Facial expression or emotion used while chatting online. This is used with both positive and negative conversation. Sometimes this is also used as an opening statement to start a conversation.

Originally invented by the Atlantic Reggie Repo (ARR), a guild from Ultima Online.

No Bull Shit, and old hacker acronym which is usually used to signify that the talk will be serious.

An emoticon used to imply sarcasm.

The way ':(' is written when one hand is occupied with Texting/Eating/Wanking, and shift cannot be held-down.

Frown face used by those of the "l33t"