The Emoticons

:-) 

Humor

:-) (-: 

Masking theatrical comments

:-T 

Keeping a straight face (tight-lipped)

:-D 

Said with a smile

:-> 

Alternate happy face

:-) :-) :-) 

Loud guffaw

:*) 

Clowning around

:-? 

Licking lips

%-} 

Silly

:/) 

Not funny

:-" 

Pursing lips

:-r 

Bleahhh (sticking tongue out)

:-f 

Smirks

:-p 

Smirks

:-1 

Smirks

:-, 

Smirks

:-| 

Disgusted

:-J 

Tongue-in-cheek comments

:-! 

Foot in mouth

:-$ 

Put your money where your mouth is

:-D 

Talks too much

:-I 

Chewing on bone

%&$%&  

You know what that means...

:-P 

Shouting

:-y 

Shouting

:-o 

Shouting

:-( 

Unhappy

:-c 

Real unhappy

(:-& 

Anger

(:^( 

Broken nose

(:<) 

Blabber mouth

?-( 

Black eye

%-) 

Broken glasses

:-b 

Tongue stuck out

:-p 

Left-handed tongue stuck out

>--->---(@ 

A rose

||*( 

Handshake offered

||*) 

Handshake accepted

:-x 

Kiss kiss

o=  

A burning candle to start a flame

~=  

Flaming message

-=  

A doused candle to end a flame

|-<> 

Kissy face

[]  

Hug

(-_-) 

Secret smile

'-) 

Wink

;-) 

Say no more; nudge, nudge

:-* 

Oops! (Covering mouth with hand)

:-# 

Censored

:-8 

Talking out both sides of your mouth

>:> 

Leer

:-X 

Not saying a word

(:-... 

Heart-breaking message...

:-o 

"Oh, noooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)

#:-o 

Same as previous

...---... 

S.O.S.

:-< 

Forlorn

|-( 

Late night messages

(:-$ 

Ill

(:-( 

Sad

%-  

Hung over

:~/ 

All mixed up

#-) 

Another all-night partier

:-'| 

With a cold

%+{ 

Loser in a fight

( ) 

You're kidding!

<:-O 

Eeek!

:-C 

Unbelieving (jaw dropped)

:-(*) 

About to vomit

E-Mail Shorthand

2U2 

 To You, Too 

AAMOF 

 As A Matter Of Fact 

AFAIK 

 As Far As I Know 

AFAIC 

 As Far As I'm Concerned 

AFAICT 

 As Far As I Can Tell 

AFK 

 Away From Keyboard 

ASAP 

 As Soon As Possible 

BAK 

 Back At Keyboard 

BBL 

 Be Back Later 

BITMT 

 But In The Meantime 

BOT 

 Back On Topic 

BRB 

 Be Right Back 

BTW 

 By the way 

C4N 

 Ciao For Now 

CRS 

 Can't Remember "Stuff" 

CU 

 See You 

CUL(8R) 

 See You Later 

CWOT 

 Complete Waste Of Time 

CYA 

 See Ya 

DIY 

 Do It Yourself 

EOD 

 End Of Discussion 

EZ 

 Easy 

F2F 

 Face To Face 

FAQ 

 Frequently Asked Questions 

FBOW 

 For Better Or Worse 

FOAF 

 Friend Of A Friend 

FOCL 

 Falling Off Chair Laughing 

FWIW 

 For What It's Worth 

FYA 

 For Your Amusement 

FYI 

 For Your Information 

GA 

 Go Ahead 

GAL 

 Get A Life 

GBTW 

 Get Back To Work 

GFC 

 Going For Coffee 

GFETE 

 Grinning From Ear To Ear 

GMTA 

 Great minds think alike 

GR&D 

 Grinning, Running & Ducking 

GTG 

 Got To Go 

GTGTTBR 

 Got To Go To The Bathroom

GTRM 

 Going To Read Mail

HAND 

 Have A Nice Day

HHOK 

 Ha Ha Only Kidding

HTH 

 Hope This Helps

IAC 

 In Any Case

IAE 

 In Any Event 

IC 

 I See

IDGI 

 I Don't Get It

IMCO 

 In My Considered Opinion 

IMHO 

 In my humble opinion

IMNSHO 

 in My Not So Humble Opinion

IMO 

 In My Opinion

IMPE 

 In My Personal Experience

IMVHO 

 In My Very Humble Opinion

IOW 

 In Other Words

IRL 

 In Real Life

ISP 

 Internet Service Provider

IYKWIM 

 If You Know What I Mean

JIC 

 Just In Case

J/K 

 Just kidding

KISS 

 Keep It Simple Stupid

L8TR 

 Later

LD 

 Later dude

LOL 

 Laughing Out Loud

LTNS 

 Long Time No See

MorF 

 Male or Female, or person who asks that question

MTCW 

 My Two Cents Worth

NRN 

 No Reply Necessary

ONNA 

 Oh No, Not Again!

OTOH 

 On The Other Hand 

OTTOMH 

 Off the top of my head

OIC 

 Oh I See

OTF 

 On The Floor

OLL 

 Online Love

PLS 

 Please

PU 

 That Stinks!

REHI 

 Hello Again (re-Hi!)

ROFL 

 Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROTF 

 Rolling On The Floor

ROTFL 

 Rolling On The Floor Laughing

RSN 

 Real Soon Now

RTDox 

 Read The Documentation/Directions

RTFM 

 Read The Frickin' Manual

RUOK 

 Are You OK?

SNAFU 

 Situation Normal; All Fouled Up

SO 

 Significant Other

SOL 

 Smiling Out Loud (or Sh*t Out of Luck)

TANSTAAFL 

 There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TAFN 

 That's All For Now

TEOTWAWKI 

 The End Of The World As We Know It

THX 

 Thanks

TIA 

 Thanks In Advance

TLK2UL8R 

 Talk to you later

TMK 

 To My Knowledge

TOS 

 Terms Of Service

TPTB 

 The Powers That Be

TSWC 

 Tell Someone Who Cares

TTBOMK 

 To The Best Of My Knowledge

TTFN 

 Ta-Ta For Now

TTYL(8R) 

 Talk To You Later

TWIMC 

 To Whom It May Concern

Txs 

 Thanks

URL 

 Web Page Address

w/b 

 Welcome Back

w/o 

 Without

WRT 

 With Regard To

WTG 

 Way To Go

WU? 

 What's Up?

WWW 

 World Wide Web

WYSIWYG 

 What You See Is What You Get

Y2K 

 Year 2000

YGIAGAM 

 Your Guess Is As Good As Mine

YGWYPF 

 You Get What You Pay For

YMMV 

 Your Mileage May Vary

ZZZ 

 Sleeping