TPSJ Chat

1. When you are in a chat room, you have to be careful of how you use your words. Your chat session can be terminated and others may be offended if certain guidelines are not followed. Before you start your chat session, be sure that you are aware of the chat guidelines (see below).
2. When you are in a chat room, during your conversation, don’t use CAPITAL letters. In a chat session, capital letters are considered to be shouting. Sometimes you may make a mistake when typing, depending on the chat settings, you may apologize.
3. When you are having a chat conversation, give the person time to respond to your question or to your reply. Some people are not advanced in typing and my take a little longer to post a reply.
4. Get acquainted with the glossary of chatroom shorthand (see below) that is used in a chat room. You don’t want to feel stupid, when everyone is chatting and having fun. As a last resort you can be brave and ask, what the meaning of the glossary of chatroom shorthand is. Take a note of the meaning so that next time you will know what it means.
5. Be polite when you are in a chat room. Treat others with respect, just as you would want them to treat you.

Rules and Guidelines
TPSJ wants to create a pleasant place for people to visit, where everyone feels valued and respected, therefore we have set up some rules and guidelines that we would like anyone who uses these services to follow:
Rules
TPSJ reserves the right to ban anyone from using these services at any time and for any reason, this includes, but is not limited to:

• Abusive language.
• Incitement to hatred.
• Intolerance.
• Swearing – Even masked profanity!
• The use of inappropiate nicknames such as HotBabe!
• Disrespecting other visitors.
• Advertising products or services (this is not a marketing site).
• Causing a disturbance.
• Purposefully annoying other visitors.

Shorthand

a.k.a. acronyms, abbreviation, initialism, logogram, logograph, pictogram, pictograph, shorthand, text message shorthand, text messaging shorthand

In the old days (circa 1980) “shorthand” still referred to a system of rapid handwriting using symbols to represent words, phrases, and letters. Think of dictation, only secretaries knew how to write in abbreviated or symbolic form. Today, it is online users who are in the know. Shorthand in the 21st century refers to the abbreviated or symbolic messages typed back and forth via texting or IM, and seen in email messages, online [[chat room|chat rooms]], blogs, or newsgroup postings.

Shorthand often looks like an acronym because it is sometimes typed in all uppercase (for example BFF means “Best Friends Forever”) or it looks like a series of keystrokes typed in all lowercase (for example :::poof::: means “I’m gone”). The difference between acronyms and shorthand is that with acronyms, you pronounce the letters as a new word (for example, BOHICA is pronounced “bow-hee-ka” and WYSIWYG is pronounced “whiz-ee-wig”). In contrast, shorthand pronunciations are generally pronounced by saying the letters one-by-one and not pronouncing it as a word (for example, TBD is pronounced “T-B-D” [To Be Determined]and GMTA [Great Minds Think Alike]is pronounced “G-M-T-A”).

Linguistically speaking, in shorthand there is a further difference between an initialism and an abbreviation (for example, “ESP” is an initialism for “extra sensory perception” whereas “esp.” is an abbreviation for especially). And to really mix things up, sometimes the shorthand isn’t even shorter than the original phrase (for example: “dewd” means “dude” and “kewl” means “cool”); terms like this are also known as leetspeak. The common practice online is to refer to any shorthand, initialism, or abbreviation as an acronym.

The most noticeable feature of text orthography (a method of specifying the correct way of using a writing system to write a language) is the use of single letters, numerals, and typographic symbols to represent words, parts of words or even noises. For example:

b = be
2 = to
@ = at
x = kiss

When graphic units are used in this way, they are technically known as logograms or logographs (or in the case of some languages, characters). Logograms in texting may be used alone, or in combination:

b4 = before
@oms = atoms
2day = today
xxx = kisses
zzz = sleeping

Pictograms or pictographs, on the other hand, refer to visual shapes or pictures that represent objects or concepts. For example, emoticons and straight-on smileysare pictograms, and are also known as ASCII art. For example:

= smile
= wink
:-@ = screaming
(*o*) = surprised
(^_^) = cute
Here are a few examples of lowercase shorthand:

4eva (forever)
addy (address)
buhbye (bye)
cos(cuz) (because)
c ya (see ya)
d00d (dude)
dewd (dude)
ditto (same here)
dunno (i don’t know)
every1 (everyone)
gawd (god)
gg (giggling)
grrlz (girls)
guvment (government)
hag1 (have a good one)
huh (what?)
i h8 it (i hate it)
kewl (cool)
luser (loser)
mmk (mmm&ok)
ne (any)
ne1 (anyone)
ne-wayz (anyways)
nic (nickname or username)
nm, u (not much, you?)
no praw (no problem)
nth (nothing)
peeps (people)
pix (pictures/photos)
::poof:: (i’m gone)
r (are)
r u goin (are you going?)
smt (something)
shhh (quiet)
sk8er (skater)
sok (it’s OK)
some1 (someone)
sth (something)
sup (what’s up?)
sweet<3 (sweetheart)
to go nookleer (to explode)
tmi (to much information)
tripdub (triple w)
troo (true)
u (you)
ur (your)
w3b (www)
wirld (world)
w’s^ (what’s up?)
wub (love)
wut^ (what up?)
wuz (was)
wuzup (what’s up?)
wymyn (women)
Xtian (Christian)

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