acronyms revision 1.240
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.240 2015/09/18 13:40:10 wiz 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 GMT Greenwich mean time 184 GMTA great minds think alike 185 GOK God only knows 186 GOWI get on with it 187 GPS global positioning system 188 GR8 great 189 GTG got to go 190 GTH go to hell 191 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 192 GWS get well soon 193 H8 hate 194 HAND have a nice day 195 HE how embarrasing 196 HF have fun 197 HHIS hanging head in shame 198 HHOS ha ha, only serious 199 HICA here it comes again 200 HNY happy new year 201 HOAS hold on a second 202 HOPS half-operator status 203 HTH hope this helps 204 IAC in any case 205 IAE in any event 206 IANAL I am not a lawyer 207 IAW in another window 208 IAWTC I agree with this comment 209 IAWTP I agree with this post 210 IAY I adore you 211 IB I'm back 212 IC I see 213 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 214 ICCL I couldn't care less 215 ICUR I see you are 216 ICYMI in case you missed it 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 IKR I know, right? 231 IKWYM I know what you mean 232 ILU I love you 233 ILY I love you 234 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 235 IMBO in my biased opinion 236 IMCO in my considered opinion 237 IMHO in my humble opinion 238 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 239 IMO in my opinion 240 INB4 in before 241 INPO in no particular order 242 IOW in other words 243 IPML I pissed myself laughing 244 IQ intelligence quotient 245 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 246 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 247 IRL in real life 248 IRT in real time 249 IRT in regards to 250 ISAGN I see a great need 251 ISBN International Standard Book Number 252 ISTM it seems to me 253 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 254 ITC in this {channel,chat} 255 ITT in this thread 256 ITYM I think you mean 257 IUD insert usual disclaimers 258 IUSS if you say so 259 IW it's worse 260 IWBNI it would be nice if 261 IYD in your dreams 262 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 263 IYSS if you say so 264 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 265 J/K just kidding 266 JAM just a minute 267 JAS just a second 268 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 269 JFTR just for the record 270 JFYI just for your information 271 JGI just Google it 272 JGI just got it 273 JHD just hit delete 274 JIC just in case 275 JJA just joking around 276 JK just kidding 277 JMO just my opinion 278 JSYK just so you know 279 JTLYK just to let you know 280 JW just wondering 281 KISS keep it simple, stupid 282 KITA kick in the ass 283 KK okay, okay 284 KLINE kill line 285 KMA keep me advised 286 KMA keep moving ahead 287 KMA kill me already 288 KNF kernel normal form 289 KOS kill on sight 290 KTHX okay, thanks 291 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 292 KWIM know what I mean? 293 L8 late 294 L8R later 295 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 296 LBNL last but not least 297 LGTM looks good to me 298 LJBF let's just be friends 299 LMAO laughing my ass off 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 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 307 LOL laughing out loud 308 LP long playing [record] 309 LTNS long time no see 310 LWYL laugh with you later 311 M8 mate 312 MAD mutually assured destruction 313 MFW my face when 314 MIA missing in action 315 MMB message me back 316 MO modus operandi 317 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 318 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 319 MOTSS member of the same sex 320 MTF more to follow 321 MYOB mind your own business 322 N/A not {applicable,available} 323 N/M never mind 324 NAFAIK not as far as I know 325 NBD no big deal 326 NE1 anyone 327 NEDM not even Doom music 328 NFA no flaming allowed 329 NIFOC naked in front of computer 330 NIH not invented here 331 NIMBY not in my backyard 332 NM never mind 333 NMF not my fault 334 NMP not my problem 335 NMU not much, you? 336 NOM no offence meant 337 NOOB newbie 338 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 339 NOYB none of your business 340 NP no problem 341 NPC non-player character 342 NRFPT not ready for prime time 343 NRN no reply necessary 344 NRN not right now 345 NSFW not suitable for work 346 NTN no thanks needed 347 NUNP no users, no problems 348 NVM never mind 349 NW no way 350 NXT next 351 NYPA not your personal army 352 O2W off to work 353 OAO over and out 354 OBV obviously 355 OBVS obviously 356 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 357 OFC of course 358 OH other half 359 OIC oh, I see 360 OMG oh my God 361 OMW on my way 362 ONNA oh no, not again 363 ONNTA oh no, not this again 364 OOB out of bounds 365 OOC out of curiosity 366 OOI out of interest 367 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 368 OPS operator status 369 OPS operators 370 ORITE oh, right 371 OT off topic 372 OTL out to lunch 373 OTOH on the other hand 374 OTP one true pairing 375 OTS off the shelf 376 OTT over the top 377 OTTOMH off the top of my head 378 OWTTE or words to that effect 379 PC player character 380 PC politically correct 381 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 382 PD police department 383 PDA public display of affection 384 PDQ pretty darn quick 385 PDS please don't shout 386 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 387 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 388 PFI pay for inclusion 389 PFY pimply faced youth 390 PHB pointy haired boss 391 PIN personal identification number 392 PITA pain in the ass 393 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 394 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 395 PM post meridiem 396 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 397 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 398 PMSL pissing myself laughing 399 PNG persona non grata 400 PNP plug and pray 401 POC point of contact 402 POC proof of concept 403 POLA principle of least astonishment 404 POLS principle of least surprise 405 POS point of sale 406 POV point of view 407 PPL people 408 PPL pretty please 409 PPP petty pet peeve 410 PR public relations 411 PTV parental tunnel vision 412 QED quod erat demonstrandum 413 QFT quoted for truth 414 RA residential advisor 415 RFC request for comments 416 RFD request for discussion 417 RFE request for enhancements 418 RIP rest in peace 419 RL real life 420 RLC rod length check 421 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 422 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 423 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 424 ROI return on investment 425 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 426 RP responsible person 427 RR railroad 428 RSI repetitive strain injury 429 RSN real soon now 430 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 431 S/T self titled 432 SAR search and rescue 433 SAR some assembly required 434 SCNR sorry, could not resist 435 SEP someone else's problem 436 SERP search engine results page 437 SFAICT so far as I can tell 438 SHID slaps head in disgust 439 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 440 SITD still in the dark 441 SMH shaking my head 442 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 443 SMOP simple matter of programming 444 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 445 SNMP sorry, not my problem 446 SO significant other 447 SOB son of [a] bitch 448 SOP standard operating procedure 449 SRS serious 450 SRSLY seriously 451 SSIA subject says it all 452 SSTO single stage to orbit 453 STW search the web 454 SUS stupid user syndrome 455 SUX sucks 456 SUX2BU sucks to be you 457 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 458 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 459 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 460 SYS see you soon 461 TA teaching assistant 462 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 463 TBA to be announced 464 TBC to be continued 465 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 466 TBH to be honest 467 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 468 TCB taking care of business 469 TCO taken care of 470 TCO total cost of ownership 471 TFOA things falling off aircraft 472 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 473 THNX thanks 474 THX thanks 475 TIA thanks in advance 476 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 477 TIC tonque in cheek 478 TIL today I learned 479 TINC there is no cabal 480 TINLA this is not legal advice 481 TINWIS this is not what I said 482 TJM that's just me 483 TLA three letter acronym 484 TLA true love always 485 TLC tender loving care 486 TLDR too long, didn't read 487 TM trademark 488 TM trust me 489 TMA too many abbreviations 490 TMG too much government 491 TMI too much information 492 TMJ temporomandibular joint 493 TMK to my knowledge 494 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 495 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 496 TOC table of contents 497 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 498 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 499 TOH to other half 500 TP toilet paper 501 TPTB the powers that be 502 TRT the right thing 503 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 504 TTFN ta ta for now 505 TTM to the moderator 506 TTT thought that too 507 TTYL talk to you later 508 TTYS talk to you soon 509 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 510 TWDT the whole damn thing 511 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 512 TY thank you 513 TYVM thank you very much 514 U/L upload 515 UGT universal greeting time 516 UR your 517 UR {you're, you are} 518 UTSL use the source, Luke 519 VCR video cassette recorder 520 VEG very evil grin 521 VIP very important person 522 W/ with 523 W/E whatever 524 W/O without 525 W8 wait 526 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 527 WAG wild-ass guess 528 WB welcome back 529 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 530 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 531 WELC working effectively with legacy code 532 WFH working from home 533 WFM works for me 534 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 535 WIP work in progress 536 WMNC watch me not care 537 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 538 WRT with respect to 539 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 540 WTF where's the food 541 WTG way to go 542 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 543 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 544 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 545 WWJD what would Jesus do? 546 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 547 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 548 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 549 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 550 YGM you got mail 551 YHBT you have been trolled 552 YHL you have lost 553 YKWIM you know what I mean 554 YMMV your mileage may vary 555 YOLO you only live once 556 YW you're welcome 557 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 558
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