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EMOTICONS AND ACRONYMS
During online communication, 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
:’( Crying (-_-)zzz Sleeping
:D Laughing (=_=) Tired
:)) Very Happy :$ Embarassed
You can also use built-in emoticons for different facial expressions. Some of the emoticons are:
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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 (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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