Email – vocabulary
To enter a password – to type in (or key in) a password
to pull up – to arrive home in some form of motorised transport
a commercial – an advertisement on TV or radio
to go online – to access email or the Internet
a smiley is an emoticon = a sideways image of a face, consisting of keyboard symbols, which is used in emails to express emotions. Happiness is indicated by :-), and regret by 🙁
A confused, or unsure face – (smiley) – could be 😐
There are many versions of these!
to tilt = to put or move in a sloping position
Nodding is a common signal at auctions when people wish to indicate that they are prepared to offer a higher bid (= more money) than the previous person has offered.
To nod – to move your head as a sign that you agree with something or someone.
to nod off – phrasal verb meaning to be about to go to sleep (often unintentionally).
(eg I nearly nodded off during the meeting – it was so hot in there.)
to scroll – to move to a different part of a text or document on a computer screen
you can scroll up or down
And now u r (= you are) laughing at yourself – this is a form of written internet slang shorthand, sometimes used when texting messages on a mobile phone or some PCs. It is sometimes known as texting language, chatspeak or SMS language, also as txt, txtspk, or txt talk!
SMS is short for Short Message Service, and is available on most digital mobile phones and some PCs. The terms text messaging, text messages, more colloquially SMSes, texts or txts (and other variations) are used more in North America, the UK, Spain and the Philippines, while most other countries prefer the term SMS.
You may already know these typical examples below:
LOL – laughed out loud, laughing out loud (also = lots of love! This could be confusing….)
C U l8r – see you later
BFN – ‘bye for now
GR8 = great
H8 – = hate
W84me – wait for me
HAND – have a nice day
JK or j/k – just joking or just kidding (popl for joking)
G2G – got to go
IYKWIM – if you know what I mean
It is very approximate –
TTYL – Talk to you later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL
WUBU2 – What have you been up to (= doing)?
NP – no problem
to forward something – to send something on to someone else – if someone now lives elsewhere, for instance, and you receive a parcel for them. It is different from to send, as this means the parcel starts from where you are, ie has not come from somewhere or someone else.