Emoticons and abbreviations

Below you'll find a list of commonly-used emoticons, followed by acronyms and abbreviations. Feel free to use them in your messages on the discussion boards.
 
Emoticons
 
Words on a page can sometimes be hard to interpret. Is the person who wrote them joking or serious? Are they giving me a playful dig in the ribs, or asking a serious question? Emoticons can help by adding expression or 'emotion' to the words. Just look at each symbol sideways to see the face...
 
:-) happy
:-( sad
;-) joking
>:-( angry
:-/ puzzled or sceptical
B-) cool
:-x not telling
:-o shocked
0:-) innocent
>:-) devilish
:-P mischievous
:-D really happy (or smirking)
:-* kiss
:*-( crying
<:-) dunce
:-| no comment or not getting involved
{{{ }}} hug (insert name of person being hugged in the middle)
 
Acronyms & abbreviations
 
Ever wondered what on earth people are on about when their messages are sprinkled with IMHO, FYI or ROTFLMAO? Here's a short list of some of the most popular Internet abbreviations. Many of them are now also used in text messaging...
 
AFAIC as far as I'm concerned
AFAIK as far as I know
ATM at the moment
BTW by the way
FAQ frequently asked questions
FWIW for what it's worth
FYI for your information
GD&R grinning, ducking & running
IANAL I am not a lawyer (standard disclaimer)
IIRC if I recall correctly
IME in my experience
IMHO in my humble opinion
IMO in my opinion
IOW in other words
IRL in real life
J/K just kidding
LOL laughing out loud
OIC oh I see
OP opening post (referring to the first message in a thread)
OTOH on the other hand
ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO rolling on the floor laughing my a** off
WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
YMMV your mileage may vary