acronyms revision 1.271
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.271 2018/05/13 16:53:04 maya 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 APM alternative payment model 38 ASAIC as soon as I can 39 ASAP as soon as possible 40 ASL age/sex/location 41 ATEOTD at the end of the day 42 ATM at the moment 43 ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine 44 ATW around the world 45 AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan 46 AWOL absent without official leave 47 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 48 AYF all your fault 49 AYOR at your own risk 50 AYT are you there 51 B& banned 52 B/C because 53 B/W bandwidth 54 B/W between 55 BAI goodbye 56 BAK back at keyboard 57 BBIAB be back in a bit 58 BBL [I'll] be back later 59 BBR burnt beyond repair 60 BBS be back soon 61 BBT be back tomorrow 62 BCNU be seeing you 63 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 64 BCP best current practice 65 BF best friend 66 BF boyfriend 67 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 68 BIAB back in a bit 69 BIAF back in a few 70 BIALW back in a little while 71 BIAS back in a second 72 BIAW back in a while 73 BIDI boy, I did it 74 BNYA burned now you are 75 BOC but of course 76 BOFH bastard operator from hell 77 BOT back on topic 78 BPM beam propagation method 79 BPM beats per minute 80 BRB [I'll] be right back 81 BSD booze, sex, drugs 82 BTDT been there, done that 83 BTFT been there, fixed that 84 BTTH boot to the head 85 BTW by the way 86 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 87 CC credit card 88 CEO chief executive officer 89 CFV call for votes 90 CFY calling for you 91 CG center of gravity 92 CHANOPS channel operator status 93 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 94 CNP continued [in my] next post 95 COB close of business [day] 96 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 97 CPC cost per click 98 CPE customer premises equipment 99 CRM customer relationship management 100 CTN can't talk now 101 CU see you 102 CUL see you later 103 CYA see ya 104 CYA see you around 105 CYE check your email 106 D/B/A doing business as 107 D/L download 108 DBA doing business as 109 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 110 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 111 DIY do it yourself 112 DKDC don't know, don't care 113 DM direct message 114 DM dungeon master 115 DME durable medical equipment 116 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 117 DMZ demilitarized zone 118 DND do not disturb 119 DNF did not finish 120 DNFT do not feed troll 121 DOA dead on arrival 122 DRY don't repeat yourself 123 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 124 DTRT do the right thing 125 DTWT do the wrong thing 126 DWIM do what I mean 127 DYK do you know? 128 EA early adopter 129 ECR electronic cash register 130 EDS eternal downward spiral 131 EFT electronic funds transfer 132 EG evil grin 133 EIE enough is enough 134 EMSG email message 135 EOB end of business [day] 136 EOD end of {day,discussion} 137 EOL end of life 138 EOM end of message 139 EOS end of story 140 ETA edited to add 141 ETA estimated time of arrival 142 ETLA extended three letter acronym 143 ETR early to rise 144 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 145 EZ easy 146 EZPZ easy-peasy 147 F9 fine 148 FAQ frequently asked question 149 FBOW for better or worse 150 FCFS first come, first served 151 FCOL for crying out loud 152 FFS free for shipping 153 FITB fill in the blank 154 FNO for nerds only 155 FNO from now on 156 FOC free of charge 157 FPS first person shooter 158 FPS frames per second 159 FSDO for some definition of 160 FSVO for some value of 161 FTBFS fails to build from source 162 FTFY fixed that for you 163 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 164 FTL faster than light 165 FTL for the loss 166 FTR for the record 167 FTTT from time to time 168 FTW for the win 169 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 170 FWIW for what it's worth 171 FYEO for your eyes only 172 FYI for your information 173 G grin 174 G/C garbage collect 175 G2G got to go 176 G2K good to know 177 GA go ahead 178 GAC get a clue 179 GAL get a life 180 GBTW get back to work 181 GF girlfriend 182 GFU good for you 183 GFY good for you 184 GG good game 185 GGA good game all 186 GGP good game partner 187 GGWP good game, well played 188 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 189 GIYF Google is your friend 190 GJ good job 191 GL good luck 192 GLHF good luck, have fun 193 GLINE global kill line 194 GLWT good luck with that 195 GM game master 196 GMT Greenwich mean time 197 GMTA great minds think alike 198 GOK God only knows 199 GOP Grand Old Party 200 GOWI get on with it 201 GPS global positioning system 202 GR8 great 203 GTG got to go 204 GTH go to hell 205 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 206 GWS get well soon 207 H8 hate 208 HAND have a nice day 209 HE how embarrasing 210 HF have fun 211 HHIS hanging head in shame 212 HHOS ha ha, only serious 213 HICA here it comes again 214 HME home medical equipment 215 HNY happy new year 216 HOAS hold on a second 217 HOPS half-operator status 218 HTH hope this helps 219 IAC in any case 220 IAE in any event 221 IANAL I am not a lawyer 222 IAW in another window 223 IAWTC I agree with this comment 224 IAWTP I agree with this post 225 IAY I adore you 226 IB I'm back 227 IC I see 228 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 229 ICCL I couldn't care less 230 ICUR I see you are 231 ICYMI in case you missed it 232 IDC I don't care 233 IDGI I don't get it 234 IDGW in a good way 235 IDI I doubt it 236 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 237 IDK I don't know 238 IDRC I don't really care 239 IDTS I don't think so 240 IDTT I drink to that 241 IFF if and only if 242 IFTTT if this then that 243 IHBW I have been wrong 244 IIANM if I am not mistaken 245 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 246 IIUC if I understand correctly 247 IKR I know, right? 248 IKWYM I know what you mean 249 ILU I love you 250 ILY I love you 251 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 252 IMBO in my biased opinion 253 IMCO in my considered opinion 254 IME in my experience 255 IMHO in my humble opinion 256 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 257 IMO in my opinion 258 INB4 in before 259 INPO in no particular order 260 IOW in other words 261 IPML I pissed myself laughing 262 IQ intelligence quotient 263 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 264 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 265 IRL in real life 266 IRT in real time 267 IRT in regards to 268 ISAGN I see a great need 269 ISBN International Standard Book Number 270 ISTM it seems to me 271 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 272 ITC in this {channel,chat} 273 ITT in this thread 274 ITYM I think you mean 275 IUD insert usual disclaimers 276 IUSS if you say so 277 IW it's worse 278 IWBNI it would be nice if 279 IYD in your dreams 280 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 281 IYSS if you say so 282 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 283 J/K just kidding 284 JAM just a minute 285 JAS just a second 286 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 287 JFTR just for the record 288 JFYI just for your information 289 JGI just Google it 290 JGI just got it 291 JHD just hit delete 292 JIC just in case 293 JJA just joking around 294 JK just kidding 295 JMO just my opinion 296 JSYK just so you know 297 JTLYK just to let you know 298 JW just wondering 299 KISS keep it simple, stupid 300 KITA kick in the ass 301 KK okay, okay 302 KLINE kill line 303 KMA keep me advised 304 KMA keep moving ahead 305 KMA kill me already 306 KNF kernel normal form 307 KOS kill on sight 308 KTHX okay, thanks 309 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 310 KWIM know what I mean? 311 L8 late 312 L8R later 313 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 314 LBNL last but not least 315 LGTM looks good to me 316 LJBF let's just be friends 317 LMAO laughing my ass off 318 LMC let me check 319 LMGTFY let me google that for you 320 LMHO laughing my head off 321 LMK let me know 322 LMNO laughing my nuts off 323 LMSO laughing my socks off 324 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 325 LOL laughing out loud 326 LP long playing [record] 327 LTNS long time no see 328 LWYL laugh with you later 329 M8 mate 330 MAD mutually assured destruction 331 MBA master of business administration 332 MFW my face when 333 MIA missing in action 334 MMB message me back 335 MO modus operandi 336 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 337 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 338 MOTSS member of the same sex 339 MTF more to follow 340 MVP minimum viable product 341 MVP most valuable player 342 MYOB mind your own business 343 N/A not {applicable,available} 344 N/M never mind 345 NAFAIK not as far as I know 346 NB nota bene 347 NBD no big deal 348 NE1 anyone 349 NEDM not even Doom music 350 NFA no flaming allowed 351 NFC no functional change 352 NIFOC naked in front of computer 353 NIH not invented here 354 NIMBY not in my backyard 355 NM never mind 356 NMF not my fault 357 NMP not my problem 358 NMU not much, you? 359 NOM no offence meant 360 NOOB newbie 361 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 362 NOYB none of your business 363 NP no problem 364 NPC non-player character 365 NRFPT not ready for prime time 366 NRN no reply necessary 367 NRN not right now 368 NSFW not suitable for work 369 NTBF not to be fixed 370 NTN no thanks needed 371 NUNP no users, no problems 372 NVM never mind 373 NW no way 374 NXT next 375 NYPA not your personal army 376 O2W off to work 377 OAO over and out 378 OBV obviously 379 OBVS obviously 380 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 381 OFC of course 382 OH other half 383 OIC oh, I see 384 OMG oh my God 385 OMW on my way 386 ONNA oh no, not again 387 ONNTA oh no, not this again 388 OOB out of bounds 389 OOC out of curiosity 390 OOI out of interest 391 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 392 OPS operator status 393 OPS operators 394 ORITE oh, right 395 OT off topic 396 OTL out to lunch 397 OTOH on the other hand 398 OTP one true pairing 399 OTS off the shelf 400 OTT over the top 401 OTTOMH off the top of my head 402 OWTTE or words to that effect 403 PC player character 404 PC politically correct 405 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 406 PD police department 407 PDA public display of affection 408 PDQ pretty darn quick 409 PDS please don't shout 410 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 411 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 412 PFI pay for inclusion 413 PFY pimply faced youth 414 PHB pointy haired boss 415 PIN personal identification number 416 PITA pain in the ass 417 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 418 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 419 PM post meridiem 420 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 421 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 422 PMSL pissing myself laughing 423 PNG persona non grata 424 PNP plug and pray 425 POC point of contact 426 POC proof of concept 427 POLA principle of least astonishment 428 POLS principle of least surprise 429 POS point of sale 430 POV point of view 431 PPL people 432 PPL pretty please 433 PPP petty pet peeve 434 PPS pulse per second (signal) 435 PR public relations 436 PSA prostate-specific antigen 437 PSA public service announcement 438 PTA parent-teacher association 439 PTO {paid,personal} time off 440 PTO parent-teacher organization 441 PTO please turn over 442 PTO power takeoff 443 PTV parental tunnel vision 444 QED quod erat demonstrandum 445 QFT quoted for truth 446 RA residential advisor 447 RFC request for comments 448 RFD request for discussion 449 RFE request for enhancements 450 RIP rest in peace 451 RL real life 452 RLC rod length check 453 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 454 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 455 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 456 ROI return on investment 457 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 458 RP responsible person 459 RR railroad 460 RSI repetitive strain injury 461 RSN real soon now 462 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 463 S/T self titled 464 SAR search and rescue 465 SAR some assembly required 466 SCNR sorry, could not resist 467 SEP someone else's problem 468 SERP search engine results page 469 SFAICT so far as I can tell 470 SHID slaps head in disgust 471 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 472 SITD still in the dark 473 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 474 SMH shaking my head 475 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 476 SMOP simple matter of programming 477 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 478 SNMP sorry, not my problem 479 SO significant other 480 SOB son of [a] bitch 481 SOP standard operating procedure 482 SRS serious 483 SRSLY seriously 484 SSIA subject says it all 485 SSTO single stage to orbit 486 STW search the web 487 SUS stupid user syndrome 488 SUX sucks 489 SUX2BU sucks to be you 490 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 491 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 492 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 493 SYS see you soon 494 TA teaching assistant 495 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 496 TBA to be announced 497 TBC to be continued 498 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 499 TBH to be honest 500 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 501 TCB taking care of business 502 TCO taken care of 503 TCO total cost of ownership 504 TFOA things falling off aircraft 505 TFW that feeling when 506 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 507 THNX thanks 508 THX thanks 509 TIA thanks in advance 510 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 511 TIC tonque in cheek 512 TIL today I learned 513 TINC there is no cabal 514 TINLA this is not legal advice 515 TINWIS this is not what I said 516 TJM that's just me 517 TLA three letter acronym 518 TLA true love always 519 TLC tender loving care 520 TLDR too long, didn't read 521 TM trademark 522 TM trust me 523 TMA too many abbreviations 524 TMG too much government 525 TMI too much information 526 TMJ temporomandibular joint 527 TMK to my knowledge 528 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 529 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 530 TOC table of contents 531 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 532 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 533 TOH to other half 534 TP toilet paper 535 TPTB the powers that be 536 TRT the right thing 537 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 538 TTFN ta ta for now 539 TTM to the moderator 540 TTT thought that too 541 TTYL talk to you later 542 TTYS talk to you soon 543 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 544 TWDT the whole damn thing 545 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 546 TY thank you 547 TYVM thank you very much 548 U/L upload 549 UGT universal greeting time 550 UR your 551 UR {you're, you are} 552 UTSL use the source, Luke 553 VCR video cassette recorder 554 VEG very evil grin 555 VIP very important person 556 VLA variable length array 557 W/ with 558 W/E whatever 559 W/O without 560 W8 wait 561 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 562 WAG wild-ass guess 563 WB welcome back 564 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 565 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 566 WELC working effectively with legacy code 567 WFH working from home 568 WFM works for me 569 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 570 WIP work in progress 571 WMNC watch me not care 572 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 573 WRT with respect to 574 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 575 WTF where's the food 576 WTG way to go 577 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 578 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 579 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 580 WWJD what would Jesus do? 581 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 582 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 583 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 584 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 585 YGM you got mail 586 YHBT you have been trolled 587 YHL you have lost 588 YKWIM you know what I mean 589 YMMV your mileage may vary 590 YOLO you only live once 591 YW you're welcome 592 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 593 ZIP zoning improvement plan 594
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