acronyms revision 1.236
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.236 2015/05/09 18:18:32 dholland 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 BBIAB be back in a bit 56 BBL [I'll] be back later 57 BBR burnt beyond repair 58 BBS be back soon 59 BBT be back tomorrow 60 BCNU be seeing you 61 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 62 BCP best current practice 63 BF best friend 64 BF boyfriend 65 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 66 BIAB back in a bit 67 BIAF back in a few 68 BIALW back in a little while 69 BIAS back in a second 70 BIAW back in a while 71 BNYA burned now you are 72 BOC but of course 73 BOFH bastard operator from hell 74 BOT back on topic 75 BRB [I'll] be right back 76 BSD booze, sex, drugs 77 BTDT been there, done that 78 BTFT been there, fixed that 79 BTTH boot to the head 80 BTW by the way 81 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 82 CC credit card 83 CEO chief executive officer 84 CFV call for votes 85 CFY calling for you 86 CG center of gravity 87 CHANOPS channel operator status 88 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 89 CNP continued [in my] next post 90 COB close of business [day] 91 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 92 CPC cost per click 93 CPE customer premises equipment 94 CTN can't talk now 95 CU see you 96 CUL see you later 97 CYA see ya 98 CYA see you around 99 CYE check your email 100 D/B/A doing business as 101 D/L download 102 DBA doing business as 103 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 104 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 105 DIY do it yourself 106 DKDC don't know, don't care 107 DM dungeon master 108 DMZ demilitarized zone 109 DND do not disturb 110 DOA dead on arrival 111 DRY don't repeat yourself 112 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 113 DTRT do the right thing 114 DTWT do the wrong thing 115 DWIM do what I mean 116 DYK do you know? 117 ECR electronic cash register 118 EDS eternal downward spiral 119 EFT electronic funds transfer 120 EG evil grin 121 EIE enough is enough 122 EMSG email message 123 EOB end of business [day] 124 EOD end of {day,discussion} 125 EOL end of life 126 EOM end of message 127 EOS end of story 128 ETA edited to add 129 ETA estimated time of arrival 130 ETLA extended three letter acronym 131 ETR early to rise 132 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 133 EZ easy 134 EZPZ easy-peasy 135 F9 fine 136 FAQ frequently asked question 137 FBOW for better or worse 138 FCFS first come, first served 139 FCOL for crying out loud 140 FFS free for shipping 141 FITB fill in the blank 142 FNO for nerds only 143 FNO from now on 144 FOC free of charge 145 FPS first person shooter 146 FPS frames per second 147 FSDO for some definition of 148 FSVO for some value of 149 FTBFS fails to build from source 150 FTFY fixed that for you 151 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 152 FTL faster than light 153 FTL for the loss 154 FTTT from time to time 155 FTW for the win 156 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 157 FWIW for what it's worth 158 FYEO for your eyes only 159 FYI for your information 160 G grin 161 G/C garbage collect 162 G2G got to go 163 G2K good to know 164 GA go ahead 165 GAC get a clue 166 GAL get a life 167 GBTW get back to work 168 GF girlfriend 169 GFU good for you 170 GFY good for you 171 GG good game 172 GGA good game all 173 GGP good game partner 174 GGWP good game, well played 175 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 176 GIYF Google is your friend 177 GJ good job 178 GL good luck 179 GLHF good luck, have fun 180 GLINE global kill line 181 GLWT good luck with that 182 GM game master 183 GMTA great minds think alike 184 GOK God only knows 185 GOWI get on with it 186 GPS global positioning system 187 GR8 great 188 GTG got to go 189 GTH go to hell 190 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 191 GWS get well soon 192 H8 hate 193 HAND have a nice day 194 HE how embarrasing 195 HF have fun 196 HHIS hanging head in shame 197 HHOS ha ha, only serious 198 HICA here it comes again 199 HNY happy new year 200 HOAS hold on a second 201 HOPS half-operator status 202 HTH hope this helps 203 IAC in any case 204 IAE in any event 205 IANAL I am not a lawyer 206 IAW in another window 207 IAWTC I agree with this comment 208 IAWTP I agree with this post 209 IAY I adore you 210 IB I'm back 211 IC I see 212 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 213 ICCL I couldn't care less 214 ICUR I see you are 215 ICYMI in case you missed it 216 IDC I don't care 217 IDGI I don't get it 218 IDGW in a good way 219 IDI I doubt it 220 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 221 IDK I don't know 222 IDRC I don't really care 223 IDTS I don't think so 224 IDTT I drink to that 225 IHBW I have been wrong 226 IIANM if I am not mistaken 227 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 228 IIUC if I understand correctly 229 IKR I know, right? 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 LMC let me check 300 LMGTFY let me google that for you 301 LMHO laughing my head off 302 LMK let me know 303 LMNO laughing my nuts off 304 LMSO laughing my socks off 305 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 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 NMU not much, you? 335 NOM no offence meant 336 NOOB newbie 337 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 338 NOYB none of your business 339 NP no problem 340 NPC non-player character 341 NRFPT not ready for prime time 342 NRN no reply necessary 343 NRN not right now 344 NSFW not suitable for work 345 NTN no thanks needed 346 NUNP no users, no problems 347 NVM never mind 348 NW no way 349 NXT next 350 NYPA not your personal army 351 O2W off to work 352 OAO over and out 353 OBV obviously 354 OBVS obviously 355 OFC of course 356 OH other half 357 OIC oh, I see 358 OMG oh my God 359 OMW on my way 360 ONNA oh no, not again 361 ONNTA oh no, not this again 362 OOB out of bounds 363 OOC out of curiosity 364 OOI out of interest 365 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 366 OPS operator status 367 OPS operators 368 ORITE oh, right 369 OT off topic 370 OTL out to lunch 371 OTOH on the other hand 372 OTP one true pairing 373 OTS off the shelf 374 OTT over the top 375 OTTOMH off the top of my head 376 OWTTE or words to that effect 377 PC player character 378 PC politically correct 379 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 380 PD police department 381 PDA public display of affection 382 PDQ pretty darn quick 383 PDS please don't shout 384 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 385 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 386 PFI pay for inclusion 387 PFY pimply faced youth 388 PHB pointy haired boss 389 PIN personal identification number 390 PITA pain in the ass 391 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 392 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 393 PM post meridiem 394 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 395 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 396 PMSL pissing myself laughing 397 PNG persona non grata 398 PNP plug and pray 399 POC point of contact 400 POC proof of concept 401 POLA principle of least astonishment 402 POLS principle of least surprise 403 POS point of sale 404 POV point of view 405 PPL people 406 PPL pretty please 407 PPP petty pet peeve 408 PR public relations 409 PTV parental tunnel vision 410 QED quod erat demonstrandum 411 QFT quoted for truth 412 RA residential advisor 413 RFC request for comments 414 RFD request for discussion 415 RFE request for enhancements 416 RIP rest in peace 417 RL real life 418 RLC rod length check 419 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 420 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 421 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 422 ROI return on investment 423 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 424 RP responsible person 425 RR railroad 426 RSI repetitive strain injury 427 RSN real soon now 428 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 429 S/T self titled 430 SAR search and rescue 431 SAR some assembly required 432 SCNR sorry, could not resist 433 SEP someone else's problem 434 SERP search engine results page 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 SMH shaking my head 440 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 441 SMOP simple matter of programming 442 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 443 SNMP sorry, not my problem 444 SO significant other 445 SOB son of [a] bitch 446 SOP standard operating procedure 447 SRS serious 448 SRSLY seriously 449 SSIA subject says it all 450 SSTO single stage to orbit 451 STW search the web 452 SUS stupid user syndrome 453 SUX sucks 454 SUX2BU sucks to be you 455 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 456 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 457 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 458 SYS see you soon 459 TA teaching assistant 460 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 461 TBA to be announced 462 TBC to be continued 463 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 464 TBH to be honest 465 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 466 TCB taking care of business 467 TCO taken care of 468 TCO total cost of ownership 469 TFOA things falling off aircraft 470 THNX thanks 471 THX thanks 472 TIA thanks in advance 473 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 474 TIC tonque in cheek 475 TIL today I learned 476 TINC there is no cabal 477 TINLA this is not legal advice 478 TINWIS this is not what I said 479 TJM that's just me 480 TLA three letter acronym 481 TLA true love always 482 TLC tender loving care 483 TLDR too long, didn't read 484 TM trademark 485 TM trust me 486 TMA too many abbreviations 487 TMG too much government 488 TMI too much information 489 TMJ temporomandibular joint 490 TMK to my knowledge 491 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 492 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 493 TOC table of contents 494 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 495 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 496 TOH to other half 497 TP toilet paper 498 TPTB the powers that be 499 TRT the right thing 500 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 501 TTFN ta ta for now 502 TTM to the moderator 503 TTT thought that too 504 TTYL talk to you later 505 TTYS talk to you soon 506 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 507 TWDT the whole damn thing 508 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 509 TY thank you 510 TYVM thank you very much 511 U/L upload 512 UGT universal greeting time 513 UR your 514 UR {you're, you are} 515 UTSL use the source, Luke 516 VCR video cassette recorder 517 VEG very evil grin 518 VIP very important person 519 W/ with 520 W/E whatever 521 W/O without 522 W8 wait 523 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 524 WAG wild-ass guess 525 WB welcome back 526 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 527 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 528 WELC working effectively with legacy code 529 WFH working from home 530 WFM works for me 531 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 532 WIP work in progress 533 WMNC watch me not care 534 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 535 WRT with respect to 536 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 537 WTG way to go 538 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 539 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 540 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 541 WWJD what would Jesus do? 542 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 543 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 544 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 545 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 546 YGM you got mail 547 YHBT you have been trolled 548 YHL you have lost 549 YKWIM you know what I mean 550 YMMV your mileage may vary 551 YOLO you only live once 552 YW you're welcome 553 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 554
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