acronyms revision 1.282
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.282 2019/05/24 10:08:46 sevan 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 ALPR automatic license plate recognition 35 AM ante meridiem 36 AMA ask me anything 37 AMOL a mountain of love 38 ANPR automatic number plate recognition 39 APM alternative payment model 40 ASAIC as soon as I can 41 ASAP as soon as possible 42 ASL age/sex/location 43 ATEOTD at the end of the day 44 ATM at the moment 45 ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine 46 ATW around the world 47 AVI automatic vehicle identification 48 AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan 49 AWOL absent without official leave 50 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 51 AYF all your fault 52 AYOR at your own risk 53 AYT are you there 54 B& banned 55 B/C because 56 B/W bandwidth 57 B/W between 58 BAI goodbye 59 BAK back at keyboard 60 BBIAB be back in a bit 61 BBL [I'll] be back later 62 BBR burnt beyond repair 63 BBS be back soon 64 BBT be back tomorrow 65 BCNU be seeing you 66 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 67 BCP best current practice 68 BDFL benevolent dictator for life 69 BF best friend 70 BF boyfriend 71 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 72 BIAB back in a bit 73 BIAF back in a few 74 BIALW back in a little while 75 BIAS back in a second 76 BIAW back in a while 77 BIDI boy, I did it 78 BNYA burned now you are 79 BOC but of course 80 BOFH bastard operator from hell 81 BOT back on topic 82 BPM beam propagation method 83 BPM beats per minute 84 BRB [I'll] be right back 85 BSD booze, sex, drugs 86 BTDT been there, done that 87 BTFT been there, fixed that 88 BTTH boot to the head 89 BTW by the way 90 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 91 CC credit card 92 CEO chief executive officer 93 CFV call for votes 94 CFY calling for you 95 CG center of gravity 96 CHANOPS channel operator status 97 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 98 CNP continued [in my] next post 99 COB close of business [day] 100 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 101 CPC cost per click 102 CPE customer premises equipment 103 CPR car plate recognition 104 CRM customer relationship management 105 CTF capture the flag 106 CTN can't talk now 107 CU see you 108 CUL see you later 109 CYA see ya 110 CYA see you around 111 CYE check your email 112 D/B/A doing business as 113 D/L download 114 DBA doing business as 115 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 116 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 117 DIY do it yourself 118 DKDC don't know, don't care 119 DM direct message 120 DM dungeon master 121 DME durable medical equipment 122 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 123 DMZ demilitarized zone 124 DND do not disturb 125 DNF did not finish 126 DNFT do not feed troll 127 DOA dead on arrival 128 DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 129 DRY don't repeat yourself 130 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 131 DTRT do the right thing 132 DTWT do the wrong thing 133 DWIM do what I mean 134 DYAC damn you autocorrect 135 DYK do you know? 136 EA early adopter 137 ECR electronic cash register 138 EDS eternal downward spiral 139 EFT electronic funds transfer 140 EG evil grin 141 EIE enough is enough 142 EMSG email message 143 EOB end of business [day] 144 EOD end of {day,discussion} 145 EOL end of life 146 EOM end of message 147 EOS end of story 148 ETA edited to add 149 ETA estimated time of arrival 150 ETLA extended three letter acronym 151 ETR early to rise 152 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 153 EZ easy 154 EZPZ easy-peasy 155 F9 fine 156 FAQ frequently asked question 157 FBOW for better or worse 158 FCFS first come, first served 159 FCOL for crying out loud 160 FFS free for shipping 161 FITB fill in the blank 162 FNO for nerds only 163 FNO from now on 164 FOC free of charge 165 FPS first person shooter 166 FPS frames per second 167 FSDO for some definition of 168 FSVO for some value of 169 FTBFS fails to build from source 170 FTFY fixed that for you 171 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 172 FTL faster than light 173 FTL for the loss 174 FTR for the record 175 FTTT from time to time 176 FTW for the win 177 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 178 FWIW for what it's worth 179 FYEO for your eyes only 180 FYI for your information 181 G grin 182 G/C garbage collect 183 G2G got to go 184 G2K good to know 185 GA go ahead 186 GAC get a clue 187 GAL get a life 188 GBTW get back to work 189 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 190 GF girlfriend 191 GFU good for you 192 GFY good for you 193 GG good game 194 GGA good game all 195 GGP good game partner 196 GGWP good game, well played 197 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 198 GIYF Google is your friend 199 GJ good job 200 GL good luck 201 GLHF good luck, have fun 202 GLINE global kill line 203 GLWT good luck with that 204 GM game master 205 GMT Greenwich mean time 206 GMTA great minds think alike 207 GOK God only knows 208 GOP Grand Old Party 209 GOWI get on with it 210 GPS global positioning system 211 GR8 great 212 GTG got to go 213 GTH go to hell 214 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 215 GWS get well soon 216 H8 hate 217 HAND have a nice day 218 HE how embarrassing 219 HF have fun 220 HHIS hanging head in shame 221 HHOS ha ha, only serious 222 HICA here it comes again 223 HME home medical equipment 224 HNY happy new year 225 HOAS hold on a second 226 HOPS half-operator status 227 HTH hope this helps 228 IAC in any case 229 IAE in any event 230 IANAL I am not a lawyer 231 IAW in another window 232 IAWTC I agree with this comment 233 IAWTP I agree with this post 234 IAY I adore you 235 IB I'm back 236 IC I see 237 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 238 ICCL I couldn't care less 239 ICUR I see you are 240 ICYMI in case you missed it 241 IDC I don't care 242 IDGI I don't get it 243 IDGW in a good way 244 IDI I doubt it 245 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 246 IDK I don't know 247 IDRC I don't really care 248 IDTS I don't think so 249 IDTT I drink to that 250 IFF if and only if 251 IFTTT if this then that 252 IHBW I have been wrong 253 IIANM if I am not mistaken 254 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 255 IIUC if I understand correctly 256 IKR I know, right? 257 IKWYM I know what you mean 258 ILU I love you 259 ILY I love you 260 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 261 IMBO in my biased opinion 262 IMCO in my considered opinion 263 IME in my experience 264 IMHO in my humble opinion 265 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 266 IMO in my opinion 267 INB4 in before 268 INPO in no particular order 269 IOW in other words 270 IPML I pissed myself laughing 271 IQ intelligence quotient 272 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 273 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 274 IRL in real life 275 IRT in real time 276 IRT in regards to 277 ISAGN I see a great need 278 ISBN International Standard Book Number 279 ISTM it seems to me 280 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 281 ITC in this {channel,chat} 282 ITT in this thread 283 ITYM I think you mean 284 IUD insert usual disclaimers 285 IUSS if you say so 286 IW it's worse 287 IWBNI it would be nice if 288 IYD in your dreams 289 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 290 IYSS if you say so 291 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 292 J/K just kidding 293 JAM just a minute 294 JAS just a second 295 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 296 JFTR just for the record 297 JFYI just for your information 298 JGI just Google it 299 JGI just got it 300 JHD just hit delete 301 JIC just in case 302 JJA just joking around 303 JK just kidding 304 JMO just my opinion 305 JSYK just so you know 306 JTLYK just to let you know 307 JW just wondering 308 KISS keep it simple, stupid 309 KITA kick in the ass 310 KK okay, okay 311 KLINE kill line 312 KMA keep me advised 313 KMA keep moving ahead 314 KMA kill me already 315 KNF kernel normal form 316 KOS kill on sight 317 KTHX okay, thanks 318 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 319 KWIM know what I mean? 320 L8 late 321 L8R later 322 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 323 LBNL last but not least 324 LGTM looks good to me 325 LJBF let's just be friends 326 LMAO laughing my ass off 327 LMC let me check 328 LMGTFY let me google that for you 329 LMHO laughing my head off 330 LMK let me know 331 LMNO laughing my nuts off 332 LMSO laughing my socks off 333 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 334 LOL laughing out loud 335 LP long playing [record] 336 LPR license plate recognition 337 LTNS long time no see 338 LWYL laugh with you later 339 M&O management & operations 340 M8 mate 341 MAD mutually assured destruction 342 MBA master of business administration 343 MFW my face when 344 MIA missing in action 345 MLPR mobile license plate reader 346 MMB message me back 347 MO modus operandi 348 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 349 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 350 MOTSS member of the same sex 351 MTF more to follow 352 MVP minimum viable product 353 MVP most valuable player 354 MYOB mind your own business 355 N/A not {applicable,available} 356 N/M never mind 357 NAFAIK not as far as I know 358 NB nota bene 359 NBD no big deal 360 NE1 anyone 361 NEDM not even Doom music 362 NFA no flaming allowed 363 NFC no functional change 364 NIFOC naked in front of computer 365 NIH not invented here 366 NIMBY not in my backyard 367 NM never mind 368 NMF not my fault 369 NMP not my problem 370 NMU not much, you? 371 NOM no offence meant 372 NOOB newbie 373 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 374 NOYB none of your business 375 NP no problem 376 NPC non-player character 377 NRFPT not ready for prime time 378 NRN no reply necessary 379 NRN not right now 380 NSFW not suitable for work 381 NTBF not to be fixed 382 NTN no thanks needed 383 NUNP no users, no problems 384 NVM never mind 385 NVMM never mind mate 386 NW no way 387 NXT next 388 NYPA not your personal army 389 O2W off to work 390 OAO over and out 391 OBV obviously 392 OBVS obviously 393 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 394 OFC of course 395 OH other half 396 OIC oh, I see 397 OMG oh my God 398 OMW on my way 399 ONNA oh no, not again 400 ONNTA oh no, not this again 401 OOB out of bounds 402 OOC out of curiosity 403 OOI out of interest 404 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 405 OPS operator status 406 OPS operators 407 ORITE oh, right 408 OT off topic 409 OTL out to lunch 410 OTOH on the other hand 411 OTP one true pairing 412 OTS off the shelf 413 OTT over the top 414 OTTOMH off the top of my head 415 OWTTE or words to that effect 416 PC player character 417 PC politically correct 418 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 419 PD police department 420 PDA public display of affection 421 PDQ pretty darn quick 422 PDS please don't shout 423 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 424 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 425 PFI pay for inclusion 426 PFY pimply faced youth 427 PHB pointy haired boss 428 PIN personal identification number 429 PITA pain in the ass 430 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 431 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 432 PM post meridiem 433 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 434 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 435 PMSL pissing myself laughing 436 PNG persona non grata 437 PNP plug and pray 438 POC point of contact 439 POC proof of concept 440 POLA principle of least astonishment 441 POLS principle of least surprise 442 POS point of sale 443 POV point of view 444 PPL people 445 PPL pretty please 446 PPP petty pet peeve 447 PPS pulse per second (signal) 448 PR public relations 449 PSA prostate-specific antigen 450 PSA public service announcement 451 PTA parent-teacher association 452 PTO {paid,personal} time off 453 PTO parent-teacher organization 454 PTO please turn over 455 PTO power takeoff 456 PTT push-to-talk 457 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 458 PTV parental tunnel vision 459 QED quod erat demonstrandum 460 QFT quoted for truth 461 RA residential advisor 462 RFC request for comments 463 RFD request for discussion 464 RFE request for enhancements 465 RIP rest in peace 466 RL real life 467 RLC rod length check 468 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 469 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 470 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 471 ROM rough order of magnitude 472 ROI return on investment 473 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 474 RP responsible person 475 RR railroad 476 RSI repetitive strain injury 477 RSN real soon now 478 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 479 S/T self titled 480 SAR search and rescue 481 SAR some assembly required 482 SCNR sorry, could not resist 483 SEP someone else's problem 484 SERP search engine results page 485 SFAICT so far as I can tell 486 SGTM sounds good to me 487 SHID slaps head in disgust 488 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 489 SITD still in the dark 490 SJW social justice warrior 491 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 492 SMH shaking my head 493 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 494 SMOP simple matter of programming 495 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 496 SNMP sorry, not my problem 497 SO significant other 498 SOB son of [a] bitch 499 SOP standard operating procedure 500 SRS serious 501 SRSLY seriously 502 SSIA subject says it all 503 SSTO single stage to orbit 504 STW search the web 505 SUS stupid user syndrome 506 SUX sucks 507 SUX2BU sucks to be you 508 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 509 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 510 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 511 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 512 SYS see you soon 513 TA teaching assistant 514 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 515 TBA to be announced 516 TBC to be continued 517 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 518 TBH to be honest 519 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 520 TCB taking care of business 521 TCO taken care of 522 TCO total cost of ownership 523 TFOA things falling off aircraft 524 TFW that feeling when 525 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 526 THNX thanks 527 THX thanks 528 TIA thanks in advance 529 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 530 TIC tongue in cheek 531 TIL today I learned 532 TINC there is no cabal 533 TINLA this is not legal advice 534 TINWIS this is not what I said 535 TJM that's just me 536 TLA three letter acronym 537 TLA true love always 538 TLC tender loving care 539 TLDR too long, didn't read 540 TM trademark 541 TM trust me 542 TMA too many abbreviations 543 TMG too much government 544 TMI too much information 545 TMJ temporomandibular joint 546 TMK to my knowledge 547 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 548 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 549 TOC table of contents 550 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 551 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 552 TOH to other half 553 TP toilet paper 554 TPTB the powers that be 555 TRT the right thing 556 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 557 TTFN ta ta for now 558 TTM to the moderator 559 TTT thought that too 560 TTYL talk to you later 561 TTYS talk to you soon 562 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 563 TWDT the whole damn thing 564 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 565 TY thank you 566 TYVM thank you very much 567 U/L upload 568 UGT universal greeting time 569 UR your 570 UR {you're, you are} 571 UTSL use the source, Luke 572 VCR video cassette recorder 573 VEG very evil grin 574 VIP very important person 575 VLA variable length array 576 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 577 VRI vehicle recognition identification 578 W/ with 579 W/E whatever 580 W/O without 581 W8 wait 582 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 583 WAG wild-ass guess 584 WB welcome back 585 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 586 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 587 WELC working effectively with legacy code 588 WFH working from home 589 WFM works for me 590 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 591 WIP work in progress 592 WMNC watch me not care 593 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 594 WRT with respect to 595 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 596 WTF where's the food 597 WTG way to go 598 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 599 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 600 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 601 WWJD what would Jesus do? 602 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 603 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 604 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 605 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 606 YGM you got mail 607 YHBT you have been trolled 608 YHL you have lost 609 YKWIM you know what I mean 610 YMMV your mileage may vary 611 YOLO you only live once 612 YW you're welcome 613 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 614 ZIP zoning improvement plan 615
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