acronyms revision 1.107
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.107 2002/06/15 10:31:18 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 AFAIU as far as I understand 8 AFD away from desktop 9 AFK away from keyboard 10 AFW away from window 11 AIU as I understand 12 AIUI as I understand it 13 AKA also known as 14 ASAP as soon as possible 15 AWOL absent without official leave 16 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 17 BBL [I'll] be back later 18 BBS be back soon 19 BBT be back tomorrow 20 BFD big fucking deal 21 BIAB back in a bit 22 BIAF back in a few 23 BIALW back in a little while 24 BIAS back in a second 25 BIAW back in a while 26 BOFH bastard operator from hell 27 BOGAHICA bend over, grab ankles, here it comes again 28 BOHICA bend over here it comes again 29 BRB [I'll] be right back 30 BTDT been there, done that 31 BTTH boot to the head 32 BTW by the way 33 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 34 CNP continued [in my] next post 35 CYA see you around 36 DKDC don't know, don't care 37 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 38 DTRT do the right thing 39 DTWT do the wrong thing 40 DWIM do what I mean 41 EG evil grin 42 EMSG email message 43 ETLA extended three letter acronym 44 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 45 FAQ frequently asked question 46 FIIK fuck[ed] if I know 47 FIIR fuck[ed] if I remember 48 FM fucking magic 49 FOAD fall over and die 50 FSDO for some definition of 51 FSVO for some value of 52 FTFM fuck the fuckin' manual! 53 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 54 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 55 FWIW for what it's worth 56 FYI for your information 57 G grin 58 GMTA great minds think alike 59 GTFO get the fuck out 60 HAND have a nice day 61 HHIS hanging head in shame 62 HTH hope this helps 63 IANAL I am not a lawyer 64 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 65 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 66 IIANM if I am not mistaken 67 IIRC if I recall correctly 68 IMCO in my considered opinion 69 IMHO in my humble opinion 70 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 71 IMO in my opinion 72 IOW in other words 73 IRL in real life 74 ISTM it seems to me 75 ISTR I seem to recall 76 ITYM I think you mean 77 IYSS If you say so 78 JIC just in case 79 JK just kidding 80 JMO just my opinion 81 JTLYK just to let you know 82 KISS keep it simple, stupid 83 KITA kick in the ass 84 KNF kernel normal form 85 L8R later 86 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 87 LJBF let's just be friends 88 LMAO laughing my ass off 89 LMSO laughing my socks off 90 LOL laughing out loud 91 LTNS long time no see 92 MMU memory management unit 93 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 94 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 95 MOTSS member of the same sex 96 MTF more to follow 97 MYOB mind your own business 98 NBD no big deal 99 NFC no fucking clue 100 NFI no fucking idea 101 NFW no fucking way 102 NIH not invented here 103 NP no problem 104 NRFPT not ready for prime time 105 NRN no reply necessary 106 OIC oh, I see 107 OTL out to lunch 108 OTOH on the other hand 109 OTT over the top 110 OTTOMH off the top of my head 111 PFO please fuck off 112 PFY pimply faced youth 113 PITA pain in the ass 114 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 115 PNG persona non grata 116 PNP plug and pray 117 POC point of contact 118 POLA principle of least astonishment 119 POS piece of shit 120 PPL pretty please 121 PTV parental tunnel vision 122 QED quod erat demonstrandum 123 RFC request for comments 124 RL real life 125 RLC rod length check 126 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 127 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 128 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 129 RP responsible person 130 RSN real soon now 131 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 132 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 133 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 134 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 135 SCNR sorry, could not resist 136 SEP someone else's problem 137 SFA sweet fuck all 138 SHID slaps head in disgust 139 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 140 SMOP simple matter of programming 141 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 142 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 143 SO significant other 144 SOB son of [a] bitch 145 SOL shit out [of] luck 146 SSIA subject says it all 147 SUS stupid user syndrome 148 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 149 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 150 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 151 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 152 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 153 TIA thanks in advance 154 TLA three letter acronym 155 TLB translation lookaside buffer 156 TMA too many abbreviations 157 TMI too much information 158 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 159 TTFN ta ta for now 160 TTYL talk to you later 161 TYVM thank you very much 162 UTSL use the source, Luke 163 VEG very evil grin 164 WAG wild-ass guess 165 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 166 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 167 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 168 WRT with respect to 169 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 170 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 171 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 172 YKWIM you know what I mean 173 YMA yo momma's ass 174 YMMV your mileage may vary 175
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