acronyms revision 1.262
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.262 2017/11/01 15:34:28 khorben 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 BPM beam propagation method 77 BPM beats per minute 78 BRB [I'll] be right back 79 BSD booze, sex, drugs 80 BTDT been there, done that 81 BTFT been there, fixed that 82 BTTH boot to the head 83 BTW by the way 84 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 85 CC credit card 86 CEO chief executive officer 87 CFV call for votes 88 CFY calling for you 89 CG center of gravity 90 CHANOPS channel operator status 91 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 92 CNP continued [in my] next post 93 COB close of business [day] 94 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 95 CPC cost per click 96 CPE customer premises equipment 97 CRM customer relationship management 98 CTN can't talk now 99 CU see you 100 CUL see you later 101 CYA see ya 102 CYA see you around 103 CYE check your email 104 D/B/A doing business as 105 D/L download 106 DBA doing business as 107 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 108 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 109 DIY do it yourself 110 DKDC don't know, don't care 111 DM direct message 112 DM dungeon master 113 DME durable medical equipment 114 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 115 DMZ demilitarized zone 116 DND do not disturb 117 DNF did not finish 118 DNFT do not feed troll 119 DOA dead on arrival 120 DRY don't repeat yourself 121 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 122 DTRT do the right thing 123 DTWT do the wrong thing 124 DWIM do what I mean 125 DYK do you know? 126 ECR electronic cash register 127 EDS eternal downward spiral 128 EFT electronic funds transfer 129 EG evil grin 130 EIE enough is enough 131 EMSG email message 132 EOB end of business [day] 133 EOD end of {day,discussion} 134 EOL end of life 135 EOM end of message 136 EOS end of story 137 ETA edited to add 138 ETA estimated time of arrival 139 ETLA extended three letter acronym 140 ETR early to rise 141 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 142 EZ easy 143 EZPZ easy-peasy 144 F9 fine 145 FAQ frequently asked question 146 FBOW for better or worse 147 FCFS first come, first served 148 FCOL for crying out loud 149 FFS free for shipping 150 FITB fill in the blank 151 FNO for nerds only 152 FNO from now on 153 FOC free of charge 154 FPS first person shooter 155 FPS frames per second 156 FSDO for some definition of 157 FSVO for some value of 158 FTBFS fails to build from source 159 FTFY fixed that for you 160 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 161 FTL faster than light 162 FTL for the loss 163 FTR for the record 164 FTTT from time to time 165 FTW for the win 166 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 167 FWIW for what it's worth 168 FYEO for your eyes only 169 FYI for your information 170 G grin 171 G/C garbage collect 172 G2G got to go 173 G2K good to know 174 GA go ahead 175 GAC get a clue 176 GAL get a life 177 GBTW get back to work 178 GF girlfriend 179 GFU good for you 180 GFY good for you 181 GG good game 182 GGA good game all 183 GGP good game partner 184 GGWP good game, well played 185 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 186 GIYF Google is your friend 187 GJ good job 188 GL good luck 189 GLHF good luck, have fun 190 GLINE global kill line 191 GLWT good luck with that 192 GM game master 193 GMT Greenwich mean time 194 GMTA great minds think alike 195 GOK God only knows 196 GOP Grand Old Party 197 GOWI get on with it 198 GPS global positioning system 199 GR8 great 200 GTG got to go 201 GTH go to hell 202 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 203 GWS get well soon 204 H8 hate 205 HAND have a nice day 206 HE how embarrasing 207 HF have fun 208 HHIS hanging head in shame 209 HHOS ha ha, only serious 210 HICA here it comes again 211 HME home medical equipment 212 HNY happy new year 213 HOAS hold on a second 214 HOPS half-operator status 215 HTH hope this helps 216 IAC in any case 217 IAE in any event 218 IANAL I am not a lawyer 219 IAW in another window 220 IAWTC I agree with this comment 221 IAWTP I agree with this post 222 IAY I adore you 223 IB I'm back 224 IC I see 225 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 226 ICCL I couldn't care less 227 ICUR I see you are 228 ICYMI in case you missed it 229 IDC I don't care 230 IDGI I don't get it 231 IDGW in a good way 232 IDI I doubt it 233 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 234 IDK I don't know 235 IDRC I don't really care 236 IDTS I don't think so 237 IDTT I drink to that 238 IFF if and only if 239 IFTTT if this then that 240 IHBW I have been wrong 241 IIANM if I am not mistaken 242 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 243 IIUC if I understand correctly 244 IKR I know, right? 245 IKWYM I know what you mean 246 ILU I love you 247 ILY I love you 248 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 249 IMBO in my biased opinion 250 IMCO in my considered opinion 251 IME in my experience 252 IMHO in my humble opinion 253 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 254 IMO in my opinion 255 INB4 in before 256 INPO in no particular order 257 IOW in other words 258 IPML I pissed myself laughing 259 IQ intelligence quotient 260 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 261 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 262 IRL in real life 263 IRT in real time 264 IRT in regards to 265 ISAGN I see a great need 266 ISBN International Standard Book Number 267 ISTM it seems to me 268 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 269 ITC in this {channel,chat} 270 ITT in this thread 271 ITYM I think you mean 272 IUD insert usual disclaimers 273 IUSS if you say so 274 IW it's worse 275 IWBNI it would be nice if 276 IYD in your dreams 277 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 278 IYSS if you say so 279 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 280 J/K just kidding 281 JAM just a minute 282 JAS just a second 283 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 284 JFTR just for the record 285 JFYI just for your information 286 JGI just Google it 287 JGI just got it 288 JHD just hit delete 289 JIC just in case 290 JJA just joking around 291 JK just kidding 292 JMO just my opinion 293 JSYK just so you know 294 JTLYK just to let you know 295 JW just wondering 296 KISS keep it simple, stupid 297 KITA kick in the ass 298 KK okay, okay 299 KLINE kill line 300 KMA keep me advised 301 KMA keep moving ahead 302 KMA kill me already 303 KNF kernel normal form 304 KOS kill on sight 305 KTHX okay, thanks 306 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 307 KWIM know what I mean? 308 L8 late 309 L8R later 310 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 311 LBNL last but not least 312 LGTM looks good to me 313 LJBF let's just be friends 314 LMAO laughing my ass off 315 LMC let me check 316 LMGTFY let me google that for you 317 LMHO laughing my head off 318 LMK let me know 319 LMNO laughing my nuts off 320 LMSO laughing my socks off 321 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 322 LOL laughing out loud 323 LP long playing [record] 324 LTNS long time no see 325 LWYL laugh with you later 326 M8 mate 327 MAD mutually assured destruction 328 MBA master of business administration 329 MFW my face when 330 MIA missing in action 331 MMB message me back 332 MO modus operandi 333 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 334 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 335 MOTSS member of the same sex 336 MTF more to follow 337 MYOB mind your own business 338 N/A not {applicable,available} 339 N/M never mind 340 NAFAIK not as far as I know 341 NB nota bene 342 NBD no big deal 343 NE1 anyone 344 NEDM not even Doom music 345 NFA no flaming allowed 346 NFC no functional change 347 NIFOC naked in front of computer 348 NIH not invented here 349 NIMBY not in my backyard 350 NM never mind 351 NMF not my fault 352 NMP not my problem 353 NMU not much, you? 354 NOM no offence meant 355 NOOB newbie 356 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 357 NOYB none of your business 358 NP no problem 359 NPC non-player character 360 NRFPT not ready for prime time 361 NRN no reply necessary 362 NRN not right now 363 NSFW not suitable for work 364 NTN no thanks needed 365 NUNP no users, no problems 366 NVM never mind 367 NW no way 368 NXT next 369 NYPA not your personal army 370 O2W off to work 371 OAO over and out 372 OBV obviously 373 OBVS obviously 374 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 375 OFC of course 376 OH other half 377 OIC oh, I see 378 OMG oh my God 379 OMW on my way 380 ONNA oh no, not again 381 ONNTA oh no, not this again 382 OOB out of bounds 383 OOC out of curiosity 384 OOI out of interest 385 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 386 OPS operator status 387 OPS operators 388 ORITE oh, right 389 OT off topic 390 OTL out to lunch 391 OTOH on the other hand 392 OTP one true pairing 393 OTS off the shelf 394 OTT over the top 395 OTTOMH off the top of my head 396 OWTTE or words to that effect 397 PC player character 398 PC politically correct 399 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 400 PD police department 401 PDA public display of affection 402 PDQ pretty darn quick 403 PDS please don't shout 404 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 405 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 406 PFI pay for inclusion 407 PFY pimply faced youth 408 PHB pointy haired boss 409 PIN personal identification number 410 PITA pain in the ass 411 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 412 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 413 PM post meridiem 414 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 415 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 416 PMSL pissing myself laughing 417 PNG persona non grata 418 PNP plug and pray 419 POC point of contact 420 POC proof of concept 421 POLA principle of least astonishment 422 POLS principle of least surprise 423 POS point of sale 424 POV point of view 425 PPL people 426 PPL pretty please 427 PPP petty pet peeve 428 PPS pulse per second (signal) 429 PR public relations 430 PSA prostate-specific antigen 431 PSA public service announcement 432 PTA parent-teacher association 433 PTO {paid,personal} time off 434 PTO parent-teacher organization 435 PTO please turn over 436 PTO power takeoff 437 PTV parental tunnel vision 438 QED quod erat demonstrandum 439 QFT quoted for truth 440 RA residential advisor 441 RFC request for comments 442 RFD request for discussion 443 RFE request for enhancements 444 RIP rest in peace 445 RL real life 446 RLC rod length check 447 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 448 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 449 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 450 ROI return on investment 451 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 452 RP responsible person 453 RR railroad 454 RSI repetitive strain injury 455 RSN real soon now 456 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 457 S/T self titled 458 SAR search and rescue 459 SAR some assembly required 460 SCNR sorry, could not resist 461 SEP someone else's problem 462 SERP search engine results page 463 SFAICT so far as I can tell 464 SHID slaps head in disgust 465 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 466 SITD still in the dark 467 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 468 SMH shaking my head 469 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 470 SMOP simple matter of programming 471 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 472 SNMP sorry, not my problem 473 SO significant other 474 SOB son of [a] bitch 475 SOP standard operating procedure 476 SRS serious 477 SRSLY seriously 478 SSIA subject says it all 479 SSTO single stage to orbit 480 STW search the web 481 SUS stupid user syndrome 482 SUX sucks 483 SUX2BU sucks to be you 484 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 485 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 486 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 487 SYS see you soon 488 TA teaching assistant 489 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 490 TBA to be announced 491 TBC to be continued 492 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 493 TBH to be honest 494 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 495 TCB taking care of business 496 TCO taken care of 497 TCO total cost of ownership 498 TFOA things falling off aircraft 499 TFW that feeling when 500 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 501 THNX thanks 502 THX thanks 503 TIA thanks in advance 504 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 505 TIC tonque in cheek 506 TIL today I learned 507 TINC there is no cabal 508 TINLA this is not legal advice 509 TINWIS this is not what I said 510 TJM that's just me 511 TLA three letter acronym 512 TLA true love always 513 TLC tender loving care 514 TLDR too long, didn't read 515 TM trademark 516 TM trust me 517 TMA too many abbreviations 518 TMG too much government 519 TMI too much information 520 TMJ temporomandibular joint 521 TMK to my knowledge 522 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 523 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 524 TOC table of contents 525 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 526 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 527 TOH to other half 528 TP toilet paper 529 TPTB the powers that be 530 TRT the right thing 531 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 532 TTFN ta ta for now 533 TTM to the moderator 534 TTT thought that too 535 TTYL talk to you later 536 TTYS talk to you soon 537 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 538 TWDT the whole damn thing 539 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 540 TY thank you 541 TYVM thank you very much 542 U/L upload 543 UGT universal greeting time 544 UR your 545 UR {you're, you are} 546 UTSL use the source, Luke 547 VCR video cassette recorder 548 VEG very evil grin 549 VIP very important person 550 W/ with 551 W/E whatever 552 W/O without 553 W8 wait 554 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 555 WAG wild-ass guess 556 WB welcome back 557 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 558 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 559 WELC working effectively with legacy code 560 WFH working from home 561 WFM works for me 562 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 563 WIP work in progress 564 WMNC watch me not care 565 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 566 WRT with respect to 567 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 568 WTF where's the food 569 WTG way to go 570 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 571 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 572 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 573 WWJD what would Jesus do? 574 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 575 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 576 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 577 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 578 YGM you got mail 579 YHBT you have been trolled 580 YHL you have lost 581 YKWIM you know what I mean 582 YMMV your mileage may vary 583 YOLO you only live once 584 YW you're welcome 585 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 586 ZIP zoning improvement plan 587
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