oh, I see
rehi
hello again
Most of these are not used at universities or in the Unix
world, though ROTF and TTFN have gained some currency there and
IMHO is common; conversely, most of the people who know these are
unfamiliar with FOO?, BCNU, HELLOP, NIL, and T.
The MUD community uses a mixture of
Usenet/Internet emoticons, a few of the more natural of the
old-style talk-mode abbrevs, and some of the `social' list above;
specifically, MUD respondents report use of BBL, BRB, LOL, b4,
BTW, WTF, TTFN, and WTH. The use of `rehi' is also common; in
fact, mudders are fond of re- compounds and will frequently
`rehug' or `rebonk' (see bonk/oif) people. The word `re' by itself
is taken as `regreet'. In general, though, MUDders express a
preference for typing things out in full rather than using
abbreviations; this may be due to the relative youth of the MUD
cultures, which tend to include many touch typists and to assume
high-speed links. The following uses specific to MUDs are
reported: