acronyms revision 1.274
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.274 2018/05/25 00:31:07 riastradh 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 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 182 GF girlfriend 183 GFU good for you 184 GFY good for you 185 GG good game 186 GGA good game all 187 GGP good game partner 188 GGWP good game, well played 189 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 190 GIYF Google is your friend 191 GJ good job 192 GL good luck 193 GLHF good luck, have fun 194 GLINE global kill line 195 GLWT good luck with that 196 GM game master 197 GMT Greenwich mean time 198 GMTA great minds think alike 199 GOK God only knows 200 GOP Grand Old Party 201 GOWI get on with it 202 GPS global positioning system 203 GR8 great 204 GTG got to go 205 GTH go to hell 206 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 207 GWS get well soon 208 H8 hate 209 HAND have a nice day 210 HE how embarrassing 211 HF have fun 212 HHIS hanging head in shame 213 HHOS ha ha, only serious 214 HICA here it comes again 215 HME home medical equipment 216 HNY happy new year 217 HOAS hold on a second 218 HOPS half-operator status 219 HTH hope this helps 220 IAC in any case 221 IAE in any event 222 IANAL I am not a lawyer 223 IAW in another window 224 IAWTC I agree with this comment 225 IAWTP I agree with this post 226 IAY I adore you 227 IB I'm back 228 IC I see 229 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 230 ICCL I couldn't care less 231 ICUR I see you are 232 ICYMI in case you missed it 233 IDC I don't care 234 IDGI I don't get it 235 IDGW in a good way 236 IDI I doubt it 237 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 238 IDK I don't know 239 IDRC I don't really care 240 IDTS I don't think so 241 IDTT I drink to that 242 IFF if and only if 243 IFTTT if this then that 244 IHBW I have been wrong 245 IIANM if I am not mistaken 246 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 247 IIUC if I understand correctly 248 IKR I know, right? 249 IKWYM I know what you mean 250 ILU I love you 251 ILY I love you 252 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 253 IMBO in my biased opinion 254 IMCO in my considered opinion 255 IME in my experience 256 IMHO in my humble opinion 257 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 258 IMO in my opinion 259 INB4 in before 260 INPO in no particular order 261 IOW in other words 262 IPML I pissed myself laughing 263 IQ intelligence quotient 264 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 265 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 266 IRL in real life 267 IRT in real time 268 IRT in regards to 269 ISAGN I see a great need 270 ISBN International Standard Book Number 271 ISTM it seems to me 272 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 273 ITC in this {channel,chat} 274 ITT in this thread 275 ITYM I think you mean 276 IUD insert usual disclaimers 277 IUSS if you say so 278 IW it's worse 279 IWBNI it would be nice if 280 IYD in your dreams 281 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 282 IYSS if you say so 283 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 284 J/K just kidding 285 JAM just a minute 286 JAS just a second 287 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 288 JFTR just for the record 289 JFYI just for your information 290 JGI just Google it 291 JGI just got it 292 JHD just hit delete 293 JIC just in case 294 JJA just joking around 295 JK just kidding 296 JMO just my opinion 297 JSYK just so you know 298 JTLYK just to let you know 299 JW just wondering 300 KISS keep it simple, stupid 301 KITA kick in the ass 302 KK okay, okay 303 KLINE kill line 304 KMA keep me advised 305 KMA keep moving ahead 306 KMA kill me already 307 KNF kernel normal form 308 KOS kill on sight 309 KTHX okay, thanks 310 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 311 KWIM know what I mean? 312 L8 late 313 L8R later 314 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 315 LBNL last but not least 316 LGTM looks good to me 317 LJBF let's just be friends 318 LMAO laughing my ass off 319 LMC let me check 320 LMGTFY let me google that for you 321 LMHO laughing my head off 322 LMK let me know 323 LMNO laughing my nuts off 324 LMSO laughing my socks off 325 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 326 LOL laughing out loud 327 LP long playing [record] 328 LTNS long time no see 329 LWYL laugh with you later 330 M&O management & operations 331 M8 mate 332 MAD mutually assured destruction 333 MBA master of business administration 334 MFW my face when 335 MIA missing in action 336 MMB message me back 337 MO modus operandi 338 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 339 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 340 MOTSS member of the same sex 341 MTF more to follow 342 MVP minimum viable product 343 MVP most valuable player 344 MYOB mind your own business 345 N/A not {applicable,available} 346 N/M never mind 347 NAFAIK not as far as I know 348 NB nota bene 349 NBD no big deal 350 NE1 anyone 351 NEDM not even Doom music 352 NFA no flaming allowed 353 NFC no functional change 354 NIFOC naked in front of computer 355 NIH not invented here 356 NIMBY not in my backyard 357 NM never mind 358 NMF not my fault 359 NMP not my problem 360 NMU not much, you? 361 NOM no offence meant 362 NOOB newbie 363 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 364 NOYB none of your business 365 NP no problem 366 NPC non-player character 367 NRFPT not ready for prime time 368 NRN no reply necessary 369 NRN not right now 370 NSFW not suitable for work 371 NTBF not to be fixed 372 NTN no thanks needed 373 NUNP no users, no problems 374 NVM never mind 375 NW no way 376 NXT next 377 NYPA not your personal army 378 O2W off to work 379 OAO over and out 380 OBV obviously 381 OBVS obviously 382 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 383 OFC of course 384 OH other half 385 OIC oh, I see 386 OMG oh my God 387 OMW on my way 388 ONNA oh no, not again 389 ONNTA oh no, not this again 390 OOB out of bounds 391 OOC out of curiosity 392 OOI out of interest 393 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 394 OPS operator status 395 OPS operators 396 ORITE oh, right 397 OT off topic 398 OTL out to lunch 399 OTOH on the other hand 400 OTP one true pairing 401 OTS off the shelf 402 OTT over the top 403 OTTOMH off the top of my head 404 OWTTE or words to that effect 405 PC player character 406 PC politically correct 407 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 408 PD police department 409 PDA public display of affection 410 PDQ pretty darn quick 411 PDS please don't shout 412 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 413 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 414 PFI pay for inclusion 415 PFY pimply faced youth 416 PHB pointy haired boss 417 PIN personal identification number 418 PITA pain in the ass 419 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 420 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 421 PM post meridiem 422 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 423 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 424 PMSL pissing myself laughing 425 PNG persona non grata 426 PNP plug and pray 427 POC point of contact 428 POC proof of concept 429 POLA principle of least astonishment 430 POLS principle of least surprise 431 POS point of sale 432 POV point of view 433 PPL people 434 PPL pretty please 435 PPP petty pet peeve 436 PPS pulse per second (signal) 437 PR public relations 438 PSA prostate-specific antigen 439 PSA public service announcement 440 PTA parent-teacher association 441 PTO {paid,personal} time off 442 PTO parent-teacher organization 443 PTO please turn over 444 PTO power takeoff 445 PTV parental tunnel vision 446 QED quod erat demonstrandum 447 QFT quoted for truth 448 RA residential advisor 449 RFC request for comments 450 RFD request for discussion 451 RFE request for enhancements 452 RIP rest in peace 453 RL real life 454 RLC rod length check 455 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 456 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 457 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 458 ROM rough order of magnitude 459 ROI return on investment 460 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 461 RP responsible person 462 RR railroad 463 RSI repetitive strain injury 464 RSN real soon now 465 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 466 S/T self titled 467 SAR search and rescue 468 SAR some assembly required 469 SCNR sorry, could not resist 470 SEP someone else's problem 471 SERP search engine results page 472 SFAICT so far as I can tell 473 SHID slaps head in disgust 474 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 475 SITD still in the dark 476 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 477 SMH shaking my head 478 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 479 SMOP simple matter of programming 480 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 481 SNMP sorry, not my problem 482 SO significant other 483 SOB son of [a] bitch 484 SOP standard operating procedure 485 SRS serious 486 SRSLY seriously 487 SSIA subject says it all 488 SSTO single stage to orbit 489 STW search the web 490 SUS stupid user syndrome 491 SUX sucks 492 SUX2BU sucks to be you 493 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 494 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 495 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 496 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 497 SYS see you soon 498 TA teaching assistant 499 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 500 TBA to be announced 501 TBC to be continued 502 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 503 TBH to be honest 504 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 505 TCB taking care of business 506 TCO taken care of 507 TCO total cost of ownership 508 TFOA things falling off aircraft 509 TFW that feeling when 510 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 511 THNX thanks 512 THX thanks 513 TIA thanks in advance 514 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 515 TIC tongue in cheek 516 TIL today I learned 517 TINC there is no cabal 518 TINLA this is not legal advice 519 TINWIS this is not what I said 520 TJM that's just me 521 TLA three letter acronym 522 TLA true love always 523 TLC tender loving care 524 TLDR too long, didn't read 525 TM trademark 526 TM trust me 527 TMA too many abbreviations 528 TMG too much government 529 TMI too much information 530 TMJ temporomandibular joint 531 TMK to my knowledge 532 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 533 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 534 TOC table of contents 535 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 536 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 537 TOH to other half 538 TP toilet paper 539 TPTB the powers that be 540 TRT the right thing 541 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 542 TTFN ta ta for now 543 TTM to the moderator 544 TTT thought that too 545 TTYL talk to you later 546 TTYS talk to you soon 547 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 548 TWDT the whole damn thing 549 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 550 TY thank you 551 TYVM thank you very much 552 U/L upload 553 UGT universal greeting time 554 UR your 555 UR {you're, you are} 556 UTSL use the source, Luke 557 VCR video cassette recorder 558 VEG very evil grin 559 VIP very important person 560 VLA variable length array 561 W/ with 562 W/E whatever 563 W/O without 564 W8 wait 565 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 566 WAG wild-ass guess 567 WB welcome back 568 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 569 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 570 WELC working effectively with legacy code 571 WFH working from home 572 WFM works for me 573 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 574 WIP work in progress 575 WMNC watch me not care 576 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 577 WRT with respect to 578 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 579 WTF where's the food 580 WTG way to go 581 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 582 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 583 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 584 WWJD what would Jesus do? 585 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 586 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 587 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 588 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 589 YGM you got mail 590 YHBT you have been trolled 591 YHL you have lost 592 YKWIM you know what I mean 593 YMMV your mileage may vary 594 YOLO you only live once 595 YW you're welcome 596 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 597 ZIP zoning improvement plan 598
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