Acronym list

(including smilies)

last time revised: 7/27/98

Smilies

:-)     smile

:->     sarcastic

;-)     wink

:-)))   laughing or double chin

:.-)    laughing tears

;-)=)   grin

:-D     laughing

:-}     wry smile



:-P     tongue (?)

:-(     sad, angry

:-<     sad

:-I     indifferent/sad

:.-(    weeping

:-II    angry

:-@     angry 

}-)     evil



:-X     mute

:-()    talking

:-O     surprised/shocked

=:-)    shocked

O:-)    halo

:-3     has eaten a lemon

:-/     skeptical

:-Z     sleeping

:-x     kissing

:-*     sorry, I didn't want to say that

?-(     sorry, I don't know what went wrong



:*)     drunk (red nose)

%-)     stared too long at monitor

#-)     dead

X-)     inconscious

:-Q     smoking



(:-)    bald

.-)     one-eyed

-:-)    punk

<:-)    stupid question (donkey's hat)

<|-)    chinese

@:-)    arab

8:-)    little girl 

:-)-8   big girl

[:-]    robot

::-)    wearing glasses

8-)     wearing (sun)glasses / wide-eyed grin

B-)     horn-rimmed glasses

B:-)    sunglasses on head

.^)     side view

:<)     moustache

_O-)    aquanaut

{:-)    wig

:-E     vampire

:-[     vampire

(-:     left-handed

:o)     boxer's nose

S:-)    (I really don't know that one, sorry. Maybe it means "bad hair"?

         Anyway, thx to Kerry Skill for bringing up the question.)

Midget smilies (without noses)

:)      happy

[:]     robot

:]      gleep, friendly

=)      variations on a theme

:}      (what should we call these?)

:>      (what?)

:@      (what?)

:D      laughter

:I      hmmm...

:(      sad

Acronyms

2U2        to you, too
AAMOF      as a matter of fact
AFAIK      as far as I know
AFK        away from keyboard
AFU        all fucked up
AMF        Adios, motherf*cker!
AOL        Army Of Lamers
ASAP       as soon as possible
BBL        be back later
BOT        back on topic
BRB        be right back
BTW        by the way
BYORL      bring your own rocket launcher
C4N        ciao for now
CFD        call for discussion
CFV        call for vote
CU         see you
CUL(8R)    see you later
CYA        see ya (also: Cover Your Ass)
DAMIFINO   damn if I know
DILLIGAF?  Do I look like I give a fuck?
DIY        do it yourself
EOD        end of discussion
EOT        end of transmission
F2F        face to face/flesh to flesh
FAI        frequently argued issue
FAQ        frequently asked questions
FOAD       fuck off & die
FOAF       friend of a friend
FUBAB      fucked up beyond all belief
FUBAR      fucked up beyond all reason/recognition/repair
FWIW       for what it's worth
FYI        for your information
GAL        get a life
GFC        going for coffee
GRMBL      grumble
GTG        got to go
HAB        hot Asian babe
HAND       have a nice day
HTH        hope this helps
IAC        in any case
IC         I see
IDGI       I don't get it
IMHO       in my humble opinion
IMNSHO     in my not so humble opinion
IMO        in my opinion
IMPE       in my previous/personal experience
IMVHO      in my very humble opinion
IOW        in other words
IRL        in real life
ISP         ?
KISS       keep it simple stupid
LAGNAF     Let's all get naked and fuck!
LOL        laughing out loud
MfG        Mit freundlichen Gruessen
NC         no comment
ONNA       oh no, not again!
OOTC       obligatory on-topic content
OTOH       on the other hand
PCMCIA     people can't memorize computer industry acronyms
REHI       hello again (re-Hi!)
RO(T)FL    rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO    rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
RTDox      read the documentations
RTFM       read the fucking manual
SHTSI      somebody had to say it
SNAFU      situation normal; all fucked up
SO         significant other (e.g. boyfriend, husband, wife, pet dog)
THX        thanks
TIA        thanks in advance
TLA        three letter acronym
TOS        terms of service
TTFN       ta-ta for now
TTYL(8R)   talk to you later
WIIWD      what it is we do
WWDWIIWD   when we do what it is we do
WTF R U ?  who the fuck are you?
WTLOB      watch "The Life of Brian"
YGWYPF     you get what you pay for
YMMV       your mileage may vary ("I do not expect you to agree with me.")

Useful expressions

B4              before
2nite           tonight
n case          in case
EZ              easy
troo            true
kewl            cool
dewd            dude
d00d            dude
grrlz           girls
wirld           world
guvment         government
gawd            god
wymyn           women
lurve           love, luv, luff
to go nookleer  to explode
to deevee       to devalorize
n/a             not applicable
w/              with
w/o             without
b/c             because
Xtian           Christian
wuz             was
cos(cuz)        because
w3b             www
tripdub         www ("triple w")
K               1000 (like, 2K = 2000); also: extremely cool (k-kool,
                k-rad)
@               Circle A (symbol for anarchy)
eleet           elite, 'l33T, 3L1T3, 31337
TOSsed          to lose internet account because of violation of TOS
                agreement with ISP
B-D             breakdown
DDR             difficult data retrieval (i.e. hacking)
BRS             Big Red Switch (hacker term)
BTL             Better Than Life
BDSM            bondage, discipline, sado-masochism
S/M             sado-masochism
DS              dominance and submission
BS              bullshit
T&A             tits and asses
S&D             search and destroy
R&D             research and development
R&P             rape and pillage (excessive violence)
SBD             silent but deadly (fart) [George Carlin; also used by
                Beavis & Butthead; thx to lisaviolet]
CBD             complete body dysfunction [seen in GothCode 3.1A]
STD             severe tire damage (rows of spikes on road)
RSI             repetitive stress injury (e.g. from using keyboard)
TAZ             temporary autonomous zone; mobile or transient
                location free of economic and social interference by
                the state. [Hakim Bey]
ILF             Information Liberation Front (imaginary organization; joke)
TBT             talking by typing
BLJ             black leather jacket
PDB             people dressed in black
T-P             telepathy
 

Compiled by Silverlink (silverlink@datacomm.ch)
This document can be found at http://www.datacomm.ch/~silver
Anti-copyright 1998. May be freely pirated and quoted.

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