LEARN THE
LINGO!
This page
doesn't really deal with HTML, it's more of a
quick lesson in understanding ''Net Talk''!
If you don't know what LOL means yet, read
on!
Like many of
you, WebTV was really my first experience with
the Internet.
I had been on a computer a
handful of times in my life, but as far as email, chat rooms, and the like, I was a total
babe in the woods!
If you have never been in a chat room before, just seeing all that
''gibberish'' can make you dizzy!
You consider yourself a fairly intelligent person, right? But, the first time you saw ''ROTFLMAO!!!:-)'', did
you kind of scratch your head, & say;
''HUH?''
Well, here is a small ''dictionary'', of some of these weird little thingies, which are called Acronyms & Emoticons.
LOL =
Laugh Out Loud (Which is probably the first one
you will encounter. All that means is, the person laughed about something, or finds something
funny.)
ROTFLMAO = Rolling On The Floor,
Laughing my A$$ Off (Same as above, but even more so!)
ROTFLMFAO = Same as above, but
depending on your viewpoint, the ''F'' could
stand for one of two things- One is the ''F''
word, the other is ''Fat''!
Funny story- I
actually had never heard of the ''Fat''
definition, until a friend of mine on AOL told me about it. When I heard about this other
definition, my reaction was- ''Oh, GREAT! Now,
everyone at Talkcity thinks I have a big
butt!''
And, speaking of funny
stories-
PIMP = Peeing In My Pants
The
first time I saw this acronym in a news group, I
could not help but wonder; ''WHY does everyone
call that funny poster a PIMP? Do they know something I don't know?''
PIMP is
usually used to signify that something is
hysterically
funny!
~~~~~LOL~~~~~
If you ever go into a News or Discussion Group, you will see
even more Acronyms. Here are some of the most
common ones:
IMO =In My
Opinion
IMHO = In My Humble
Opinion
IMNSHO = In My NOT SO Humble
Opinion!
ITA = I Totally Agree
ICAM = I Couldn't Agree More
IDA = I Don't
Agree
ITDA = I Totally Don't
Agree
ICCL = I Couldn't Care
Less
SMILIES
Are
those little ''HappyFaces'', that you can view by tilting your head to the left side. There are
several variations, & some people have developed
their own ''signature'' smilie! The most common
one is usually this:
:-)
Some
people use different ''noses'':
:>)
:^)
:@)
Or, different ''eyes'':
8-)
;-)
This one's winking at you!
Some add a ''moustache''!
:-{)
Or, even ''hair''!
{:-)
There are many different kinds- but, they are all ''smilies''!
But, what if you don't feel like smiling? Just turn that smile upside down, like this:
:-(
Sad
>:-(
Angry
That's all, for now! ;-)
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