acronyms revision 1.103
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.103 2002/02/13 13:54:21 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 LMAO laughing my ass off 87 LMSO laughing my socks off 88 LOL laughing out loud 89 LTNS long time no see 90 MMU memory management unit 91 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 92 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 93 MOTSS member of the same sex 94 MTF more to follow 95 MYOB mind your own business 96 NBD no big deal 97 NFC no fucking clue 98 NFI no fucking idea 99 NFW no fucking way 100 NIH not invented here 101 NP no problem 102 NRFPT not ready for prime time 103 NRN no reply necessary 104 OIC oh, I see 105 OTL out to lunch 106 OTOH on the other hand 107 OTTOMH off the top of my head 108 PFO please fuck off 109 PFY pimply faced youth 110 PITA pain in the ass 111 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 112 PNP plug and pray 113 PNG persona non grata 114 POC point of contact 115 POLA principle of least astonishment 116 POS piece of shit 117 PPL pretty please 118 PTV parental tunnel vision 119 QED quod erat demonstrandum 120 RFC request for comments 121 RL real life 122 RLC rod length check 123 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 124 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 125 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 126 RP responsible person 127 RSN real soon now 128 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 129 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 130 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 131 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 132 SCNR sorry, could not resist 133 SEP someone else's problem 134 SFA sweet fuck all 135 SHID slaps head in disgust 136 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 137 SMOP simple matter of programming 138 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 139 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 140 SO significant other 141 SOB son of [a] bitch 142 SOL shit out [of] luck 143 SSIA subject says it all 144 SUS stupid user syndrome 145 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 146 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 147 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 148 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 149 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 150 TIA thanks in advance 151 TLA three letter acronym 152 TLB translation lookaside buffer 153 TMA too many abbreviations 154 TMI too much information 155 TTFN ta ta for now 156 TTYL talk to you later 157 TYVM thank you very much 158 UTSL use the source, Luke 159 VEG very evil grin 160 WAG wild-ass guess 161 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 162 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 163 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 164 WRT with respect to 165 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 166 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 167 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 168 YKWIM you know what I mean 169 YMA yo momma's ass 170 YMMV your mileage may vary 171
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