acronyms revision 1.237
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.237 2015/05/18 11:56:20 pooka 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 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 356 OFC of course 357 OH other half 358 OIC oh, I see 359 OMG oh my God 360 OMW on my way 361 ONNA oh no, not again 362 ONNTA oh no, not this again 363 OOB out of bounds 364 OOC out of curiosity 365 OOI out of interest 366 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 367 OPS operator status 368 OPS operators 369 ORITE oh, right 370 OT off topic 371 OTL out to lunch 372 OTOH on the other hand 373 OTP one true pairing 374 OTS off the shelf 375 OTT over the top 376 OTTOMH off the top of my head 377 OWTTE or words to that effect 378 PC player character 379 PC politically correct 380 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 381 PD police department 382 PDA public display of affection 383 PDQ pretty darn quick 384 PDS please don't shout 385 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 386 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 387 PFI pay for inclusion 388 PFY pimply faced youth 389 PHB pointy haired boss 390 PIN personal identification number 391 PITA pain in the ass 392 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 393 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 394 PM post meridiem 395 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 396 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 397 PMSL pissing myself laughing 398 PNG persona non grata 399 PNP plug and pray 400 POC point of contact 401 POC proof of concept 402 POLA principle of least astonishment 403 POLS principle of least surprise 404 POS point of sale 405 POV point of view 406 PPL people 407 PPL pretty please 408 PPP petty pet peeve 409 PR public relations 410 PTV parental tunnel vision 411 QED quod erat demonstrandum 412 QFT quoted for truth 413 RA residential advisor 414 RFC request for comments 415 RFD request for discussion 416 RFE request for enhancements 417 RIP rest in peace 418 RL real life 419 RLC rod length check 420 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 421 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 422 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 423 ROI return on investment 424 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 425 RP responsible person 426 RR railroad 427 RSI repetitive strain injury 428 RSN real soon now 429 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 430 S/T self titled 431 SAR search and rescue 432 SAR some assembly required 433 SCNR sorry, could not resist 434 SEP someone else's problem 435 SERP search engine results page 436 SFAICT so far as I can tell 437 SHID slaps head in disgust 438 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 439 SITD still in the dark 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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