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"Net Lingua" – The Language of the Internet

New to the Internet? Confused by the baffling symbols and meaningless strings of letters that litter e-mails, chat rooms, instant messaging conversations, online game sites, and text messages? Don't be. Use our online acronym dictionary to decipher those acronyms, initialisms, and other abbreviations. And let our list of smileys to translate for you.

You can bookmark these pages in your browser if you would like to have them to hand for when you come across 'Net Lingua that you aren't familiar with.

If you have a deeper interest in the subject, then you may be interested to browse the 'Net Lingua section of our online wordplay bookstore where we have a selection of books on this subject.

Check Out These Pages

Internet Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations for e-mail and chat rooms.
Smileys (or smilies) for emoticon fun.
Books on Smileys and Internet Terminology.
Language on the Internet.

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