| AFAIAC | as far as I am concerned |
| AFAIK | as far as I know |
| BCNU | be seeing you |
| BTW | by the way |
| BYE? | are you ready to unlink? (this is the standard way to end a
talk-mode conversation; the other person types
BYE
to confirm, or else continues the conversation) |
| CUL | see you later |
| ENQ? | are you busy? (expects ACK
or NAK in return) |
| FOO? | are you there? (often used on unexpected links, meaning also
“Sorry if I butted in &ellipsis;” (linker) or
“What's up?” (linkee)) |
| FWIW | for what it's worth |
| FYI | for your information |
| FYA | for your amusement |
| GA | go ahead (used when two people have tried to type
simultaneously; this cedes the right to type to the other) |
| GRMBL | grumble (expresses disquiet or disagreement) |
| HELLOP | hello? (an instance of the ‘-P’ convention) |
| IIRC | if I recall correctly |
| JAM | just a minute (equivalent to
SEC....
) |
| MIN | same as JAM |
| NIL | no (see NIL) |
| NP | no problem |
| O | over to you |
| OO | over and out |
| / | another form of “over to you”
(from x/y as “x over y”) |
| lambda (used in discussing LISPy things) |
| OBTW | oh, by the way |
| OTOH | on the other hand |
| R U THERE? | are you there? |
| SEC | wait a second (sometimes written
SEC...
) |
| SYN | Are you busy? (expects ACK, SYN|ACK, or RST in return; this
is modeled on the TCP/IP handshake sequence) |
| T | yes (see the main entry for
T) |
| TNX | thanks |
| TNX 1.0E6 | thanks a million (humorous) |
| TNXE6 | another form of “thanks a million” |
| TTBOMK | to the best of my knowledge |
| WRT | with regard to, or with respect to. |
| WTF | the universal interrogative particle; WTF knows what it
means? |
| WTH | what the hell? |
| <double newline> | When the typing party has finished, he/she types two newlines
to signal that he/she is done; this leaves a blank line between
'speeches' in the conversation, making it easier to reread the
preceding text. |
| YHTBT | You Had To Be There. Used of a situation which loses
significant meaning in the telling, usually because it's difficult
to convey tone and timing. |
| <name>: | When three or more terminals are linked, it is conventional
for each typist to prepend
his/her login name or handle and a colon (or a hyphen) to each line
to indicate who is typing (some conferencing facilities do this
automatically). The login name is often shortened to a unique prefix
(possibly a single letter) during a very long conversation. |
| /// | A giggle or chuckle. On a MUD, this usually means 'earthquake
fault'. |
| <g> | grin |
| <gd&r> | grinning, ducking, and running |
| BBL | be back later |
| BRB | be right back |
| HHOJ | ha ha only joking |
| HHOK | ha ha only kidding |
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