acronyms revision 1.259
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.259 2017/09/17 00:54:16 ginsbach 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 CRM customer relationship management 96 CTN can't talk now 97 CU see you 98 CUL see you later 99 CYA see ya 100 CYA see you around 101 CYE check your email 102 D/B/A doing business as 103 D/L download 104 DBA doing business as 105 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 106 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 107 DIY do it yourself 108 DKDC don't know, don't care 109 DM dungeon master 110 DME durable medical equipment 111 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 112 DMZ demilitarized zone 113 DND do not disturb 114 DNF did not finish 115 DNFT do not feed troll 116 DOA dead on arrival 117 DRY don't repeat yourself 118 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 119 DTRT do the right thing 120 DTWT do the wrong thing 121 DWIM do what I mean 122 DYK do you know? 123 ECR electronic cash register 124 EDS eternal downward spiral 125 EFT electronic funds transfer 126 EG evil grin 127 EIE enough is enough 128 EMSG email message 129 EOB end of business [day] 130 EOD end of {day,discussion} 131 EOL end of life 132 EOM end of message 133 EOS end of story 134 ETA edited to add 135 ETA estimated time of arrival 136 ETLA extended three letter acronym 137 ETR early to rise 138 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 139 EZ easy 140 EZPZ easy-peasy 141 F9 fine 142 FAQ frequently asked question 143 FBOW for better or worse 144 FCFS first come, first served 145 FCOL for crying out loud 146 FFS free for shipping 147 FITB fill in the blank 148 FNO for nerds only 149 FNO from now on 150 FOC free of charge 151 FPS first person shooter 152 FPS frames per second 153 FSDO for some definition of 154 FSVO for some value of 155 FTBFS fails to build from source 156 FTFY fixed that for you 157 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 158 FTL faster than light 159 FTL for the loss 160 FTR for the record 161 FTTT from time to time 162 FTW for the win 163 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 164 FWIW for what it's worth 165 FYEO for your eyes only 166 FYI for your information 167 G grin 168 G/C garbage collect 169 G2G got to go 170 G2K good to know 171 GA go ahead 172 GAC get a clue 173 GAL get a life 174 GBTW get back to work 175 GF girlfriend 176 GFU good for you 177 GFY good for you 178 GG good game 179 GGA good game all 180 GGP good game partner 181 GGWP good game, well played 182 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 183 GIYF Google is your friend 184 GJ good job 185 GL good luck 186 GLHF good luck, have fun 187 GLINE global kill line 188 GLWT good luck with that 189 GM game master 190 GMT Greenwich mean time 191 GMTA great minds think alike 192 GOK God only knows 193 GOP Grand Old Party 194 GOWI get on with it 195 GPS global positioning system 196 GR8 great 197 GTG got to go 198 GTH go to hell 199 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 200 GWS get well soon 201 H8 hate 202 HAND have a nice day 203 HE how embarrasing 204 HF have fun 205 HHIS hanging head in shame 206 HHOS ha ha, only serious 207 HICA here it comes again 208 HME home medical equipment 209 HNY happy new year 210 HOAS hold on a second 211 HOPS half-operator status 212 HTH hope this helps 213 IAC in any case 214 IAE in any event 215 IANAL I am not a lawyer 216 IAW in another window 217 IAWTC I agree with this comment 218 IAWTP I agree with this post 219 IAY I adore you 220 IB I'm back 221 IC I see 222 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 223 ICCL I couldn't care less 224 ICUR I see you are 225 ICYMI in case you missed it 226 IDC I don't care 227 IDGI I don't get it 228 IDGW in a good way 229 IDI I doubt it 230 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 231 IDK I don't know 232 IDRC I don't really care 233 IDTS I don't think so 234 IDTT I drink to that 235 IFF if and only if 236 IFTTT if this then that 237 IHBW I have been wrong 238 IIANM if I am not mistaken 239 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 240 IIUC if I understand correctly 241 IKR I know, right? 242 IKWYM I know what you mean 243 ILU I love you 244 ILY I love you 245 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 246 IMBO in my biased opinion 247 IMCO in my considered opinion 248 IME in my experience 249 IMHO in my humble opinion 250 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 251 IMO in my opinion 252 INB4 in before 253 INPO in no particular order 254 IOW in other words 255 IPML I pissed myself laughing 256 IQ intelligence quotient 257 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 258 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 259 IRL in real life 260 IRT in real time 261 IRT in regards to 262 ISAGN I see a great need 263 ISBN International Standard Book Number 264 ISTM it seems to me 265 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 266 ITC in this {channel,chat} 267 ITT in this thread 268 ITYM I think you mean 269 IUD insert usual disclaimers 270 IUSS if you say so 271 IW it's worse 272 IWBNI it would be nice if 273 IYD in your dreams 274 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 275 IYSS if you say so 276 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 277 J/K just kidding 278 JAM just a minute 279 JAS just a second 280 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 281 JFTR just for the record 282 JFYI just for your information 283 JGI just Google it 284 JGI just got it 285 JHD just hit delete 286 JIC just in case 287 JJA just joking around 288 JK just kidding 289 JMO just my opinion 290 JSYK just so you know 291 JTLYK just to let you know 292 JW just wondering 293 KISS keep it simple, stupid 294 KITA kick in the ass 295 KK okay, okay 296 KLINE kill line 297 KMA keep me advised 298 KMA keep moving ahead 299 KMA kill me already 300 KNF kernel normal form 301 KOS kill on sight 302 KTHX okay, thanks 303 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 304 KWIM know what I mean? 305 L8 late 306 L8R later 307 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 308 LBNL last but not least 309 LGTM looks good to me 310 LJBF let's just be friends 311 LMAO laughing my ass off 312 LMC let me check 313 LMGTFY let me google that for you 314 LMHO laughing my head off 315 LMK let me know 316 LMNO laughing my nuts off 317 LMSO laughing my socks off 318 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 319 LOL laughing out loud 320 LP long playing [record] 321 LTNS long time no see 322 LWYL laugh with you later 323 M8 mate 324 MAD mutually assured destruction 325 MBA master of business administration 326 MFW my face when 327 MIA missing in action 328 MMB message me back 329 MO modus operandi 330 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 331 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 332 MOTSS member of the same sex 333 MTF more to follow 334 MYOB mind your own business 335 N/A not {applicable,available} 336 N/M never mind 337 NAFAIK not as far as I know 338 NB nota bene 339 NBD no big deal 340 NE1 anyone 341 NEDM not even Doom music 342 NFA no flaming allowed 343 NFC no functional change 344 NIFOC naked in front of computer 345 NIH not invented here 346 NIMBY not in my backyard 347 NM never mind 348 NMF not my fault 349 NMP not my problem 350 NMU not much, you? 351 NOM no offence meant 352 NOOB newbie 353 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 354 NOYB none of your business 355 NP no problem 356 NPC non-player character 357 NRFPT not ready for prime time 358 NRN no reply necessary 359 NRN not right now 360 NSFW not suitable for work 361 NTN no thanks needed 362 NUNP no users, no problems 363 NVM never mind 364 NW no way 365 NXT next 366 NYPA not your personal army 367 O2W off to work 368 OAO over and out 369 OBV obviously 370 OBVS obviously 371 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 372 OFC of course 373 OH other half 374 OIC oh, I see 375 OMG oh my God 376 OMW on my way 377 ONNA oh no, not again 378 ONNTA oh no, not this again 379 OOB out of bounds 380 OOC out of curiosity 381 OOI out of interest 382 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 383 OPS operator status 384 OPS operators 385 ORITE oh, right 386 OT off topic 387 OTL out to lunch 388 OTOH on the other hand 389 OTP one true pairing 390 OTS off the shelf 391 OTT over the top 392 OTTOMH off the top of my head 393 OWTTE or words to that effect 394 PC player character 395 PC politically correct 396 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 397 PD police department 398 PDA public display of affection 399 PDQ pretty darn quick 400 PDS please don't shout 401 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 402 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 403 PFI pay for inclusion 404 PFY pimply faced youth 405 PHB pointy haired boss 406 PIN personal identification number 407 PITA pain in the ass 408 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 409 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 410 PM post meridiem 411 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 412 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 413 PMSL pissing myself laughing 414 PNG persona non grata 415 PNP plug and pray 416 POC point of contact 417 POC proof of concept 418 POLA principle of least astonishment 419 POLS principle of least surprise 420 POS point of sale 421 POV point of view 422 PPL people 423 PPL pretty please 424 PPP petty pet peeve 425 PR public relations 426 PSA prostate-specific antigen 427 PSA public service announcement 428 PTA parent-teacher association 429 PTO {paid,personal} time off 430 PTO parent-teacher organization 431 PTO please turn over 432 PTO power takeoff 433 PTV parental tunnel vision 434 QED quod erat demonstrandum 435 QFT quoted for truth 436 RA residential advisor 437 RFC request for comments 438 RFD request for discussion 439 RFE request for enhancements 440 RIP rest in peace 441 RL real life 442 RLC rod length check 443 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 444 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 445 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 446 ROI return on investment 447 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 448 RP responsible person 449 RR railroad 450 RSI repetitive strain injury 451 RSN real soon now 452 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 453 S/T self titled 454 SAR search and rescue 455 SAR some assembly required 456 SCNR sorry, could not resist 457 SEP someone else's problem 458 SERP search engine results page 459 SFAICT so far as I can tell 460 SHID slaps head in disgust 461 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 462 SITD still in the dark 463 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 464 SMH shaking my head 465 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 466 SMOP simple matter of programming 467 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 468 SNMP sorry, not my problem 469 SO significant other 470 SOB son of [a] bitch 471 SOP standard operating procedure 472 SRS serious 473 SRSLY seriously 474 SSIA subject says it all 475 SSTO single stage to orbit 476 STW search the web 477 SUS stupid user syndrome 478 SUX sucks 479 SUX2BU sucks to be you 480 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 481 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 482 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 483 SYS see you soon 484 TA teaching assistant 485 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 486 TBA to be announced 487 TBC to be continued 488 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 489 TBH to be honest 490 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 491 TCB taking care of business 492 TCO taken care of 493 TCO total cost of ownership 494 TFOA things falling off aircraft 495 TFW that feeling when 496 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 497 THNX thanks 498 THX thanks 499 TIA thanks in advance 500 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 501 TIC tonque in cheek 502 TIL today I learned 503 TINC there is no cabal 504 TINLA this is not legal advice 505 TINWIS this is not what I said 506 TJM that's just me 507 TLA three letter acronym 508 TLA true love always 509 TLC tender loving care 510 TLDR too long, didn't read 511 TM trademark 512 TM trust me 513 TMA too many abbreviations 514 TMG too much government 515 TMI too much information 516 TMJ temporomandibular joint 517 TMK to my knowledge 518 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 519 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 520 TOC table of contents 521 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 522 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 523 TOH to other half 524 TP toilet paper 525 TPTB the powers that be 526 TRT the right thing 527 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 528 TTFN ta ta for now 529 TTM to the moderator 530 TTT thought that too 531 TTYL talk to you later 532 TTYS talk to you soon 533 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 534 TWDT the whole damn thing 535 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 536 TY thank you 537 TYVM thank you very much 538 U/L upload 539 UGT universal greeting time 540 UR your 541 UR {you're, you are} 542 UTSL use the source, Luke 543 VCR video cassette recorder 544 VEG very evil grin 545 VIP very important person 546 W/ with 547 W/E whatever 548 W/O without 549 W8 wait 550 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 551 WAG wild-ass guess 552 WB welcome back 553 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 554 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 555 WELC working effectively with legacy code 556 WFH working from home 557 WFM works for me 558 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 559 WIP work in progress 560 WMNC watch me not care 561 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 562 WRT with respect to 563 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 564 WTF where's the food 565 WTG way to go 566 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 567 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 568 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 569 WWJD what would Jesus do? 570 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 571 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 572 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 573 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 574 YGM you got mail 575 YHBT you have been trolled 576 YHL you have lost 577 YKWIM you know what I mean 578 YMMV your mileage may vary 579 YOLO you only live once 580 YW you're welcome 581 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 582 ZIP zoning improvement plan 583
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