Online Lingo

 
A Computer and Internet Dictionary
If you use email, chat, or forums, you've probably come across what looks like a secret foreign language of weird symbols. This list of emoticons and abbreviations will help you talk the talk of the online world. Now you, too, can impress friends and family with fun and unusual abbreviations!

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O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

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Emoticons

Happy
%-)
(^^
8-Þ
: )
: D
: ]
:'-)
:-)
:->
:-D
:-\
:-]
:-]~
:_)
:o)

-
- Sad
%-(
: [
:'-(
:-(
:-/
:-}
:_(
>:-(
-
Strange
# :-)
(:-I
:-|
?:-/
@@@ :-)
B-)
x/y:-)
x:-)
y/x:-)
y:-)
{(:-)

  Actions
( ! )
* (asterisk)
1-o
8-)
: X
:-()
:-*
:-0
:-P
:-X
:-p...
:-ss
:-ss)
;-)
{ } or [ ]
{{{***}}}

 
Things
(::[ ]::)
(^@^)
(_8^(l)
(_|_)
--^--,--^-{@
0>>
<3
=^.^=
@>--,--
O :)

 

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Abbreviations

A
A/S/L
AFK
AKA
AOL
ATM

  B
BAK
BBL
BBS
BCNU
BIF
BRB
BTDT
BTW

 
C
CBB
CU
CUL
CUL8R

  D
DIY

 
E
EG
ESP
EST
ETA

  F
FAQ
FWIW
FYA
FYI

 
G
GE2E
GGN
GL
GMTA
GR&D

  H
HHOK
HHOS

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I
IAC
IBCNU
IDK
IMAO
IMHO
IMNSHO
IMO
IOW
IRL
ITRW

  J
J/J
J/K
JNI

 
K
K
KB
KIT
KOTC

  L
L8R
LOL
LTNS
LUL2
LUSER

 
M
MorF?
MYOB

  N
NBIF
NRN
NWMKL

 
O
OTF
OTOH
OTT

  P
PC
PI
PIC
PMJI
POV

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Q
QT

  R
RL
ROTFL
ROTFLMAO
RSN
RTFM

 
S
SHTSI
SNAFU
STS
SWAK

  T
TIA
TIC
TIOLI
TTFN
TWFW
TY
TYL

 
U
U/L
UOK
URAQTINVU

  V

 
W
W/O
W1M
WB
WRT
WTG

  X

 
Y
YMMV

  Z
ZDDD
ZZZ

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