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Emoticons and Abbreviations
Emoticons and abbreviations are now common ways of overcoming the limitations of electronic communication, and are extensively used within MSN Messenger, Yahoo, ICQ, email, forum postings, etc. Emoticons (Emotion Icons), also known as smileys, are keystrokes used to represent body language when sending a phrase. So in order to try and convey a smile, a laugh or a frown, etc. people use smileys. To properly read a smiley, you have to turn your head 90° to the left...
..so that :-) looks like 
Other smileys are:
| :-) | happy |
| : D | laughing |
| : ( | sad |
| ;-) | winking |
| :-o | surprised |
| :-I | indifferent |
- Smiley - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- smileycentral.com
Some common abbreviations used within electronic communication are:
| ASAP | as soon as possible |
| BTW | by the way |
| CU | see you |
| CUL8TR | see you later |
| CYA | see ya |
| FAQ | frequently asked question |
| FYI | for your information |
| IMHO | in my humble opinion |
| LOL | laughing out loud |
| ROFL | rolling on the floor laughing |
| TTFN | ta ta for now |
| TNX | THNX thanks |