| Working with Email |
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College Last Updated: 02–Sep–01 |
Email is mostly for quick messages and should not replace more formal correspondence. To speed up the composing process, many abbreviations have been adopted. The following lists1 are Common Abbreviations which are acronyms for common phrases and Emoticons which are symbols representing emotions.
| ADN | Any Day Now | GIWIST | Gee, I Wish I’d Said That | |||
| AFAIK | As Far As I know | GMTA | Great Minds Think Alike | |||
| B4N | Bye for Now | IAC | In Any Case | |||
| BBS | Bulletin Board System | IC | I See | |||
| BL | Belly Laughing! | IDTT | I’ll Drink To That | |||
| BTA | But Then Again | IME | In My Experience | |||
| BTDT | Been There, Done That | IMO | In My Opinion | |||
| BTW | By The Way | IMHO | In My Humble Opinion | |||
| CUL | See You Later | IOW | In Other Words | |||
| CUL8R | See You Later | IRL | In Real Life | |||
| DTP | Desktop Publishing | JIC | Just In Case | |||
| F2F | Face to Face | LOL | Laughing Out Loud | |||
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions | OTOH | On The Other Hand | |||
| FB | Flame Bait | ::POOF:: | I’m gone | |||
| FLAME OFF | Off limits for flaming | POV | Point Of View | |||
| FLAME ON | Normal flaming rules restored | PTB | Powers That Be | |||
| FUD | Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt | RE | Regarding | |||
| FWIW | For What It’s Worth | SYSOP | System Operator | |||
| FYI | For Your Information | TAFN | That’s All For Now | |||
| <G> | Grin | TIA | Thanks In Advance | |||
| GAL | Get A Life | TNTL | TRying Not To Laugh | |||
| GIGO | Garbage In, Garbage Out | WRT | With Regard To |
| Positive Emoticons | ||
| :-) | The original smiley, conveys friendliness or kidding | |
| :-> | A surprised smiley | |
| :-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 | |
| >:-| | Frowning | |
| >:-< | Frowning and very angry | |
| :-< | Dejected | |
| :-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 | |