acronyms revision 1.252
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.252 2017/01/31 03:44:14 riastradh 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 DNF did not finish 111 DNFT do not feed troll 112 DOA dead on arrival 113 DRY don't repeat yourself 114 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 115 DTRT do the right thing 116 DTWT do the wrong thing 117 DWIM do what I mean 118 DYK do you know? 119 ECR electronic cash register 120 EDS eternal downward spiral 121 EFT electronic funds transfer 122 EG evil grin 123 EIE enough is enough 124 EMSG email message 125 EOB end of business [day] 126 EOD end of {day,discussion} 127 EOL end of life 128 EOM end of message 129 EOS end of story 130 ETA edited to add 131 ETA estimated time of arrival 132 ETLA extended three letter acronym 133 ETR early to rise 134 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 135 EZ easy 136 EZPZ easy-peasy 137 F9 fine 138 FAQ frequently asked question 139 FBOW for better or worse 140 FCFS first come, first served 141 FCOL for crying out loud 142 FFS free for shipping 143 FITB fill in the blank 144 FNO for nerds only 145 FNO from now on 146 FOC free of charge 147 FPS first person shooter 148 FPS frames per second 149 FSDO for some definition of 150 FSVO for some value of 151 FTBFS fails to build from source 152 FTFY fixed that for you 153 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 154 FTL faster than light 155 FTL for the loss 156 FTR for the record 157 FTTT from time to time 158 FTW for the win 159 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 160 FWIW for what it's worth 161 FYEO for your eyes only 162 FYI for your information 163 G grin 164 G/C garbage collect 165 G2G got to go 166 G2K good to know 167 GA go ahead 168 GAC get a clue 169 GAL get a life 170 GBTW get back to work 171 GF girlfriend 172 GFU good for you 173 GFY good for you 174 GG good game 175 GGA good game all 176 GGP good game partner 177 GGWP good game, well played 178 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 179 GIYF Google is your friend 180 GJ good job 181 GL good luck 182 GLHF good luck, have fun 183 GLINE global kill line 184 GLWT good luck with that 185 GM game master 186 GMT Greenwich mean time 187 GMTA great minds think alike 188 GOK God only knows 189 GOP Grand Old Party 190 GOWI get on with it 191 GPS global positioning system 192 GR8 great 193 GTG got to go 194 GTH go to hell 195 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 196 GWS get well soon 197 H8 hate 198 HAND have a nice day 199 HE how embarrasing 200 HF have fun 201 HHIS hanging head in shame 202 HHOS ha ha, only serious 203 HICA here it comes again 204 HNY happy new year 205 HOAS hold on a second 206 HOPS half-operator status 207 HTH hope this helps 208 IAC in any case 209 IAE in any event 210 IANAL I am not a lawyer 211 IAW in another window 212 IAWTC I agree with this comment 213 IAWTP I agree with this post 214 IAY I adore you 215 IB I'm back 216 IC I see 217 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 218 ICCL I couldn't care less 219 ICUR I see you are 220 ICYMI in case you missed it 221 IDC I don't care 222 IDGI I don't get it 223 IDGW in a good way 224 IDI I doubt it 225 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 226 IDK I don't know 227 IDRC I don't really care 228 IDTS I don't think so 229 IDTT I drink to that 230 IHBW I have been wrong 231 IIANM if I am not mistaken 232 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 233 IIUC if I understand correctly 234 IKR I know, right? 235 IKWYM I know what you mean 236 ILU I love you 237 ILY I love you 238 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 239 IMBO in my biased opinion 240 IMCO in my considered opinion 241 IMHO in my humble opinion 242 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 243 IMO in my opinion 244 INB4 in before 245 INPO in no particular order 246 IOW in other words 247 IPML I pissed myself laughing 248 IQ intelligence quotient 249 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 250 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 251 IRL in real life 252 IRT in real time 253 IRT in regards to 254 ISAGN I see a great need 255 ISBN International Standard Book Number 256 ISTM it seems to me 257 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 258 ITC in this {channel,chat} 259 ITT in this thread 260 ITYM I think you mean 261 IUD insert usual disclaimers 262 IUSS if you say so 263 IW it's worse 264 IWBNI it would be nice if 265 IYD in your dreams 266 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 267 IYSS if you say so 268 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 269 J/K just kidding 270 JAM just a minute 271 JAS just a second 272 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 273 JFTR just for the record 274 JFYI just for your information 275 JGI just Google it 276 JGI just got it 277 JHD just hit delete 278 JIC just in case 279 JJA just joking around 280 JK just kidding 281 JMO just my opinion 282 JSYK just so you know 283 JTLYK just to let you know 284 JW just wondering 285 KISS keep it simple, stupid 286 KITA kick in the ass 287 KK okay, okay 288 KLINE kill line 289 KMA keep me advised 290 KMA keep moving ahead 291 KMA kill me already 292 KNF kernel normal form 293 KOS kill on sight 294 KTHX okay, thanks 295 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 296 KWIM know what I mean? 297 L8 late 298 L8R later 299 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 300 LBNL last but not least 301 LGTM looks good to me 302 LJBF let's just be friends 303 LMAO laughing my ass off 304 LMC let me check 305 LMGTFY let me google that for you 306 LMHO laughing my head off 307 LMK let me know 308 LMNO laughing my nuts off 309 LMSO laughing my socks off 310 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 311 LOL laughing out loud 312 LP long playing [record] 313 LTNS long time no see 314 LWYL laugh with you later 315 M8 mate 316 MAD mutually assured destruction 317 MBA master of business administration 318 MFW my face when 319 MIA missing in action 320 MMB message me back 321 MO modus operandi 322 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 323 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 324 MOTSS member of the same sex 325 MTF more to follow 326 MYOB mind your own business 327 N/A not {applicable,available} 328 N/M never mind 329 NAFAIK not as far as I know 330 NB nota bene 331 NBD no big deal 332 NE1 anyone 333 NEDM not even Doom music 334 NFA no flaming allowed 335 NFC no functional change 336 NIFOC naked in front of computer 337 NIH not invented here 338 NIMBY not in my backyard 339 NM never mind 340 NMF not my fault 341 NMP not my problem 342 NMU not much, you? 343 NOM no offence meant 344 NOOB newbie 345 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 346 NOYB none of your business 347 NP no problem 348 NPC non-player character 349 NRFPT not ready for prime time 350 NRN no reply necessary 351 NRN not right now 352 NSFW not suitable for work 353 NTN no thanks needed 354 NUNP no users, no problems 355 NVM never mind 356 NW no way 357 NXT next 358 NYPA not your personal army 359 O2W off to work 360 OAO over and out 361 OBV obviously 362 OBVS obviously 363 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 364 OFC of course 365 OH other half 366 OIC oh, I see 367 OMG oh my God 368 OMW on my way 369 ONNA oh no, not again 370 ONNTA oh no, not this again 371 OOB out of bounds 372 OOC out of curiosity 373 OOI out of interest 374 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 375 OPS operator status 376 OPS operators 377 ORITE oh, right 378 OT off topic 379 OTL out to lunch 380 OTOH on the other hand 381 OTP one true pairing 382 OTS off the shelf 383 OTT over the top 384 OTTOMH off the top of my head 385 OWTTE or words to that effect 386 PC player character 387 PC politically correct 388 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 389 PD police department 390 PDA public display of affection 391 PDQ pretty darn quick 392 PDS please don't shout 393 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 394 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 395 PFI pay for inclusion 396 PFY pimply faced youth 397 PHB pointy haired boss 398 PIN personal identification number 399 PITA pain in the ass 400 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 401 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 402 PM post meridiem 403 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 404 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 405 PMSL pissing myself laughing 406 PNG persona non grata 407 PNP plug and pray 408 POC point of contact 409 POC proof of concept 410 POLA principle of least astonishment 411 POLS principle of least surprise 412 POS point of sale 413 POV point of view 414 PPL people 415 PPL pretty please 416 PPP petty pet peeve 417 PR public relations 418 PTA parent-teacher association 419 PTO {paid,personal} time off 420 PTO parent-teacher organization 421 PTO please turn over 422 PTO power takeoff 423 PTV parental tunnel vision 424 QED quod erat demonstrandum 425 QFT quoted for truth 426 RA residential advisor 427 RFC request for comments 428 RFD request for discussion 429 RFE request for enhancements 430 RIP rest in peace 431 RL real life 432 RLC rod length check 433 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 434 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 435 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 436 ROI return on investment 437 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 438 RP responsible person 439 RR railroad 440 RSI repetitive strain injury 441 RSN real soon now 442 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 443 S/T self titled 444 SAR search and rescue 445 SAR some assembly required 446 SCNR sorry, could not resist 447 SEP someone else's problem 448 SERP search engine results page 449 SFAICT so far as I can tell 450 SHID slaps head in disgust 451 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 452 SITD still in the dark 453 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 454 SMH shaking my head 455 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 456 SMOP simple matter of programming 457 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 458 SNMP sorry, not my problem 459 SO significant other 460 SOB son of [a] bitch 461 SOP standard operating procedure 462 SRS serious 463 SRSLY seriously 464 SSIA subject says it all 465 SSTO single stage to orbit 466 STW search the web 467 SUS stupid user syndrome 468 SUX sucks 469 SUX2BU sucks to be you 470 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 471 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 472 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 473 SYS see you soon 474 TA teaching assistant 475 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 476 TBA to be announced 477 TBC to be continued 478 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 479 TBH to be honest 480 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 481 TCB taking care of business 482 TCO taken care of 483 TCO total cost of ownership 484 TFOA things falling off aircraft 485 TFW that feel when 486 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 487 THNX thanks 488 THX thanks 489 TIA thanks in advance 490 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 491 TIC tonque in cheek 492 TIL today I learned 493 TINC there is no cabal 494 TINLA this is not legal advice 495 TINWIS this is not what I said 496 TJM that's just me 497 TLA three letter acronym 498 TLA true love always 499 TLC tender loving care 500 TLDR too long, didn't read 501 TM trademark 502 TM trust me 503 TMA too many abbreviations 504 TMG too much government 505 TMI too much information 506 TMJ temporomandibular joint 507 TMK to my knowledge 508 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 509 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 510 TOC table of contents 511 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 512 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 513 TOH to other half 514 TP toilet paper 515 TPTB the powers that be 516 TRT the right thing 517 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 518 TTFN ta ta for now 519 TTM to the moderator 520 TTT thought that too 521 TTYL talk to you later 522 TTYS talk to you soon 523 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 524 TWDT the whole damn thing 525 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 526 TY thank you 527 TYVM thank you very much 528 U/L upload 529 UGT universal greeting time 530 UR your 531 UR {you're, you are} 532 UTSL use the source, Luke 533 VCR video cassette recorder 534 VEG very evil grin 535 VIP very important person 536 W/ with 537 W/E whatever 538 W/O without 539 W8 wait 540 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 541 WAG wild-ass guess 542 WB welcome back 543 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 544 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 545 WELC working effectively with legacy code 546 WFH working from home 547 WFM works for me 548 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 549 WIP work in progress 550 WMNC watch me not care 551 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 552 WRT with respect to 553 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 554 WTF where's the food 555 WTG way to go 556 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 557 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 558 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 559 WWJD what would Jesus do? 560 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 561 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 562 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 563 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 564 YGM you got mail 565 YHBT you have been trolled 566 YHL you have lost 567 YKWIM you know what I mean 568 YMMV your mileage may vary 569 YOLO you only live once 570 YW you're welcome 571 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 572 ZIP zoning improvement plan 573
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