acronyms revision 1.111
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.111 2002/09/05 15:54:44 jwise 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 COB close of business [day] 36 CYA see you around 37 DKDC don't know, don't care 38 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 39 DTRT do the right thing 40 DTWT do the wrong thing 41 DWIM do what I mean 42 EG evil grin 43 EMSG email message 44 EOB end of business [day] 45 ETLA extended three letter acronym 46 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 47 FAQ frequently asked question 48 FIIK fuck[ed] if I know 49 FIIR fuck[ed] if I remember 50 FM fucking magic 51 FOAD fall over and die 52 FSDO for some definition of 53 FSVO for some value of 54 FTFM fuck the fuckin' manual! 55 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 56 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 57 FWIW for what it's worth 58 FYI for your information 59 G grin 60 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 61 GMTA great minds think alike 62 GTFO get the fuck out 63 HAND have a nice day 64 HHIS hanging head in shame 65 HTH hope this helps 66 IANAL I am not a lawyer 67 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 68 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 69 IIANM if I am not mistaken 70 IIRC if I recall correctly 71 IMCO in my considered opinion 72 IMHO in my humble opinion 73 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 74 IMO in my opinion 75 IOW in other words 76 IRL in real life 77 ISAGN I see a great need 78 ISTM it seems to me 79 ISTR I seem to recall 80 ITYM I think you mean 81 IYSS If you say so 82 JIC just in case 83 JK just kidding 84 JMO just my opinion 85 JTLYK just to let you know 86 KISS keep it simple, stupid 87 KITA kick in the ass 88 KNF kernel normal form 89 L8R later 90 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 91 LJBF let's just be friends 92 LMAO laughing my ass off 93 LMSO laughing my socks off 94 LOL laughing out loud 95 LTNS long time no see 96 MMU memory management unit 97 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 98 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 99 MOTSS member of the same sex 100 MTF more to follow 101 MYOB mind your own business 102 NBD no big deal 103 NFC no fucking clue 104 NFI no fucking idea 105 NFW no fucking way 106 NIH not invented here 107 NP no problem 108 NRFPT not ready for prime time 109 NRN no reply necessary 110 OIC oh, I see 111 OTL out to lunch 112 OTOH on the other hand 113 OTT over the top 114 OTTOMH off the top of my head 115 PFO please fuck off 116 PFY pimply faced youth 117 PITA pain in the ass 118 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 119 PNG persona non grata 120 PNP plug and pray 121 POC point of contact 122 POLA principle of least astonishment 123 POS piece of shit 124 PPL pretty please 125 PTV parental tunnel vision 126 QED quod erat demonstrandum 127 RFC request for comments 128 RL real life 129 RLC rod length check 130 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 131 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 132 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 133 RP responsible person 134 RSN real soon now 135 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 136 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 137 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 138 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 139 SCNR sorry, could not resist 140 SEP someone else's problem 141 SFA sweet fuck all 142 SHID slaps head in disgust 143 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 144 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 145 SMOP simple matter of programming 146 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 147 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 148 SO significant other 149 SOB son of [a] bitch 150 SOL shit out [of] luck 151 SOP standard operating procedure 152 SSIA subject says it all 153 SUS stupid user syndrome 154 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 155 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 156 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 157 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 158 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 159 TIA thanks in advance 160 TLA three letter acronym 161 TLB translation lookaside buffer 162 TMA too many abbreviations 163 TMI too much information 164 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 165 TTFN ta ta for now 166 TTYL talk to you later 167 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 168 TYVM thank you very much 169 UTSL use the source, Luke 170 VEG very evil grin 171 WAG wild-ass guess 172 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 173 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 174 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 175 WRT with respect to 176 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 177 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 178 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 179 YKWIM you know what I mean 180 YMA yo momma's ass 181 YMMV your mileage may vary 182
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