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Saw you mail a while back and thought I had a few more of the symbols lying
around in a file somewhere, after some searching here it is. The symbols
come from the FidoNet mail network.
Emoticons and Other nonsense
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AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AISI - As I See It
ANFAWFOS - And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
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
CUL - Catch You Later
CWYL - Chat With You Later
DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A [*CENSORED*]!
FITB - Fill In The Blank
FTASB - Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
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
INPO - In No Particular Order
IOW - In Other Words
LAGNAF - Let's All Get Naked And [*CENSORED*]
LLTA - Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering)Applause
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LTIP - Laughing Til I Puke
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
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
POV - Point Of View
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing!
ROFLGO - Rolling On Floor Laughing Guts Out!
ROFLASTC - Rolling On Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat!
RSN - Real Soon Now
RTFM - Read The Freaking Manual!
" - Read The Friggin' Manual!
" - Read The Flaming Manual!
" - Read The Farging Manual!
" - Read The Fershlugginer Manual!
" - Read The [*CENSORED*] Manual!
RTFMA - Read The Manual, Sir (from the military)
RYFM - Read Your [*CENSORED*] Manual!
SICS - Sitting In Chair Snickering
SOI - Stunk 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
TTBOMK - To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTYL - Talk To You Later
WDYMBT - What Do (or 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?
WYLASOMWTC - Would You Like A Saucer Of Milk With That Comment?
YAOTM - Yet Another Off-Topic Message
Not forgetting the immortal...
APA - Amateur Press Association
DDD - Direct Distance Dial (i.e. the phone system)
DTMF - Dialing Tones, Multi Frequency (i.e. TouchTone(c))
FIAWOL - Fandom Is A Way Of Life
FIJAGH - Fandom Is Just A Goddamn Hobby
FTL - Faster Than Light
LASFS - The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
RAEBNC - Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment (an APAabbreviation)
SF - Science Fiction or Speculative Fantasy
SnailMail - The ordinary Postal Service
Or the old faithful smilies...
Happy Face (grin) :-) :-> :-] :) (-: :
Winking Happy Face ;-) ;-> ;-] ;)
Smiling w/ Glasses 8-) B-) 8-] <-8
Happy Face w/ Beard :-)} :->} :-]} {(:
Sticking Out Tongue ;-P :-b d-;
Devilish Smile };-> ];>
Huge Smile :-)) :->> ((-:
Surprised/Yelling :-O :o O-|
Straight Face :-| B-| :-I |-8
Frown/Sad :-( :-< )-:
Very Unhappy :-c :-C
Shedding a Tear :'-( :'(
Crying :"-( :"< }-":
A Kiss :-* |-* (eyes closed on thesecond one)
Very Tired |-( |-)
Asking a Dumb Question <:-) <:-(
and of course....
[!] - A hug
@>--->---- - A rose
[( ) - Cup of coffee or beer mug
<grin> - I'm smiling as I write/wrote this.....
_text_ - Underline text
TEXT - YELLING
=|:-)= - Uncle Sam
:-o - Mr. Bill ("Oh, nooooooo!")
...---... - S.O.S.
# -at- $!%@#!! - [*CENSORED*]
2B|!2B - Message about Shakespeare
Bob Garner
-----Original Message-----
From: Barb Ostapina [SMTP:Barb -dot- Ostapina -at- METROMAIL -dot- COM]
Sent: 17 November 1997 23:36
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject:
I get such a kick out of the creative use of symbols for little faces you
techwhirlers use. Thanks for all of them! :-) ;-) :-0 ;-o
;-] etc., and my new favorite ;-}
