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Herp Care CollectionLast updated December 18, 2009

Emoticons and Abbreviations

(Smileys)How to make sense of the bizarre spelling and punctuation you sometimes seeonline.

Compiled and occasionally written by Melissa Kaplan, 1995

While the medium is great, the message is sometimes missed. Jokes are takenseriously, sarcasm read where none was meant, etc. For those of you not already

familiar with the host of smileys (also called emoticons) and abbreviationscommonly encountered in posts, chats and email, here they are.

Slang, Smileys & Abbreviation, & Glossary Resources atAnapsid.org:

General Smileys

Celebrity Smileys

Abbreviations used in Email & Posts

Internet Abbreviations, Terms, and Acronyms

Herp & Related Biology & Reproductive TermsGlossaries

Lyme & Tickborne Diseases Glossary

Additional Slang & Abbreviation Translation Resources onthe 'Net

General SmileysIf you are having trouble reading the smileys, just tilt your head tothe left!

:) or :-) Smile

^-^ Delighted; happy face

O:) or O:-) Smiling angel

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Celebrity Smileys

:D or :-D Big, toothy smile

}:> or }:-> Devilish smile

:X or :-X Lips are sealed

;) or ;-) Wink

:( or :-( Frown

:C or :-C Big frown / Grumpy

:'( or :'-( Crying

:-/ Sarcasm

:> or :-> Big grin

:p or :-p Sticking out tongue

:* or :-* Kiss

:o or :-o Surprise; outcry

:O or :-O Scream

:V or :-V Talking; yakking

8) or 8-) Smiley with glasses; author wears glasses

|:o Ooooohhh noooooo!

O_O Shocked; surprised; bug face

O_o Confused face


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Abbreviations Used In Email and PostsAbbreviations are usually typed in all capital letters, but may be typed inlower case in a hurry or when using the Shift or Caps Lock key is difficult forthe typist.

*^(:') Frosty the Snowman

\8-] F.D.R.

7:-) Ronald Regan

/:-) Gumby

@@@@@@:) Marge Simpson

=):-)= Abe Lincoln

[8-] Frankenstein

===:-D Don King

%^>( Picasso cube-i-con

+-(:-) The Pope

:-)X Senator Paul Simon

AAMOF as a matter of fact

ADN any day now

AFAIA as far as I'm aware

AFAIC as far as I'm concerned

AFAIK as far as I know

AFK away from keyboard

ASAP as soon as possible

ATSL along the same line

AS another subject

BAK back at keyboard

BBD basically brain dead

BBL be back later

BCNU be seeing you




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Internet Abbreviations and AcronymsThe following TLAs (three letter acronyms; three-letter abbreviations) you willsee used in correspondence, online guides, search engines, and just aboutanyplace that people are talking or writing about the Internet.

AIM AOL Instant Messenger. Instant messaging for those whodon't have an AOL account, this instant messenger allowsyou to use the same program to talk with other AIM usersand your friends on AOL.

Bandwidth While the Internet - newsgroups, web browsing and email -seem free and (usually) magically fast to us, in fact it takesquite a bit to move every bit of code from one computer toanother. The busier or more crowded with code thesystems are, the slower the transmission speed. Theslower the speed, the longer it takes to get information, andthe Information Superhighway becomes like trying to driveon a dusty, dirt road pitted with potholes and littered withbroken glass at midnight. S l o w. Since many people haveto pay for every minute that they are online, or have verylimited online time every month, it can get very expensivewaiting for files and mail to be retrieved. Doing things thatincreases the amount of code without providing any more

informaiton (like superhuge graphics files, copying the lastfive letters or posts -in full- in your email, using lots of cuteanimated and static graphic doodads at your site) quiteliterally, for most people, is a waste of bandwidth.

Email Electronic mail: mail sent over the internet or within aservice provider to other members of that provider.

EmailDiscussionList (EDL)

Discussion group based on a particular subject (e.g.IguanaMail, POGONA). Unlike newsgroups, one mustactively subscribe to an email list to join. For furtherinformation, please see the Email Discussion Lists article.

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions: a document, usually storedonline at a website, that answers frequently askedquestions about a particular subject. There are FAQs onanimal care, as well as FAQs for newsgroups, email lists,etc. When you join an email list, the Welcome letter you getis a sort of FAQ.

ICQ "I Seek You" ICQ: a program you can use to send instant




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messages or chat with others who also have ICQaccounts.

InstantMessage

Instant messages can be sent between AOL members.Now, people who don't hae AOL accounts can download(free) AOL Instant Messengerand communicate instantly

with anyone who has AIM and your friends on AOL.IRC Internet Relay Chat: software to access the various internet

chat rooms

ISP Internet Service Provider: a company the provides,generally for a monthly fee, email accounts and access tothe World Wide Web and newsgroups. Companies likeAOL and Compuserve are commercial service providers.

Newbie Newcomer: new to the Internet; new to the subject (e.g., anew iguana owner). Newbies are easily recognized inEDLs and newsgroups because they post the most basicof questions, showing that they haven't taken the time to dosome background research on their own. Questions like, "I

just got a dog. How do I take care of it?" is a goodexample, as are questions like, "Tell me everything there isto know about -------!" While many people are patient withnewbies, remembering what it was like when they werenew, many are not. You can put some mileage on yournewbie outfit by doing some research first, before postingsuch questions. Every Welcome letter to an EDL andnewsgroup FAQ has links to websites where you will findnformation to answer your initial questions, and often links

to more advanced information, too. That way, you can postspecific questions that will, er, net you more helpful,productive responses. For more information, see The Art ofGetting Help, part of my Researching Herp Informationarticle.

NewsgroupUsegroup

The original Internet forums where people can postquestions, answers and comments on a wide variety ofsubject. There are over 40,000 groups, sorted by subject(e.g., the group called rec.pets.herp is in Recreation,subcategory Pets, subcategory Herps). There are rules ofconducts and FAQs for most groups. You can use yournewsgroup software (often included with your emailsoftware or your web browser software) to get a full list ofgroups, or you can look for them through a search engine'slisting of groups, such as Yahoo's.

Signal:Noise Signal-to-Noise Ratio: :"Signal" means information. "Noise"is just chatter than eats up bandwidth, can be veryannoying if it goes on too long, and literally costs peoplemoney if they have to pay to retrieve email, newsgroups




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what is out there and being used, and new ones come into common usage as timegoes on. This compilation isn't meant to be the respository of every singleabbreviation out there, just ones most people find most useful or are likely to comeacross. For more abbreviations and slang used in email, chats, IMs and textmessaging, check out the following sites:

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and archived digests that contain more noise than signal. Ifyou really need to show support for someone's statementor position and want to post an "attagirl!" or "Yeah! I agreecompletely!" type post, don't. Instead of posting it wherethousands of people are going to be annoyed at you forwasting their time, email it privately to the individual.

Troll A person who posts to a list or newsgroup with the soleintention of starting an argument or inflaming the group.Most email lists will terminate a person who trolls morethan once.

URL Universal Resource Locator: the unique address for eachwebpage (e.g., www.latimes.com is the URL for the LosAngeles Times web site).

WWW World Wide Web: an inclusive term sometimes used torefer to websites in general, or more broadly used to

encompass websites, email and newsgroups, and otherforms of instant electronic communications over theInternet using personal computers.

X-posting Cross-posting to more than one email list or newsgroup.this is generally frowned upon as the responses are also x-posted to all groups and generally are wildly off-topic andstart ticking a whole lot of people off.

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