27 What the heck does BGSB or GGGHD mean? (Alt.Tv.Xena) General Acronyms & Emoticons
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This article is from the Xena: Warrior Princess FAQ, by Paul Hilling p.hilling@bigfoot.com with numerous contributions by others.
27 What the heck does BGSB or GGGHD mean? (Alt.Tv.Xena) General Acronyms & Emoticons
AFAIK As Far As I Know
BTW By The Way
C/P Cross-Post (post to multiple newsgroups)
EP Episode (of a TV show)
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (and answers to same)
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information
HTH Hope This/That Helps
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSO In My Not-So-Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
ISP Internet Service Provider
J/K Just Kidding
LART Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool (a.k.a. baseball bat)
LMK Let Me Know
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LTNS Long Time No See
KEWL Cool (as in "fashionable")
NG Newsgroup
OOC Out Of Character
OTOH On The Other Hand
POV Point Of View
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing (variation: ROFL)
ROTFLMAO " My Ass Off; may also be LAG (Laughing And Groaning)
"CRSSARBP " Cracking Ribs, Splitting Sides, And Raising Blood
Pressure
"SHISTC " So Hard I Scared The Cat (variations: F=ferret,
P=poodles)
"SHISTEPOC " So Hard I Scared The Entire Population Of California
RPG Role-Playing Game
SWAG Sealed With A Grin
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TPTB The Powers That Be (in this context, producers and
other bigwigs)
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIIC The Idiot(s) In charge (or control)
TTYL Talk To You (or y'all) Later
TV Television
URL Uniform Resource Locator
(Internet address, eg. www.yahoo.com or
www.xenafan.com)
XO Executive Officer (2nd in command)
:) Smile
:-) Smile
:-} Crooked Smile
;) Wink (same variants as above)
:p "Bronx cheer" a.k.a. "Raspberry" (an impolite sound
effect)
<g> Grin
<eg> Evil Grin
<beg> Big Evil Grin
<bwg> Big Wide Grin (?)
<vbeg> Very Big Evil Grin
8<----- Clip and save (scissors and a dotted line)
:: Used to indicate an action, eg. ::sob::
_ Used to indicate they are _underlined_
* Used for emphasis, eg. That's how *I* feel.
UPPERCASE Used for emphasis or shouting, eg. NOOO!! It CAN'T be
true!
Parts (c) Copyright 1998 by Amy W. Thompson, used with
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