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Titolo: [OT] Emoticons&Acronyms (Maramao)

:-<         Mad
%-^          User is Picasso
%-)          User is cross-eyed
#-)          User partied all night
@-)          Person submitting is Cyclops
@:I          Turban
|-O          Birth
|-)          Hee hee             
|-D          Ho ho              
|-)          User is asleep (boredom)
|-P          Yuk
0-)          User wearing scuba mask
8-)          User wears glasses
8            Infinity
8-|          Suspense
8-#          Death
8:-)         Glasses on forehead
8:]          Normal smiling face except that User is a gorilla
B-)          Horn-rims
B-|          User is wearing cheap sunglasses
g-)          Smiley with ponce-nez glasses
o-)          User is a cyclops
P-)          User is getting fresh
[:-)         User is listening to Walkman radio
[:|]         User is a robot
AFAIK           as far as I know
AFK             away from keyboard
AKA             Also Known As
ASAP            as soon as possible
BBL             be back later
BBS             be back soon
BEG             big evil grin
BF              boy friend
BRB             be right back
BTW             by the way
BWL             bursting with laughter
C&G             chuckle and grin
CID             crying in disgrace
CNP             continue in next post
CSG             chuckle snicker grin
CYA             see ya
CYAL8R          see ya later
DLTBBB          don't let the bed bugs bite
EG              evil grin
EMSG            email message
FAQ             Frequently Asked Questions
FUBAR           F***ed Up Beyond All Repair
FWIW            For What It's Worth
FYI             for your information
GF              girl friend
GFN             gone for now
GMBO            giggling my butt off
GMTA            great minds think alike
GTSY            glad to see you
H&K             hug and kiss
HAGN            have a good night
HAG1            have a good one
HHIS            hanging head in shame
IC              I see
IYKWIM          If You Know What I Mean
IGP             I gotta pee
IMO             in my opinion
IMHO            in my humble opinion
IRL             in real life
IWALY           I will always love you
JK              just kidding
JMO             just my opinion
JTLYK           just to let you know
KIT             keep in touch
KMA             kiss my a$$
KMB             kiss my butt
KOTC            kiss on the cheek
KOTL            kiss on the lips
L8R             later
L8R G8R         later gator
LHM             Lord help me
LHU             Lord help us
LMAO            laughing my a$$ off
LMBO            laughing my butt off
LMHO            laughing my head off
LOL             laughing out loud
LSHMBB          laughing so hard my belly is bouncing
LSHMBH          laughing so hard my belly hurts
LTNS            long time no see
LTS             laughing to self
LUWAMH          love you with all my heart
LY              love ya
NETUA           Nobody ever tells us anything
NTA             Non-Technical Acronym
OBTW            Oh, by the way
OIC             oh, I see
OK              abbreviation of oll korrect (all correct)
OL              old lady(wife, girlfriend)
OM              old man(husband, boyfriend)
OTOH            On The Other Hand
OTTOMH          off the top of my head
PDS             please don't shoot
PM              private message
PMJI            Pardon My Jumping In (Another way for PMFJI)
PMFJI           pardon me for jumping in
PMP             peed my pants
POAHF           put on a happy face
POOF            I have left the chat
PS              Post Script
QSL             reply
QSO             conversation
QT              cutie
RE              Hi Again (same as re's)
ROFL            rolling on floor laughing
ROFLAPMP        ...and peed my pants
ROFLMAO         ...my a$$ off
ROFLMAOAY       ......at you
ROFLMAOWTIME    .......with tears in my eyes
ROFLUTS         ...unable to speak
ROTFL           Roll on The Floor Laughing
RTF             Read The FAQ
RTFM            Read The F****** Manual
                 (The above is the original, it was later modified to:
                  Read The Fine Manual)
RTSM            read the stupid manual
SETE            smiling ear to ear
SHID            slaps head in disgust
SNAFU           Situation Normal, All F***ed Up
SO              significant other
SOHF            Sense Of Humor Failure
SPAM            Stupid Persons' AdvertiseMent
SWAK            sealed with a kiss
SWL             screaming with laghter
SYS             see you soon
TA              thanks again
TIA             Thanks In Advance
TOY             thinking of you
TPTB            The Powers That Be
TTFN            ta ta for now
TTYL            talk to you later
TX              Thanx
WB              welcome back
WRT             With Respect To
WTF             What/Who The F***?
WTH             what/who the heck?
WYSIWYG         What You See Is What You Get
YBS             you'll be sorry
YG              young gentleman
YL              young lady
YM              young man
YMMV            Your Mileage May Vary
YWIA            You're welcome in advance
*G*             giggle or grin
*H*             hug
*K*             kiss
*S*             Sob
*W*             wink
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Grazie, è molto utile.
-- 
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universo ho ancora dei dubbi"
"Quando trionfa l'imbecillità essere sconfitti è un onore"
"Per fare grandi cose, bisogna fare piccole cose con grande amore." (Madre
Teresa di Calcutta)
"st'arkidia mou - Dal vangelo secondo Torquemada"

> Grazie, č molto utile.
Prego :-) invito a leggervi il significato della sillaba tanto usata:
"OK"; anche se tempo fa uno 
mi disse che in realtŕ deriva dall'uso che se ne faceva durante la guerra
quando i militari ogni 
giorno sulla lavagna riportavano l'elenco dei deceduti e se non ce n'erano
scrivevano "Zero 
Killed" ossia "0 K" ==> OK
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 considerazione, cioe' nessuna considerazione.
Perchč?
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 Perchč?
1.
Back in the 1700s, apples from this area were packed in crates marked
"Old Kinderhook." There is even one on display in one of the eateries on
the village square. Apparently people started referring to them as
"O.K." apples. Gradually the term was taken to mean a description of the
apples' "good quality" rather than their location of origin!
2.
Boston wits took to playing a waggish game of 'murdering the King's
English,' and in that game O.K. became fixed as the abbreviationfor Orl
Korreck.
3.
Martin Van Buren, a native of Kinderhook, NY, was popularly known as Old
Kinderhook, or O.K. In support of Van Buren's 1840 campaign for
reelection, the New York Equal Rights Democrats ... formed the O.K.
Democratic Club.
Foreign coverage of the campaign, which included reproductions of the
cartoons, soon spread OK or O.K. through Europe and Latin America as a
formula of approval.
4.
it came from the abbreviation of Orrin Kendall biscuits, which soldiers
ate during the civil war. 
5.
OK is short for Aux Cayes, a Haitian port that American sailors praised
for its rum. 
6.
the word comes from Old Keokuk, a Native American tribal chief who was
said to have signed treaties with his initials. 
7.
It was cool in certain East Coast cities in the mid-19th century to
substitute OK for "all correct." McKean says it was common for people of
that day to use inside lingo
8.
In the West African language of Wolof, "waw kay" means "yes." In
Choctaw, "okeh" means "indeed."
Devo continuare? Chiunque abbia avuto accesso a una matita e a un foglio
di carta sembra essersi inventato la propria versione di qualunque
storia gli sia passata per la mente.
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 wrote:
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[Abbreviation of oll korrect, slang respelling of all correct.]
Word History: OK is a quintessentially American term that has spread
from English to many other languages. Its origin was the subject of
scholarly debate for many years until Allen Walker Read showed that OK
is based on a joke of sorts. OK is first recorded in 1839 but was
probably in circulation before that date. During the 1830s there was a
humoristic fashion in Boston newspapers to reduce a phrase to initials
and supply an explanation in parentheses. Sometimes the abbreviations
were misspelled to add to the humor. OK was used in March 1839 as an
abbreviation for all correct, the joke being that neither the O nor the
K was correct. Originally spelled with periods, this term outlived most
similar abbreviations owing to its use in President Martin Van Buren's
1840 campaign for reelection. Because he was born in Kinderhook, New
York, Van Buren was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and the abbreviation
proved eminently suitable for political slogans. That same year, an
editorial referring to the receipt of a pin with the slogan O.K. had
this comment: "frightful letters... significant of the birth-place of
Martin Van Buren, old Kinderhook, as also the rallying word of the
Democracy of the late election, 'all correct'.... Those who wear them
should bear in mind that it will require their most strenuous
exertions... to make all things O.K."
Daniele
-- 
"As I paint this picture gray and taste the pain...
 I'll play the optimist!" (Dane)
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--->         :-}           Drunk                     +
--->         +-(:-)      User is the pope      =
--------------------------------------------------------
--->        +-(:-}       User is the drunk pope (a.k.a. Maramao)
Bellissima questa:
--->         :-)-{8       User is a big girl 
Mi fa venir voglia di cappuccino.... ... con poco caffè... (ma ci
pensate? Le 8 sono la migliore confezione per il latte: ergonomiche,
antistress, lo mantengono fresco... ...se si potesse me ne comprerei un
paio... ...ma non da indossare... ...da poggiare sul comodino...
...madonnina che cosa fantastica che sarebbe... )
Un Maramao Papa della birra e signore delle 8.
P.s. - Ah ! ROFLMAOWTIME    .......capito!!!
-- 
Maramao
Essere perdenti è un lavoro duro, ma qualcuno dovrà pur farlo...

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mancano solo i capi indiani e i dialetti africani e poi ce le hanno
messe tutte :-)
Visto come si propaga solitamente la "cultura" USA, "ok" deve arrivare
da un cibo fetente, una canzonetta o un massacro. Finora la versione
militare "Zero Killed" mi sembra la piu' plausibile.
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 militare "Zero Killed" mi sembra la piu' plausibile.
Beh... Allen Walker Read e' considerato uno dei massimi
linguisti/filologi americani, specializzato nello studio dei termini
popolari ("OK" e "Fuck" sono le sue ricerche piu' celebri).
E lui avrebbe dimostrato che la prima apparizione documentata di "O.K."
sarebbe quella legata ad Oll Korrect, nel 1839.
Read stesso non escludeva necessariamente un'origine ancora precedente
("Nothing is absolute, nothing is forever" era il suo motto), ma, fino a
prova contraria, la versione documentata piu' attendibile resta questa.
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