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EMOTICONS AND ACRONYMS
During online communication at times, the people may not be face to face with
each other. So, facial expressions cannot be conveyed to others. To overcome this
problem, the concept of emoticons was developed. Emoticons represent your facial
expressions. The term emoticon is an abbreviation for emotion icon. They help in
telling your mood to others as well as save typing time.
Some commonly used emoticons are:
Emoticon Used for Emoticon Used for
:) Happy :@ Angry
:( Sad
:I No Expression
=O Surprised
|-) Sleepy
:O Shouting
(-_-)zzz Sleeping
:’( Crying
:D Laughing (=_=) Tired
:)) Very Happy :$ Embarrassed
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The first two emoticons used by their introducer, Scott Fahlman were :-) depicting
a smiling face and :-( depicting a sad face.
Acronyms
Acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name. It may be in
the form of an abbreviation like HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or more than
one letter from some words like COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language).
The use of acronyms became popular with the concept of Short Message Service
or SMS. Acronyms works like shorthand for Internet users as it saves typing time.
Some of the common acronyms used in Internet communication are:
Acronym Meaning Acronym Meaning
LOL Laughing Out Loud F9 Fine
CU See You Pls Please
CUL8R See You Later Gr8 Great
BTW By The Way Abt About
FAQ Frequently asked Questions ASAP As Soon As Possible
K OK 4ever Forever
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