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On the internet, one or more tone indicators may be placed at the end of a message.A tone indicator on the internet often takes the form of a forward slash (/) followed by an abbreviation of a relevant adjective; alternatively, a more detailed textual description (e. g., / friendly, caring about your well-being) may be used.
A simple smiley. This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons.Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art.
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
Sexual slang is a set of linguistic terms and phrases used to refer to sexual organs, processes, and activities; [1] they are generally considered colloquial rather than formal or medical, and some may be seen as impolite or improper.
hj , a two-letter combination used in some languages; hj-reduction in English, dropping the / h / sound before / j / Hajji (Hj.), an Islamic honorific; Handjob; hic jacet ('here lies'), Latin phrase on gravestones; Hilal-i-Jurat, post-nominal for Pakistan honour; Hitler-Jugend (Hitler Youth) Holden HJ, an Australian car 1974-1976; Hot Jupiter ...
Nowadays, people say "GG" to mean good job on the game (these two letters also mean "Good Game"). GKD – gǎokuàidiǎn (搞快点), urge someone to speed up, usually urging others to send the link/picture/video faster; GD – gōudā (勾搭), gang up with; HLL – huá lì lì (华丽丽), glamorous, high-profile [4]
The Canting Academy, or Devil's Cabinet Opened was a 17th-century slang dictionary, written in 1673 by Richard Head, that looked to define thieves' cant. [1] A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew, was first published c. 1698. A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, by Francis Grose was first published in 1785.
A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing and speech. [1] It also often refers to the language exclusively used by the members of particular in-groups in order to establish group identity, exclude outsiders, or both.