Appendix Chat Symbols

Chat Symbols

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! Indicates, " have a comment"

$0.02 Throwing in your pennies' worth

<arching eyebrows> Indicates the speaker arches eyebrows

<chuckle> Indicates the speaker chuckles

<frown> Indicates the speaker is frowning

<g> Grin

<grin> Indicates the speaker is grinning

<smile> Indicates the one writing the message is smiling

<smirk> Indicates the one writing the message is smirking

<wink> Indicates the one writing the message is winking

501 An excuse that's full of holes

? Indicates, "I have a question"

A-OLs Administrators On-Line. Administrators who police on-line services

AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact

ADN Any Day Now

AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned

AFAIK As Far As I Know

AFAIR As Far As I Remember

AFJ April Fool's Joke

AFK Away From the Keyboard

AISI As I See It

AKA Also Known As

AMBW All My Best Wishes

ANFAWFOS And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor

ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different

AS Another Subject

ASAP As Soon As Possible

A/S/L Age, Sex and Location

ATSL Along The Same Line

ATST At The Same Time

AWC After While, Crocodile

AWGTHTGTATA Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This Again?

AWGTHTGTTA Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?

AWGTHTGTWTA? Are We Going To Have To Go Through With This Again?

AYOR At Your Own Risk

AYSOS Are You Stupid Or Something

B4 Before

B4N Bye For Now

BAK Back At Keyboard

BBFN Bye Bye For Now

BBIAB Be Back In A Bit

BBIAF Be Back In A Few (minutes)

BBL Be Back Later

BBR Burnt Beyond Repair

BCNU Be seein' you

BEG Big Evil Grin

BF Boy Friend

BFN Bye For Now

BION Believe it or not

BITD Back In The Day

BOT Back On Topic

BRB Be Right Back

BRS Big Red Switch

BTA But Then Again

BTAIM Be That As It May

BTHOM Beats The Hell Outta Me

BTOBD Be There Or Be Dead

BTW By The Way

BWL Bursting With Laughter

BWQ Buzz Word Quotient

BYE? "Are you ready to say goodbye?" If so, the other person replies "BYE"

BYKT But You Knew That

BYOB Bring Your Own Bottle

BYOM Bring Your Own Mac

C&G Chuckle and Grin

CADET Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try

CID Consider It Done

CIO Check It Out

CIS CompuServe Information Service

CMF Count My Fingers

CMIIW Correct Me If I'm Wrong

CO 1. Conference. 2. Company

CPP C Plus Plus or C++

CSG Chuckle, Snicker, Grin

CU See You

CU2 See You, Too

CUL See you later

CUL8R See You Later

CULA See You Later, Alligator

CWYL Chat With You Later

CYA 1. See Ya. 2. Cover Your Ass

CYAL8R See You All Later

CYL See You Later

DBEYR Don't Believe Everything You Read

DHYB Don't Hold Your Breath

DIIK Damned If I Know

DIKU? Do I Know You?

DILLIGAD Do I Look Like I Give A Darnn?

DIY Do It Yourself

DK Don't Know

DLTBBB Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite

DLTM Don't Lie To Me

dotgov A government official (from the .gov ending of government domain names)

DQYDJ Don't Quit Your Day Job

DTRT Do The Right Thing

DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly

DWIMNWIS Do What I Mean, Not What I Say

EG or <eg> Evil Grin

ESAD Eat Sh** And Die

ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym

F2F Face To Face

FCFS First Come, First Served

FE Fatal Error

FISH First In, Still Here

FITB Fill In The Blank

FOAD F*** off and die

FOAF Friend Of A Friend

FS For Sale

FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

FTF Face to Face

FTL Faster Than Light

FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

FUBB Fouled Up Beyond Belief

FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt

FURTB Full Up Ready To Burst - describing hard drive

FWIW For What It's Worth

FYA For Your Amusement

FYI For Your Information

FYM For Your Misinformation

G Grin, or Giggle

GA Go Ahead

GAL Get A Life

GD&R Grinning, Ducking and Running

GD&RF Grinning, Ducking, and Running Fast

GD&WVVF Grinning, Ducking, and Walking Very, Very Fast

GDW Grin, Duck and Weave

GF Girl Friend

GFN Gone For Now

GFR Grim File Reaper

GG Good Game

GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out

GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That

GL Good Luck

GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting

GMTA Great Minds Think Alike

GOWI Get On With It

GR8 Great

GRRRR "Growling"

GTG Got To Go

GTGB Got To Go, Bye

GTSY Glad To See You

H&K Hugs and Kisses

HAGO Have A Good One

HAK Hugs And Kisses

HHIS Hanging Head In Shame

HHO 1/2 K Ha, Ha, Only Half Kidding

HHOJ Ha Ha Only Joking

HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding

HHOS Ha Ha Only Serious

HHTYAY Happy Holidays to You and Yours

HOYEW Hanging On Your Every Word

HSIK How Should I Know

HTH Hope That Helps!

HUYA Head Up Your Ass

IAAA I Am An Accountant

IAAL I Am A Lawyer

IAC In Any Case

IAE In Any Event

IANAA I Am Not An Accountant

IANAC I Am Not A Crook

IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer (but ) A disclaimer which is usually followed by a legal opinion

IAW In Accordance With

IBTD I Beg To Differ

IC I See

IDKY I Don't Know You

IDST I Didn't Say That

IDTS I Don't Think So

IFAB I Found A Bug

IIABDFI If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It

IIRC If I Remember Correctly

IIWM If It Were Me . . . (or) If It Were Mine . . .

IJWTK I Just Want To Know

IJWTS I Just Want To Say

IKWUM I Know What You Mean

IMA I Might Add

IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion

IMCO In My Considered Opinion

IME In My Experience

IMHO In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMO In My Opinion

IMPOV In My Point Of View

INPO In No Particular Order

IOH I'm Outta Here

IOW In Other Words

IRL 1. In Real Life (chat). 2. Industrial Robot Language. A high-level language used for the programming of industrial robots

ISS I'm So Sure

ISSYGTI I'm So Sure You Get The Idea!

ISWIM If (you) See What I Mean

ITFA In The Final Analysis

ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits, Wear It

IWALU I Will Always Love You

IWBNI It Would Be Nice If

IYSS If You Say So

IYSWIM If You See What I Mean

J/C Just Checking

J/K Just Kidding

JAM Just A Minute

JAS Just A Second

JIC Just In Case

JMO Just My Opinion

JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic

JTLYK Just To Let You Know

k Okay

KHYF Know How You Feel

KIBO Knowledge In, Bullshit Out

KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid

KIT Keep In Touch

KMA Kiss My Ass

KWIM Know What I Mean?

KYFC Keep Your Fingers Crossed

Domain Suffixes

Acronyms