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Abbreviations and Acronyms

NetLingo offers one of the most comprehensive lists of acronyms.

Correspondence Area of the Primitive Baptist Web Station gives a simple, bare-bones guide to the most common emoticons and acronyms.

The Ultimate Chatlist provides a no-frills but exhaustive list of emoticons.

UselessKnowledge.com combines a brief acronym usage history and glossary with a list of the more commonly used emoticons.

aamof As a matter of fact

Though in cyberspace, the fact could just as well be fiction.

afaik As far as I know

Use when you really don't know, but want to appear as if you do.

Variations: afaic (as far as I'm concerned), afaict (as far as I can tell).

btw By the way

A kissin' cousin to fyi (for your information) and fwiw (for what it's worth).

damhikt Don't ask me how I know this

For those obscure factoids your friends tease you for remembering.

eod End of discussion

Use EOD after the 163,456th chat-room message about the new Star Wars trailer.

hth Hope this (or that) helps

imho In my humble (or honest) opinion

Commonly used to preface unsolicited advice, such as "If I were you, I would dump your no-account girlfriend immediately."

Variations: imnsho (in my not so humble opinion), imco (in my considered opinion).

ianalb I am not a lawyer, but...

As in, "IANALB I play one on TV."

j/k Just kidding

Best used when combined with the :) emoticon.

ot Off topic

A polite way of saying kiss (keep it simple, stupid).

otoh On the other hand

Indicates you were once a member of the high school debate team.

don't forget! UPPER CASE means LOUD, and is sometimes considered RUDE, you may get YELLED at! he he