Acronyms 
                         and Shorthand

Known as Chat Acronyms and E-mail Shorthand, these "abbreviations"
are also used in Newsgroup Postings and IRC.

Acronyms have always been an integral part of computer culture and
now they are popular on the Internet to represent common phrases
that people say to one another. Part of the reason they are used
so much is because it's quicker and easier to type out a few
letters, rather than typing out the full expression. They're also
fun, but some can be naughty so watch out! To find out the meaning
of a certain acronym, scroll down and look at its corresponding
phrase below.

BTW: If you ever see someone TYPING AN ENTIRE SENTENCE IN ALL
CAPITAL LETTERS that means SHOUTING! It is not proper netiquette
to TYPE IN ALL CAPS (even in e-mail), in fact, it's annoying. if
you're in a hurry (or want to do what many people online already
do), then type in all lower case, unless you want to imply that
YOU ARE SHOUTING!

Here's a selection of acronyms: 

2B or not 2B To Be Or Not To Be
4ever Forever
A/S/L Age/Sex/Location
AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
AISI As I See It
AKA Also Known As
AMBW All My Best Wishes
ASAP As Soon As Possible
AYSOS Are You Stupid Or Something
B4 Before
B4N Bye For Now
BBFBBM Body By Fisher, Brains by Mattel
BBIAB Be Back In A Bit
BCNU Be Seein' You
BFN Bye For Now
BIF Basis In Fact
BM Byte Me
BS Big Smile
BTDT Been There Done That
BTW By The Way
BTWBO Be There With Bells On
BWDIK But What Do I Know?
CID Consider It Done
CIO Check It Out
CIS CompuServe Information Service
CSL Can't Stop Laughing
CUL8R See You Later
CWYL Chat With You Later
DBEYR Don't Believe Everything You Read
EG Evil Grin
EOM End Of Message
ESO Equipment Smarter than Operator
FTL Faster Than Light
FYA For Your Amusement
FYI For Your Information
FYM For Your Misinformation
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
GL Good Luck
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GR8 Great
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off
MYOB Mind Your Own Business
NMP Not My Problem
POV Point of View
TIC Tongue In Cheek
WAI What An Idiot
YYSSW Yeah Yeah Sure Sure Whatever





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