acronyms revision 1.273
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.273 2018/05/22 02:54:32 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 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 embarrassing 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 M&O management & operations 330 M8 mate 331 MAD mutually assured destruction 332 MBA master of business administration 333 MFW my face when 334 MIA missing in action 335 MMB message me back 336 MO modus operandi 337 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 338 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 339 MOTSS member of the same sex 340 MTF more to follow 341 MVP minimum viable product 342 MVP most valuable player 343 MYOB mind your own business 344 N/A not {applicable,available} 345 N/M never mind 346 NAFAIK not as far as I know 347 NB nota bene 348 NBD no big deal 349 NE1 anyone 350 NEDM not even Doom music 351 NFA no flaming allowed 352 NFC no functional change 353 NIFOC naked in front of computer 354 NIH not invented here 355 NIMBY not in my backyard 356 NM never mind 357 NMF not my fault 358 NMP not my problem 359 NMU not much, you? 360 NOM no offence meant 361 NOOB newbie 362 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 363 NOYB none of your business 364 NP no problem 365 NPC non-player character 366 NRFPT not ready for prime time 367 NRN no reply necessary 368 NRN not right now 369 NSFW not suitable for work 370 NTBF not to be fixed 371 NTN no thanks needed 372 NUNP no users, no problems 373 NVM never mind 374 NW no way 375 NXT next 376 NYPA not your personal army 377 O2W off to work 378 OAO over and out 379 OBV obviously 380 OBVS obviously 381 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 382 OFC of course 383 OH other half 384 OIC oh, I see 385 OMG oh my God 386 OMW on my way 387 ONNA oh no, not again 388 ONNTA oh no, not this again 389 OOB out of bounds 390 OOC out of curiosity 391 OOI out of interest 392 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 393 OPS operator status 394 OPS operators 395 ORITE oh, right 396 OT off topic 397 OTL out to lunch 398 OTOH on the other hand 399 OTP one true pairing 400 OTS off the shelf 401 OTT over the top 402 OTTOMH off the top of my head 403 OWTTE or words to that effect 404 PC player character 405 PC politically correct 406 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 407 PD police department 408 PDA public display of affection 409 PDQ pretty darn quick 410 PDS please don't shout 411 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 412 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 413 PFI pay for inclusion 414 PFY pimply faced youth 415 PHB pointy haired boss 416 PIN personal identification number 417 PITA pain in the ass 418 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 419 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 420 PM post meridiem 421 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 422 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 423 PMSL pissing myself laughing 424 PNG persona non grata 425 PNP plug and pray 426 POC point of contact 427 POC proof of concept 428 POLA principle of least astonishment 429 POLS principle of least surprise 430 POS point of sale 431 POV point of view 432 PPL people 433 PPL pretty please 434 PPP petty pet peeve 435 PPS pulse per second (signal) 436 PR public relations 437 PSA prostate-specific antigen 438 PSA public service announcement 439 PTA parent-teacher association 440 PTO {paid,personal} time off 441 PTO parent-teacher organization 442 PTO please turn over 443 PTO power takeoff 444 PTV parental tunnel vision 445 QED quod erat demonstrandum 446 QFT quoted for truth 447 RA residential advisor 448 RFC request for comments 449 RFD request for discussion 450 RFE request for enhancements 451 RIP rest in peace 452 RL real life 453 RLC rod length check 454 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 455 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 456 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 457 ROM rough order of magnitude 458 ROI return on investment 459 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 460 RP responsible person 461 RR railroad 462 RSI repetitive strain injury 463 RSN real soon now 464 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 465 S/T self titled 466 SAR search and rescue 467 SAR some assembly required 468 SCNR sorry, could not resist 469 SEP someone else's problem 470 SERP search engine results page 471 SFAICT so far as I can tell 472 SHID slaps head in disgust 473 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 474 SITD still in the dark 475 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 476 SMH shaking my head 477 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 478 SMOP simple matter of programming 479 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 480 SNMP sorry, not my problem 481 SO significant other 482 SOB son of [a] bitch 483 SOP standard operating procedure 484 SRS serious 485 SRSLY seriously 486 SSIA subject says it all 487 SSTO single stage to orbit 488 STW search the web 489 SUS stupid user syndrome 490 SUX sucks 491 SUX2BU sucks to be you 492 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 493 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 494 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 495 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 496 SYS see you soon 497 TA teaching assistant 498 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 499 TBA to be announced 500 TBC to be continued 501 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 502 TBH to be honest 503 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 504 TCB taking care of business 505 TCO taken care of 506 TCO total cost of ownership 507 TFOA things falling off aircraft 508 TFW that feeling when 509 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 510 THNX thanks 511 THX thanks 512 TIA thanks in advance 513 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 514 TIC tongue in cheek 515 TIL today I learned 516 TINC there is no cabal 517 TINLA this is not legal advice 518 TINWIS this is not what I said 519 TJM that's just me 520 TLA three letter acronym 521 TLA true love always 522 TLC tender loving care 523 TLDR too long, didn't read 524 TM trademark 525 TM trust me 526 TMA too many abbreviations 527 TMG too much government 528 TMI too much information 529 TMJ temporomandibular joint 530 TMK to my knowledge 531 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 532 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 533 TOC table of contents 534 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 535 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 536 TOH to other half 537 TP toilet paper 538 TPTB the powers that be 539 TRT the right thing 540 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 541 TTFN ta ta for now 542 TTM to the moderator 543 TTT thought that too 544 TTYL talk to you later 545 TTYS talk to you soon 546 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 547 TWDT the whole damn thing 548 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 549 TY thank you 550 TYVM thank you very much 551 U/L upload 552 UGT universal greeting time 553 UR your 554 UR {you're, you are} 555 UTSL use the source, Luke 556 VCR video cassette recorder 557 VEG very evil grin 558 VIP very important person 559 VLA variable length array 560 W/ with 561 W/E whatever 562 W/O without 563 W8 wait 564 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 565 WAG wild-ass guess 566 WB welcome back 567 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 568 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 569 WELC working effectively with legacy code 570 WFH working from home 571 WFM works for me 572 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 573 WIP work in progress 574 WMNC watch me not care 575 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 576 WRT with respect to 577 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 578 WTF where's the food 579 WTG way to go 580 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 581 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 582 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 583 WWJD what would Jesus do? 584 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 585 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 586 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 587 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 588 YGM you got mail 589 YHBT you have been trolled 590 YHL you have lost 591 YKWIM you know what I mean 592 YMMV your mileage may vary 593 YOLO you only live once 594 YW you're welcome 595 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 596 ZIP zoning improvement plan 597
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