acronyms revision 1.268
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.268 2018/05/03 17:03:20 kamil 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 BIDI boy, I did it 73 BNYA burned now you are 74 BOC but of course 75 BOFH bastard operator from hell 76 BOT back on topic 77 BPM beam propagation method 78 BPM beats per minute 79 BRB [I'll] be right back 80 BSD booze, sex, drugs 81 BTDT been there, done that 82 BTFT been there, fixed that 83 BTTH boot to the head 84 BTW by the way 85 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 86 CC credit card 87 CEO chief executive officer 88 CFV call for votes 89 CFY calling for you 90 CG center of gravity 91 CHANOPS channel operator status 92 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 93 CNP continued [in my] next post 94 COB close of business [day] 95 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 96 CPC cost per click 97 CPE customer premises equipment 98 CRM customer relationship management 99 CTN can't talk now 100 CU see you 101 CUL see you later 102 CYA see ya 103 CYA see you around 104 CYE check your email 105 D/B/A doing business as 106 D/L download 107 DBA doing business as 108 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 109 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 110 DIY do it yourself 111 DKDC don't know, don't care 112 DM direct message 113 DM dungeon master 114 DME durable medical equipment 115 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 116 DMZ demilitarized zone 117 DND do not disturb 118 DNF did not finish 119 DNFT do not feed troll 120 DOA dead on arrival 121 DRY don't repeat yourself 122 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 123 DTRT do the right thing 124 DTWT do the wrong thing 125 DWIM do what I mean 126 DYK do you know? 127 EA early adopter 128 ECR electronic cash register 129 EDS eternal downward spiral 130 EFT electronic funds transfer 131 EG evil grin 132 EIE enough is enough 133 EMSG email message 134 EOB end of business [day] 135 EOD end of {day,discussion} 136 EOL end of life 137 EOM end of message 138 EOS end of story 139 ETA edited to add 140 ETA estimated time of arrival 141 ETLA extended three letter acronym 142 ETR early to rise 143 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 144 EZ easy 145 EZPZ easy-peasy 146 F9 fine 147 FAQ frequently asked question 148 FBOW for better or worse 149 FCFS first come, first served 150 FCOL for crying out loud 151 FFS free for shipping 152 FITB fill in the blank 153 FNO for nerds only 154 FNO from now on 155 FOC free of charge 156 FPS first person shooter 157 FPS frames per second 158 FSDO for some definition of 159 FSVO for some value of 160 FTBFS fails to build from source 161 FTFY fixed that for you 162 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 163 FTL faster than light 164 FTL for the loss 165 FTR for the record 166 FTTT from time to time 167 FTW for the win 168 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 169 FWIW for what it's worth 170 FYEO for your eyes only 171 FYI for your information 172 G grin 173 G/C garbage collect 174 G2G got to go 175 G2K good to know 176 GA go ahead 177 GAC get a clue 178 GAL get a life 179 GBTW get back to work 180 GF girlfriend 181 GFU good for you 182 GFY good for you 183 GG good game 184 GGA good game all 185 GGP good game partner 186 GGWP good game, well played 187 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 188 GIYF Google is your friend 189 GJ good job 190 GL good luck 191 GLHF good luck, have fun 192 GLINE global kill line 193 GLWT good luck with that 194 GM game master 195 GMT Greenwich mean time 196 GMTA great minds think alike 197 GOK God only knows 198 GOP Grand Old Party 199 GOWI get on with it 200 GPS global positioning system 201 GR8 great 202 GTG got to go 203 GTH go to hell 204 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 205 GWS get well soon 206 H8 hate 207 HAND have a nice day 208 HE how embarrasing 209 HF have fun 210 HHIS hanging head in shame 211 HHOS ha ha, only serious 212 HICA here it comes again 213 HME home medical equipment 214 HNY happy new year 215 HOAS hold on a second 216 HOPS half-operator status 217 HTH hope this helps 218 IAC in any case 219 IAE in any event 220 IANAL I am not a lawyer 221 IAW in another window 222 IAWTC I agree with this comment 223 IAWTP I agree with this post 224 IAY I adore you 225 IB I'm back 226 IC I see 227 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 228 ICCL I couldn't care less 229 ICUR I see you are 230 ICYMI in case you missed it 231 IDC I don't care 232 IDGI I don't get it 233 IDGW in a good way 234 IDI I doubt it 235 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 236 IDK I don't know 237 IDRC I don't really care 238 IDTS I don't think so 239 IDTT I drink to that 240 IFF if and only if 241 IFTTT if this then that 242 IHBW I have been wrong 243 IIANM if I am not mistaken 244 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 245 IIUC if I understand correctly 246 IKR I know, right? 247 IKWYM I know what you mean 248 ILU I love you 249 ILY I love you 250 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 251 IMBO in my biased opinion 252 IMCO in my considered opinion 253 IME in my experience 254 IMHO in my humble opinion 255 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 256 IMO in my opinion 257 INB4 in before 258 INPO in no particular order 259 IOW in other words 260 IPML I pissed myself laughing 261 IQ intelligence quotient 262 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 263 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 264 IRL in real life 265 IRT in real time 266 IRT in regards to 267 ISAGN I see a great need 268 ISBN International Standard Book Number 269 ISTM it seems to me 270 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 271 ITC in this {channel,chat} 272 ITT in this thread 273 ITYM I think you mean 274 IUD insert usual disclaimers 275 IUSS if you say so 276 IW it's worse 277 IWBNI it would be nice if 278 IYD in your dreams 279 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 280 IYSS if you say so 281 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 282 J/K just kidding 283 JAM just a minute 284 JAS just a second 285 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 286 JFTR just for the record 287 JFYI just for your information 288 JGI just Google it 289 JGI just got it 290 JHD just hit delete 291 JIC just in case 292 JJA just joking around 293 JK just kidding 294 JMO just my opinion 295 JSYK just so you know 296 JTLYK just to let you know 297 JW just wondering 298 KISS keep it simple, stupid 299 KITA kick in the ass 300 KK okay, okay 301 KLINE kill line 302 KMA keep me advised 303 KMA keep moving ahead 304 KMA kill me already 305 KNF kernel normal form 306 KOS kill on sight 307 KTHX okay, thanks 308 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 309 KWIM know what I mean? 310 L8 late 311 L8R later 312 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 313 LBNL last but not least 314 LGTM looks good to me 315 LJBF let's just be friends 316 LMAO laughing my ass off 317 LMC let me check 318 LMGTFY let me google that for you 319 LMHO laughing my head off 320 LMK let me know 321 LMNO laughing my nuts off 322 LMSO laughing my socks off 323 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 324 LOL laughing out loud 325 LP long playing [record] 326 LTNS long time no see 327 LWYL laugh with you later 328 M8 mate 329 MAD mutually assured destruction 330 MBA master of business administration 331 MFW my face when 332 MIA missing in action 333 MMB message me back 334 MO modus operandi 335 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 336 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 337 MOTSS member of the same sex 338 MTF more to follow 339 MVP minimum viable product 340 MVP most valuable player 341 MYOB mind your own business 342 N/A not {applicable,available} 343 N/M never mind 344 NAFAIK not as far as I know 345 NB nota bene 346 NBD no big deal 347 NE1 anyone 348 NEDM not even Doom music 349 NFA no flaming allowed 350 NFC no functional change 351 NIFOC naked in front of computer 352 NIH not invented here 353 NIMBY not in my backyard 354 NM never mind 355 NMF not my fault 356 NMP not my problem 357 NMU not much, you? 358 NOM no offence meant 359 NOOB newbie 360 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 361 NOYB none of your business 362 NP no problem 363 NPC non-player character 364 NRFPT not ready for prime time 365 NRN no reply necessary 366 NRN not right now 367 NSFW not suitable for work 368 NTBF not to be fixed 369 NTN no thanks needed 370 NUNP no users, no problems 371 NVM never mind 372 NW no way 373 NXT next 374 NYPA not your personal army 375 O2W off to work 376 OAO over and out 377 OBV obviously 378 OBVS obviously 379 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 380 OFC of course 381 OH other half 382 OIC oh, I see 383 OMG oh my God 384 OMW on my way 385 ONNA oh no, not again 386 ONNTA oh no, not this again 387 OOB out of bounds 388 OOC out of curiosity 389 OOI out of interest 390 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 391 OPS operator status 392 OPS operators 393 ORITE oh, right 394 OT off topic 395 OTL out to lunch 396 OTOH on the other hand 397 OTP one true pairing 398 OTS off the shelf 399 OTT over the top 400 OTTOMH off the top of my head 401 OWTTE or words to that effect 402 PC player character 403 PC politically correct 404 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 405 PD police department 406 PDA public display of affection 407 PDQ pretty darn quick 408 PDS please don't shout 409 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 410 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 411 PFI pay for inclusion 412 PFY pimply faced youth 413 PHB pointy haired boss 414 PIN personal identification number 415 PITA pain in the ass 416 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 417 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 418 PM post meridiem 419 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 420 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 421 PMSL pissing myself laughing 422 PNG persona non grata 423 PNP plug and pray 424 POC point of contact 425 POC proof of concept 426 POLA principle of least astonishment 427 POLS principle of least surprise 428 POS point of sale 429 POV point of view 430 PPL people 431 PPL pretty please 432 PPP petty pet peeve 433 PPS pulse per second (signal) 434 PR public relations 435 PSA prostate-specific antigen 436 PSA public service announcement 437 PTA parent-teacher association 438 PTO {paid,personal} time off 439 PTO parent-teacher organization 440 PTO please turn over 441 PTO power takeoff 442 PTV parental tunnel vision 443 QED quod erat demonstrandum 444 QFT quoted for truth 445 RA residential advisor 446 RFC request for comments 447 RFD request for discussion 448 RFE request for enhancements 449 RIP rest in peace 450 RL real life 451 RLC rod length check 452 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 453 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 454 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 455 ROI return on investment 456 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 457 RP responsible person 458 RR railroad 459 RSI repetitive strain injury 460 RSN real soon now 461 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 462 S/T self titled 463 SAR search and rescue 464 SAR some assembly required 465 SCNR sorry, could not resist 466 SEP someone else's problem 467 SERP search engine results page 468 SFAICT so far as I can tell 469 SHID slaps head in disgust 470 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 471 SITD still in the dark 472 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 473 SMH shaking my head 474 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 475 SMOP simple matter of programming 476 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 477 SNMP sorry, not my problem 478 SO significant other 479 SOB son of [a] bitch 480 SOP standard operating procedure 481 SRS serious 482 SRSLY seriously 483 SSIA subject says it all 484 SSTO single stage to orbit 485 STW search the web 486 SUS stupid user syndrome 487 SUX sucks 488 SUX2BU sucks to be you 489 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 490 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 491 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 492 SYS see you soon 493 TA teaching assistant 494 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 495 TBA to be announced 496 TBC to be continued 497 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 498 TBH to be honest 499 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 500 TCB taking care of business 501 TCO taken care of 502 TCO total cost of ownership 503 TFOA things falling off aircraft 504 TFW that feeling when 505 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 506 THNX thanks 507 THX thanks 508 TIA thanks in advance 509 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 510 TIC tonque in cheek 511 TIL today I learned 512 TINC there is no cabal 513 TINLA this is not legal advice 514 TINWIS this is not what I said 515 TJM that's just me 516 TLA three letter acronym 517 TLA true love always 518 TLC tender loving care 519 TLDR too long, didn't read 520 TM trademark 521 TM trust me 522 TMA too many abbreviations 523 TMG too much government 524 TMI too much information 525 TMJ temporomandibular joint 526 TMK to my knowledge 527 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 528 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 529 TOC table of contents 530 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 531 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 532 TOH to other half 533 TP toilet paper 534 TPTB the powers that be 535 TRT the right thing 536 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 537 TTFN ta ta for now 538 TTM to the moderator 539 TTT thought that too 540 TTYL talk to you later 541 TTYS talk to you soon 542 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 543 TWDT the whole damn thing 544 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 545 TY thank you 546 TYVM thank you very much 547 U/L upload 548 UGT universal greeting time 549 UR your 550 UR {you're, you are} 551 UTSL use the source, Luke 552 VCR video cassette recorder 553 VEG very evil grin 554 VIP very important person 555 VLA variable length array 556 W/ with 557 W/E whatever 558 W/O without 559 W8 wait 560 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 561 WAG wild-ass guess 562 WB welcome back 563 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 564 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 565 WELC working effectively with legacy code 566 WFH working from home 567 WFM works for me 568 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 569 WIP work in progress 570 WMNC watch me not care 571 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 572 WRT with respect to 573 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 574 WTF where's the food 575 WTG way to go 576 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 577 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 578 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 579 WWJD what would Jesus do? 580 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 581 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 582 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 583 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 584 YGM you got mail 585 YHBT you have been trolled 586 YHL you have lost 587 YKWIM you know what I mean 588 YMMV your mileage may vary 589 YOLO you only live once 590 YW you're welcome 591 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 592 ZIP zoning improvement plan 593
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