
PCMCIA People
Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PD Public
Domain
PDS Please
Don't Shout. (typing all in capital
letters is rude)
PITA Pain
In The Ass
PLOKTA Press
Lots Of Keys To Abort
PMBI Pardon
My Butting In
PMF Pardon
My French or Pure Freaking Magic.
PMFBI Pardon
Me For Butting In
PMFJI Pardon
Me For Jumping In
PMIGBOM
Put Mind In Gear, Before Opening Mouth
PMJI Pardon
My Jumping In
PNCAH Please,
No Cursing Allowed Here
POSSLQ Person
Of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
ppl People
PTMM Please
Tell Me More
R U THERE?
Are you there?
RAEBNC Read
And Enjoyed, But No Comment
re Hello
again or In Regard To
rehi Hi
again
RHIP Rank
Has Its Privileges
RL Real
Life
RLCO Real
Life Conference
ROFL Rolling
On Floor Laughing
ROFLAS Rolling
On Floor Laughing And Screaming
ROFLMAO
Roll On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTF Rolling
On The Floor
ROTFL Rolling
On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAOTID
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass
Off Till I Die
ROTFLOL
Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTFLOLAPMP
Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
And Peeing My Pants
ROTFLTIC
Rolling On The Floor Laughing Till I
Cry
RRQ Return
Receipt Request
RSN Real
Soon Now
RSVP Respondez
S'il Vous Plait - please reply
RTBM Read
The Bloody Manual
RTFAQ Read
The Frequently Asked Questions
RTFF Read
The Freaking FAQ
RTFM Read
The F------ Manual
RTM Read
The Manual
RTSM Read
The Silly Manual
RTWFQ Read
The Whole Friggin' Question
RYFM Read
Your Friendly Manual
RYS Read
Your Screen
S Smile
SAPFU Surpassing
All Previous Foul Ups
SCNR Sorry,
Could Not Resist
SEC Wait
a second
SETE Smiling
Ear To Ear
SFLA Stupid
Four Letter Acronym
SICS Sitting
In Chair Snickering
SLM See
Last Mail
SMOP Small
Matter of Programming
SNAFU Situation
Normal: All Fouled Up
SO Significant
Other
SOL SH**
Out Of Luck
SOS Same
Old Stuff or Help!
SOW Speaking
Of Which
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
TDM Too
Darn Many
TFS Three
Finger Salute (Ctl-Alt-Del).
TFTHAOT
Thanks 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
TNX Thanks
TNXE6 Thanks
A Million
TOBAL There
Oughta Be A Law.
TOBG This
Oughta Be Good.
TOY Thinking
Of You.
TPTB The
Powers That Be
TRDMC Tears
Running Down My Cheeks.
TSR Totally
Stupid Rules.
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 (Stop 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?
WE Whatever
WIBAMU Well,
I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle
WIBNI Wouldn’t
It Be Nice If
WMMOWS Wash
My Mouth Out With Soap
WNOHGB 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
WTF What
The F***?
WTG Way
To Go!
WTGP Want
To Go Private?
WTH What
the hell?
WTTM Without
Thinking Too Much.
WYGISWYPF
What You Get Is What You Pay For
XOXOXO Kisses
and hugs
YABA Yet
Another Bloody Acronym
YAOTM Yet
Another Off-Topic Message
YAUN Yet
Another Unix Nerd
YGLT You're
Gonna Love This
YGTI You
Get The Idea?
YGWYPF You
Get What You Pay For
YIU Yes,
I Understand
YIWGP Yes,
I Will Go Private
YKYARW You
Know You're A Redneck When
YMMV Your
Mileage May Vary (or your experience
could be different)
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Emoticons
A-F
Abraham
Lincoln =):-)=
alienated
( <> .. <> )
angel 0:-)
angel O:-)
angel with
glasses O8-)
angry (:-&
angry >:-<
angry :-||
annoyed
>:-(
anxious
8-[
aside comment
:-Y
ask dumb
question <:-)
asleep |-|
asleep |I
astonished
:C
astonished
:-C
astonished
8-O
atom bomb
@==
baby ~:o
back to
back ][
bandaid,
comfort (::()::)
beatup (in
a fight) %+{
black eye
?(
black eye
?-(
black eye
(angry) ;-(
blowing
a kiss :-{}
bored :
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brain-dead
%-6
clown *<|:-)
clowning
:*)
cold (flu)
:~)
cold or
flu :-~|
confused
:~/
confused
%-(
crying ;(
crying :,(
crying :.(
crying :
crying :(
crying :-(
devil ]:->
devil -
happy ]:-)
devil -
happy >:-)
devilish
<:->
devil wink
>-)
devil wink
>->
mischievous
devil >:->
'lil devil
>:)
death 8-#
deja vu
:-| :-|
disappointed
:-e
disappointed
:e
dunce <:-|
dunce <:-(
drunk %*}
dozen roses
12x@>--->---
egghead
(:|
Elvis 5:-)
Elvis ~:-
Elvis ~:
exhausted
:-6
face to
face }{
female O+
female >-
flame (inflammatory
message) ~==
flame message
~:-(
flame message
- hot ~~:-(
french kiss
P*
french kiss
:Pd:
Frankenstein
[:-|
frown :-(
frustrated
}: [
funny :-D
funny, not
:/)
furious
>>:-<<
furious
>-<
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Continued G-Se
giggles
^ ^ ^
glass empty
-/
glass full
/
graduate
(high-school, college) Q:-)
grin (big)
=^D
happy :^D
having a
hard time :{
hats off
to you d :-o
hear no
evil :X
Homer Simpson
( 8(|)
Homer Simpson
~(8^(0)
hug [],
()
hug - insert
name in the brackets
of the one
who is being hugged [[ ]], {{ }}
hugs ((()))
hugs and
kisses (( )):**
hung over
#-)
hung over
%-
high five
^5
just died
X-(
indifferent
:-|
infinity
8
In Our Humble
Opinion IOHO
In My Humble
Opinion IMHO
ironic %-}
good grief!
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kiss *
kiss :*
kiss :-*
kiss (:-*
kiss :-x
kiss :x
kisses =^*
kiss returned
:**:
knight +<||-)
laugh (big
laugh) |-D
laughing
:-D
laughter
///
licking
lips :-9
licking
lips :-?
loudmouth
:( )
mad >:-<
mad, very
mad ~ :-(
male O->
male :-
marge simpson
@@@@:-)
monk +<:-|
my lips
are sealed :-X
my lips
are sealed = X
my lips
are sealed :-#
no comment
{}
no smoking
:/i
nun +<:-|
pondering
:-I
pope +O:-)
puckered
up to kiss |-<>
puckered
up to kiss :-><
punk =:-)
puzzlement
:-k
priest +:-)
propellerhead
%(|:-)
punched
in the nose :+(
raised eyebrow
`:-)
religious
leader or person +<:-)
robot [:|]
robot [:]
Ronald Reagan
7:^)
rose @}->--
rose, long-stemmed
@>--->---
sad : (
sad (:-
sad : [
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