acronyms revision 1.241
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.241 2015/10/10 22:51:05 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 FTR for the record 155 FTTT from time to time 156 FTW for the win 157 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 158 FWIW for what it's worth 159 FYEO for your eyes only 160 FYI for your information 161 G grin 162 G/C garbage collect 163 G2G got to go 164 G2K good to know 165 GA go ahead 166 GAC get a clue 167 GAL get a life 168 GBTW get back to work 169 GF girlfriend 170 GFU good for you 171 GFY good for you 172 GG good game 173 GGA good game all 174 GGP good game partner 175 GGWP good game, well played 176 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 177 GIYF Google is your friend 178 GJ good job 179 GL good luck 180 GLHF good luck, have fun 181 GLINE global kill line 182 GLWT good luck with that 183 GM game master 184 GMT Greenwich mean time 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 ICYMI in case you missed it 218 IDC I don't care 219 IDGI I don't get it 220 IDGW in a good way 221 IDI I doubt it 222 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 223 IDK I don't know 224 IDRC I don't really care 225 IDTS I don't think so 226 IDTT I drink to that 227 IHBW I have been wrong 228 IIANM if I am not mistaken 229 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 230 IIUC if I understand correctly 231 IKR I know, right? 232 IKWYM I know what you mean 233 ILU I love you 234 ILY I love you 235 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 236 IMBO in my biased opinion 237 IMCO in my considered opinion 238 IMHO in my humble opinion 239 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 240 IMO in my opinion 241 INB4 in before 242 INPO in no particular order 243 IOW in other words 244 IPML I pissed myself laughing 245 IQ intelligence quotient 246 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 247 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 248 IRL in real life 249 IRT in real time 250 IRT in regards to 251 ISAGN I see a great need 252 ISBN International Standard Book Number 253 ISTM it seems to me 254 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 255 ITC in this {channel,chat} 256 ITT in this thread 257 ITYM I think you mean 258 IUD insert usual disclaimers 259 IUSS if you say so 260 IW it's worse 261 IWBNI it would be nice if 262 IYD in your dreams 263 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 264 IYSS if you say so 265 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 266 J/K just kidding 267 JAM just a minute 268 JAS just a second 269 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 270 JFTR just for the record 271 JFYI just for your information 272 JGI just Google it 273 JGI just got it 274 JHD just hit delete 275 JIC just in case 276 JJA just joking around 277 JK just kidding 278 JMO just my opinion 279 JSYK just so you know 280 JTLYK just to let you know 281 JW just wondering 282 KISS keep it simple, stupid 283 KITA kick in the ass 284 KK okay, okay 285 KLINE kill line 286 KMA keep me advised 287 KMA keep moving ahead 288 KMA kill me already 289 KNF kernel normal form 290 KOS kill on sight 291 KTHX okay, thanks 292 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 293 KWIM know what I mean? 294 L8 late 295 L8R later 296 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 297 LBNL last but not least 298 LGTM looks good to me 299 LJBF let's just be friends 300 LMAO laughing my ass off 301 LMC let me check 302 LMGTFY let me google that for you 303 LMHO laughing my head off 304 LMK let me know 305 LMNO laughing my nuts off 306 LMSO laughing my socks off 307 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 308 LOL laughing out loud 309 LP long playing [record] 310 LTNS long time no see 311 LWYL laugh with you later 312 M8 mate 313 MAD mutually assured destruction 314 MFW my face when 315 MIA missing in action 316 MMB message me back 317 MO modus operandi 318 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 319 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 320 MOTSS member of the same sex 321 MTF more to follow 322 MYOB mind your own business 323 N/A not {applicable,available} 324 N/M never mind 325 NAFAIK not as far as I know 326 NBD no big deal 327 NE1 anyone 328 NEDM not even Doom music 329 NFA no flaming allowed 330 NIFOC naked in front of computer 331 NIH not invented here 332 NIMBY not in my backyard 333 NM never mind 334 NMF not my fault 335 NMP not my problem 336 NMU not much, you? 337 NOM no offence meant 338 NOOB newbie 339 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 340 NOYB none of your business 341 NP no problem 342 NPC non-player character 343 NRFPT not ready for prime time 344 NRN no reply necessary 345 NRN not right now 346 NSFW not suitable for work 347 NTN no thanks needed 348 NUNP no users, no problems 349 NVM never mind 350 NW no way 351 NXT next 352 NYPA not your personal army 353 O2W off to work 354 OAO over and out 355 OBV obviously 356 OBVS obviously 357 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 358 OFC of course 359 OH other half 360 OIC oh, I see 361 OMG oh my God 362 OMW on my way 363 ONNA oh no, not again 364 ONNTA oh no, not this again 365 OOB out of bounds 366 OOC out of curiosity 367 OOI out of interest 368 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 369 OPS operator status 370 OPS operators 371 ORITE oh, right 372 OT off topic 373 OTL out to lunch 374 OTOH on the other hand 375 OTP one true pairing 376 OTS off the shelf 377 OTT over the top 378 OTTOMH off the top of my head 379 OWTTE or words to that effect 380 PC player character 381 PC politically correct 382 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 383 PD police department 384 PDA public display of affection 385 PDQ pretty darn quick 386 PDS please don't shout 387 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 388 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 389 PFI pay for inclusion 390 PFY pimply faced youth 391 PHB pointy haired boss 392 PIN personal identification number 393 PITA pain in the ass 394 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 395 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 396 PM post meridiem 397 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 398 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 399 PMSL pissing myself laughing 400 PNG persona non grata 401 PNP plug and pray 402 POC point of contact 403 POC proof of concept 404 POLA principle of least astonishment 405 POLS principle of least surprise 406 POS point of sale 407 POV point of view 408 PPL people 409 PPL pretty please 410 PPP petty pet peeve 411 PR public relations 412 PTV parental tunnel vision 413 QED quod erat demonstrandum 414 QFT quoted for truth 415 RA residential advisor 416 RFC request for comments 417 RFD request for discussion 418 RFE request for enhancements 419 RIP rest in peace 420 RL real life 421 RLC rod length check 422 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 423 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 424 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 425 ROI return on investment 426 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 427 RP responsible person 428 RR railroad 429 RSI repetitive strain injury 430 RSN real soon now 431 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 432 S/T self titled 433 SAR search and rescue 434 SAR some assembly required 435 SCNR sorry, could not resist 436 SEP someone else's problem 437 SERP search engine results page 438 SFAICT so far as I can tell 439 SHID slaps head in disgust 440 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 441 SITD still in the dark 442 SMH shaking my head 443 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 444 SMOP simple matter of programming 445 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 446 SNMP sorry, not my problem 447 SO significant other 448 SOB son of [a] bitch 449 SOP standard operating procedure 450 SRS serious 451 SRSLY seriously 452 SSIA subject says it all 453 SSTO single stage to orbit 454 STW search the web 455 SUS stupid user syndrome 456 SUX sucks 457 SUX2BU sucks to be you 458 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 459 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 460 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 461 SYS see you soon 462 TA teaching assistant 463 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 464 TBA to be announced 465 TBC to be continued 466 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 467 TBH to be honest 468 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 469 TCB taking care of business 470 TCO taken care of 471 TCO total cost of ownership 472 TFOA things falling off aircraft 473 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 474 THNX thanks 475 THX thanks 476 TIA thanks in advance 477 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 478 TIC tonque in cheek 479 TIL today I learned 480 TINC there is no cabal 481 TINLA this is not legal advice 482 TINWIS this is not what I said 483 TJM that's just me 484 TLA three letter acronym 485 TLA true love always 486 TLC tender loving care 487 TLDR too long, didn't read 488 TM trademark 489 TM trust me 490 TMA too many abbreviations 491 TMG too much government 492 TMI too much information 493 TMJ temporomandibular joint 494 TMK to my knowledge 495 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 496 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 497 TOC table of contents 498 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 499 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 500 TOH to other half 501 TP toilet paper 502 TPTB the powers that be 503 TRT the right thing 504 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 505 TTFN ta ta for now 506 TTM to the moderator 507 TTT thought that too 508 TTYL talk to you later 509 TTYS talk to you soon 510 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 511 TWDT the whole damn thing 512 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 513 TY thank you 514 TYVM thank you very much 515 U/L upload 516 UGT universal greeting time 517 UR your 518 UR {you're, you are} 519 UTSL use the source, Luke 520 VCR video cassette recorder 521 VEG very evil grin 522 VIP very important person 523 W/ with 524 W/E whatever 525 W/O without 526 W8 wait 527 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 528 WAG wild-ass guess 529 WB welcome back 530 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 531 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 532 WELC working effectively with legacy code 533 WFH working from home 534 WFM works for me 535 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 536 WIP work in progress 537 WMNC watch me not care 538 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 539 WRT with respect to 540 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 541 WTF where's the food 542 WTG way to go 543 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 544 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 545 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 546 WWJD what would Jesus do? 547 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 548 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 549 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 550 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 551 YGM you got mail 552 YHBT you have been trolled 553 YHL you have lost 554 YKWIM you know what I mean 555 YMMV your mileage may vary 556 YOLO you only live once 557 YW you're welcome 558 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 559
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