acronyms revision 1.244
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.244 2016/01/28 10:20:40 pgoyette 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 GOP Grand Old Party 188 GOWI get on with it 189 GPS global positioning system 190 GR8 great 191 GTG got to go 192 GTH go to hell 193 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 194 GWS get well soon 195 H8 hate 196 HAND have a nice day 197 HE how embarrasing 198 HF have fun 199 HHIS hanging head in shame 200 HHOS ha ha, only serious 201 HICA here it comes again 202 HNY happy new year 203 HOAS hold on a second 204 HOPS half-operator status 205 HTH hope this helps 206 IAC in any case 207 IAE in any event 208 IANAL I am not a lawyer 209 IAW in another window 210 IAWTC I agree with this comment 211 IAWTP I agree with this post 212 IAY I adore you 213 IB I'm back 214 IC I see 215 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 216 ICCL I couldn't care less 217 ICUR I see you are 218 ICYMI in case you missed it 219 IDC I don't care 220 IDGI I don't get it 221 IDGW in a good way 222 IDI I doubt it 223 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 224 IDK I don't know 225 IDRC I don't really care 226 IDTS I don't think so 227 IDTT I drink to that 228 IHBW I have been wrong 229 IIANM if I am not mistaken 230 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 231 IIUC if I understand correctly 232 IKR I know, right? 233 IKWYM I know what you mean 234 ILU I love you 235 ILY I love you 236 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 237 IMBO in my biased opinion 238 IMCO in my considered opinion 239 IMHO in my humble opinion 240 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 241 IMO in my opinion 242 INB4 in before 243 INPO in no particular order 244 IOW in other words 245 IPML I pissed myself laughing 246 IQ intelligence quotient 247 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 248 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 249 IRL in real life 250 IRT in real time 251 IRT in regards to 252 ISAGN I see a great need 253 ISBN International Standard Book Number 254 ISTM it seems to me 255 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 256 ITC in this {channel,chat} 257 ITT in this thread 258 ITYM I think you mean 259 IUD insert usual disclaimers 260 IUSS if you say so 261 IW it's worse 262 IWBNI it would be nice if 263 IYD in your dreams 264 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 265 IYSS if you say so 266 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 267 J/K just kidding 268 JAM just a minute 269 JAS just a second 270 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 271 JFTR just for the record 272 JFYI just for your information 273 JGI just Google it 274 JGI just got it 275 JHD just hit delete 276 JIC just in case 277 JJA just joking around 278 JK just kidding 279 JMO just my opinion 280 JSYK just so you know 281 JTLYK just to let you know 282 JW just wondering 283 KISS keep it simple, stupid 284 KITA kick in the ass 285 KK okay, okay 286 KLINE kill line 287 KMA keep me advised 288 KMA keep moving ahead 289 KMA kill me already 290 KNF kernel normal form 291 KOS kill on sight 292 KTHX okay, thanks 293 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 294 KWIM know what I mean? 295 L8 late 296 L8R later 297 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 298 LBNL last but not least 299 LGTM looks good to me 300 LJBF let's just be friends 301 LMAO laughing my ass off 302 LMC let me check 303 LMGTFY let me google that for you 304 LMHO laughing my head off 305 LMK let me know 306 LMNO laughing my nuts off 307 LMSO laughing my socks off 308 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 309 LOL laughing out loud 310 LP long playing [record] 311 LTNS long time no see 312 LWYL laugh with you later 313 M8 mate 314 MAD mutually assured destruction 315 MBA master of business administration 316 MFW my face when 317 MIA missing in action 318 MMB message me back 319 MO modus operandi 320 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 321 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 322 MOTSS member of the same sex 323 MTF more to follow 324 MYOB mind your own business 325 N/A not {applicable,available} 326 N/M never mind 327 NAFAIK not as far as I know 328 NBD no big deal 329 NE1 anyone 330 NEDM not even Doom music 331 NFA no flaming allowed 332 NFC no functional change 333 NIFOC naked in front of computer 334 NIH not invented here 335 NIMBY not in my backyard 336 NM never mind 337 NMF not my fault 338 NMP not my problem 339 NMU not much, you? 340 NOM no offence meant 341 NOOB newbie 342 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 343 NOYB none of your business 344 NP no problem 345 NPC non-player character 346 NRFPT not ready for prime time 347 NRN no reply necessary 348 NRN not right now 349 NSFW not suitable for work 350 NTN no thanks needed 351 NUNP no users, no problems 352 NVM never mind 353 NW no way 354 NXT next 355 NYPA not your personal army 356 O2W off to work 357 OAO over and out 358 OBV obviously 359 OBVS obviously 360 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 361 OFC of course 362 OH other half 363 OIC oh, I see 364 OMG oh my God 365 OMW on my way 366 ONNA oh no, not again 367 ONNTA oh no, not this again 368 OOB out of bounds 369 OOC out of curiosity 370 OOI out of interest 371 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 372 OPS operator status 373 OPS operators 374 ORITE oh, right 375 OT off topic 376 OTL out to lunch 377 OTOH on the other hand 378 OTP one true pairing 379 OTS off the shelf 380 OTT over the top 381 OTTOMH off the top of my head 382 OWTTE or words to that effect 383 PC player character 384 PC politically correct 385 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 386 PD police department 387 PDA public display of affection 388 PDQ pretty darn quick 389 PDS please don't shout 390 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 391 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 392 PFI pay for inclusion 393 PFY pimply faced youth 394 PHB pointy haired boss 395 PIN personal identification number 396 PITA pain in the ass 397 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 398 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 399 PM post meridiem 400 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 401 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 402 PMSL pissing myself laughing 403 PNG persona non grata 404 PNP plug and pray 405 POC point of contact 406 POC proof of concept 407 POLA principle of least astonishment 408 POLS principle of least surprise 409 POS point of sale 410 POV point of view 411 PPL people 412 PPL pretty please 413 PPP petty pet peeve 414 PR public relations 415 PTV parental tunnel vision 416 QED quod erat demonstrandum 417 QFT quoted for truth 418 RA residential advisor 419 RFC request for comments 420 RFD request for discussion 421 RFE request for enhancements 422 RIP rest in peace 423 RL real life 424 RLC rod length check 425 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 426 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 427 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 428 ROI return on investment 429 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 430 RP responsible person 431 RR railroad 432 RSI repetitive strain injury 433 RSN real soon now 434 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 435 S/T self titled 436 SAR search and rescue 437 SAR some assembly required 438 SCNR sorry, could not resist 439 SEP someone else's problem 440 SERP search engine results page 441 SFAICT so far as I can tell 442 SHID slaps head in disgust 443 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 444 SITD still in the dark 445 SMH shaking my head 446 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 447 SMOP simple matter of programming 448 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 449 SNMP sorry, not my problem 450 SO significant other 451 SOB son of [a] bitch 452 SOP standard operating procedure 453 SRS serious 454 SRSLY seriously 455 SSIA subject says it all 456 SSTO single stage to orbit 457 STW search the web 458 SUS stupid user syndrome 459 SUX sucks 460 SUX2BU sucks to be you 461 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 462 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 463 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 464 SYS see you soon 465 TA teaching assistant 466 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 467 TBA to be announced 468 TBC to be continued 469 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 470 TBH to be honest 471 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 472 TCB taking care of business 473 TCO taken care of 474 TCO total cost of ownership 475 TFOA things falling off aircraft 476 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 477 THNX thanks 478 THX thanks 479 TIA thanks in advance 480 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 481 TIC tonque in cheek 482 TIL today I learned 483 TINC there is no cabal 484 TINLA this is not legal advice 485 TINWIS this is not what I said 486 TJM that's just me 487 TLA three letter acronym 488 TLA true love always 489 TLC tender loving care 490 TLDR too long, didn't read 491 TM trademark 492 TM trust me 493 TMA too many abbreviations 494 TMG too much government 495 TMI too much information 496 TMJ temporomandibular joint 497 TMK to my knowledge 498 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 499 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 500 TOC table of contents 501 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 502 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 503 TOH to other half 504 TP toilet paper 505 TPTB the powers that be 506 TRT the right thing 507 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 508 TTFN ta ta for now 509 TTM to the moderator 510 TTT thought that too 511 TTYL talk to you later 512 TTYS talk to you soon 513 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 514 TWDT the whole damn thing 515 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 516 TY thank you 517 TYVM thank you very much 518 U/L upload 519 UGT universal greeting time 520 UR your 521 UR {you're, you are} 522 UTSL use the source, Luke 523 VCR video cassette recorder 524 VEG very evil grin 525 VIP very important person 526 W/ with 527 W/E whatever 528 W/O without 529 W8 wait 530 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 531 WAG wild-ass guess 532 WB welcome back 533 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 534 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 535 WELC working effectively with legacy code 536 WFH working from home 537 WFM works for me 538 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 539 WIP work in progress 540 WMNC watch me not care 541 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 542 WRT with respect to 543 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 544 WTF where's the food 545 WTG way to go 546 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 547 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 548 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 549 WWJD what would Jesus do? 550 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 551 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 552 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 553 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 554 YGM you got mail 555 YHBT you have been trolled 556 YHL you have lost 557 YKWIM you know what I mean 558 YMMV your mileage may vary 559 YOLO you only live once 560 YW you're welcome 561 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 562 ZIP zoning improvement plan 563
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