acronyms revision 1.113
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.113 2003/02/05 20:11:04 mason 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 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 73 IMCO in my considered opinion 74 IMHO in my humble opinion 75 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 76 IMO in my opinion 77 IOW in other words 78 IRL in real life 79 ISAGN I see a great need 80 ISTM it seems to me 81 ISTR I seem to recall 82 ITYM I think you mean 83 IYSS If you say so 84 JIC just in case 85 JK just kidding 86 JMO just my opinion 87 JTLYK just to let you know 88 KISS keep it simple, stupid 89 KITA kick in the ass 90 KNF kernel normal form 91 L8R later 92 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 93 LJBF let's just be friends 94 LMAO laughing my ass off 95 LMSO laughing my socks off 96 LOL laughing out loud 97 LTNS long time no see 98 MMU memory management unit 99 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 100 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 101 MOTSS member of the same sex 102 MTF more to follow 103 MYOB mind your own business 104 NBD no big deal 105 NFC no fucking clue 106 NFI no fucking idea 107 NFW no fucking way 108 NIH not invented here 109 NP no problem 110 NRFPT not ready for prime time 111 NRN no reply necessary 112 OIC oh, I see 113 OTL out to lunch 114 OTOH on the other hand 115 OTT over the top 116 OTTOMH off the top of my head 117 PFO please fuck off 118 PFY pimply faced youth 119 PITA pain in the ass 120 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 121 PNG persona non grata 122 PNP plug and pray 123 POC point of contact 124 POLA principle of least astonishment 125 POS piece of shit 126 PPL pretty please 127 PTV parental tunnel vision 128 QED quod erat demonstrandum 129 RFC request for comments 130 RL real life 131 RLC rod length check 132 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 133 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 134 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 135 RP responsible person 136 RSN real soon now 137 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 138 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 139 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 140 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 141 SCNR sorry, could not resist 142 SEP someone else's problem 143 SFA sweet fuck all 144 SHID slaps head in disgust 145 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 146 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 147 SMOP simple matter of programming 148 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 149 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 150 SO significant other 151 SOB son of [a] bitch 152 SOL shit out [of] luck 153 SOP standard operating procedure 154 SSIA subject says it all 155 SUS stupid user syndrome 156 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 157 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 158 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 159 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 160 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 161 TIA thanks in advance 162 TLA three letter acronym 163 TLB translation lookaside buffer 164 TMA too many abbreviations 165 TMI too much information 166 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 167 TTFN ta ta for now 168 TTYL talk to you later 169 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 170 TYVM thank you very much 171 UTSL use the source, Luke 172 VEG very evil grin 173 WAG wild-ass guess 174 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 175 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 176 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 177 WRT with respect to 178 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 179 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 180 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 181 YKWIM you know what I mean 182 YMA yo momma's ass 183 YMMV your mileage may vary 184
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