acronyms revision 1.110
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.110 2002/09/04 23:51:55 gendalia 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 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 59 GMTA great minds think alike 60 GTFO get the fuck out 61 HAND have a nice day 62 HHIS hanging head in shame 63 HTH hope this helps 64 IANAL I am not a lawyer 65 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 66 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 67 IIANM if I am not mistaken 68 IIRC if I recall correctly 69 IMCO in my considered opinion 70 IMHO in my humble opinion 71 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 72 IMO in my opinion 73 IOW in other words 74 IRL in real life 75 ISAGN I see a great need 76 ISTM it seems to me 77 ISTR I seem to recall 78 ITYM I think you mean 79 IYSS If you say so 80 JIC just in case 81 JK just kidding 82 JMO just my opinion 83 JTLYK just to let you know 84 KISS keep it simple, stupid 85 KITA kick in the ass 86 KNF kernel normal form 87 L8R later 88 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 89 LJBF let's just be friends 90 LMAO laughing my ass off 91 LMSO laughing my socks off 92 LOL laughing out loud 93 LTNS long time no see 94 MMU memory management unit 95 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 96 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 97 MOTSS member of the same sex 98 MTF more to follow 99 MYOB mind your own business 100 NBD no big deal 101 NFC no fucking clue 102 NFI no fucking idea 103 NFW no fucking way 104 NIH not invented here 105 NP no problem 106 NRFPT not ready for prime time 107 NRN no reply necessary 108 OIC oh, I see 109 OTL out to lunch 110 OTOH on the other hand 111 OTT over the top 112 OTTOMH off the top of my head 113 PFO please fuck off 114 PFY pimply faced youth 115 PITA pain in the ass 116 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 117 PNG persona non grata 118 PNP plug and pray 119 POC point of contact 120 POLA principle of least astonishment 121 POS piece of shit 122 PPL pretty please 123 PTV parental tunnel vision 124 QED quod erat demonstrandum 125 RFC request for comments 126 RL real life 127 RLC rod length check 128 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 129 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 130 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 131 RP responsible person 132 RSN real soon now 133 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 134 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 135 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 136 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 137 SCNR sorry, could not resist 138 SEP someone else's problem 139 SFA sweet fuck all 140 SHID slaps head in disgust 141 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 142 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 143 SMOP simple matter of programming 144 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 145 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 146 SO significant other 147 SOB son of [a] bitch 148 SOL shit out [of] luck 149 SOP standard operating procedure 150 SSIA subject says it all 151 SUS stupid user syndrome 152 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 153 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 154 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 155 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 156 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 157 TIA thanks in advance 158 TLA three letter acronym 159 TLB translation lookaside buffer 160 TMA too many abbreviations 161 TMI too much information 162 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 163 TTFN ta ta for now 164 TTYL talk to you later 165 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 166 TYVM thank you very much 167 UTSL use the source, Luke 168 VEG very evil grin 169 WAG wild-ass guess 170 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 171 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 172 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 173 WRT with respect to 174 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 175 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 176 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 177 YKWIM you know what I mean 178 YMA yo momma's ass 179 YMMV your mileage may vary 180
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