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Message no. 1
From: Nemesis <Nemesis@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Emoticons and Acronyms - for those that want it
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 17:30:53 +0000
As requested.... Emoticons


:-|| Angry
(:-) Bald
:-) Basic Happy
:-( Basic Sad
:-)> Bearded
%+( Beaten Up
:-)x Bow tie
R-) Broken Glasses
:^) Broken nose
|:-) Bushy Eyebrows
) Cheshire Cat
<|-) Chinese
3:-) Cow
:-t Cross
X-) Cross eyed
:~-) Crying
:-)~ Drooling
{:V Duck
x*) Drunk
5:-) Elvis
>:-) Evil Grin
:'''-( Floods of Tears
/:-) French
8) Frog
8-) Glasses Wearer
8:) Gorilla
:-') Has a cold (1)
:*) Has a cold (2)
:-| Hmmmph
:-C Jaw hits floor (amazement)
.-) Keeping an eye out
:-# Kiss
:-* Kiss 2
:-X Kiss 3
:+) Large nose
:-D Laughing out loud
:-} Leering
(-: Left handed
:-9 Licking Lips
:-{} Lipstick wearer
:- | Monkey
:-{) Moustache
(-) Needs haircut
:^) Nose out of joint
:8) Pig
=:-) Punk
:-" Pursed lips, pouting
|-] Robocop
O:-) Saint
:-@ Screaming
:-O Shocked
:-V Shouting
|-) Sleeping
:-i Smoker
:-6 Sour taste in mouth
:+v Speaking
*-) Stoned
:-T Tight lipped
:-P Tongue in cheek, sticking tongue out
:-& Tongue Tied
:-/ Undecided
:-[ Vampire
:-)) Very Happy
:-(( Very Sad
:-c Very unhappy
:-(#) Wears teeth braces
;-) Winking
:-7 Wry smile
|-O Yawning


In case interested ... Acronyms

AFAICT As far as i can tell
AFAIK As far as I know
AFAICR As far as I can recall
AFK Away from keyboard
AIUI As I understand it
B4 Before
BAK Back at keyboard
BB Bloody Brits
BBL Be back later
BCNU Be seeing you
<BEG> Big evil grin
<BG> Big grin
BRB Be right back
BOT Back on Topic
BSF But seriously folks
BTDT Been there done that
BTSOOM Beats the shit out of me
BTW By the way
BWQ Buzz word quotient
CLM Career limiting move
CUL See you later
DWISNWID Do what I say not what I do
DYJHIW Don't you just hate it when...
DY Damn Yanks
<EG> Evil Grin
ESAD Eat shit and die
ETLA Extended three letter acronym
EOF End of file
F2F Face to face
FAQ Frequently asked question
FFS For fucks sake
FOAD Fuck off and die
FOAF Friend of a friend
FOC Free of charge
FUBAR Fucked up beyond all repair
FWIW For what it's worth
FYE For your entertainment
FYI For your information
<G> Grin
GA Go ahead
GAL Get a life
GIGO Garbage in garbage out
GR&D Grinning running and ducking
HHOJ Ha ha, only joking
HHOS Ha ha, only serious
IBN I'm buck naked
IIRC If I recall correctly
IMBO In my bloody opinion
IME In My opinion
IMHO In my humble/honest opinion
IMNSHO In my not so humble/honest opinion
IMO In my opinion
IOW In other words
IRL In real life
ISTM It seems to me
ISTR I seem to recall
ITRO In the region of
ITRW In the real world
IWBNI It would be nice if
IYSWIM If you see what I mean
JAM Just a minute
KISS Keep it simple, stupid
L8R Later
LOL Laugh out loud
MAH Mad as hell
MFTL My favourite toy language
MOF Male or female
MOTOS Member of the opposite sex
MUD Multi user dungeon
MUG Multi user game
NIFOC Nude if front of computer
NIFOTC Not in front of the children
NRN No reply necessary
NTNN Now that's not nice
OAO Over and out
OBTW Oh, by the way
OEM Original equipment manufacturer/manufacturing
OIC Oh I see
OMG Oh my God
OTOH On the other hand
OT Off topic
OTT Over the top
PD Public domain
PITA Pain in the arse
POD Piece of data
POP Point of presence
RFD Request for discussion
ROFL Roll on floor laughing
ROTFL Roll on the floor laughing
ROTFLOL Roll on the floor laughing out loud
ROTFLOLTS Roll on the floor laughing out loud till sick
ROTFLMAO Roll on the floor laughing my arse off
RSN Real soon now
RTFAQ Read the FAQ
RTFM Read the fucking manual
RUOK Are you okay
SITD Still in the dark
SMOP Small matter of programming
SNAFU Situation normal, all fucked up
SNR Signal to noise ration
SO Significant other
SOL Shit outta luck
STFU Shut the fuck up
TCB Trouble came back
TDM Too damn many
TIA Thanks in advance
TIC Tongue in cheek
TLA Three letter acronym
TNX Thanks
TPTB The powers that be
TTFN Ta ta for now
TTYL Talk to you later
TVM Ta very much
VC Virtual community
<VBG> Very big grin
<VBEG> Very big evil grin
WDYM What do you mean
WRT With regards to
WTF What the fuck...
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YABA Yet another bloody acronym
XR X-rated
YEB You evil bastard
ZAN Zipping along nicely

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