acronyms revision 1.232
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.232 2015/04/24 00:20:16 rodent Exp $ 2 10Q thank you 3 10X thanks 4 1337 elite ("leet") 5 224 today, tomorrow, forever 6 31337 elite ("eleet") 7 4TW for the win 8 A/S/L age/sex/location 9 AAMOF as a matter of fact 10 ABD all but dissertation 11 AC audible chuckle 12 ADD attention deficit disorder 13 ADHD attention deficit (and) hyperactivity disorder 14 ADN any day now 15 ADOS attention deficit ... oh, shiny! 16 AEAP as early as possible 17 AFAIAC as far as I am concerned 18 AFAIC as far as I'm concerned 19 AFAICR as far as I can {recall,remember} 20 AFAICS as far as I can see 21 AFAICT as far as I can tell 22 AFAIK as far as I know 23 AFAIR as far as I {recall,remember} 24 AFAIU as far as I understand 25 AFD away from desktop 26 AFK away from keyboard 27 AFW away from window 28 AGM annual general meeting 29 AINEC and it's not even close 30 AISE as I see it 31 AIU as I understand 32 AIUI as I understand it 33 AKA also known as 34 AM ante meridiem 35 AMOL a mountain of love 36 ASAIC as soon as I can 37 ASAP as soon as possible 38 ASL age/sex/location 39 ATEOTD at the end of the day 40 ATM at the moment 41 ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine 42 ATW around the world 43 AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan 44 AWOL absent without official leave 45 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 46 AYF all your fault 47 AYOR at your own risk 48 AYT are you there 49 B& banned 50 B/C because 51 B/W bandwidth 52 B/W between 53 BAI goodbye 54 BAK back at keyboard 55 BB baby 56 BBIAB be back in a bit 57 BBL [I'll] be back later 58 BBR burnt beyond repair 59 BBS be back soon 60 BBT be back tomorrow 61 BCNU be seeing you 62 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 63 BCP best current practice 64 BF best friend 65 BF boyfriend 66 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 67 BIAB back in a bit 68 BIAF back in a few 69 BIALW back in a little while 70 BIAS back in a second 71 BIAW back in a while 72 BNYA burned now you are 73 BOC but of course 74 BOFH bastard operator from hell 75 BOT back on topic 76 BRB [I'll] be right back 77 BSD booze, sex, drugs 78 BTDT been there, done that 79 BTFT been there, fixed that 80 BTTH boot to the head 81 BTW by the way 82 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 83 CC credit card 84 CEO chief executive officer 85 CFV call for votes 86 CFY calling for you 87 CG center of gravity 88 CHANOPS channel operator status 89 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 90 CNP continued [in my] next post 91 COB close of business [day] 92 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 93 CPC cost per click 94 CPE customer premises equipment 95 CTN can't talk now 96 CU see you 97 CUL see you later 98 CYA see ya 99 CYA see you around 100 CYE check your email 101 D/B/A doing business as 102 D/L download 103 DBA doing business as 104 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 105 DFC delicious flat {chest,chests} 106 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 107 DIY do it yourself 108 DKDC don't know, don't care 109 DM dungeon master 110 DMZ demilitarized zone 111 DND do not disturb 112 DOA dead on arrival 113 DRY don't repeat yourself 114 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 115 DTRT do the right thing 116 DTWT do the wrong thing 117 DWIM do what I mean 118 DYK do you know? 119 ECR electronic cash register 120 EDS eternal downward spiral 121 EFT electronic funds transfer 122 EG evil grin 123 EIE enough is enough 124 EMSG email message 125 EOB end of business [day] 126 EOD end of {day,discussion} 127 EOL end of life 128 EOM end of message 129 EOS end of story 130 ETA edited to add 131 ETA estimated time of arrival 132 ETLA extended three letter acronym 133 ETR early to rise 134 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 135 EZ easy 136 EZPZ easy-peasy 137 F9 fine 138 FAQ frequently asked question 139 FBOW for better or worse 140 FCFS first come, first served 141 FCOL for crying out loud 142 FFS free for shipping 143 FITB fill in the blank 144 FNO for nerds only 145 FNO from now on 146 FOC free of charge 147 FPS first person shooter 148 FPS frames per second 149 FSDO for some definition of 150 FSVO for some value of 151 FTBFS fails to build from source 152 FTFY fixed that for you 153 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 154 FTL faster than light 155 FTL for the loss 156 FTTT from time to time 157 FTW for the win 158 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 159 FWIW for what it's worth 160 FYEO for your eyes only 161 FYI for your information 162 G grin 163 G/C garbage collect 164 G2G got to go 165 G2K good to know 166 GA go ahead 167 GAC get a clue 168 GAL get a life 169 GBTW get back to work 170 GF girlfriend 171 GFU good for you 172 GFY good for you 173 GG good game 174 GGA good game all 175 GGP good game partner 176 GGWP good game, well played 177 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 178 GIYF Google is your friend 179 GJ good job 180 GL good luck 181 GLHF good luck, have fun 182 GLINE global kill line 183 GLWT good luck with that 184 GM game master 185 GMTA great minds think alike 186 GOK God only knows 187 GOWI get on with it 188 GPS global positioning system 189 GR8 great 190 GTG got to go 191 GTH go to hell 192 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 193 GWS get well soon 194 H8 hate 195 HAND have a nice day 196 HE how embarrasing 197 HF have fun 198 HHIS hanging head in shame 199 HHOS ha ha, only serious 200 HICA here it comes again 201 HNY happy new year 202 HOAS hold on a second 203 HOPS half-operator status 204 HTH hope this helps 205 IAC in any case 206 IAE in any event 207 IANAL I am not a lawyer 208 IAW in another window 209 IAWTC I agree with this comment 210 IAWTP I agree with this post 211 IAY I adore you 212 IB I'm back 213 IC I see 214 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 215 ICCL I couldn't care less 216 ICUR I see you are 217 IDC I don't care 218 IDGI I don't get it 219 IDGW in a good way 220 IDI I doubt it 221 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 222 IDK I don't know 223 IDRC I don't really care 224 IDTS I don't think so 225 IDTT I drink to that 226 IHBW I have been wrong 227 IIANM if I am not mistaken 228 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 229 IIUC if I understand correctly 230 IKWYM I know what you mean 231 ILU I love you 232 ILY I love you 233 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 234 IMBO in my biased opinion 235 IMCO in my considered opinion 236 IMHO in my humble opinion 237 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 238 IMO in my opinion 239 INB4 in before 240 INPO in no particular order 241 IOW in other words 242 IPML I pissed myself laughing 243 IQ intelligence quotient 244 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 245 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 246 IRL in real life 247 IRT in real time 248 IRT in regards to 249 ISAGN I see a great need 250 ISBN International Standard Book Number 251 ISTM it seems to me 252 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 253 ITC in this {channel,chat} 254 ITT in this thread 255 ITYM I think you mean 256 IUD insert usual disclaimers 257 IUSS if you say so 258 IW it's worse 259 IWBNI it would be nice if 260 IYD in your dreams 261 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 262 IYSS if you say so 263 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 264 J/K just kidding 265 JAM just a minute 266 JAS just a second 267 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 268 JFTR just for the record 269 JFYI just for your information 270 JGI just Google it 271 JGI just got it 272 JHD just hit delete 273 JIC just in case 274 JJA just joking around 275 JK just kidding 276 JMO just my opinion 277 JSYK just so you know 278 JTLYK just to let you know 279 JW just wondering 280 KISS keep it simple, stupid 281 KITA kick in the ass 282 KK okay, okay 283 KLINE kill line 284 KMA keep me advised 285 KMA keep moving ahead 286 KMA kill me already 287 KNF kernel normal form 288 KOS kill on sight 289 KTHX okay, thanks 290 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 291 KWIM know what I mean? 292 L8 late 293 L8R later 294 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 295 LBNL last but not least 296 LGTM looks good to me 297 LJBF let's just be friends 298 LMAO laughing my ass off 299 LMB lick my balls 300 LMC let me check 301 LMGTFY let me google that for you 302 LMHO laughing my head off 303 LMK let me know 304 LMNO laughing my nuts off 305 LMSO laughing my socks off 306 LOL laughing out loud 307 LP long playing [record] 308 LTNS long time no see 309 LWYL laugh with you later 310 M8 mate 311 MAD mutually assured destruction 312 MFW my face when 313 MIA missing in action 314 MMB message me back 315 MO modus operandi 316 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 317 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 318 MOTSS member of the same sex 319 MTF more to follow 320 MYOB mind your own business 321 N/A not {applicable,available} 322 N/M never mind 323 NAFAIK not as far as I know 324 NBD no big deal 325 NE1 anyone 326 NEDM not even Doom music 327 NFA no flaming allowed 328 NIFOC naked in front of computer 329 NIH not invented here 330 NIMBY not in my backyard 331 NM never mind 332 NMF not my fault 333 NMP not my problem 334 NOM no offence meant 335 NOOB newbie 336 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 337 NOYB none of your business 338 NP no problem 339 NPC non-player character 340 NRFPT not ready for prime time 341 NRN no reply necessary 342 NRN not right now 343 NSFW not suitable for work 344 NTN no thanks needed 345 NUNP no users, no problems 346 NVM never mind 347 NW no way 348 NXT next 349 O2W off to work 350 OAO over and out 351 OBV obviously 352 OBVS obviously 353 OFC of course 354 OH other half 355 OIC oh, I see 356 OMG oh my God 357 OMW on my way 358 ONNA oh no, not again 359 ONNTA oh no, not this again 360 OOB out of bounds 361 OOC out of curiosity 362 OOI out of interest 363 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 364 OPP other people's {penis,property,pussy} 365 OPS operator status 366 OPS operators 367 ORITE oh, right 368 OT off topic 369 OTL out to lunch 370 OTOH on the other hand 371 OTP one true pairing 372 OTS off the shelf 373 OTT over the top 374 OTTOMH off the top of my head 375 OWTTE or words to that effect 376 PC player character 377 PC politically correct 378 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 379 PD police department 380 PDA public display of affection 381 PDQ pretty darn quick 382 PDS please don't shout 383 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 384 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 385 PFI pay for inclusion 386 PFY pimply faced youth 387 PHB pointy haired boss 388 PIN personal identification number 389 PITA pain in the ass 390 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 391 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 392 PM post meridiem 393 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 394 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 395 PMSL pissing myself laughing 396 PNG persona non grata 397 PNP plug and pray 398 POC point of contact 399 POC proof of concept 400 POLA principle of least astonishment 401 POLS principle of least surprise 402 POS point of sale 403 POV point of view 404 PPL people 405 PPL pretty please 406 PPP petty pet peeve 407 PR public relations 408 PTV parental tunnel vision 409 QED quod erat demonstrandum 410 QFT quoted for truth 411 RA residential advisor 412 RFC request for comments 413 RFD request for discussion 414 RFE request for enhancements 415 RIP rest in peace 416 RL real life 417 RLC rod length check 418 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 419 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 420 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 421 ROI return on investment 422 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 423 RP responsible person 424 RR railroad 425 RSI repetitive strain injury 426 RSN real soon now 427 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 428 S/T self titled 429 SAR search and rescue 430 SAR some assembly required 431 SCNR sorry, could not resist 432 SEP someone else's problem 433 SERP search engine results page 434 SIF secret Internet fatty 435 SFAICT so far as I can tell 436 SHID slaps head in disgust 437 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 438 SITD still in the dark 439 SJW social justice {warrior,warriors} 440 SMH shaking my head 441 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 442 SMOP simple matter of programming 443 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 444 SNMP sorry, not my problem 445 SO significant other 446 SOB son of [a] bitch 447 SOP standard operating procedure 448 SRS serious 449 SRSLY seriously 450 SSIA subject says it all 451 SSTO single stage to orbit 452 STW search the web 453 SUS stupid user syndrome 454 SUX sucks 455 SUX2BU sucks to be you 456 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 457 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 458 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 459 SYS see you soon 460 TA teaching assistant 461 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 462 TBA to be announced 463 TBC to be continued 464 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 465 TBH to be honest 466 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 467 TCB taking care of business 468 TCO taken care of 469 TCO total cost of ownership 470 TFOA things falling off aircraft 471 THNX thanks 472 THX thanks 473 TIA thanks in advance 474 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 475 TIC tonque in cheek 476 TIL today I learned 477 TINC there is no cabal 478 TINLA this is not legal advice 479 TINWIS this is not what I said 480 TJM that's just me 481 TLA three letter acronym 482 TLA true love always 483 TLC tender loving care 484 TLDR too long, didn't read 485 TM trademark 486 TM trust me 487 TMA too many abbreviations 488 TMG too much government 489 TMI too much information 490 TMJ temporomandibular joint 491 TMK to my knowledge 492 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 493 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 494 TOC table of contents 495 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 496 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 497 TOH to other half 498 TP toilet paper 499 TPTB the powers that be 500 TRT the right thing 501 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 502 TTFN ta ta for now 503 TTM to the moderator 504 TTT thought that too 505 TTYL talk to you later 506 TTYS talk to you soon 507 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 508 TWDT the whole damn thing 509 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 510 TY thank you 511 TYVM thank you very much 512 U/L upload 513 UGT universal greeting time 514 UR your 515 UR {you're, you are} 516 UTSL use the source, Luke 517 VCR video cassette recorder 518 VEG very evil grin 519 VIP very important person 520 W/ with 521 W/E whatever 522 W/O without 523 W8 wait 524 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 525 WAG wild-ass guess 526 WB welcome back 527 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 528 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 529 WELC working effectively with legacy code 530 WFH working from home 531 WFM works for me 532 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 533 WIP work in progress 534 WMNC watch me not care 535 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 536 WRT with respect to 537 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 538 WTG way to go 539 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 540 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 541 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 542 WWJD what would Jesus do? 543 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 544 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 545 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 546 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 547 YGM you got mail 548 YHBT you have been trolled 549 YHL you have lost 550 YKWIM you know what I mean 551 YMMV your mileage may vary 552 YOLO you only live once 553 YW you're welcome 554 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 555
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