The Internet Newbie Guide

In case you missed the entire point of the smiley faces, here is a small summary of the most commonly used smileys…

:-) : the basic smiley. It smiles…
;-) : the winking smiley
:-( : the sad smiley
:-| : A smiley that goes… Eeerrhhmm?
:-D : laughing smiley
:-O : amazed smiley
:-P : smiley sticking out his tongue, indicates a joke or sarcasm
:-@ : mad, angry smiley
>:-( : angry smiley
>:-) : evil smiley
B-) : sunglasses, cool smiley
|-) : sleeping smiley
:-S : Uhoh..
:-X : can be used in different contexts, ditto as before or my lips are sealed
:-$ : blushing smiley (although I never entirely got this one)
O_o : shocked, amazed, straaaaanngeee, what?
o_O : ditto as before
O_O : ditto as before
>_> : suspecious
<_< : ditto as before
>_< : crap…
-_-‘ : *Sigh*
( o Y o ) : bewbs (I just HAD to do this …)
x_O : Black eye, which you will probably have after using previous smiley at a random woman
;_; : cry
/o/ : cheer right
\o\ : cheer left
o// : clap right
\\o : clap left
)o) : wave right
(o( : wave left
o/> : won! right
<\o : won! left
-o_ _o- -o_ _o- -o_ _o- -o_ _o- : walk like an egyptian
_o_ <o_ _o> <o> <o_ _o> _o_ : macarena
_o/ : wave right
\o_ : wave left
^_^: amused face
^^ : ditto as before

I might as well give you the basics on abbreviations…

LOL : laughing out loud
LMAO : laughing my ass off
ROFLOL : rolling over the floor laughing out loud
ROFLMAO : yes.. well do the math
BRB : be right back
BBL : be back later
IMO : in my opinion
IMHO : in my humble opinion
ASL : age, sex, location?
LTNS : long time no seen
DUNNO : don’t know
*g* : grin
FFS : for f*ck sake
G1 : good one
RTFM : this is one of my personal favourites, which should use more often, it means READ THE F*CKING MANUAL!
IWBAPTAKYAIYSTA: I Will Buy A Plane Ticket And Kick Your Ass If You Say That Again
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious : oh.. wait.. that’s something different..
BBQ : barbecue
PWND : owned, means that you got suckered in
STFU : shut the f*ck up
N00b : newbie, beginner, rookie
*$ : starbucks (I kid you not)
TNX : thanks!
U : you
l8r : later! (some of these things are really retarded :P)
WTF : what the f*ck
WTB : want to buy

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