Emoticons
Body Language Online
If you are new to online protocol, you may
be frustrated by the in-group language – those acronyms
and punctuation symbols people stick into their sentences.
Those have the fancy name of “emoticon” (emotional
icons) because they are intended
to be EMOTIon-CONveying
by communicating body language. After all, if you can’t
see me smile, you may not know I am joking.
When you see punctuation marks, mentally turn
the page 90 degrees clockwise, and picture the marks as a
face, without the circle. For example,
:) or :-) |
|
happiness, sarcasm, or joke |
:] or :-] |
|
jovial happiness |
:D or :-D |
|
big grin |
:( or :-( |
|
unhappiness |
:[ or :-[ |
|
despondent unhappiness |
[[[ ]]] |
|
Hugs (picture arms around someone) |
| ... |
|
please wait, I am still typing |
For your convenience, we put
together a brief
list of popular abbreviations in the DUPLICATE
BRIDGE realm.
At the
Bridge Table, Online "chat" window |
| GLP |
Good Luck, Partner. |
| TYP |
Thank you, Partner. |
| TY |
Thank you. |
| NP |
No Problem. |
| AFK |
Away From Keyboard |
| BRB |
Be Right Back |
| NT |
Nice try. |
| Pd |
Partner |
| RE |
Welcome back. (re-welcome) |
| WD |
Well done! |
| WTG! |
Way to go! (applause for bid or play) |
PLUS, In
the Discussion posts or Email |
| BTW |
By the way |
| CU |
See you. |
| CU2 |
See you, too. |
| CUL |
See you later. |
| CYa |
See ya |
| DL |
DownLoad |
| FWIW |
For What It's Worth |
| GA |
Go Ahead |
| GL |
Good Luck |
| GMTA |
Great Minds Think Alike |
| GDRLH |
Grinning, Ducking & Running Like Heck |
| IC |
I See |
| IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
| IOW |
In Other Words |
| L8R |
Later |
| LOL |
Laughing Out Loud.
|
| OTOH |
On the other hand |
| Re |
Welcome back (again) "re-welcome" |
| ROFL |
Rolling On Floor, Laughing |
| SPAM |
Stupid Person's Ad or Message (junk email) |
| TTYL |
Talk to You Later |
| TY |
Thank you. |
| U2 |
You, too. |
| WB |
Welcome back. |
| WTG |
Way to Go! |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get ("wiss-ee-wig" |
| YMMV |
Your Mileage May Vary (opinion) |
Bridge
Convention Abbreviations |
| Capp |
Cappelletti (Hamilton) |
| GF |
game-forcing |
| J2NT |
Jacoby 2 NT (to 1 or
1 ) |
| Lav |
Lavinthal discards |
| Leb |
Lebensohl |
| Mich |
Michaels |
| NF |
non-forcing |
| 0E |
Odd/Even discards |
| RKC |
Roman KeyCard (Blackwood) |
| udca |
Upside Down carding, count and attitude |
| WJS |
Weak Jump Shift |
| xfer |
transfer bid |
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