Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 01:21:42 -0200
From: Lenimar Nunes de Andrade
Subject: [JAMPA] Abreviacoes e 'emoticons'
Ola', pessoal!
A mensagem anexada abaixo circulou na lista americana ACCMAIL
no ultimo final de semana. Ela contem algumas abreviacoes e 'emoticons',
que apesar de serem conhecidos, sempre trazem alguma novidade.
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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 00:02:29 -0500
Sender: ACCMAIL Discussion List
From: Automatic digest processor
Subject: ACCMAIL Digest - 28 Nov 1996 to 29 Nov 1996
=-=-=-=-=-=- BASIC ABBREVIATIONS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=
AISI As I See It
ANFAWFOS And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor/Sysop
ASAFP As Soon as [*CENSORED*] Possible
AWGTHTGTTA Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?
AWGTHTGTATA Are We Going To Have To Go Through ALL This Again?
BOT Back On Topic
BTW By The Way
BNF Big Name Fan
CYL Catch You Later
CWYL Chat With You Later
DDD Direct Distance Dial (i.e. the phone system)
DILLIGAF Do I Look Like I Give A [*CENSORED*]?
DTMF Dialing Tones, Multi Frequency (i.e. Touch Tone phone)
FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
FTL Faster Than Light
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information
GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
HHOK Ha Ha, Only Kidding
HHO 1/2 K Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding
HTH Hope This Helps
HUA Heads Up, [*CENSORED*]!
IAC In Any Case
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
IITYWTMWYKM If I Tell You What This Means, Will You Kiss Me?
IITYWIMWYBMAD If I Tell You What It Means, Will You Buy Me A Drink?
ILSHIBAMF I Laughed So Hard, I Broke All My Furniture!
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMWTK Inquiring Minds Want To Know!
INPO In No Particular Order
IOW In Other Words
LAGNAF Let's All Get Naked And [*CENSORED*]
LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous/Thundering Applause
LOL Laughing Out Loud!
LTIP Laughing Till I Puke
NARS Not A Rocket Scientist
NFW No [*CENSORED*] Way!
OAUS On An Unrelated Subject
OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject
OTOH On The Other Hand
OTOOH On The Other Other Hand
ONNA Oh No, Not Again!
ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again!
OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment
OWTTE Or Words To That Effect
PPP Petty Pet Peeve
POTS Plain Old Telephone Service
POV Point Of View
RAEBNC Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment (an APA abbreviation)
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor, Laughing!
ROTFLGO Rolling On The Floor, Laughing Guts Out!
ROTFLASTC Rolling On The Floor, Laughing And Scaring The Cat!
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFM Read The Fine/Friendly/Furnished/[*CENSORED*] Manual
RYFM Read Your Fine/Friendly/Furnished/[*CENSORED*] Manual
SICS Sitting In Chair Snickering
SOI Stuck On Ice
TANJ There Ain't No Justice (Niven)
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (Heinlein)
TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally
TINWIS That Is Not What I Said
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTFN Ta-Ta For Now
TTYL Talk To You Later
WDYMBT What Do/Did You Mean By That?
WGAS Who Gives A [*CENSORED*]?
WMMOWS Wash My Mouth Out With Soap!
WTH What The Heck!
WYLABOCTGWTR Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go With That Remark?
YAOTM Yet Another Off-Topic Message
SnailMail the U.S. Postal Service
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- the Faces (emoticons) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
[turn your head sideways to the left]
Happy Face (grin) :-) :-> :-]
Winking Happy Face ;-) ;-> ;-]
Smiley with Glasses B-) B-> B-]
Happy Face with Beard :-)} :->} :-]}
Sticking out tongue :-P :-b
Devilish Smile }:-> ];>
Huge Smile :-)) :->>
Surprised/Yelling :-O :o |-O (last one with eyes closed)
Straight Face :-| B-| :-I
Frown/Sad :-( :-<
Very Unhappy :-c :-C
Shedding a tear :'-( :'(
Crying :"-( :"< :"-{
A Kiss :-* |-* (last one with eyes closed)
Very
Tired |-( |-)
Asking a Dumb Question <:-) <:-(
-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Other miscellaneous stuff -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
[!] a hug
@>--->---- a rose
[( ) a cup of coffee or beer mug
"I'm smiling as I write/wrote this..."
_text_ underling text
*text* italisize text
TEXT SHOUTING (i.e. all upper case)
=|:-)= Uncle Sam
:-o Mr. Bill ("Oh, nooooooooo!")
...---... S.O.S.
#@$!%@#!! [*CENSORED*]
The Unofficial Smilie Dictionary
:-) Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or
joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix.
;-) Winky smilie. User just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic
remark.
More of a "don't hit me for what I just said" smilie.
:-( Frowning smilie. User did not like that last statement or is upset
or depressed about something.
:-I Indifferent smilie. Better than a Frowning smilie but not quite as
good as a happy smilie
:-> User just made a really biting sarcastic remark. Worse than a :-).
>:-> User just made a really devilish remark.
>;-> Winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was just made.
Those are the basic ones...Here are some somewhat less common ones:
(-: User is left handed
%-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight
:*) User is drunk
[:] User is a robot
8-) User is wearing sunglasses
B:-) Sunglasses on head
::-) User wears normal glasses
B-) User wears horn-rimmed glasses
8:-) User is a little girl
:-)-8 User is a Big girl
:-{) User has a mustache
:-{} User wears lipstick
{:-) User wears a toupee
}:-( Toupee in an updraft
:-[ User is a Vampire
:-E Bucktoothed vampire
:-F Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing
:-7 User just made a wry statement
:-* User just ate something sour
:-)~ User drools
:-~) User has a cold
:'-( User is crying
:'-) User is so happy, s/he is crying
:-# User is screaming
:-# User wears braces
:^) User has a broken nose
:v) User has a broken nose, but it's the other way
:<) User is from an Ivy League School
:-& User is tongue tied.
=:-) User is a hosehead
- -:-) User is a punk rocker
- -:-( (real punk rockers don't smile)
:=) User has two noses
+-:-) User is the Pope or holds some other religious office
`:-) User shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning
,:-) Same thing...other side
|-I User is asleep
|-O User is yawning/snoring
:-Q User is a smoker
:-? User smokes a pipe
O-) Megaton Man On Patrol! (or else, user is a scuba diver)
O :-) User is an angel (at heart, at least)
:-P Nyahhhh!
:-S User just made an incoherent statement
:-D User is laughing (at you!)
:-X User's lips are sealed
:-C User is reaally bummed
<|-) User is Chinese
<|-( User is Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes
:-/ User is skeptical
C=:-) User is a chef
#= User is pro-nuclear war
:-o Uh oh!
(8-o It's Mr. Bill!
*:o) And Bozo the Clown!
3:] Pet smilie
3:[ Mean Pet smilie
E-:-) User is a Ham radio operator
:-9 User is licking his/her lips
%-6 User is braindead
[:-) User is wearing a walkman
(:I User is an egghead
<:-I User is a dunce
#:-) User is wearing a turban
:-0 No Yelling! (Quiet Lab)
:-: Mutant Smilie
.-) User only has one eye
,-) Ditto...but he's winking