Acronyms & Emoticons Indicator V11/95
Acronyms
This indicator contains acronyms used in the internet and the ones (*) used in general semantics.
AFAIK "As Far As I Know"
AK (*) "Alfred Korzybski",
Inventor of general semantics.
BBL "Be Back Later"
BFN "Bye For Now"
BRB "Be Right Back"
BTW "By The Way"
CAD "Control-Alternate-Delete" or "Computer Aided Design"
CIM "CompuServe Information Manager-The program"
CIS "CompuServe Information Service"
CP "Copy Protection"
E' (*) "English Prime":
English without the verb "to be"
(more infos somewhere in these pages...)
FB "Files Busy"
FBOFW "For Better Or For Worse"
FUBAR "Fixed Up Beyond All Recognition"
FWIW "For What It's Worth"
FYI "For Your Information"
g "grin" - usually in brackets or angles or [g]
gd&h "grinning, ducking and hiding"
gd&r "grinning, ducking and running"
gd&r,vvf "grinning, ducking and running, very very fast"
GS [g.s.] [gs] "General Semantics"
HHOS "Ha-Ha, Only serious." (Rare, but *very* serious)
HSIK "How Should I Know"
IAE "In Any Event"
IANAL "I Am Not A Lawyer"
IFD (*) "Idealism, Frustration, Demoralization"
This acronym was created by general semanticist
Wendell Johnson in his _People in quandaries_
and points to a *disease*
INAL "I'm Not A Lawyer"
IMAO "In my arrogant opinion" (Quirky -- only run into once)
IMHO "In My Humble Opinion"
IMNSHO "In my not so humble opinion" (Common)
IMO "In My Opinion"
IOW "In Other Words"
ISTM "It Seems To Me"
JFYI "Just For Your Information"
LOL "Laughing Out Loud"
LMAO "Laughing My Off"
NBD "No Big Deal"
NOYB "None Of Your Business"
OAH "On Another Hand" (multi-valued statement!)
OIC "Oh, I See"
OAAWITE "Organisms-as-a-whole-in-their-environment(s)"
OTL "Out To Lunch"
OTOH "On The Other Hand"
PITA "Pain In The A**"
PMFJI "Pardon Me For Jumping In"
PMJI "Pardon My Jumping In"
PPN "Programmer Project Number; now known as ID# or UserId"
PTB "Powers That Be"
POV "Point Of View"
RNA "Ring, No Answer" (communication or telephone
term for a problem)
ROFL "Rolling On Floor Laughing"
ROTF "Rolling On The Floor"
ROTF,L "Rolling On The Floor, Laughing"
RSN "Real Soon Now"
RTFM "Read The Fine Manual"
SL "Section Leader"
SNAFU "Situation Normal, All "fixed" Up"
SOP "standard operating procedure"
Sysop "Systems Operator"; person who manages a Forum
S&S (*) "Science and Sanity" Title of Alfred Korzybski's book.
SR [s.r.] [s. r.] (*) "semantic reaction"
General semantics acronym created by AK.
Points to individual reaction as a whole,
driven by meanings.
TANJ "There Ain't No Justice"
TANSTAAFL "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch."
By way of Robert Heinlein. As jargon, it has nothing
to do with lunch, but to help questionning
what looks "free".
TIA "Thanks In Advance"
TIC "Tongue In Cheek"
TLA "Three Letter Acronym" (purposely self-referential)
TSR "Terminate and Stay Resident" (Computer Program)
TTFN "Ta Ta For Now"
TTYL "Talk To You Later"
WCD? "What's cookin' Doc ?"
WIGO (*) "What Is Going On"
This acronym comes from general semantics.
It was created by J. S. Bois (See g.s. bibliography).
It points the "reality" as a process.
WOA "Work Of Art"
WTH "What The Hell"
WYSIWYG "What you see is what you get"
YAA "Yet Another Acronym" (!)
YMMV "Your Mileage May Vary"
Emoticons
Emoticon Meaning
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.-] User has one eye
.-) User has one eye
:-i Semi-Smiley
:-] Smiley blockhead
:-% User has beard
:-o User singing national anthem
:-t User is cross
:-: User is mutant
:-( Drama
:-) Comedy
:- User is male
:-? User is smoking a pipe
:-=) Older user with mustache
:-\ Undecided user
:-p User is sticking their tongue out (at you!)
:-)' User tends to drool
:-'| User has a cold
:-)8 User is well dressed
:-D User talks too much
:-\ Popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye
:-# User's lips are sealed.
:-o User is shocked
:-* User just ate a sour pickle
:-)-{8 User is a big girl
:-s User after a BIZARRE comment
:-o User is surprised
:-{ User has a mustache
:-| No expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'
-:-) User sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T
:-% User has beard.
:-& User which is tongue-tied
:-9 User licking it's lips
:-( Sad
:-` User spitting out its chewing tobacco
:-* User after eating something bitter
:-> Hey hey
:-X User is wearing a bow tie
:-6 User after eating something sour
:-0 User is an orator
:-7 User after a wry statement
:-#| User with bushy mustache
:-@ User face screaming
:-% User is a banker
:-} User wears lipstick
:-) Humor (or smiley)
:-v Talking head Smiley
:-c Bummed out Smiley
:-x "my lips are sealed" Smiley
:-@ User's beard has permanent wave
*or* was drawn by Picasso
:-| "have an ordinary day" Smiley
:-e Disappointed Smiley
:-< Real sad Smiley
:-I Hmm
:-( Boo hoo
:-8( Condescending stare
:-# User's lips are sealed.
:-O Uh oh
:-Q Smoker
::-) User wears glasses
:<| User attends an Ivy League school
:=) User has two noses
:> Midget Smiley
:>) User has a big nose
:%)% User has acne
:~) User's face needs a nosejob, no explanation necessary
:n) User with funny-looking right nose
:u) User with funny-looking left nose
;-) Winking Smiley
;-\ Popeye gets his lights punched out
'-) User only has a left eye, which is closed
(-: User is left-handed
(-) User needing a haircut
(:-) Smiley big-face
(:-( unSmiley frowning
(:)-) User likes to scuba dive
(:I Egghead
):-( UnSmiley big-face
)8-) Scuba Smiley big-face
{:-) Smiley with its hair parted in the middle
{(:-) User is wearing toupee.
}(:-( User, wearing toupee in wind.
+-(:-) User is the pope
+:-) Smiley priest
,-} Wry and winking
*-( Cyclops got poked in the eye
*:o) User is a Bozo
*<|:-) User is Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
<:I Dunce
<|-)= User is chinese
=:-) User is a hosehead
=:-#} Smiley punk with a mustache....
=:-) Smiley punk-rocker
>- Female
%-^ User is Picasso
%-) User is cross-eyed
#-) User partied all night
@-) Person submitting is Cyclos
@:I Turban
|-O Birth
|-) Hee hee
|-D Ho ho
|-) User is asleep (boredom)
|-P Yuk
0-) User wearing scuba mask
8-) User wears glasses
8 Infinity
8-| Suspense
8-# Death
8:-) Glasses on forehead
8:] Normal smiling face except that User is a gorilla
B-) Horn-rims
B-| User is wearing cheap sunglasses
g-) Smiley with ponce-nez glasses
o-) User is a cyclops
P-) User is getting fresh
[:-) User is listening to Walkman radio
[:|] User is a robot
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