Editing Acronyms, Faces, and Asterisks Explained (section)

=== Acronyms ===
General rules of thumb: Acronyms can be spelled with capital and/or lower case letters, and both will mean the same thing, though spelling in capitals may add emphasis (e.g. LOL might mean you're laughing harder than a regular lol).

Organized alphabetically by first letter.

'''A'''

ASAP - As soon as possible

'''B'''

BRB - Be Right Back

BTW - By The Way

'''C'''

'''D'''

DF - Deskface (a more extreme version of FP and FD, see F section, but with picking up the desk and bashing it over your face)

DIAFOGL - Disappear in a flash of green light. Or you can substitute green for the color of your font.

DM - Direct Message

DW - Don't worry

'''E'''

EOYA - [[End of the Year Awards|End Of the Year Awards]] (to EOYA something is to save a quote or chat to put in said awards)

EOYD - End Of the Year Dance (also with VD - Valentines Dance)<ref>Alas, this famed festivity is no more. The first year I came to NSA, (2021,) I ''think'' I remember it being announced. But, by 2022, it was discontinued for reasons unbeknownst to me.</ref>

ES - Elementary School

'''F'''

FP - Facepalm (putting your hand to your face after witnessing a case of extreme stupidity)

FD - Facedesk (same as a facepalm, but bashing your head against a desk as well)

FTH - Flying Tackle Hug (pretty self-explanatory)

FTW - For The Win (indicating that something is awesome, e.g. COOKEHS FTW!!!)

FYI - For Your Information

'''G'''

GTG - Got To Go (indicating someone has to leave)

G2G - A variant of GTG

'''H'''

HFC - [[Hudson Fan Club]]

HS - Highschool (Adding -er to the end indicates a person is in that grade level, i.e. HSer = Highschooler. See also "MS")

'''I'''

IA - Interest Areas

IDC - I don't care

IDK - I don't know

IM - Instant Message

IMO - In My Opinion

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

'''J'''

JK - Just Kidding (alt. Joking)

'''K'''

K - abbreviation for ok (okay).

KOTOOMP - Knight Of The Order Of Many Posts (a full fledged member of the NAAT)

'''L'''

LOL - Laugh Out Loud

LOTR - Lord Of The Rings (not necessarily an NSA acronym, but still commonly used)

'''M'''

MS - Middleschool (Adding -er to the end indicates a person is in that grade level, i.e. MSer = Middleschooler. See also "HS")

'''N'''

NAAT (also TNAAT) - The Noble And Ancient Thread (an email thread in the highschool interest areas that has tens of thousands of posts.)

NSA - NorthStar Academy (we hope you knew that one already...)

NM - Not Much (Used in conversation, e.g. "What's up?" "nm, you?")

NP - No Problem, Nuke Palm

NVM - Nevermind

'''O'''

OMW - Oh My Word (typically used as a replacement for "omg," which typically isn't used very often)<ref>Using the Lord's name in vain is generally frowned upon at NSA, and I think that's the reason for this occurrence.</ref>

OMC - Oh My Cow

'''P'''

PFP - Profile photo

PM - Personal Message (same as DM)

'''Q'''

'''R'''

RIC - Rolls In Confetti (less common... much less >_>)

ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing

'''S'''

SC - Student Council

SL - Storyline (which is basically a story co-written by two or more students)

sfp* - (Sign for pity)

'''T'''

TTYL - Talk To You Later

TTFN - Ta Ta For Now (variant of TTYL)

TY - Thank You

TYSM - Thank you so much

TNX - Thanks (variants include tx, thx, tnx, thnx, etc.)

'''U'''

'''V'''

'''W'''

WB - Welcome Back (commonly used when someone says BRB, see above, and then comes back)

'''X'''

'''Y'''

'''Z'''