ACRONYMS* You will find these beneficial as you travel this hallowed net!
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			Commonly (and uncommonly) used Acronyms, shortforms and emoticons: ASAP - as soon as possible BAG - big ass grin BASEG - big ass shit eating grin BC - Back Channel (private email) BEG - big evil grin BG - big grin BRB - Be right back BS - Big Smile BTA - But then Again (in response to IOW) BTW - By The Way CRS - Can't Remember Shit CRAFT - Can't Remember A Fucking Thing DL or D/L - Download, transmit to you EG - Evil Grin ESAD - Eat Shit and Die FAQ - Frequently Asked Question FC - Front Channel (public email) FRED - Fucking Ridiculous Electronic Device FTP - File Transfer Protocol FUBAR - Fucked up beyond all recognition FWIW - For What It's Worth FYI - For Your Information G - grin - usually in brackets or angles or [g] GAS - Give a shit GIGO - Garbage in, Garbage Out HSIK - How Should I Know IAE - In any event IMAO - In My Arrogant Opinion IMHO - In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO - in my not so humble opinion IMO - In my opinion IMX - In my experience INAL - I'm Not A Lawyer IOW - In Other Words LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off LOL - Laughing Out Loud MFWIC - Mother Fucker What's In Charge (pronounced "mifwick") MLA - Multiple Letter Acronym NBD - No Big Deal NFW - No Fucking Way NOY(F)B - None Of Your (Fucking) Business OIC - Oh, I See OTL - Out To Lunch OTOH - On The Other Hand PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Compuserves Incredible Acronyms PITA - Pain In The Ass PTB - Powers That Be ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing ROFLOL - Rolling on the floor laughing out loud ROTF - Rolling On The Floor RTFM - Read The Fucking Manual R(M)TFL - Read (My) The Fucking Letter SEG - Shit eating grin SFLA - Stupid Four Letter Acronym SIGH - self-explaining smile - self-explaining SNAFU - Situation Normal, All "fixed" Up SO - Significant Other TGIF - Thank God Its Friday TIA - Thanks In Advance TIC - Tongue In Cheek TINS - This is no shit (true story, usually) TIW - There I was (usually TIC story) TTFN - Ta Ta For Now UL or U/L - Upload, contribute a file. (send) w/ - With WOFTAM - Waste of fucking time and money WTF - What the fuck WTH - What The Hell YABA - Yet Another Bloody Acronym ON-LINE SYMBOLS There are numerous symbols used in cyberspace to help convey tone and action to others. The symbols are as follows: < ... > = Denotes an action the author is (theoretically) doing at the time. It's most commonly used for facial expressions, mostly detailed below, however it is not too uncommon to read something like < drawing dagger > < s > = Smile < g > = Grin < bg > = Big grin < eg > = Evil grin < veg > = Very evil grin < seg > = Shit eating grin < baeseg > = big ass evil shit eating grin you get the idea FACES (these symbols are commonly taken to mean virtually the same as or or, in the case of frowns, something along the lines of < sorry > or < too bad >): :-) (smile with nose) :/ (deranged smile) :b (sticking out tongue) :P (sticking out tongue) :\ (deranged smile) >:( (angry) >:) (contradictory emotions) COMMONLY USED PHRASES BETWEEN <>'S: < ! > (WHAT!) < &#%$! > (Obscenity) < ? > (Hunh?) < blink > < blush > < cough > < guffaw > < kick > < sigh >
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