Computer Abbreviations

[pygmalion]

Okay. I admit it. I'm computer illiterate! Here are the only electronic abbreviations I know:

btw for by the way
lol for laughing out loud

Yup. That's it. The extent of my knowledge. Spell it out for me, you computer whizzes (geeks :lol: ) of the forums. What other cool abbreviations are out there?
And what's the deal with all those colons and parentheses for emotions?
:D

[youngsta]

rotfl - rolling on the floor laughing
rotflmao - rolling on the floor laughing my @-- off
wth - what the hell
cto - check this out

[d nice]

IMO = In My Opinion
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
YMMV = Your Milage May Very
OTOH = On The Other Hand

[Swing Kitten]

brb -- be right back (used in Instant Messaging)

I'm sure there are more but I believe the basics have been covered


Your Milage May Vary? I've never heard that one! :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

FYI = for your information

[dancersdreamland]

cob - close of business (more work related...)

[pygmalion]

Ha! Check out what I found online (google, of course! :D )

Emoticons are ASCII (plain text) graphics. To read these, tilt your head to the left until the dots look like a pair of eyes. (BTW, the noses are optional.)

:-) user is smiling or joking (colon,dash, end parentheses)
:-( user is angry or sad (colon,dash,open parentheses)

:-o user is surprised or scared (colon,dash, lower case o)

:-@ user is screaming or cursing

:-I user is perplexed

:') user's tongue is in user's cheek; or user's nose is out of joint.Context counts for this one.

;-) user is being mischievous or sarcastic (semicolon,dash,close parentheses)

8-) user wears glasses, and is smiling (numeral 8,dash, close parentheses)

:-# Well, shut my mouth!

Note: Cyber regulars frequently include additional clues to denote their frame of mind by enclosing information in brackets. Examples: (giggle),

(smirk), (chuckle),

(shrug), (sigh).

Oddly enough, when I tried to pull down the raw text, the DF software understood and translated some of the emoticons into graphics. Hence the text in bold. Hope that helps! :D

[dancer_of_god]

lol could also be lots of love
(sure it's a bit imature, but hey, so am I at times. I'm only thirteen- give me a break) :!:

[pygmalion]

dancer_of_god,

You, and people like you, are the reason why we struggle so hard to keep this website clean and focused on serious dance. G-d bless you! :D

Please let us know what we can do to support you. I think you're our youngest member. :D Welcome to the forums, again.

Jenn :D

[dancer_of_god]

thanks, jenn. that was very welcoming. I appreciate this site being so clean and stuff, you can't find that very often any more!
this seems to be a great place to just talk about the stuff none of my friends can relate to very well, cause they don't know what it's like to be able to dance. (and not dirty dancing at school dances, might I add)

THANKS SO MUCH, Chelsey

[MissAlyssa]

g2g= got to go
ttyl= talk to you later

[Swing Kitten]

TMI = too much information (which happens all too frequently ;) )

[Sarah]

IANA<L/D> (I am not a <lawyer/doctor>), NDIPOOTV, (nor do I play one on TV), but AFAIK (as far as I know) and FWIW (for what its worth) abbreviations can save a lot of time. HTH (hope this helps)
;-)
Cheers
Sarah

[dancersdreamland]

ttfn - ta ta for now (Tigger from Disney's Winnie the Pooh)

[pygmalion]

I found this long, long list of chat room/email smilies. Enjoy.

http://www.free-chat-rooms-free-chat-rooms.com/icons.html

[dancersdreamland]

People have WAY too much free time to dream up that many different emoticons...it's sheer silliness...I LOVE it! :D :wink:

[pygmalion]

Okay. Here's that older thread, to help decode some of the acronyms, Purr. 8)

[Purr]

Okay. Here's that older thread, to help decode some of the acronyms, Purr. 8)

Aha! I knew when I saw this thread it was for my benefit! :wink:

Thank you! 8)