acronyms revision 1.112
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.112 2002/09/27 03:40:46 junyoung 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 EOL end of life 46 ETLA extended three letter acronym 47 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 48 FAQ frequently asked question 49 FIIK fuck[ed] if I know 50 FIIR fuck[ed] if I remember 51 FM fucking magic 52 FOAD fall over and die 53 FSDO for some definition of 54 FSVO for some value of 55 FTFM fuck the fuckin' manual! 56 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 57 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 58 FWIW for what it's worth 59 FYI for your information 60 G grin 61 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 62 GMTA great minds think alike 63 GTFO get the fuck out 64 HAND have a nice day 65 HHIS hanging head in shame 66 HTH hope this helps 67 IANAL I am not a lawyer 68 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 69 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 70 IIANM if I am not mistaken 71 IIRC if I recall correctly 72 IMCO in my considered opinion 73 IMHO in my humble opinion 74 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 75 IMO in my opinion 76 IOW in other words 77 IRL in real life 78 ISAGN I see a great need 79 ISTM it seems to me 80 ISTR I seem to recall 81 ITYM I think you mean 82 IYSS If you say so 83 JIC just in case 84 JK just kidding 85 JMO just my opinion 86 JTLYK just to let you know 87 KISS keep it simple, stupid 88 KITA kick in the ass 89 KNF kernel normal form 90 L8R later 91 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 92 LJBF let's just be friends 93 LMAO laughing my ass off 94 LMSO laughing my socks off 95 LOL laughing out loud 96 LTNS long time no see 97 MMU memory management unit 98 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 99 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 100 MOTSS member of the same sex 101 MTF more to follow 102 MYOB mind your own business 103 NBD no big deal 104 NFC no fucking clue 105 NFI no fucking idea 106 NFW no fucking way 107 NIH not invented here 108 NP no problem 109 NRFPT not ready for prime time 110 NRN no reply necessary 111 OIC oh, I see 112 OTL out to lunch 113 OTOH on the other hand 114 OTT over the top 115 OTTOMH off the top of my head 116 PFO please fuck off 117 PFY pimply faced youth 118 PITA pain in the ass 119 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 120 PNG persona non grata 121 PNP plug and pray 122 POC point of contact 123 POLA principle of least astonishment 124 POS piece of shit 125 PPL pretty please 126 PTV parental tunnel vision 127 QED quod erat demonstrandum 128 RFC request for comments 129 RL real life 130 RLC rod length check 131 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 132 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 133 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 134 RP responsible person 135 RSN real soon now 136 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 137 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 138 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 139 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 140 SCNR sorry, could not resist 141 SEP someone else's problem 142 SFA sweet fuck all 143 SHID slaps head in disgust 144 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 145 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 146 SMOP simple matter of programming 147 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 148 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 149 SO significant other 150 SOB son of [a] bitch 151 SOL shit out [of] luck 152 SOP standard operating procedure 153 SSIA subject says it all 154 SUS stupid user syndrome 155 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 156 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 157 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 158 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 159 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 160 TIA thanks in advance 161 TLA three letter acronym 162 TLB translation lookaside buffer 163 TMA too many abbreviations 164 TMI too much information 165 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 166 TTFN ta ta for now 167 TTYL talk to you later 168 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 169 TYVM thank you very much 170 UTSL use the source, Luke 171 VEG very evil grin 172 WAG wild-ass guess 173 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 174 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 175 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 176 WRT with respect to 177 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 178 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 179 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 180 YKWIM you know what I mean 181 YMA yo momma's ass 182 YMMV your mileage may vary 183
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