Internet Emoticons

Emoticons, or smileys, are symbols used to express emotions or convey facial expressions. Use them in your email, newsgroup messages, or in chat groups. Create emoticons with your computer keyboard keys. A simple smiley is made of a colon and a right parenthesis. To read emoticons, tilt your head to the left. :) :-) ;) :( :-< :-> >:-( :-c :-| :-/ :-o :-O :-D :-p :-& :-* :-x |-o |^o |-1 x-( :*) #-( :-() :-)~~~ :~( 8-) B-) %-) :-{) {(:-) =|:-) 0:-) xxooxxoo @>--,--`-a smile, happy a smiley with a nose (nose dash optional in any emoticon) a wink a frown very sad devious smile mad or annoyed bummed out, pouting grim skeptical shouting shouting loudly laughing sticking out tongue tongue-tied puckering for a kiss my lips are sealed yawning snoring alseep dead drunk hung over big mouth drooling crying wearing glasses wearing cool shades I've been staring at this screen too long I have a mustache wearing a toupe wearing a top hat an angel love, or hugs and kisses a rose

Acronyms

Acronyms are like online shorthand and help speed up typing time. Use them in email, newsgroup messages, and chat groups. They can be all capital letters or all lowercase letters. AAMOF AFAIK AKA AOL AFK BAK BBS BBL BIF BRB BTW CIS CU CUL DL FAQ FOAF FOTCL FWIW FTF FYA FYI GMTA IAC IAE IMO IOW LOL LOLSCOK LTNS LTNT L8R MEGO MOTD NBIF NBD NRN OIC OFB OTOH OTW PMJI PC PI or PIC RL ROFL RSN RTM SITD SOS SYSOP TIA TIC as a matter of fact as far as I know also known as America Online away from keyboard back at keyboard bulletin board system be back later basis in fact be right back by the way CompuServe Information Service see you see you later download frequently asked question friend of a friend falling off the chair laughing for what it's worth face to face for your amusement for your information great minds think alike in any case in any event in my opinion in other words laughing out loud laughing out loud, spitting coffee on keyboard long time no see long time no type later my eyes glaze over message of the day no basis in fact no big deal no response necessary oh, I see off to bed on the other hand on the way pardon my jumping in politically correct, or personal computer politically incorrect real life rolling on floor laughing real soon now read the manual still in the dark same old stuff system operator thanks in advance tongue in cheek

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