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Chatroom Acronyms & Emoticons at ESLtown

Many people use acronyms e.g., BRB = Be Right Back, and emoticons :-) = Grin, while talking in chat rooms. Acronyms are groups of letters that stand for words or sayings. People use acronyms so that they can type less and say more faster. Emoticons, also known as smileys, are another part of the unique language of the Web. Viewed sideways they can be used to express emotion and minimize word usage for quick communication. 

Here is a list of the most commonly used acronyms and emoticons (the ones in red are very popular): After you look through this list take our acronym & emoticon quiz.

ACRONYMS

AMOF 

As A Matter Of Fact  
AFAIK   As Far As I Know

AFK 

Away From Keyboard
AKA  Also Known As
AND   Any Day Now  
ASAP  As Soon As Possible  
B4N   Bye For Now  

BAK 

Back At Keyboard  

BBIAB 

Be Back In A Bit  

BBL 

Be Back Later  

BRB

Be Right Back  
BTA But Then Again
BTW   By The Way  

BYAM 

Between You And Me  

CMIIW 

Correct Me If I'm Wrong  

CUL or CUL8R

See You Later  
DYK   Did You Know  

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions 

FITB 

Fill In The Blank  

FWIW 

For What It's Worth  

FYA 

For Your Amusement  
FYI  For Your Information
*g*  or <g> Grin

GAL 

Get A Life 

GD&R 

Grinning, ducking and running  
GD&RF   Grinning, ducking and running FAST!  

GD&RVVF 

Grinning, ducking and running VERY VERY FAST!  
GD&W   Grinning, ducking and weaving

GIWIST 

Gee, I Wish I Said That  
GMTA   Great Minds Think Alike
HAND   Have A Nice Day  
HOYEW   Hanging On Your Every Word

HTH 

Hope This Helps

IAC 

In Any Case 
IC   I See
IDK I Don't Know 
IITYWIMIWHTKY If I Tell You What It Means, I Will Have To Kill You  

IMHO 

In My Humble Opinion  

IMO 

In My Opinion  
IANAL I'm Not A Lawyer (but . . . )
IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
J/K Just Kidding (Joking)  

IOW 

In Other Words  

JTYWTK 

Just Thought You Wanted To Know  
L8R Later  
LALOTA Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause

LD 

Later Dude  

LOL 

Laughing Out Loud  
NFM   No Further Message  

NP 

No Problem  
OIC   Oh I See  

OTF 

On The Floor  

OTFL 

On The Floor Laughing  
OTOH   On The Other Hand
PMFJI  Pardon Me For Jumping In (a polite way to join a running discussion) 
PMJI  Pardon My Jumping In
ROFL or ROTFL   Rolling On The Floor Laughing

ROTFLMBO 

Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Butt Off  

RSN 

Real Soon Now
SPAM Stupid Persons' AdvertiseMent
SWALK Sealed With A Loving Kiss

STATS 

Age/gender/location check

SYL 

See You Later

TAFN 

That's All For Now  
TGIF  Thank God It's Friday
TIA Thanks in Advance 

TINJ 

There Is No Justice  

TNTL 

Trying Not Too Laugh  
TNX  Thanks 
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTFN   Ta Ta For Now

TTUL 

Talk To You Later  
WFM Works For Me  

WRT

With Respect To

WU 

What's Up?  

WYSIWYG

What You See Is What You Get

EMOTICONS

:-) 

Grin - The user made a joke or sarcastic statement. 
:-( or :-<  Frown - The user did not like that last statement or is upset or depressed about something
:-I Indifferent - Better than a :-( 
;-) Wink - The user just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark. 
:-> The user just made a really biting, sarcastic remark. 

>:->

The user just made a really devilish remark
:-O Shock
:'-( Crying 

:-&

Tongue-tied - can't speak.
]:o Cow
~:o a baby 
:-x a kiss/lips are sealed 
,-) a one eyed wink 
{ a psycho 
[:] a robot
:-! a smoker
:-[ Dracula/sarcastic/pouting
O:-) an angel 
(:-) bald/bicycle helmet
:-# wears a brace/kiss
I-0 bored
R-) broken eyeglasses
&:-) curly hair
:-I-I Dej’avu
:-I no expression
:*) drunk
;-(*) feel sick
(:-D has a big mouth
(:+) has a big nose
:-‘( has a cold
%-/ has a hangover
:-{) has a moustache
:-))) is very fat
:-* just ate something hot
:------) liar
>>:-<    mad
#:-) messy hair 
=:-) punk
:-y said with a smile
****:-) Marge Simpson
*<:-)> Santa
:-@ screaming
(-:I:-) Siamese twins
;^) smirking
:-? Smokes pipe
:-P sticking out tongue
:-)’’ tends to drool
8-) wears glasses
$-) Yuppie

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