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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                                               No
                                                                     :I
                      =O              Surprised                                         Expression
                      :O              Shouting                       |-)                Sleepy
                      :’(             Crying                         (-_-)zzz           Sleeping
                      :D              Laughing                       (=_=)              Tired
                                      Very
                      :))                                            :$                 Embarassed
                                      Happy

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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
                                                                                      As Soon As
                FAQ             Frequently asked Questions ASAP
                                                                                      Possible
                K               OK                                  4ever             Forever


            You can also use built-in emoticons for different facial expressions. Some of the
            emoticons are:




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