acronyms revision 1.101
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.101 2001/12/14 15:16:42 wiz Exp $ 2 3 AFAICR as far as I can recall 4 AFAICT as far as I can tell 5 AFAIK as far as I know 6 AFAIR as far as I recall 7 AFD away from desktop 8 AFK away from keyboard 9 AFW away from window 10 AIUI as I understand it 11 AKA also known as 12 ASAP as soon as possible 13 AWOL absent without official leave 14 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 15 BBL [I'll] be back later 16 BBS be back soon 17 BBT be back tomorrow 18 BFD big fucking deal 19 BIAB back in a bit 20 BIAF back in a few 21 BIALW back in a little while 22 BIAS back in a second 23 BIAW back in a while 24 BOFH bastard operator from hell 25 BOGAHICA bend over, grab ankles, here it comes again 26 BOHICA bend over here it comes again 27 BRB [I'll] be right back 28 BTDT been there, done that 29 BTTH boot to the head 30 BTW by the way 31 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 32 CNP continued [in my] next post 33 CYA see you around 34 DKDC don't know, don't care 35 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 36 DTRT do the right thing 37 DTWT do the wrong thing 38 DWIM do what I mean 39 EG evil grin 40 EMSG email message 41 ETLA extended three letter acronym 42 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 43 FAQ frequently asked question 44 FIIK fuck[ed] if I know 45 FIIR fuck[ed] if I remember 46 FOAD fall over and die 47 FSDO for some definition of 48 FSVO for some value of 49 FTFM fuck the fuckin' manual! 50 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 51 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 52 FWIW for what it's worth 53 FYI for your information 54 G grin 55 GMTA great minds think alike 56 GTFO get the fuck out 57 HAND have a nice day 58 HHIS hanging head in shame 59 HTH hope this helps 60 IANAL I am not a lawyer 61 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 62 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 63 IIANM if I am not mistaken 64 IIRC if I recall correctly 65 IMCO in my considered opinion 66 IMHO in my humble opinion 67 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 68 IMO in my opinion 69 IOW in other words 70 IRL in real life 71 ISTM it seems to me 72 ISTR I seem to recall 73 ITYM I think you mean 74 IYSS If you say so 75 JIC just in case 76 JK just kidding 77 JMO just my opinion 78 JTLYK just to let you know 79 KISS keep it simple, stupid 80 KITA kick in the ass 81 KNF kernel normal form 82 L8R later 83 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 84 LJBF let's just be friends 85 LMSO laughing my socks off 86 LOL laughing out loud 87 LTNS long time no see 88 MMU memory management unit 89 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 90 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 91 MOTSS member of the same sex 92 MTF more to follow 93 MYOB mind your own business 94 NBD no big deal 95 NFC no fucking clue 96 NFI no fucking idea 97 NFW no fucking way 98 NIH not invented here 99 NP no problem 100 NRFPT not ready for prime time 101 NRN no reply necessary 102 OIC oh, I see 103 OTL out to lunch 104 OTOH on the other hand 105 OTTOMH off the top of my head 106 PFO please fuck off 107 PFY pimply faced youth 108 PITA pain in the ass 109 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 110 PNG persona non grata 111 POC point of contact 112 POLA principle of least astonishment 113 POS piece of shit 114 PPL pretty please 115 PTV parental tunnel vision 116 QED quod erat demonstrandum 117 RFC request for comments 118 RL real life 119 RLC rod length check 120 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 121 RP responsible person 122 RSN real soon now 123 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 124 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 125 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 126 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 127 SCNR sorry, could not resist 128 SEP someone else's problem 129 SFA sweet fuck all 130 SHID slaps head in disgust 131 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 132 SMOP simple matter of programming 133 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 134 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 135 SO significant other 136 SOB son of [a] bitch 137 SOL shit out [of] luck 138 SSIA subject says it all 139 SUS stupid user syndrome 140 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 141 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 142 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 143 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 144 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 145 TIA thanks in advance 146 TLA three letter acronym 147 TLB translation lookaside buffer 148 TMA too many abbreviations 149 TMI too much information 150 TTFN ta ta for now 151 TTYL talk to you later 152 TYVM thank you very much 153 UTSL use the source, Luke 154 VEG very evil grin 155 WAG wild-ass guess 156 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 157 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 158 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 159 WRT with respect to 160 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 161 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 162 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 163 YKWIM you know what I mean 164 YMA yo momma's ass 165 YMMV your mileage may vary 166
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