acronyms revision 1.102
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.102 2002/01/19 13:40:33 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 FM fucking magic 47 FOAD fall over and die 48 FSDO for some definition of 49 FSVO for some value of 50 FTFM fuck the fuckin' manual! 51 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 52 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 53 FWIW for what it's worth 54 FYI for your information 55 G grin 56 GMTA great minds think alike 57 GTFO get the fuck out 58 HAND have a nice day 59 HHIS hanging head in shame 60 HTH hope this helps 61 IANAL I am not a lawyer 62 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 63 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 64 IIANM if I am not mistaken 65 IIRC if I recall correctly 66 IMCO in my considered opinion 67 IMHO in my humble opinion 68 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 69 IMO in my opinion 70 IOW in other words 71 IRL in real life 72 ISTM it seems to me 73 ISTR I seem to recall 74 ITYM I think you mean 75 IYSS If you say so 76 JIC just in case 77 JK just kidding 78 JMO just my opinion 79 JTLYK just to let you know 80 KISS keep it simple, stupid 81 KITA kick in the ass 82 KNF kernel normal form 83 L8R later 84 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 85 LJBF let's just be friends 86 LMSO laughing my socks off 87 LOL laughing out loud 88 LTNS long time no see 89 MMU memory management unit 90 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 91 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 92 MOTSS member of the same sex 93 MTF more to follow 94 MYOB mind your own business 95 NBD no big deal 96 NFC no fucking clue 97 NFI no fucking idea 98 NFW no fucking way 99 NIH not invented here 100 NP no problem 101 NRFPT not ready for prime time 102 NRN no reply necessary 103 OIC oh, I see 104 OTL out to lunch 105 OTOH on the other hand 106 OTTOMH off the top of my head 107 PFO please fuck off 108 PFY pimply faced youth 109 PITA pain in the ass 110 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 111 PNG persona non grata 112 POC point of contact 113 POLA principle of least astonishment 114 POS piece of shit 115 PPL pretty please 116 PTV parental tunnel vision 117 QED quod erat demonstrandum 118 RFC request for comments 119 RL real life 120 RLC rod length check 121 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 122 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 123 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 124 RP responsible person 125 RSN real soon now 126 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 127 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 128 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 129 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 130 SCNR sorry, could not resist 131 SEP someone else's problem 132 SFA sweet fuck all 133 SHID slaps head in disgust 134 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 135 SMOP simple matter of programming 136 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 137 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 138 SO significant other 139 SOB son of [a] bitch 140 SOL shit out [of] luck 141 SSIA subject says it all 142 SUS stupid user syndrome 143 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 144 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 145 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 146 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 147 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 148 TIA thanks in advance 149 TLA three letter acronym 150 TLB translation lookaside buffer 151 TMA too many abbreviations 152 TMI too much information 153 TTFN ta ta for now 154 TTYL talk to you later 155 TYVM thank you very much 156 UTSL use the source, Luke 157 VEG very evil grin 158 WAG wild-ass guess 159 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 160 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 161 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 162 WRT with respect to 163 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 164 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 165 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 166 YKWIM you know what I mean 167 YMA yo momma's ass 168 YMMV your mileage may vary 169
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