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ADN Any day now
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AMF Goodbye (Adios Mutha-......)
AWGTHTGTTA? Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?
BBS Bulletin Board System
BTW By The Way
CU See You
CUL See You Later
DIIK Damned if I know
FITB Fill In The Blank....
FROPPED F..king dROPPED
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYBITS F..k You, Buddy, I'm The Sysop
FYI For Your Information
GD&R Grinning, ducking & running (usually left at the end of a
digging message)
GROK As in "I GROK" means thorough understanding. From R.A. Heinlin)
GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That
IC I See
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IOW In Other Words
JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic
L8R Later
LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch & Then You Die.
LOL Laughing Out Loud
NBFD No Big F***ing Deal
OFTPATHIRIO Oh F..k This Place And The Horse It Rode In On!
OIC Oh, I See
OTOH On The Other Hand
PFM Pure F***ing Magic
PITA Pain In The Arse
POV Point Of View
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFM Read The F..k... Manual
SYSOP System Operator
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTUL Talk To You Later
WTF What the F***
WYSIWYG Whats you see is whats you'se gets.
:-) Smiling, happy face; don't take me too seriously
B-) Above, but poster wears glasses or sunglasses
8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look
#:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
:-( Sad or angry face
@= Flame about nuclear war, power or weapons follows (mushroom cloud)
;-) Winking happy face (something said tongue-in-cheek)
:-P Tongue stuck out
:-b Same as previous
:-D Wider happy face (or mouth open too much)
:-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
#:-o Same as previous
(:-) Messages dealing with bicycle helmets
<:-) Dumb questions
oo "Somebody's head-lights are on" messages
O>-<|= Messages of interest to women
;-) Wink ( take this message with a grain of salt)
|-( Late night messages
:^) Messages teasing people about their noses
:-{#} Messages teasing people about their braces
(:-# Message concerning something that shouldn't have been said...
(:-$ Message indicating person is ill...
(:-& Message indicating person is angry...
(:-* Kiss...
(:-( Message indicating person is VERY sad...
(:^( Message concerning people with broken noses
(:<) Message concerning blabber mouths
:-(=) Message about people with big teeth.
&:-) Message from a person with curly hair
@:-) Message from a person with wavy hair
?-( Message about people with a black eye.