acronyms revision 1.255
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.255 2017/06/14 20:56:33 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 AMA ask me anything 36 AMOL a mountain of love 37 ASAIC as soon as I can 38 ASAP as soon as possible 39 ASL age/sex/location 40 ATEOTD at the end of the day 41 ATM at the moment 42 ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine 43 ATW around the world 44 AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan 45 AWOL absent without official leave 46 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 47 AYF all your fault 48 AYOR at your own risk 49 AYT are you there 50 B& banned 51 B/C because 52 B/W bandwidth 53 B/W between 54 BAI goodbye 55 BAK back at keyboard 56 BBIAB be back in a bit 57 BBL [I'll] be back later 58 BBR burnt beyond repair 59 BBS be back soon 60 BBT be back tomorrow 61 BCNU be seeing you 62 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 63 BCP best current practice 64 BF best friend 65 BF boyfriend 66 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 67 BIAB back in a bit 68 BIAF back in a few 69 BIALW back in a little while 70 BIAS back in a second 71 BIAW back in a while 72 BNYA burned now you are 73 BOC but of course 74 BOFH bastard operator from hell 75 BOT back on topic 76 BRB [I'll] be right back 77 BSD booze, sex, drugs 78 BTDT been there, done that 79 BTFT been there, fixed that 80 BTTH boot to the head 81 BTW by the way 82 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 83 CC credit card 84 CEO chief executive officer 85 CFV call for votes 86 CFY calling for you 87 CG center of gravity 88 CHANOPS channel operator status 89 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 90 CNP continued [in my] next post 91 COB close of business [day] 92 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 93 CPC cost per click 94 CPE customer premises equipment 95 CTN can't talk now 96 CU see you 97 CUL see you later 98 CYA see ya 99 CYA see you around 100 CYE check your email 101 D/B/A doing business as 102 D/L download 103 DBA doing business as 104 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 105 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 106 DIY do it yourself 107 DKDC don't know, don't care 108 DM dungeon master 109 DMZ demilitarized zone 110 DND do not disturb 111 DNF did not finish 112 DNFT do not feed troll 113 DOA dead on arrival 114 DRY don't repeat yourself 115 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 116 DTRT do the right thing 117 DTWT do the wrong thing 118 DWIM do what I mean 119 DYK do you know? 120 ECR electronic cash register 121 EDS eternal downward spiral 122 EFT electronic funds transfer 123 EG evil grin 124 EIE enough is enough 125 EMSG email message 126 EOB end of business [day] 127 EOD end of {day,discussion} 128 EOL end of life 129 EOM end of message 130 EOS end of story 131 ETA edited to add 132 ETA estimated time of arrival 133 ETLA extended three letter acronym 134 ETR early to rise 135 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 136 EZ easy 137 EZPZ easy-peasy 138 F9 fine 139 FAQ frequently asked question 140 FBOW for better or worse 141 FCFS first come, first served 142 FCOL for crying out loud 143 FFS free for shipping 144 FITB fill in the blank 145 FNO for nerds only 146 FNO from now on 147 FOC free of charge 148 FPS first person shooter 149 FPS frames per second 150 FSDO for some definition of 151 FSVO for some value of 152 FTBFS fails to build from source 153 FTFY fixed that for you 154 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 155 FTL faster than light 156 FTL for the loss 157 FTR for the record 158 FTTT from time to time 159 FTW for the win 160 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 161 FWIW for what it's worth 162 FYEO for your eyes only 163 FYI for your information 164 G grin 165 G/C garbage collect 166 G2G got to go 167 G2K good to know 168 GA go ahead 169 GAC get a clue 170 GAL get a life 171 GBTW get back to work 172 GF girlfriend 173 GFU good for you 174 GFY good for you 175 GG good game 176 GGA good game all 177 GGP good game partner 178 GGWP good game, well played 179 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 180 GIYF Google is your friend 181 GJ good job 182 GL good luck 183 GLHF good luck, have fun 184 GLINE global kill line 185 GLWT good luck with that 186 GM game master 187 GMT Greenwich mean time 188 GMTA great minds think alike 189 GOK God only knows 190 GOP Grand Old Party 191 GOWI get on with it 192 GPS global positioning system 193 GR8 great 194 GTG got to go 195 GTH go to hell 196 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 197 GWS get well soon 198 H8 hate 199 HAND have a nice day 200 HE how embarrasing 201 HF have fun 202 HHIS hanging head in shame 203 HHOS ha ha, only serious 204 HICA here it comes again 205 HNY happy new year 206 HOAS hold on a second 207 HOPS half-operator status 208 HTH hope this helps 209 IAC in any case 210 IAE in any event 211 IANAL I am not a lawyer 212 IAW in another window 213 IAWTC I agree with this comment 214 IAWTP I agree with this post 215 IAY I adore you 216 IB I'm back 217 IC I see 218 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 219 ICCL I couldn't care less 220 ICUR I see you are 221 ICYMI in case you missed it 222 IDC I don't care 223 IDGI I don't get it 224 IDGW in a good way 225 IDI I doubt it 226 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 227 IDK I don't know 228 IDRC I don't really care 229 IDTS I don't think so 230 IDTT I drink to that 231 IHBW I have been wrong 232 IIANM if I am not mistaken 233 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 234 IIUC if I understand correctly 235 IKR I know, right? 236 IKWYM I know what you mean 237 ILU I love you 238 ILY I love you 239 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 240 IMBO in my biased opinion 241 IMCO in my considered opinion 242 IME in my experience 243 IMHO in my humble opinion 244 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 245 IMO in my opinion 246 INB4 in before 247 INPO in no particular order 248 IOW in other words 249 IPML I pissed myself laughing 250 IQ intelligence quotient 251 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 252 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 253 IRL in real life 254 IRT in real time 255 IRT in regards to 256 ISAGN I see a great need 257 ISBN International Standard Book Number 258 ISTM it seems to me 259 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 260 ITC in this {channel,chat} 261 ITT in this thread 262 ITYM I think you mean 263 IUD insert usual disclaimers 264 IUSS if you say so 265 IW it's worse 266 IWBNI it would be nice if 267 IYD in your dreams 268 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 269 IYSS if you say so 270 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 271 J/K just kidding 272 JAM just a minute 273 JAS just a second 274 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 275 JFTR just for the record 276 JFYI just for your information 277 JGI just Google it 278 JGI just got it 279 JHD just hit delete 280 JIC just in case 281 JJA just joking around 282 JK just kidding 283 JMO just my opinion 284 JSYK just so you know 285 JTLYK just to let you know 286 JW just wondering 287 KISS keep it simple, stupid 288 KITA kick in the ass 289 KK okay, okay 290 KLINE kill line 291 KMA keep me advised 292 KMA keep moving ahead 293 KMA kill me already 294 KNF kernel normal form 295 KOS kill on sight 296 KTHX okay, thanks 297 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 298 KWIM know what I mean? 299 L8 late 300 L8R later 301 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 302 LBNL last but not least 303 LGTM looks good to me 304 LJBF let's just be friends 305 LMAO laughing my ass off 306 LMC let me check 307 LMGTFY let me google that for you 308 LMHO laughing my head off 309 LMK let me know 310 LMNO laughing my nuts off 311 LMSO laughing my socks off 312 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 313 LOL laughing out loud 314 LP long playing [record] 315 LTNS long time no see 316 LWYL laugh with you later 317 M8 mate 318 MAD mutually assured destruction 319 MBA master of business administration 320 MFW my face when 321 MIA missing in action 322 MMB message me back 323 MO modus operandi 324 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 325 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 326 MOTSS member of the same sex 327 MTF more to follow 328 MYOB mind your own business 329 N/A not {applicable,available} 330 N/M never mind 331 NAFAIK not as far as I know 332 NB nota bene 333 NBD no big deal 334 NE1 anyone 335 NEDM not even Doom music 336 NFA no flaming allowed 337 NFC no functional change 338 NIFOC naked in front of computer 339 NIH not invented here 340 NIMBY not in my backyard 341 NM never mind 342 NMF not my fault 343 NMP not my problem 344 NMU not much, you? 345 NOM no offence meant 346 NOOB newbie 347 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 348 NOYB none of your business 349 NP no problem 350 NPC non-player character 351 NRFPT not ready for prime time 352 NRN no reply necessary 353 NRN not right now 354 NSFW not suitable for work 355 NTN no thanks needed 356 NUNP no users, no problems 357 NVM never mind 358 NW no way 359 NXT next 360 NYPA not your personal army 361 O2W off to work 362 OAO over and out 363 OBV obviously 364 OBVS obviously 365 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 366 OFC of course 367 OH other half 368 OIC oh, I see 369 OMG oh my God 370 OMW on my way 371 ONNA oh no, not again 372 ONNTA oh no, not this again 373 OOB out of bounds 374 OOC out of curiosity 375 OOI out of interest 376 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 377 OPS operator status 378 OPS operators 379 ORITE oh, right 380 OT off topic 381 OTL out to lunch 382 OTOH on the other hand 383 OTP one true pairing 384 OTS off the shelf 385 OTT over the top 386 OTTOMH off the top of my head 387 OWTTE or words to that effect 388 PC player character 389 PC politically correct 390 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 391 PD police department 392 PDA public display of affection 393 PDQ pretty darn quick 394 PDS please don't shout 395 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 396 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 397 PFI pay for inclusion 398 PFY pimply faced youth 399 PHB pointy haired boss 400 PIN personal identification number 401 PITA pain in the ass 402 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 403 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 404 PM post meridiem 405 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 406 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 407 PMSL pissing myself laughing 408 PNG persona non grata 409 PNP plug and pray 410 POC point of contact 411 POC proof of concept 412 POLA principle of least astonishment 413 POLS principle of least surprise 414 POS point of sale 415 POV point of view 416 PPL people 417 PPL pretty please 418 PPP petty pet peeve 419 PR public relations 420 PSA prostate-specific antigen 421 PSA public service announcement 422 PTA parent-teacher association 423 PTO {paid,personal} time off 424 PTO parent-teacher organization 425 PTO please turn over 426 PTO power takeoff 427 PTV parental tunnel vision 428 QED quod erat demonstrandum 429 QFT quoted for truth 430 RA residential advisor 431 RFC request for comments 432 RFD request for discussion 433 RFE request for enhancements 434 RIP rest in peace 435 RL real life 436 RLC rod length check 437 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 438 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 439 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 440 ROI return on investment 441 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 442 RP responsible person 443 RR railroad 444 RSI repetitive strain injury 445 RSN real soon now 446 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 447 S/T self titled 448 SAR search and rescue 449 SAR some assembly required 450 SCNR sorry, could not resist 451 SEP someone else's problem 452 SERP search engine results page 453 SFAICT so far as I can tell 454 SHID slaps head in disgust 455 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 456 SITD still in the dark 457 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 458 SMH shaking my head 459 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 460 SMOP simple matter of programming 461 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 462 SNMP sorry, not my problem 463 SO significant other 464 SOB son of [a] bitch 465 SOP standard operating procedure 466 SRS serious 467 SRSLY seriously 468 SSIA subject says it all 469 SSTO single stage to orbit 470 STW search the web 471 SUS stupid user syndrome 472 SUX sucks 473 SUX2BU sucks to be you 474 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 475 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 476 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 477 SYS see you soon 478 TA teaching assistant 479 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 480 TBA to be announced 481 TBC to be continued 482 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 483 TBH to be honest 484 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 485 TCB taking care of business 486 TCO taken care of 487 TCO total cost of ownership 488 TFOA things falling off aircraft 489 TFW that feel when 490 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 491 THNX thanks 492 THX thanks 493 TIA thanks in advance 494 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 495 TIC tonque in cheek 496 TIL today I learned 497 TINC there is no cabal 498 TINLA this is not legal advice 499 TINWIS this is not what I said 500 TJM that's just me 501 TLA three letter acronym 502 TLA true love always 503 TLC tender loving care 504 TLDR too long, didn't read 505 TM trademark 506 TM trust me 507 TMA too many abbreviations 508 TMG too much government 509 TMI too much information 510 TMJ temporomandibular joint 511 TMK to my knowledge 512 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 513 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 514 TOC table of contents 515 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 516 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 517 TOH to other half 518 TP toilet paper 519 TPTB the powers that be 520 TRT the right thing 521 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 522 TTFN ta ta for now 523 TTM to the moderator 524 TTT thought that too 525 TTYL talk to you later 526 TTYS talk to you soon 527 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 528 TWDT the whole damn thing 529 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 530 TY thank you 531 TYVM thank you very much 532 U/L upload 533 UGT universal greeting time 534 UR your 535 UR {you're, you are} 536 UTSL use the source, Luke 537 VCR video cassette recorder 538 VEG very evil grin 539 VIP very important person 540 W/ with 541 W/E whatever 542 W/O without 543 W8 wait 544 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 545 WAG wild-ass guess 546 WB welcome back 547 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 548 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 549 WELC working effectively with legacy code 550 WFH working from home 551 WFM works for me 552 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 553 WIP work in progress 554 WMNC watch me not care 555 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 556 WRT with respect to 557 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 558 WTF where's the food 559 WTG way to go 560 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 561 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 562 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 563 WWJD what would Jesus do? 564 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 565 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 566 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 567 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 568 YGM you got mail 569 YHBT you have been trolled 570 YHL you have lost 571 YKWIM you know what I mean 572 YMMV your mileage may vary 573 YOLO you only live once 574 YW you're welcome 575 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 576 ZIP zoning improvement plan 577
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