acronyms

[GLedwig]

I'm about a year old to the internet world and I've come across some acronyms (BTW,LOL, etc. ) that I can't figure out. I'd like all of the acronyms and meanings that any of ya'll might know. Thanks.

 

[rich m]

lol--"laughing out loud"
lmao-" " my 'mule' off"
roflmao same as above, while "rolling on floor"
BOMB--for stock truck: "bring on modifications, baby!"---if not stock "better off modified, baby"
btw---by the way
ammv--actual mileage may vary
jmho --just my humble opinion
imho---in my humble opinion
ihmc---i hate my computer (that's just mine #ad
)
there's others;;;;

in case no-one's said so:"welcome to the TDR"
TDR--tubodieselregister or Truck Driving Rednecks

 

[illflem]

Here's more than you need to know

 

[Bryan Brenneman]

And incase you need to know some smileys... . <hr>
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The standard smiley


The short standard smiley

Short wink

Short unhappy

:* Short kiss

ouch

:0 Short shut up

:O Short big mouth

Short sticking tongue out


:`-( crying

=] Bill Clinton

=*0 Felix the Cat

#+= Betty Boop

$-) Alex P. Keaton (from "Family Ties")

also won big at Las Vegas

won the lottery

yuppie

-( always should wear safety glasses, especially in the laser
burn-in room [entropy@fluke. UUCP]

!-( black eye

!-| "I-am-a-Cylon-Centurian-with-one-red-eye-bouncing
back-and-forth. " [The Grey Wolf]

!. 'v (profile) flat top

!|:-( ) being brained by a baseball bat [David J. Rood]

#(,'%/) slept too long on one side and didn't have time to wash
hair [David J. Rood]

#-) partied all night

# for people whose hair is in a mess, like mine
[Richard Treitel,<CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

#:-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
[Lynn Gold, figmo@lll-crg]

%') after drinking a fifth for lunch

%*} very drunk [jeanette@randvax]

%+{ lost a fight

%-( confusion [Bob Peirce]

%-(I) laughing out loud

%-) after staring at the terminal for 36 hours

also broken glasses

cross-eyed

drunk with laughter

long bangs

happily perplexed

%-6 braindead

%-I> drunk with laughter

%-\ hungover

%-^ Picasso

%-{ sad variation

%-| been working all night

%-} humor variation

%-~ Picasso

%\v Picasso

&-| tearful

&. (. . crying

& curly hair

'-) one eyed man

' one eyebrow

'~;E unspecified 4-legged critter

( unhappy Cheshire cat [David J. Rood]

(!) reference to non-Vanderbilt SEC football
[David J. Rood]

($) speculation on why Vanderbilt is in the SEC
[David J. Rood]

() reference to football [David J. Rood]

(,'%/) slept too long on one side [David J. Rood]

(-. -)Zzz... sleeping [Kei Okano]

(-: Australian

(-: Siamese twins

(-E: wearing bifocals [jeanette@randvax]

(-_-) secret smile

(-o-) Imperial Tie Fighter ("Star Wars")

(00) mooning you

( wears glasses

(8-o Mr. Bill

(8-{)} glasses, moustache and a beard

(=| wearing a ghost costume

)-) likes to scuba dive

+) big nose

- unsmiley frowning

-# wearing braces

-$ ill

-& angry

-( frowning

-) big-face

also no hair

wearing bicycle helmet

-... heart-broken

-I egghead

-\ VERY sad

-{~ bearded

-|K- formally attired

<) blabber mouth

=) TWO noses (?)

>-< thief: hands up!

I egghead

^( broken nose

(@ @) You're kidding!

(H f Robocop in a hydraulic press [David J. Rood]

(O--< fishy

(V)=| pacman champion

(X0| |) double hamburger with lettuce and tomato
[David J. Rood]

([( Robocop

(^^)y-~~~ smoking [Kei Okano]

(x) reference to Vanderbilt football [David J. Rood]

(|-| F Robocop [David J. Rood]

(}-8] left-handed bearded smiley with glasses and headphones
[Dave Straker]

) scuba smiley big-face

):-( unsmiley big-face

) smiley big-face

*!#*!^*& a schizophrenic

** for winter sports generally
[Richard Treitel, <CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

**-( too many shocks [David J. Rood]

*-( Cyclops got poked in the eye

*-) shot dead

* Beaker (the Muppet lab assistant) [James Cameron]

*:* fuzzy

*:** fuzzy with a fuzzy mustache

*) Bozo the Clown

*<. 'v (profile) wearing snow cap

*<X party outfit with hat and bow-tie [Andrew Williams]
*< Santa Claus

*<| Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)

*<|) Santa Claus (again)

*L* blotto

*| for oh what a beautiful sunset
[Richard Treitel, <CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

+--) the Pope

+- priest

+ another priest

+<. 'v (profile) knight

+< "Peace be upon you, my children... "
[Ben Cranston, zben@umd2]

+<:-| monk/nun

+<| |-) knight

+O the Pope

,-) one eye ... and winking

,-} wry and winking

,. 'v (profile) has short hair

, David Ogden Stiers' toupee [David J. Rood]

- Helen Keller

- @= messages about nuclear war

- -:-( punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile)
(alternate version)

- - punk rocker (alternate version)

-) Jose Feliciano

---... SOS (variant)

---... --- SOS (really OSO, but retained anyway)

-/- stirring up trouble [James Blustein]

- has mohawk [soania@ac. dal. ca]

-:-( punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile)

- has mohawk

-= a doused candle (to end a flame)

-=# wizard

->- for airline tickets going cheap
[Richard Treitel, <CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

->=X Zippy the Pinhead [Dyon Anniballi, dyon@batcomputer]
'! (profile) grim

'" (profile) pursing lips

'J (profile) smiling

'P (profile) sticking tongue out

'T (profile) keeping a straight face

'U (profile) yawning

'V (profile) shouting

'Y (profile) whistling

'\ (profile) frowning

'r (profile) sticking tongue out

'v (profile) talking

'w (profile) speaking with forked ton

/8^{~ hair line, glasses, moustache, and goatee [James Revell]
/:-| Mr. Spock

/;-) has one big thick cockeyed eyebrow [jeanette@randvax]
/\ for camping and backpacking
[Richard Treitel, <CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

0-( scuba diver with a broken mask

0-) Cyclops

also scuba diver

0 angel [ins_ajpo@jhunix. UUCP]

2B|^2B message about Shakespeare

3 Bart Simpson [Liron Lightwood]

3:*> Rudolph the reindeer

3:-o cow

3:[ mean pet smiley

3:] pet smiley

3[ net. pets

4 George Washington

5 Elvis Presley

6\/) elephant

7 Ronald Reagan

7 Fred Flintstone

7:^] Ronald Reagan

8 infinity

8 wizard

8 :-I net. unix-wizards

8-) Mousketeer

8) frog

8*) glasses and a moustache [ins_ajpo@jhunix. UUCP]

8-# death

"I was the second gunman" [RICHH]

also excited

glasses

sunglasses

swimmer

wide-eyed look [figmo@lll-crg. ARpA]

8-* just ate a hot pepper

8-O "Omigod!!" (done after "rm -rf *" ?)

8-O --* just before doubling over with pain [David Gundlach]
8-P reaction to College Cafeteria Coffee [The Grey Wolf]

8-S sees all evil [David J. Rood]

8-] "wow, maaan"

8-o Mr. Bill

8-| eyes wide with surprise

8 pig [The Grey Wolf]

8 glasses on forehead

also little girl

8:] gorilla

8= chef

8P bullfrog in mating season

8^ chicken [jeanette@randvax]

8_) don't get your nose out of joint [Andrew Williams]

8b bullfrog in mating season

: ) leper

:###) Jimmy Durante

:$) Donald Trump

:%) an accountant

:%)% has acne

:'( crying [Bob Peirce]

:'-( crying

:'-) crying with happiness

:'O Bob Hope [Charles J. Lord]

:'} Richard Nixon [Charles J. Lord]

frowning [Bob Peirce]

also sad

=) Jimmy Carter [Jon Stewart-Taylor]

Cheshire cat smile

also happy

midget smiley

salamander

:* kisses

:*) Ed McMahon

also drunk

:+( punched nose, hurt

:+) Carl Friedrich Gauss

:,( crying

:- male

also prolog programmer [Jeff Winslow, jeffw@midas. UUCP]
:-! bland face

:-" heavy smoker

also pursing lips

:-# braces

also mouth zipped

my lips are sealed

punched in the mouth

:-#| bushy mustache

:-$ mouth wired shut

also sellout (does NOT rhyme with zealot!) [David J. Rood]
uncertainty

:-% banker

also bearded

smiley banker

talking out of both sides of mouth

:-& tongue-tied

:-' smoker

:-'| has a cold

:-( Drama

also boo hoo

frowning

has read too many 'smiley' articles

mad

sad

sad face, 'that comment makes me sad (mad)'

un-smiley

:-( ) You backed your car over my toe

:-( :-( :-( :-! Taylor Caldwell [David J. Rood]

:-() I stubbed my toe

:-(*) sick of netnews articles, about to vomit

:-(0) yelling

:-(=) big teeth

:-(>~ "I just washed my goatee, and I can't do nuthin' with it. "
[David J. Rood]
:-(O) yelling

Comedy

also Your basic smiley. This smiley is used to inflect a
sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice
inflection over Unix.

ha ha

happy

humorous

smiley standard

smiling

the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article
means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh'
, outie belly button

. innie belly button

8 Dolly Parton

)-: masking theatrical comments

... :-( ... ... :-( ... manic depressive

:-( :-| :-? Edgar Cayce [David J. Rood]

loud guffaw

Shirley MacLaine [David J. Rood]

!!! Sam Kinnison

' drooling

) double chin

)) very overweight

* speaks Esperanto [Jon Stewart-Taylor]

-- 98-pound weakling

-O smiling doctor with stethoscope

8 man with bowtie

== Arnold Schwarzenegger

X wearing a bowtie

} has goatee/beard

~ drooling

:-* Oops!

:-, "Hmmmm. "

also smirking

:--) Jamie Farr (Klinger from M*A*S*H)

:------------) big liar

:-. ) Madonna [Jayanth N. Anantharaman]

also Marilyn Monroe [Jayanth N. Anantharaman]

:-/ undecided

:-0 No Yelling! (Quiet Lab)

also orator

user can't find shift key

:-1 bland face

:-6 after eating something sour

:-7 smiley after a wry statement

also smokes a pipe

talking out of side of mouth

wry face

:-8 talking out both sides of your mouth

:-8( condescending stare

:-9 licking its lips

:-: mutant

also toothless

:-< frowning

also moustache

real sad

real sad smiley

:-> biting sarcastic face

also deformed lips

happy

hey hey

yet another smiley

:->X==| smiley formalware [Peter da Silva]

:-? smiley smoking a pipe

also tongue in cheek [Ross Johnson]

:-@ beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.
also extremely angry

screaming

swearing

:-B drooling

:-C just totally unbelieving

also really bummed out

:-D big smile

also laughing (at you!)

said with a smile

talking too much

wider happy face [figmo@lll-crg. ARpA]

:-E bucktoothed vampire

also has major dental problems

:-F bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing

:-G- smoking cigarettes

:-I hmm

also indifferent

thinking

:-J tongue-in-cheek comments

:-M speaking no evil

:-O Mr. Bill

also Wow!

birth

ohh, big mouth, Mick Jagger

uh oh

yelling [Bob Peirce]

:-O>-o smiley American tourist (note big mouth and camera)

Nyahhhh!

also has a secret to tell you

nyah nyah

sticking out tongue

telling secrets

tongue hanging out in anticipation

:-Q smoker

:-Q~ smoking

:-R has the flu

:-S just made an incoherent statement

:-T keeping a straight face

:-V shouting

:-W speak with forked tongue

:-X A big wet kiss!

also bow tie

my lips are sealed

:-Y a quiet aside

:-[ biting criticism

also blockhead

pouting

sarcastic

un-smiley blockhead

vampire

:-\ Popeye

also undecided smiley

:-] biting sarcasm

also biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is
intended, since we cannot inflect our voice over the net

blockhead

sarcastic

smiley blockhead

:-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco

:-a lefty smiley touching tongue to nose

:-b left-pointing tongue
:-bill Zydeco Bill, with harmonica in mouth and washboard on chest
[Bill Shirley]
:-c bummed out

:-d lefty smiley razzing you

:-d~ smokes heavily

:-e disappointed

:-f sticking tongue out

:-i semi-smiley

:-j left smiling smiley

:-k beats me, looks like something, though

:-l yet another smiley

:-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) [figmo@lll-crg. ARpA]

also "Oh, the humanity!" [RICHH]

Mr. Bill

Uh oh!

Wow!

shocked

singing national anthem

smiley singing national anthem

surprise

yawn

smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)

~ smokes heavily

:-q smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose

:-r sticking tongue out

:-s after a BIZARRE comment

:-t cross smiley

:-v speaking

:-w speak with forked tongue

:-x "my lips are sealed"

also kiss kiss

not telling any secrets

:-y said with a smile

:-z yet another cross smiley

:-{ mustache

:-{ -__-: after slamming the toilet seat [David Gundlach]

:-{#} messages teasing people about their braces

:-{) moustache

:-{} heavy lipstick

:-{~ has read too many of the toilet paper articles previous to lunch
:-| "have an ordinary day"

also grim

no expression

no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'

:-| :-| deja' vu [David J. Rood]

:-| | angry

:-} beard

fiendish grin [James Blustein]

lipstick

normal smiling face with pretty lips

pretty lips

wears lipstick or some other lip appearance improving device
:-~) has a cold

:/) not funny

:/i no smoking

:3-< dog

:8) pig

: wears glasses

::=)) double vision or needs new shocks [David J. Rood]

:< midget unsmiley

:<() African tribesman

:<) from an Ivy League School

:<)= for those with beards too

:<= walrus

:<| attends an Ivy League school

:= | Baboon

:=) has two noses

:=8) baboon

:> midget smiley

:>) big nose

:?) philosopher

what?

) pig

:C what?

laughter

:I Hmmm, not funny!

sticking out tongue [Bob Peirce]

:Q smoking [Bob Peirce]

also what?

:Q) John Q. Public

:Ui smoking

:Uj smoking (and smiling)

:V woodpecker

:V) woodpecker

:X lips are sealed [Bob Peirce]

:X) hearing no evil

:[ real downer

:] Gleep... a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend
:^( has had his nose put out of joint; useful for replying to flames
:^) 3/4 view of person with elf-type sharp nose [The Grey Wolf]
:^D "Great! I like it!"

:^{ for those with moustaches

:^{)> moustache and beard

:_) after a fight where his nose was smashed in [Brian C. White]

also nose sliding off face

:b sticking out tongue [Bob Peirce]

:c) big nose variant [Po-Jen J. Yang]

:c< big nose variant [Po-Jen J. Yang]

:d stick out your tongue [Andrew R. Millen]

:n) funny-looking right nose

) Stimpy (of Ren & Stimpy) [Tara Lin Dahlkemper]

:q vi user saying, "How do I get out of this **** emacs editor?"
[Mark Baranowski, markb@giga. slc. unisys.com]

:u) funny-looking left nose

:v) left-pointing nose

:{ oh boy, the headmaster!...

:} What should we call these? (what?)

:~( nose put out of joint

:~) Peter Ubberoth

also needs a nosejob

pointy nose (righty)

ugly nose

:~-( crying

:~-) so happy, s/he is crying

:~/ really mixed up

; Cheshire cat with gingivitis [David J. Rood]

;( crying

winking [Bob Peirce]

;-( beaten up

also crying

sad face gets his lights punched out

sad or mad and got beat up

;-) a practical joker who played one too many and got beat up

also just beaten up

could be pirate smiling face??

crying with happiness

getting fresh

sardonic incredulity

smiling face gets his lights punched out

winking

;-? wry tongue in cheek [Ross Johnson]

;-D a friendly, winking, laughing smile [pardo@cs. washington. edu]

;-\ Popeye beaten up

;-| beaten up but silent

;-} leer? (terminal dependent)

; really bad toupee [David J. Rood]

;^? punched out

<&&> message concerning rubber chickens

<*DX clown with bowtie and dunce

<:-( disappointed

also dunce

< dumb questions

<<<| in a space rocket

<:-I dunce

<:-O Eeek!

<:>== a turkey emoticon

<:I dunce

<<<<-) hat salesman

<= for messages about housing in the Snow Belt
[Richard Treitel, <CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

<@:{(>X mustached chinese man with a toupee
(also sporting a goatee and a bowtie)
[Andrew R. Millen]

<I==I) on four wheels

<{} in a bottle

<|-( Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes

<|-(= Chinese and unhappy

<|-) Chinese

<|-)= Chinese

=) variation on a theme...

=-O the Enterprise [David J. Rood]

=-O * * * the Enterprise firing photon torpedoes
[David J. Rood]

=-O~~~ the Enterprise firing phasers [David J. Rood]

=. 'v (profile) has mohawk

=0== Mexican on a railroad!

=8') [Mike Dowell]

=8-> a nerd smiley that's unbearably pleased with itself
[John Hughes]

=:-#} punk rocker with a mustache

=:-( punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile)

= hosehead

=:-H football player

==#== railroad crossings
[Kenneth P. Brooks, <CSD. BROOKS at SU-SCORE>]
===:[OO']>:=== has been railroaded

=====:} snake

=^) [Axl]

=t== Mexican run over by train

=| Abe Lincoln

=|= Abe Lincoln

>%) Wile E. Coyote [David J. Rood]

>-< absolutely livid!!

>-> china man

>-^);> fish

>8o!... Bugs Bunny with carrot [David J. Rood]

> a little devil

>:*) Bozo the Clown

>:-( mad, annoyed

> devil [ins_ajpo@jhunix. UUCP]

>:-< mad

>:-> devilish

>:-I net. startrek

>:-b left-pointing tongue smiley

>:^( headhunter (Amazon style)

>;-) devilish wink [ins_ajpo@jhunix. UUCP]

>;-> winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was
just made.

>< >< about/to someone wearing argyle socks

>>-O-> General Custer

>[I Television

>w nose-thumbing gesture [jeffw@midas. UUCP]

>|( Robocop: "Thank you for your co-operation. "
[Craig P McLaughlin]

>|-> Chinese

?-( about people with a black eye

? single curl of hair [James Blustein]

@%&$%& N. W. A. fan [RICHH]

@%&$%&$\&*@%$#@ you know what that means...

@-( "Ulysses! Bring me Ulysses!" [Ben Cranston, zben@umd2]

@-) Cyclops

also seeing stars [soania@ac. dal. ca]

@. 'v (profile) has curly hair

@ Indian (East)

also wavy hair

wearing a turban

@:I turban

@= mushroom cloud [figmo@lll-crg. ARpA]

@>--->---- a rose

@l@ too many hours at terminal

B) frog wearing sunglasses

B-(8 Sir Robin Day (a British BBC TV presenter, famed for
his grumpy countenance, and who wears glasses
and a bow tie)

B-) Batman

also glasses

horn-rimmed glasses

horn-rims

sunglasses

B-D "Serves you right, dummy!!"

B-| cheap sunglasses

B sunglasses on head

B^) hornrimmed glasses

C:# football player

C large brain capacity

C= Galloping Gourmet

also chef [ins_ajpo@jhunix. UUCP]

C=>8*) devilish chef with glasses and a moustache
[ins_ajpo@jhunix. UUCP]
C=}>;*{)) mega-smiley... a drunk, devilish chef with a
toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin
C=}>;*{O) mega-smiley... a drunk, devilish chef with a toupee
in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin

C|:-= Charlie Chaplin

E- ham radio operator

E-:-I net. ham-radio

EK( Frankenstien

Ic) pygmy with bone in hair [Andrew R. Millen]

K a little kid with a propeller beanie

L just graduated

M-) sees no evil

M-),:X),:-M sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil

M. ^. M nirvana or the failure of a chiropracter [David J. Rood]

M saluting

O the angelic halo look [Andrew Williams]

O an angel (at heart, at least)

O |-) net. religion

O+ appropriate for women's messages, surely?
[Richard Treitel, <CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

O-&-< doing nothing

O-(==< chastised and/or chagrined, or is merely asleep.

O-) Megaton Man, on patrol!
[Matthew P. Wiener, weemba@brahms. BERKELEY. EDU]
also cyclops

scuba diver

O-G-< pointing to self

O-S-< in a hurry

O-Z-< in a big hurry

O acting very innocent (halo)

with halo

O>-<|= of interest to women

OO headlights on msg

P-) Colonel Klink (Hogan's Heroes)

also getting fresh

Q new graduate

R-) broken glasses

X-( just died

[8-{) bearded smiley with glasses and headphones [Dave Straker]
[ listening to walkman

[:-] square head

[:] robot

[:|] robot (or other AI project)

[= for messages about housing in Arizona
[Richard Treitel, <CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

[] hugs

\. ^. / lotus position, seen from above [David J. Rood]

\/\/\/\,8-O really should fix frayed line cord on terminal

\ french hat

\:^) gumby smiley

\o/ PTL (praise the lord, or pass the loot?)

] The Devil

]:-> The Devil

^(^ happy variation

^)^ ^(^ two people talking

^L^ happy

^v^v^ mountains
[Kenneth P. Brooks, <CSD. BROOKS at SU-SCORE>]
_:^) American Indian

_\\// Vulcan salute

__! enough for now [David J. Rood]

__. properly chastised and/or chagrined, or is merely asleep

__/~`-'~\_/ line of thought isn't quite a line

__Q~`__ cat

_______ Wile E. Coyote under rock [David J. Rood]

also a He-Ne laser line [David J. Rood]

student EEG on Saturday night [David J. Rood]

`-_-' Have you hugged your wolf today? [Peter da Silva]

` shaved his right eyebrow off this morning

`^J smiley [Carl Pettypiece]

d :-o hats off to your great idea

d. 'v (profile) wearing hard hat

d8= Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat

d baseball player

g-) wearing pince-nez glasses

i-=<*** __. CAUTION: has flame thrower and uses it!

i-=<****** o-(==< CAUTION: has flame thrower and uses it!
i-=<***i CAUTION: has flame thrower

o-) Cyclops

o-<:-{{{ santa [rayan@utai. uucp]

o/ raised hand

o= a burning candle (for flames)

oO*** Santa Claus [Ann Finley]

oo somebody's head-lights are on

oo- puzzled, confused

pp# cow

pq`#' bull

q wearing baseball cap backwards

r wearing ponytail [guru]

y bad toupee [David J. Rood]

{ Alfred Hitchcock

also a psycho [RICHH]

{ Marge Simpson [Liron Lightwood]

{-) wearing toupee

{0-) Cyclops

{8-} grinning mischievously (or just charmingly) [Jeffrey Deutsch]
{ hair parted in the middle

also new hair style

wearing a toupee

{:-{)} new hair style, mustache and beard

{:\/ sounds like a duck

{:^=( Adolph Hitler

{= for messages about housing
[Richard Treitel, <CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

{{-}}} refugee from the '60's

{} 'no comment'

| for bike fleet messages
[Richard Treitel, <CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

|) salamander

|-( asleep with nightmares [ins_ajpo@jhunix. UUCP]

also late at night

yawn [RICHH]

|-) Chinese

also Same as but poster is Oriental [figmo@lll-crg. ARpA]
asleep (boredom)

hee hee

|-<> kissy face

|-D ho ho

|-I sleeping

|-O bored

also yawning/snoring

|-P reaction to unusually ugly C code [The Grey Wolf]

also yuk

|-{ "Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown?)

| heavy eyebrows

|:-O (no explanation given)

|:-| excessively rigid

|:[' Groucho Marx

|I asleep

|^o snoring

| | for messages about cars or other four-wheeled vehicles
[Richard Treitel, <CSL. VER. RJT at SU-SCORE>]

| |*( handshake offered

| |*) handshake accepted

|~( "Someone just busted my nose".

}-( wearing toupee in wind

}-) a wry grin [Howard Chu]

}:-( bull headed

also toupee in an updraft

} hair parted in the middle in an updraft

also wearing toupee in an updraft

}:-< cat

}:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley
with a double-chin
}:~#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached ugly nosed smiley
with a double-chin
~ :-( particularly angry

~#:-( "I just washed my hair, and I can't do nuthin' with it. "
[David J. Rood]
~'v (profile) has long bangs

~:-( net. flame

~= a candle, to annotate flaming messages

~== flame follows (picture of a lit match or candle)
[figmo@lll-crg. ARpA]
~M`'~ camel

~~:-( net. flame

~~\8-O needs to fix frayed cord on terminal

~~~\8-O zapped by frayed cord on terminal

~~~c___ beach
[Kenneth P. Brooks, <CSD. BROOKS at SU-SCORE>]
~~~~8} snake

~~~~~8} snake

~~~~~:> person in a transporter beam [David J. Rood]

~~~~~> photon [David J. Rood]

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[Papa Joe]

SLBTM

Sounds like ... ... to me #ad

 

[Jeff H]

-)

 

[Jeff H]

+ #ad
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Hmmm not

 

[Doc Tinker]

How long did it take Bryan to post that?

 

[Ladders]

He forgot Mickey Mouse. Dont recall the sign, anyone remember it?

o o
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^^


\\BF//

Doc, probably cut/pasted it... ...

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Anyone know what these acronyms stand for?

SCUBA
EPCOT, as in Epcot center
LASER

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Very good illflem #ad

 

[Bryan Brenneman]

Doc, about 3 minutes.
Ben, copy and paste. #ad

Someone say Mickey Mouse?
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[This message has been edited by Bryan Brenneman (edited 03-11-2001). ]

 

[ACoyle]

The only one that I do not seem to have seen a definition for is
\\BF//
-(

 

[RobMitch]

Give this link a try. It will search out a lot of acronyms. http://www.acronymfinder.com/

 

[illflem]

Besides being my initials BF=
From the Acronym Specialists Society (A$$)

Back-Feed
Backflush
Bad Flag
Big Fart
Balance Forward
Base Funded
Basic Frame (NEC)
Basic Function
Battery Feed
Battle Force
Battlefield Function
Beat Frequency
Beginning of (radioactive) Fallout
Belgian Franc (unit of currency)
Best Friend
Bjørnefitte (Norwegian Military Winterhat)
Blind Faith (book by Joe McGinniss and a rock band)
Bloody Fool
Blue Falcon (Dyno-Mutt)
Board Foot

Bold Face
Bombay First
Bomber/Fighter
Bongo Fury
Both Faces
Boyfriend
Branching Filter
Breaker Filter (Nortel)
Breastfeeding/Breastfed
Brought Forward
Bus Fraction (Intel)
But First (Hyper Logo command)
Bypass Filter
the Bahamas



[This message has been edited by illflem (edited 03-10-2001). ]

 

[illflem]

Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Every Person Comes Out Tired ?? #ad


Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

 

[PRout]

How about a "Bottom Feeder"?? j/k #ad
))

 

[The patriot]

Bryan, you've got way too much free time. #ad

At work FUBAR and SNAFU are pretty much the most used. #ad

Eric

 

[illflem]

I was thinking if Bryan kept it up that his keyboard was going to run out of ink #ad

 

[jwgary]

With that nearly exhaustive smiley list, my favorite one was left out.
}:8 Texas Longhorn!

The tourguide at EPCOT also told us that it stands for Every Payday Comes On Thursday.

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