COMMONLY USED EMAIL ACRONYMS AFK Away from keyboard AKA Also know as AOL America On Line / America Off Line ASAP As soon as possible ATM At the moment B4 Before BAK Back at keyboard BBL Be back later BCNU Be seeing you BFH Big f*ing hammer Big f*ing grin BFN Bye for now Big grin BRB Be right back BTDT Been there, done that BTSOOM Beats the s*t out of me BTTH Boot to the head BTW By the way BYOH Bat you onna head CFV Call for votes CU See you CUL See you later CUL8R See you later DFL Dead f*ing last DYJHIW Don't you just hate it when... Evil grin ETLA Extended three letter acronym F2F Face to face (also meeting in person) FAQ Frequently asked questions FUBAR F*ked up beyond all recognition FWIW For what it's worth FYA For your amusement FYI For your information Grin GA Go ahead Great back hug Great back hug & kiss Grinning, running & ducking Grinning, ducking, and running Hug Hug back HHOJ Ha ha only joking HHOK Ha ha only kidding HHOS Ha ha only serious HIWTH Hate it when that happens IAE In any event IANAL I am not a lawyer IDK I don't know IIRC If I recall correctly IMCO In my considered opinion IMHO In my humble opinion IMNERHO In my not even remotely 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 JASE Just another system error J/K Just kidding (can also stand for joking) JOOC Just out of curiosity Kiss Kiss back Kiss on the cheek L8R Later Laugh
  • Laughing inside Laughing in silence LMAO Laughing my ass off LMBO Laughing my butt off LOL Laugh out loud MORF Male or female MOTAS Members of the appropriate sex MOTOS Members of the opposite sex MOTSS Members of the same sex NBD No big deal NFW No f*ing way NIFOC Naked/Nekkid in front of computer NRN No reply necessary OBTW Oh, by the way OIC Oh I see OT Off topic OTOH On the other hand OTTH On the third hand PD Public domain PITA Pain in the ass PMJI Pardon me, Jumping in (when you interrupt a conversation) PMFJI Pardon me for jumping in (same as above) POTC Peck on the cheek POETS Piss of early tomorrows Saturday REHI Hello again RFD Request for discussion ROFL Roll on the floor laughing ROTFL Roll on the floor laughing ROTFLMAO Roll on the floor laughing my ass off RSN Real soon now RTFM Read the f*ing manual SITD Still in the dark Smile Smiles back SHIT Sure happy it's Thursday The writer is shrugging their shoulders The writer is sighing SNAFU Situation normal, all f*ked up SO Significant other SOL S*t outta luck SOS Same old s*t (or stuff) SSDD Same s*t, different day SW Shareware SWWCFI So what, who cares, f*k it SYL See you later TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch TARFU Things are really f*ked up TGIF Thank God it's Friday TIA Thanks in advance Tongue in cheek TID Thread is deteriating (OT) TLA Three letter acronym TNX 1.0E6 Thanks a million TNX Thanks TTFN Ta-ta for now TTYL Talk to you later or Very big grin Very evil grin Very evil smile Very wicked grin Very wicked smile Wink Wicked grin WRT With regard to (also with respect to) WTH What the hell WTHDIK What the hell do I know? WTFDIK What the f*k do I know? WTHDTM What the hell does that mean? WYSIWYG What you see is what you get YKYBHTLW You know you've been hacking to long when... YMMV Your mileage may vary YMMVG Your mileage may vary greatly COMMONLY USED EMOTICONS These are the emoticons that are the most widely used. Even newbies to the Internet may know these. The first three (smiley, sad, winky) are the most common of all emoticons and it is assumed if the recipient can't figure it out they probably ought to give up breathing.. :-) Your standard smiley face. User is happy, or just made a mildly sarcastic comment :-( Sad face ;-) Winky face - expressing a flirtatious or sarcastic remark. :-S Wry face or smirk <~> Indicates a wry comment preceding :-> User just made an especially mean or sarcastic comment - more powerful than :-) or ;-) >:-) Grinning devil - user just made an extremely devilish comment. More powerful than :->. >;-> Winking devil, User just made a very, very mean or evil comment. Strongest of them all. O:-) User is angelic/just made a sweet and innocent remark :-O Yelling or shocked. Can be typed in bold for extra impact. :-I Indifferent NOT QUITE AS COMMONLY USED EMOTICONS These emoticons are still widely used, just not as much as the ones in the section above. If you use these emoticons in an email to a person who's new to the internet, they may or may not know what you're talking about. :^) Profile smiley. =) Variation on a classic. #-) What a night!/has been staring at a computer screen for 5 hours straight :-$ Put your money where your mouth is! :-P or :-p or :-6 Sticking tongue out (Na, na, na na na!) :-P~~ Blowing a raspberry :-9 Yum! :-@ Screaming/swearing/about to hurl :*) Drunk :-# or :-X An emoticon of many meanings - being smacked in the mouth/wears braces/kiss/my lips are sealed 8-) or B-) or ::-) Wearing glasses B:-) Wearing glasses on head R-) Broken glasses (:-) Bald/wearing a bike helmet :-{} Wears lipstick {:-{) Has a moustache and a toupee @:-) Wears a turban $-) Yuppie/just won a large sum of money :-T Keeping a straight face/tight lipped :-y Said with a smile :'-( or :~-( Crying :-Q or :-! Smoker %-/ Hangover |-O Bored/yawn =:-) Hosehead/punk :-D Big mouth/grinning :+) Big nose [:-) Walkman ;^) Smirking (:-D Blabbermouth :-& Tongue tied :-S Just made a statement that didn't make sense :-/ Skeptical :-C Very, very sad %-/ braindead <:-| Dunce/just made a stupid statement :-8( Condescending 8-# Dead :@ or :{ What? []:* Hugs & kisses! THE ULTIMATE LIST AT: http://www.chatlist.com/faces.html