Official JABBAs: invisible man Note: An "L" for Laugh is sometimes substituted for the "G" for Grin. (8-)= sent by an owl (:-).... man drooling (:\/ sent by a duck 8:-) sent by a little girl :*> cat :-! foot in mouth :-( sad :-( ) you backed your car over my toe :-) humorous :-)8 sent by gentleman (bow tie) :-)=--- man with a tie :-? Sherlock Holmes with a calabash :-@ tongue tied :-` tongue in cheek :-O shout ;-) winking man < // < \\ <:-) don't blame me - I'm a dunce =:-O scared me too [:-] sent by a robot AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact ADN - Any Day Now AFAIK - As Far As I Know ASAP...................As Soon As Possible ATSL...................Along the same line AWGTHTGTTA? - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? BAC - By Any Chance BACG "Ball & Chain" Grin BAG Blatently Arrogant Grin BBG Big Big Grin BCNU - Be Seeing You BENG Big Evil Nasty Grin BESPG Bacheler's Eobiential Science Project Grin BG BIG grin BHIELL Big Huge Insane Evil Lunatic Laugh BILGE Big Insane Lunatic Grin, Extrafactual BK - Because BNF....................Big name fan BRB - Be Right Back BTSOOM - Beats the [stuffing] out of me BTW - By The Way C:# football player CU L8R - See You Later CUL - See You Later CUL8R..................See You Later CYA - Cover Your A** (Ascii ?) d:-) home run DAG Duh... and Grinning DIIK - Damned If I Know DILLIGAFF - Do I Look Like I Give a Flying Figment DLG - Devilish Little Grin DNPM - Darn Near P***ed Myself DOM - Dirty Old Man EMSL Evil Mad Scientist Laugh EOD - End Of Discussion EOL - End Of Lecture ER - Hello ERG Escherian Recursive Grin FITB - Fill In The Blank.... FUBAR..................F---ed up beyond all repair FWIW - For What It's Worth FYI - For Your Information g grin G bigger grin GD&R...................Grinning, Ducking, and Running GIWIST - Gee I Wish I'd Said That GLG - Goofy Little Grin GO PRI - Send Private Mail GR 8 - Great HENG Huge Evil Nasty Grin IAC - In Any Case IAE....................In Any Event IANAL..................I Am Not A Lawyer IAW....................In Accordance With IMCO - In my considered opinion IMHO - In My Humble Opinion IMO - In My Opinion INNEWATOK INquiring NErd WAnts TO Know IOW - In Other Words JAWS Jabbering Amateur Wickedly Silenced JK Just Kidding KHYF...................Know how you feel KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid L8R - Later LAG Lunatic Assylum Grin LING Lexicological Imperialist Nyah-nyah Grin LLAP - Live Long and Prosper - for Trekkies LOL - Laughing Out Loud LSL Loud Screaming Laughter LTMSH - Laughing 'Til My sides Hurt LTNT...................Long time, no type MAG Machiavellian Anathematic Grin NATITIRI Not Attempting To Imply That It's Really Important NBL - Not Bloody Likely NFGAA No Freaking Grin At All NIMBY - Not in My Back Yard NRN - No Reply Necessary NTYMI..................Now that you mention it O:-) don't blame me - I'm an Angel OAS....................On another subject OIC - OH!, I See OTOH - On The Other Hand PAG Psychoanalytical Grin PEG Pious Ecclesiastical Grin PITA - Pain In The A** PMETC - Pardon Me etc. PMJI - Pardon My Jumping In PMYMHMMFSWGAD - Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn. POV - Point Of View RAVE Retch And Vomit Explosively ROFL Rolling on the Floor, Laughing ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off ROTM - Right On The Money RSN - Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming] RTFM - Read The "Fabulous" Manual RTFM...................Read The "Fine" Manual SITD - Still in the dark SNAFU - Situation Normal - All Fouled Up SNORK Sarcastic Noise Of Recursive Keck SOP - Standing Operational Proceedures SOW....................Speaking of which SYT - Sweet Young Thing TANJ - There Ain't No Justice TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TIA - Thanks In Advance TIC - Tongue in cheek TINALO - This is not a legal opinion TINAR - This is not a recommendation TOBAL..................There oughta be a law TOBG...................This oughta be good TPTB - The Powers That Be TRDMC..................Tears Running Down My Cheeks TTBOMK - To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN - Ta Ta For Now TTMS - Talk (TYPE) Me Soon TTYL - Talk (or Type) To You Later VBG Very Big Grin WIBAMU - Well I'll be a Monkey's Uncle WYSBYGI - What You See Before You Get It WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get WYTYSYDG - What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get XBG Xtra Big Grin YAFA - Yet Another "Fine" Abbreviation YIG Yes, I'm Grinning