Abbreviations.

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afaik	As Far As I Know
afk	Away From Keyboard
asap	As Soon As Possible
atm	At The Moment - self explanatory
brb	Be Right Back
bbs	Be Back Soon (or Bulleti n Board Service).
bbl	Be Back Later
bbml	Be Back Much Later
bbiab	be Back in a Bit
bf,gf	Boy or Girl Friend - if you need explanation, seek help quickly!
blrq	BLadder ReQuest
btw	By The Way
cmc	Coke Machine Calls. Really an acromyn meaning going to get some form of caffeine. (The staple diet of spods)
eb's	An expression meaning Raises an eyebrow at. Usually followed by person's name. C an also be linked with <L>, <R> or <B> to mean left right, or both
fohcl	Falls Off His(or Her) Chair Laughing - like ROTFL
fohcis	Falls Off His(or Her) Chair In Surprise - shocked, basically
fyi	For Your Information
fdl	Falls Down Laughing
gmta	Great Minds Think Alike
gif	Graphics Interchange Format. A way of storing digitised pictures.
gol	Giggles Out Loud
irc	Internet Re lay Chat.
irl/rl	In Real Life/Real Life - you know, that silly bit when you're not going bug-eyed in front of a monitor.
ivl/vl	In Virtual Life/Virtual Life - that life which you have on the net.
im(h)o	In My ( Humble) Opinion
kb	Keyboard
lol	Loughs Out Loud
otoh	On The Other Hand
ppl	PeoPLe
rotfl	Rolls On The Floor Laughing - this means the person thought something be very funny.
rit fl	Rolls In The Floor Laughing - originally a typo but now means that the person thought something to be extremely funny.
rsn	Real Soon Now - at some time in the future.
runifoc	aRe yoU Naked In Front Of Computer?.
s u	Super User - the users who are responsible for keeping order, making people resident, and helping you newbies.
typo	TYPOgraphical error - someone hit the wrong key or summat
tiff	Tagged Image File Format, another way of storing pictures.
vhlbi	Very Happy Little Bunny Indeed!
w/out	WithOUT

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Note.. Beware of experienced users linking acronyms togther, as in:
rotflol = Rolls On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
So if you see anything that you don't recognise, see if it can be made up ofother, smaller acronyms...

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