Communications Codes

Use the following acronyms and emoticons to keep your online messages and chat concise and clear.

 EMOTICONS

AAMOF As a matter of fact

 J Smile

AKF Away from keyboard

 ;-) Wink

BBFN  Bye bye for now

 L Frown

BTW By the way

 :-> Sarcastic

CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong.

 >:-> Devilish

EOL End of lecture

:'-) Happy and crying

IAC In any case

 :'-( Crying

IMHO In my humble opinion

 :-& Tongue tied

LJBF Let's just be friends

 :-\ Undecided

LOL Laughing out loud

:-c Bummed out

OIC Oh, I see

 :-o Surprised

OTOH On the other hand

 >:-< Mad

TIC Tongue in cheek

 :-O Uh-oh

TTFN Ta ta for now

<:-l Dunce

TYVM  Thank you very much

 :-* Oops

<G> Grinning

 :-D Big Smile

<S> Smiling

<L> Laughing

<J> Joking

These are just a few of the more, commonly used acronyms and emoticons. If you run across any new ones, please share them with me.  Happy chatting and e-mailing.  Print this so you'll have a great reference!!