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To: WEBNATURAL who wrote (50)5/12/1999 9:06:00 PM
From: WEBNATURAL  Respond to of 125
 
Abbreviations...

The lingo and smileys (emoticons) in the CB are gathered from our chatters here at WBS and from all around the web.
Thanks for everybody's submissions!

See the Smileys
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AFK
Away From Keyboard
AI
As If!
ASAP
As Soon As Possible
AYPI
And Your Point Is
BAF
Brain Already Fried
BBL
Be Back Later
BBFN
Bye Bye For Now
BBN
Bye Bye Now
BBS
Be Back Soon
BCNU
Be seeing You
BEG
Big Evil Grin
BF
Boy Friend
BFFL
Best Friends For Life
BFN
Bye for now
BG
Big Grin
BM
Bite Me
B.O.B
Cool
BOC
But of course
BOSEG
Big Ole S--t Eating Grin
BRB
Be Right Back
BRBGGP
Be Right Back Got To Go Pee
Bsrgds
Best Regards
BTU
Back To You
BTW
By The Way
BWL
Big Wet Kiss
BWL
Bursting With Laughter
C-guy, girl, bro, sis, etc.
Cyber - guy...
C&G
Chuckle and Grin
CBL
Come Back Later
CID
Crying In Disgrace
CNP...
Continued in Next Post
COI
Come On In
CP
Chat Post
CQ or CQ (person)
Asking for a chat with someone
CSG
Chuckle Snicker Grin
CSS
Can't Stop Smiling
CUIC
See You In Church
CYA
See Ya
CYAL8R
See You Later
CYPUWIPD
Can You Pick-Up onWhat I'm Putting Down?
DE
Double-Entendre or Double Meaning
DH
Dear Husband
DLN
Don't Leave Now
DLTBBB
Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
DTHT
Delighted To Hear That
dwnundr
down under
DOS
Dozing Off Soon
DTL
Deep throaty laugh
DWOL
Drunk while on line
DYHAGF
Do You Have A Girlfriend?
DYHABF
Do You Have A Boyfriend?
EG
Evil Grin
EMML
E-mail Me Later
EMSG
Email Message
FD
Funk Dat!
FF
French Fry
FNM
Froget Me Not
FOAF
Friend Of A Friend
FUBAR
Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
FWIW
For what it's worth
FYI
For Your Information
FY
Forget You
GAL
Get A Life!
GD&R
Grinning, Ducking & Running
GF Girl Friend
GFN
Gone For Now
GG
Go Girl!
GLG
Good Looking Girl
GMBO
Giggling My Butt Off
GMTA
Great Minds Think Alike
GOK
God Only Knows
GPY
Grumpy
GR8
Great
GTG or GTO
Got to Go
GTSY
Glad To See You
GTTB
Gee That's To Bad
H&K
Hug and Kiss
HABU
Have A Better 'Un
HAGN
Have A Good Night
HAGU
Have A Good 'Un
HF
Have Fun
HIG
How's it Goin?
HMFIC
Head man finally in charge
HMP
Help Me Please
HH
Holding Hands
HHIS
Hanging Head in Shame
HORU
How Old Are You?
IAMBIC
I'm A Make Believe (imaginary) Character
IC
I See
IDC
I Don't Care
IFF
If and only If
IGGNLTL
I Gotta Go Now Lets Talk Later
IGP
I Gotta Pee
ILIC
I Laughed, I Cried
ILU
I Love You
INL
I'm not laughing
IMO
In My Opinion
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion
IMS
I Am Sorry
IRL
In Real Life
IWALU
I Will Always Love You
IWBS
I Was Being Stupid
IYD
In Your Dreams
JAS
Just a Second
JFG or J4G
Just for Grins
JK
Just Kidding!
JMO
Just My Opinion
JTLYK
Just To Let You Know
KHYF
Know How You Feel
KISS
Keep It Simple-Stupid
KIT
Keep In Touch
KITB
Kick In The Butt
KOC
Kiss On Cheek
KOL
Kiss On Lips
L8R
Later
L8R G8R
Later 'Gater
LABTYD
Life's A Bitch and Then You Die
LAY
Looking At You
LDD
La dee da
LLAL
Laughing Like a Lunatic
LHM
Lord Help Me
LHO
Laughing Head Off
LHU
Lord Help Us
LIS
Lost In Space
LOA
Love On Arrival
LOIS
Laughing On the Inside
LOL
Laugh Out Loud (some say Lots of Love, but not
many)
LSHMBB
Laughing So Hard My Belly is Bouncing
LSHMBH
Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts
LSOMCS
Laughing So Hard My Computer Is Shaking
LTNS
Long Time No See
LTS
Laughing To Self
LUB
Laughing Under Breath
LUWAMH
Love You With All My Heart
LU4E&A
Love You For Ever And Always
LY
Love Ya
LYITL
Love You In The Lord
LYL
Love Ya Lots
LYLAB
Love You Like A Brother
LYLAS
Love You Like A Sister
MIASGB
Make It A Short GoodBye
MMIMRA
(room name)
Meet Me In My Room At (room name)
MPTY
More Power To You
MTFBWY...A
May The Force Be With You...Always
N2S
Needless 2 say
NE1
Anyone
NE1Cn (name)
Anyone seen (name)
NK
New Kid
NONYA
None Ya Business
NPNG
No Pain No Gain
NQWI
Not Quite With It
NTTFLS
Not Till The Fat Lady Sings
OIC
Oh, I See
OL
Old Lady (wife, girlfriend)
OM
Old Man (husband, boyfriend)
OMG
Oh My God
OMKP
On My Knees Praying
ORN
Oh Really now
OTTOMH
Off The Top of My Head
PDE
Puppy Dog Eyed
PDQ
Pretty Damn/Darn Quick
PDS
Please Don't Shoot
PG
Pretty Good
PLMK
Please Let Me Know
PLUR
Peace Love Unity Respect
PM
Private Message
PMP
Peeing My Pants
PMFJI
Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMP
Peed My Pants
POAHF
Put On A Happy Face
*Poof* or *Gone*
Has left the chat room
PS
Pit Stop (going to bathroom)
PTL
Praise the Lord
QM
There's a lot of static on the line
QSL
Reply
QSO
Conversation
QT
Cutie
ROFL
Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROTFLMHO
...My Head Off
ROFLHOLCDF
...hysterically out loud collecting dog fur
ROFLMAO
...My A** Off
ROFLMAOAY
...My A** Off At You
ROFLMAOWTIME
...With Tears In My Eyes
ROFLUTS
...Unable to Speak
RTSM
Read The Stupid Manual! (or RTFM)
S^
Sup? (What's up?)
S&N
Smile and Nod
SASB
Sobbing And Sniffing Bitterly
SETE
Smiling Ear To Ear
SMAO
Showing My A** Off
SH
Shut up
SHID
Slaps Head In Disgust
SIID
See If I Care
SIL
Sister in Law
SLV
C'est la vie
SO
Significant Other
SOS
Same Old Story
Someone Special
SOVS
Someone Very Special
SPWWYUT
Smile People Wonder What You're Up To
SS
So Sleepy
SSDD
Same Stuff-Different Day
ST
So There
SWAG
Scientific Wild A**ed Guess
SWAK
Sealed With A Kiss
SWALK
Sealed With A Loving Kiss
SWL
Screaming with Laughter
SYBDW2BY
See Ya But Don't Want 2 Be Ya!
SYITFP
See you in the funny papers
SYT
See You Tonight
SYS
See You Soon
TA
Thanks Again
TBDL
To Be Discussed Later
TBDML
To Be Discussed Much Later
TBNT
Thanks But No Thanks
TEN 4
Read you clear
TFTT
Thanks For The Tip
TGFTCL
Thank God For The Chat Line
TGIF
Thank God It's Friday
TGOD
The Great OutDoors
TNT
Till Next Time
TOY
Thinking Of You
TT
Take That
TTFN
Ta Ta For Now
TTYL
Talk To you Later
TTYT
Talk To You Tomorrow
TX
Thanks
UCCOM
You Can Count On Me
UOM^$
You Owe Me Money
UR
You ar e
VBG
Very Big Grin
W! or WR or WE
Whatever!
WB
Write Back or Welcome Back
WBASAP
Write Back As Soon As Possible
WBS
Write Back Soon (or WebChat Broadcasting System)
WDOI
Wouldn't Dream Of It
WGACA
What Goes Around Comes Around
WTG
Way To Go
WU
What's Up?
XYL
Ex Young Lady (married lady)
WAB
What A Bummer
WAUF
Where Are You From?
WBMBF
Wanna Be My Boyfriend?
WBMGF
Wanna Be My Girlfriend?
WDYLL
What Do You Look Like?
WGTG
Well, Got To Go
WH
What's Happening
WOL
Win Or Lose
WRU
Who Are You?
WTH
What/Who The Heck
WTTC
Welcome To The Club
WTY
Waving To You
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
YBS
You'll Be Sorry
YBTMFML
You Belong To Me Forever My Love
YD
You're Dead
YG
Young Gentleman
YL
Young Lady
YM
Young Man
*EXG!*
Exagerration
*g*
Grin
*H*
Hug
*K*
Kiss
*S*
Smile
*W*
Wink
007
I got a secret



To: WEBNATURAL who wrote (50)5/12/1999 9:08:00 PM
From: WEBNATURAL  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 125
 
The lingo and smileys (emoticons) in the CB are gathered from our chatters here at WBS and from all around the web.
Thanks for everybody's submissions!
Part II

Pager Codes:
080808080808
Hugs and Kisses
143
I Love You
265
Te Quiero Mucho
637
Always and Forever
823
Thinking of You
99
Good Morning
-99
Good Night
@*
Confused
<*>
Cool!

*Tilt your head sideways!

The Basic Construction of a Smiley
Eyes : ; | =
Nose - * ^ (or blank)
Mouth > ) o ( <

:-)
The Basic Smiley
=|:>)=
Abraham Lincoln
-|
Ambivalent
^_^
Anime smile
@|@
All ears
~Å~
Angel
o:-)
Angelic
O |-)
>:-(
Angry
>:|
|-I
Asleep
ô¿ô
Awake
$:-(
Bad hair day
(:-)
Bald
(' )#------
Balloon
(::()::) or [¦¦&#157;¦¦]
Bandaide
^v^
Bat
[_]3
Beer
(_)ß
(–)ß
Beer (full)
(:-D)
Big Grin
:o)
Big nose
*<=)
Birthday smiley
X-)
Blind faith
:-{}
Blowing a Kiss
\-o
Bored
:-#
Braces
:B
Buck tooth
+:-(
Bullet in the head
:-c
Bummed Out
(_Y_)
Butt, seated
:( )
Can't Stop Talking
0=:-)
Chef
:*)
Clowning
(::) (::) \-/
Cookies and milk
:'
Crying
:~(
:'-)
Crying with Joy
:'-(
Crying Sadly
c(_)
Cup of java
&:^ð
Elvis
~~(.)(.)~~
Eye Glasses, curious, looking
‡-(
Dead
‡-)
Dead and loving it
:-9
Delicious, Yummy
:->
Devilish
}:(
Devilish Frown (revenge)
}:>
Devil himself, the
;->
Devilish Wink
{8-{)>
Disguised (Wearing wig, specs, moustache &
beard)
:P
Disgusted (tongue sticking out)
:-C
Disapointed
:o((
Displeased
7:^)
Ditto head, or Ronald Reagan
===:-D
Don King
:-/
Don't know
@@@
Donuts or cookies
]B=8)
Dragon
:)~
Drooling (add more ~ for drool-o-meter)
:)))
Double chin
:-1
Doubtful
:*)
Drunk
#)
;oP
Drunk face, wild face
*:|
Duh!
<:-|
Dunce
&:-s
Elvis
:-6
Exhausted, Wiped Out
}:)
Evil smiley (Muhahaha!)
><(((*>
Fish
><{{{{">
><((((">J
:^!
Foot in mouth/shut up
:-!
:<)8
Formal dinner, waiter
E:-/
Frankenstein
:)-(:
French Kiss
=(:-o)
Frightened, hair standing on end
(:|)
Froggy Face
:(
Frown
}:-(
\~/
Full Glass
^0¿0^
Funny Face
8:-)
Girl, little (user is a)
:-)8
Girl, big (user is a)
\_/
Glass Empty
~@@~
Glasses
!-)
Got my attention
:(Z)
Gritting teeth
:-Y
Half Paralized
^5
High Five
(^.^)
Hmmm
((((name))))
Hug
(( )):**
Hugs and Kisses
#-)
Hung over
:#
I can't believe you said that!
:-I
Indifferent
*(:)
Inspired
:-X
Kiss, Pucker up!
:*
:-69-:
Kissing
,,,^..^,,,
Kitty
:::::
Lei (from Hawaii)
:)~
Lick (see also: drool)
:-#
Lips are Sealed
}:8
Longhorn
@@@@@:-)
Marge Simpson
888888:)
;-.>
Marylin Monroe smile
\^_^/
Mellow
:~/
Mixed Up
(00)
Mooning
$:=)
Monkey
(:-|
Monobrow
~(>
Mouse
:{o
Moustache
:[)
Moustache, smiling
:-$
Mouth wired shut
:'p"99
My neck is sore
:+)
Nose job
8-0
Not sure
~~~~*~~~~*~~~~
Ocean
(*.*)
Oh!
*~)
One eyed willie from the goonies
:-S
Oops!
%\v
Picasso
:@)
Pig (Babe the pig)
:c)
Piggy
~(:@
Piglet
(%>
Pizza
:o))
Pleased
{|:-|
Policeman
****
Popcorn
+<:)
Pope
\o/
Praise the Lord
&&&&
Pretzels
K:p
Propeller beenie
:$
Puke, I think i'm gonna
=:-)
Punk rocker
=:-(
Punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile)
:-^
Ptooey!
~(__)8>
Rat
ö¿ö
Really!
@>-'-,--
Roses
@)-;-;-----
@}---'--,---
@-}---
--,--'-{@
@-->--->---
@)--)>>>>><(
Rose in a vase
*<:)@@@
Santa Claus
*<:)
:-@
Screaming
_O)
Scuba diver
:O
Shocked
*o*
=-o
Singing
8=+
Skull
p((
Slap on bottom, (gentle pat)
P((
Slap on bottom
~.~
Sleeping
>:->
Sneaky Face
:)
Smile
=)
Smile
:-)-:
Smiling and sad at same time
¦-/ or (:-?
Smirk
= )-~
Smoking
:-Q
~O~
Snoring
:)~ooo
Spagetti and meatballs
:)(:
Staring (at each other)
:-S
State of shock
:-Þ
Sticking tounge out
:$
Stop talking or Shut up!
B-)
Sunglasses
=B)
:-O
Surprised
:-y
Talking out of the side of your mouth
o0( )
Thinking, Thought bubble
[}------Pie----
Throwing Pies
-------------{]
[}[}[}[}-------
^
Thumbs Up
:-&
Tongue Tied
%}
Too much time in front of the computer, wasted
:-\
Undecided
|-)
Up to something
:-[
Vampire
>-[
Vampire, angry
:F :
Vampire's bite
\\//_
Vulcan Greeting
q:)
Was up?
;)
Wink
(^_~)
*-~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Worms
|-O
Yawning
>:()
Yelling at you
$-)
Yuppie