"Smilies" used on The Internet

 

:-)

Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection.

;-)

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.

Somewhat less common ones:

(-:

User is left handed

%-)

User has been staring at a computer screen for 15 hours straight

8-)

User is wearing sunglasses

:-/

User is skeptical

:-o

Uh oh!

[:-)

User is wearing a walkman

Acronyms found on Internet

AFAIK - "As Far As I Know"

AKA - "Also Known As"

ASAP - "As Soon As Possible"

BTW - "By The Way"

FAQ - "Frequently asked questions"

FYI - "For Your Information"

FWIW - "For What It's Worth"

IANAL -"I Am Not A Lawyer (But...)"

IDK - "I don't know"

IMHO -"In My Humble Opinion"

IMO - "In My Opinion"

IYKWIM - "If You Know What I Mean"

IYKWIMAITYD - "If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do"

LOL - "Laughing Out Loud"

OK - abbreviation of "oll korrect", alteration of "all correct"

OTOH - On The Other Hand

PITA - "Pain In The Ass"

PMFJI - "Pardon Me For Jumping In (another polite way to get into a running discussion"

PMJI - "Pardon My Jumping In (another polite way to get into a running discussion"

PS - "Post Script"

TIA - "Thanks In Advance"

TPTB - "The Powers That Be"

TTFN - "Ta Ta For Now"

ROTFL - "Rolling On The Floor Laughing"

SWALK - "Sealed With A Loving Kiss"

SPAM - "Stupid Persons' AdvertiseMent "

WRT - "With Respect To"

WYSIWYG - "What You See Is What You Get"

YMMV - "Your Mileage May Vary" (You may not have the same luck I did)

YWIA - "You're welcome in advance"

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