Email Abbreviations and Emoticons
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
To help speed up the writing of emails and instant messages, many
people use abbreviations and emoticons (symbols representing
emotions). Of course, on the receiving end, a heavily abbreviated
message looks like it's written in secret code. Here's a list of
commonly used abbreviations and emoticons.
| Symbol |
Meaning |
| ^5 |
High Five! |
| 2BCTND |
To Be Continued |
| 2G4U |
Too Good For You |
| 4YEO |
For Your Eyes Only |
| AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
| AWHFY |
Are We Having Fun Yet? |
| B4 |
Before |
| BBL |
Be Back Later |
| BBIAF |
Be Back in a Few |
| BBIAB |
Be Back in a Bit |
| BFN |
Bye For Now |
| BG |
Big Grin |
| BRB |
Big Right Back |
| BTW |
By The Way |
| CM |
Call Me |
| CUL8R |
See You Later |
| DUR? |
Do You Remember? |
| FWIW |
For What It's Worth |
| FYA |
For Your Amusement |
| FYI |
For Your Information |
| FU |
F***ed Up |
| GAL |
Get A Life |
| GMTA |
Great Minds Think Alike |
| HTH |
Hope This(That) Helps |
| IAE |
In Any Event |
| ICWUM |
I See What You Mean |
| IMO |
In My Opinion |
| IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
| IOW |
In Other Words |
|
| Symbol |
Meaning |
| IRL |
In Real Life |
| J4F |
Just For Fun |
| JK |
Just Kidding |
| L8R |
Later |
| LOL |
Laughing Out Loud |
| LTNS |
Long Time No See |
| MorF |
Male or Female |
| MHOTY |
My Hat's Off To You |
| MOTD |
Message Of The Day |
| NBIF |
No Basis In Fact |
| NRN |
No Reply Necessary |
| OBTW |
Oh, By The Way |
| OIC |
Oh, I see |
| OTOH |
On The Other Hand |
| POV |
Point Of View |
| RTM |
Read The Manual |
| SITD |
Still In The Dark |
| T+ |
Think Positive |
| TAFN |
That's All For Now |
| TIA |
Thanks In Advance |
| TMTT |
Too Much To Type |
| TTTT |
To Tell The Truth |
| TX |
Thanks |
| unPC |
unPolitically Correct |
| WB |
Welcome Back |
| WTG |
Way To Go! |
| X! |
Typical Man |
| Y! |
Typical Woman |
| YMMV |
Your Mileage May Vary |
|
| Positive
Emoticons |
| :-) |
The original smiley, conveys
friendliness or kidding |
| :-D |
Delighted smiley |
| :'-) |
Tears of joy |
| :-} |
Sarcastic grin |
| :-] |
Goofy Grin |
| :-x |
Kiss |
| [] |
Hug |
| Negative
Emoticons |
| :-( |
Frown, sadness |
| :-P |
Sticking out your tongue |
| %-( |
Confused and sad |
| :-O |
Shocked or screaming |
| :-C |
Very unhappy |
| :’-( |
Crying |
| :-{} |
Blabbermouth who won’t shut up |
| Mixed
Emoticons, etc. |
| :-\ |
Mixed feelings leaning toward
happy |
| :-/ |
Mixed feelings leaning toward
sad |
| :-| |
Neutral |
| :-J |
Tongue in cheek |
| :-@ |
Screaming out loud |
| :-$ |
Put your money where your
mouth is |
| ;-) |
Wink |
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