Appendix Chat Symbols Part 2

Chat Symbols

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Chat Symbols - Part 2 - L to Z

L Laugh

L8R Later

LABATYD or LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch And Then You Die

LJBF Let's Just Be Friends

LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause

LMAO Laughing My Ass Off

LMHO Laughing My Head Off

LOL Laughing Out Loud

LSHMBA Laughing So Hard My Belly Aches

LSHMBH Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts

LTHTT Laughing Too Hard To Type

LTNS Long Time No See

LTNT Long Time, No Type

LTS Laughing to Self

LUWAMH Love You With All My Heart

LY Love You

MLA Multiple Letter Acronym

MOF Matter Of Fact

MorF Male Or Female?

MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex

MOTD Message of the day

MOTOS Member Of The Opposite Sex

MOTSS Member Of The Same Sex

MTFBWY May The Force Be With You

MYOB 1. Mind Your Own Business (chat). 2. A small business accounting package from Best!Ware

NAVY Never Again Volunteer Yourself

NBD No Big Deal

NFW No Friggin' Way!

NHOH Never Heard Of Him/Her

NIH Not Invented Here

NIMBY Not In My Back Yard

NINO 1. Nothing In, Nothing Out. 2. No Input, No Output

NOYB None Of Your Business

NP No Problem

NQA No Questions Asked

NRN No Reply Necessary

NTIM Not That It Matters

NTIMM Not That It Matters Much

NTW Not To Worry

NTYMI Now That You Mention It

O Over (completion of communication)

OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject

OAUS On An Unrelated Subject

OBO Or Best Offer

OBTW Oh, By The Way

OIC Oh, I See

ONNA Oh No, Not Again

ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again

OO Over and Out (end of communication)

OOC Out Of Character

OOTB Out Of The Box

OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment

OTF On the Floor (laughing)

OTFL On the Floor Laughing

OTL Out To Lunch

OTOH On The Other Hand

OTOOH On The Other Other Hand

OTT Over The Top; too much

OTTH On The Third Hand

OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head

OWTTE Or Words To That Effect

PABG Packing a Big Gun

PDS Please Don't Shout

PITA Pain In The Ass

PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort

PLS Please

PMBI Pardon My Butting In

PMF 1. Pardon My French. 2. Pure Freaking Magic

PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In

PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In

PMIGBOM Put Mind In Gear, Before Opening Mouth

PMJI Pardon My Jumping In

PNCAH Please, No Cursing Allowed Here

POSSLQ Person Of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters

POV Point Of View

ppl People

PTMM Please Tell Me More

R U THERE? Are you there?

RAEBNC Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment

RBTL Read Between The Lines

re 1 Hello again; regreet 2 In regard to

rehi Hi again

RHIP Rank Has Its Privileges

RL Real Life (an abbreviation used in MUDs and chat)

RLCO Real Life Conference

RML Read My Lips

ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROFLASTC Rolling On Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat

ROFLGO Rolling On Floor Laughing Guts Out

ROFLMAO Roll On Floor Laughing My Arse Off

ROTF Rolling On The Floor

ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing

ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides

ROTFLOL Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud

RRQ Return Receipt Request

RSN Real Soon Now

RSVP Respondez S'il Vous Plait French for "please reply"; a notation often found on invitations

RTBM Read The Bloody Manual

RTFAQ Read The Frequently Asked Questions

RTFF Read The Freaking FAQ

RTFM Read The F------ Manual A gentle suggestion to users who ask questions they could have answered themselves with a little research

RTM Read The Manual

RTSM Read The Silly Manual

RTWFQ Read The Whole Friggin' Question

RYFM Read Your Friendly Manual

RYS Read Your Screen

S Smile

SAPFU Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups

SCNR Sorry, Could Not Resist

SEC Wait a second

SETE Smiling Ear To Ear

SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym

SICS Sitting In Chair Snickering

SITD Still In The Dark

SLM See Last Mail

SMOP Small Matter of Programming

SNAFU Situation Normal: All Fouled Up

SO Significant Other

SOL SH** Out Of Luck

SOS 1. Same Old Stuff. 2. Help!

SOW Speaking Of Which

SUFID Screwing Up Face In Disgust

SWDYT So What Do You Think?

SWIM See What I Mean?

SWL Screaming With Laughter

SYS See You Soon

TAF That's All, Folks!

TAFN That's All For Now

TAH Take A Hike

TANJ There Ain't No Justice

TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TARFU Things Are Really Fouled Up

TBYB Try Before You Buy

TDM Too Darn Many

TFN Thanks for Nothin'

TFS Three Finger Salute (Ctl-Alt-Del)

TFTHAOT Thanx For The Help Ahead Of Time

TFTT Thanks For The Thought

TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally

THX Thanks

TIA Thanks In Advance

TIC Tongue In Cheek

TINWIS That Is Not What I Said

TM Trust Me

TNSTAAFL There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TNTL Trying Not To Laugh

TNX Thanks

TNXE6 Thanks A Million ("E6" means 10 to the 6th power = a million)

TOBAL There Oughta Be A Law

TOBG This Oughta Be Good

TOY Thinking Of You

TPTB The Powers That Be

TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks

TSR Totally Stupid Rules

TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge

TTFN Ta Ta For Now

TTKSF Trying To Keep a Straight Face

TTT That's The Ticket

TTUL Talk To You Later

TTYAWFN Talk To You A While From Now

TTYL Talk To You Later

TTYT Talk To You Tomorrow

TWHAB This Won't Hurt A Bit

TYCLO Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off (Quit Shouting)

TYVM Thank You Very Much

unPC UnPolitically Correct

UOK Are You OK?

WAEF When All Else Fails

WAG Wild Ass Guess

WAI What An Idiot

WB Welcome Back

WCA Who Cares Anyway

WDYMBT What Do You Mean By That?

WDYT What Do You Think?

WE Whatever

WIBAMU Well, I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle

WIBNI Wouldn't It Be Nice If

WIIFM What's In It For Me

WMMOWS Wash My Mouth Out With Soap

WNOHGB Where No One Has Gone Before

WOA Work Of Art

WOTAM Waste Of Time And Money

WRT With Regard To, or With Respect To

WT Without Thinking

WTB Want To Buy

WTF What The F***?

WTG Way To Go!

WTGP Want To Go Private?

WTH What the hell?

WTSDS Where The Sun Don't Shine

WTTM Without Thinking Too Much

WYRN What's Your Real Name?

WYS Whatever You Say

WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get

WYT Whatever You Think

WYGISWYPF What You Get Is What You Pay For

XOXOXO Kisses and hugs

YA Yet Another

YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym

YAOTM Yet Another Off-Topic Message

YAUN Yet Another Unix Nerd

YDKM You Don't Know Me

YGBK You Gotta Be Kidding

YGLT You're Gonna Love This ...

YGTI You Get The Idea?

YGWYPF You Get What You Pay For

YIU Yes, I Understand

YIWGP Yes, I Will Go Private

YKYARW You Know You're A Redneck When . . .

YMMV Your Mileage May Vary (or your experience could be different)

YSYD Yeah, Sure You Do

YTTT You Telling The Truth?

Domain Suffixes

Acronyms