Saturday 11 June 2011

Smiles, emoticons, slang expressions

Have you ever came across a word, in a chat, like MSN, orkut, or some site or forum that you had no idea of what it was?
When someone talks to you with a very informal sentence, like;

like 2 c a movie 2nite?


To understand this, you have to know that:

2 = to
c = see
2nite= tonight

Some abreviations are obvious, but some are not... so here I present a list of them for you to have as reference. You don't need to memorize them all, just take a look and have them whenever you face (1) them!

4
For
404
A clueless person
10q
Thank you
AKA
Also known as
ASAP
As soon as possible
B4
Before
BK / BC
Because
BRB
(I’ll) be right back
BTW
By the way
CIO
Check it out
CYL / CUL8R
See you later
D / C
Disconnect
EOD
End of discussion
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
F2F
Face-to-face
FYI
For your information
GJ
Good Job
GR8
Great
GTG / GG
Got to go
HAND
Have a Nice Day
IAC
In any case...
IDK
I don’t know
L8TR
Later
LUV
Love
LOL
Laughing out loud
LTNT
Long time, no type !
M
Am
NITE
Nite
OIC
Oh, I see...
OTOH
On the other hand
PLS
Please
R
Are
RU
Are you ?
SOME1
Someone
SRI / SRRY
Sorry
THANX / THX
Thanks
TIA
Thanks in Advance
U
You
Ur
You are
W8
Wait
YGBK
You gotta be kiddin’
YYSW
Yeah, yeah, sure, whatever



I also have a list of emoticons! You can surprise your friends with them!

:-| Ambivalent
o:-) Angelic
|-I Asleep
(::( )::) Band aid
:-{} Blowing a Kiss
\-o Bored
:-c Bummed Out
|C| Can of Coke
|P| Can of Pepsi
:( ) Can't Stop Talking
:*) Clowning
:' Crying
:'-) Crying with Joy
:'-( Crying Sadly
\_/7 cup (coffee/tea)
:-9 Delicious, Yummy
:-> Devilish
;-> Devilish Wink
:-P Sticking out tongue
:*) Drunk
:-6 Exhausted, Wiped Out
>> >><)))`> Fish/fishy
> ><<*> Fish/fishy
:( Frown
\~/ Full Glass
\_/ Glass (drink)
:-I Indifferent
:-)*(-: Kiss
:-# Lips are Sealed
:~/ Mixed Up
:-O Mouth Open (Surprised)
(_) Mug (coffee)
:-@ Screaming
:O Shocked
:-) Smile
:-& Tongue Tied
:-\ Undecided
;-) Wink
|-O Yawning

You can also download the printable version, here.

(1) to face: In this context, means that you see the expressions, come across, look at them, find them

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