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What's fubble?
Lawd, my mind is movin' along at a creak. I just got "yap"--oh, youthful mind lost! Where have I left you behind?
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Maybe I'm a bit behind here but I've just discovered two that are new to me:
OMG
GTG
By the way, what's ITWSATWAIWBMF?
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fubble - Invented by the absent minded professor as a clothing that absorbs the shock the body would otherwise receive tripping over one's words.
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So it's a kind of woven flubber then, is it? A kind of rubbery kevlar? Just askin', loike.
- Pfranz
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Right, dxb -- when I first started dating my current boyfriend, he put "LOL" at the end of his messages. I never could figure out what was so funny. Finally broke down and asked him, and turns out he meant "lots of love". Sweet, and enlightening. So what is ICLIU? This one is new to me.
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YCLIU <> you could look it up
ICLIU, one supposes, would be: I could look it up (ICLIU :)
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my question is this: do you agree with this sentiment, and do you view the 'laugh' emoticon in the same way?
Agree. Does seem like very poor form to 'announce' that you are laughing, and what's worse, that you are doing so loud! Sounds extremely belaboured and strenuous. I like Smiley. He looks genial and friendly and puts a face to the words as it were. Smiley indicates that I want you to laugh and that whatever is being said, has no ulterior or hurtful motive. Whereas, LOL seems like an order to laugh.
[Luddite alert!] As for the rest of the acronyms, I confess to knowing almost none of them, except for YCLIU. Much rather prefer, Old Ms. Ponderous, You Could Look It Up. If one must be rapped, lets do it the good old way! 
On the subject of emoticons, I sometimes see a small slash of red in Smiley's mouth (Smiley, not Laughey) and sometimes, I see only black. Is it just me, or is this happening to all of you?
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I like lol, it only takes three key-strokes, as opposed to seven for either laugh[] or smile[]. I think it's fine to share the fact that you're laughing; do you cover it up when you're actually talking with someone? why cover it up here? muahahahahaha lol  btw, I've always seen these as what I'm doing, not what I expect you to do.
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There're a lot of those "dictionaries" about, Juan. The problem is that if someone used the damned dictionary to create abbreviations, e.g. SWAK, the recipient would spend as much time with the dictionaries trying to work out what the abbreviations actually mean.
At which point the whole thing becomes slightly pointless, wouldn't you say?
- Pfranz
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