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These Acronyms were originally used when BBS's and user equipment had memory space limitations - and connection speed / types were the old and slow grand daddies of yesterday (AKA 300 Baud MODEMS).
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A few others:
TLA = Three Letter Acronym,
TIA = Thanks In Advance,
OTC = On The Contrary,
AFK = Away From Keyboard,
BBS = Bulletin Board System / Service,
BG = Big Grin,
IMO = In My Opinion,
IMHO = In My Honest / Humble Opinion,
IMNSHO = In My Not So Humble Opinion,
ROTF = Rolling On The Floor,
LMAO = Laughing My A** Off,
LOL = Laughing / Laughs Out Loud,
BTW = By The Way,
CUL = See You Later,
FYI = For Your Information,
NG = News Group.
Smilees are also spawned from BBS posts!
Scott35 S.E.T.
