acronyms revision 1.287
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.287 2019/07/26 14:38:26 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 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 168 FSDO for some definition of 169 FSVO for some value of 170 FTBFS fails to build from source 171 FTFY fixed that for you 172 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 173 FTL faster than light 174 FTL for the loss 175 FTR for the record 176 FTTT from time to time 177 FTW for the win 178 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 179 FWIW for what it's worth 180 FYEO for your eyes only 181 FYI for your information 182 G grin 183 G/C garbage collect 184 G2G got to go 185 G2K good to know 186 GA go ahead 187 GAC get a clue 188 GAL get a life 189 GBTW get back to work 190 GCD greatest common divisor 191 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 192 GF girlfriend 193 GFU good for you 194 GFY good for you 195 GG good game 196 GGA good game all 197 GGP good game partner 198 GGWP good game, well played 199 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 200 GIYF Google is your friend 201 GJ good job 202 GL good luck 203 GLHF good luck, have fun 204 GLINE global kill line 205 GLWT good luck with that 206 GM game master 207 GMT Greenwich mean time 208 GMTA great minds think alike 209 GOK God only knows 210 GOP Grand Old Party 211 GOWI get on with it 212 GPS global positioning system 213 GR8 great 214 GTG got to go 215 GTH go to hell 216 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 217 GWS get well soon 218 H8 hate 219 HAND have a nice day 220 HE how embarrassing 221 HF have fun 222 HHIS hanging head in shame 223 HHOS ha ha, only serious 224 HICA here it comes again 225 HME home medical equipment 226 HNY happy new year 227 HOAS hold on a second 228 HOPS half-operator status 229 HTH hope this helps 230 IAC in any case 231 IAE in any event 232 IANAL I am not a lawyer 233 IAW in another window 234 IAWTC I agree with this comment 235 IAWTP I agree with this post 236 IAY I adore you 237 IB I'm back 238 IC I see 239 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 240 ICCL I couldn't care less 241 ICUR I see you are 242 ICYMI in case you missed it 243 IDC I don't care 244 IDGI I don't get it 245 IDGW in a good way 246 IDI I doubt it 247 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 248 IDK I don't know 249 IDRC I don't really care 250 IDTS I don't think so 251 IDTT I drink to that 252 IFF if and only if 253 IFTTT if this then that 254 IHBW I have been wrong 255 IIANM if I am not mistaken 256 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 257 IIUC if I understand correctly 258 IKR I know, right? 259 IKWYM I know what you mean 260 ILU I love you 261 ILY I love you 262 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 263 IMBO in my biased opinion 264 IMCO in my considered opinion 265 IME in my experience 266 IMHO in my humble opinion 267 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 268 IMO in my opinion 269 INB4 in before 270 INPO in no particular order 271 IOW in other words 272 IPML I pissed myself laughing 273 IQ intelligence quotient 274 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 275 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 276 IRL in real life 277 IRT in real time 278 IRT in regards to 279 ISAGN I see a great need 280 ISBN International Standard Book Number 281 ISTM it seems to me 282 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 283 ITC in this {channel,chat} 284 ITT in this thread 285 ITYM I think you mean 286 IUD insert usual disclaimers 287 IUSS if you say so 288 IW it's worse 289 IWBNI it would be nice if 290 IYD in your dreams 291 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 292 IYSS if you say so 293 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 294 J/K just kidding 295 JAM just a minute 296 JAS just a second 297 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 298 JFTR just for the record 299 JFYI just for your information 300 JGI just Google it 301 JGI just got it 302 JHD just hit delete 303 JIC just in case 304 JJA just joking around 305 JK just kidding 306 JMO just my opinion 307 JSYK just so you know 308 JTLYK just to let you know 309 JW just wondering 310 KISS keep it simple, stupid 311 KITA kick in the ass 312 KK okay, okay 313 KLINE kill line 314 KMA keep me advised 315 KMA keep moving ahead 316 KMA kill me already 317 KNF kernel normal form 318 KOS kill on sight 319 KTHX okay, thanks 320 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 321 KWIM know what I mean? 322 L8 late 323 L8R later 324 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 325 LBNL last but not least 326 LGTM looks good to me 327 LJBF let's just be friends 328 LMAO laughing my ass off 329 LMC let me check 330 LMGTFY let me google that for you 331 LMHO laughing my head off 332 LMK let me know 333 LMNO laughing my nuts off 334 LMSO laughing my socks off 335 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 336 LOL laughing out loud 337 LP long playing [record] 338 LPR license plate recognition 339 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 340 LTNS long time no see 341 LWYL laugh with you later 342 M&O management & operations 343 M8 mate 344 MAD mutually assured destruction 345 MBA master of business administration 346 MFW my face when 347 MIA missing in action 348 MLPR mobile license plate reader 349 MMB message me back 350 MO modus operandi 351 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 352 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 353 MOTSS member of the same sex 354 MTF more to follow 355 MVP minimum viable product 356 MVP most valuable player 357 MYOB mind your own business 358 N/A not {applicable,available} 359 N/M never mind 360 NAFAIK not as far as I know 361 NB nota bene 362 NBD no big deal 363 NE1 anyone 364 NEDM not even Doom music 365 NFA no flaming allowed 366 NFC no functional change 367 NIFOC naked in front of computer 368 NIH not invented here 369 NIMBY not in my backyard 370 NM never mind 371 NMF not my fault 372 NMP not my problem 373 NMU not much, you? 374 NOM no offence meant 375 NOOB newbie 376 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 377 NOYB none of your business 378 NP no problem 379 NPC non-player character 380 NRFPT not ready for prime time 381 NRN no reply necessary 382 NRN not right now 383 NSFW not suitable for work 384 NTBF not to be fixed 385 NTN no thanks needed 386 NUNP no users, no problems 387 NVM never mind 388 NVMM never mind mate 389 NW no way 390 NXT next 391 NYPA not your personal army 392 O2W off to work 393 OAO over and out 394 OBV obviously 395 OBVS obviously 396 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 397 OFC of course 398 OH other half 399 OIC oh, I see 400 OMG oh my God 401 OMW on my way 402 ONNA oh no, not again 403 ONNTA oh no, not this again 404 OOB out of bounds 405 OOC out of curiosity 406 OOI out of interest 407 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 408 OPS operator status 409 OPS operators 410 ORITE oh, right 411 OT off topic 412 OTL out to lunch 413 OTOH on the other hand 414 OTP one true pairing 415 OTS off the shelf 416 OTT over the top 417 OTTOMH off the top of my head 418 OWTTE or words to that effect 419 PC player character 420 PC politically correct 421 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 422 PD police department 423 PDA public display of affection 424 PDQ pretty darn quick 425 PDS please don't shout 426 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 427 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 428 PFI pay for inclusion 429 PFY pimply faced youth 430 PHB pointy haired boss 431 PIN personal identification number 432 PITA pain in the ass 433 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 434 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 435 PM post meridiem 436 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 437 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 438 PMSL pissing myself laughing 439 PNG persona non grata 440 PNP plug and pray 441 POC point of contact 442 POC proof of concept 443 POLA principle of least astonishment 444 POLS principle of least surprise 445 POS point of sale 446 POV point of view 447 PPL people 448 PPL pretty please 449 PPP petty pet peeve 450 PPS pulse per second (signal) 451 PR public relations 452 PSA prostate-specific antigen 453 PSA public service announcement 454 PTA parent-teacher association 455 PTO {paid,personal} time off 456 PTO parent-teacher organization 457 PTO please turn over 458 PTO power takeoff 459 PTT push-to-talk 460 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 461 PTV parental tunnel vision 462 QED quod erat demonstrandum 463 QFT quoted for truth 464 RA residential advisor 465 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 466 RFC request for comments 467 RFD request for discussion 468 RFE request for enhancements 469 RIP rest in peace 470 RL real life 471 RLC rod length check 472 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 473 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 474 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 475 ROM rough order of magnitude 476 ROI return on investment 477 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 478 RP responsible person 479 RR railroad 480 RSI repetitive strain injury 481 RSN real soon now 482 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 483 S/T self titled 484 SAR search and rescue 485 SAR some assembly required 486 SCNR sorry, could not resist 487 SEP someone else's problem 488 SERP search engine results page 489 SFAICT so far as I can tell 490 SGTM sounds good to me 491 SHID slaps head in disgust 492 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 493 SITD still in the dark 494 SJW social justice warrior 495 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 496 SMH shaking my head 497 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 498 SMOP simple matter of programming 499 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 500 SNMP sorry, not my problem 501 SO significant other 502 SOB son of [a] bitch 503 SOP standard operating procedure 504 SRS serious 505 SRSLY seriously 506 SSIA subject says it all 507 SSTO single stage to orbit 508 STW search the web 509 SUS stupid user syndrome 510 SUX sucks 511 SUX2BU sucks to be you 512 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 513 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 514 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 515 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 516 SYS see you soon 517 TA teaching assistant 518 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 519 TBA to be announced 520 TBC to be continued 521 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 522 TBH to be honest 523 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 524 TCB taking care of business 525 TCO taken care of 526 TCO total cost of ownership 527 TFOA things falling off aircraft 528 TFW that feeling when 529 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 530 THNX thanks 531 THX thanks 532 TIA thanks in advance 533 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 534 TIC tongue in cheek 535 TIL today I learned 536 TINC there is no cabal 537 TINLA this is not legal advice 538 TINWIS this is not what I said 539 TJM that's just me 540 TLA three letter acronym 541 TLA true love always 542 TLC tender loving care 543 TLDR too long, didn't read 544 TM trademark 545 TM trust me 546 TMA too many abbreviations 547 TMG too much government 548 TMI too much information 549 TMJ temporomandibular joint 550 TMK to my knowledge 551 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 552 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 553 TOC table of contents 554 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 555 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 556 TOH to other half 557 TP toilet paper 558 TPTB the powers that be 559 TRT the right thing 560 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 561 TTFN ta ta for now 562 TTM to the moderator 563 TTT thought that too 564 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 565 TTYL talk to you later 566 TTYS talk to you soon 567 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 568 TWDT the whole damn thing 569 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 570 TY thank you 571 TYVM thank you very much 572 U/L upload 573 UGT universal greeting time 574 UR your 575 UR {you're, you are} 576 UTSL use the source, Luke 577 VCR video cassette recorder 578 VEG very evil grin 579 VIP very important person 580 VLA variable length array 581 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 582 VRI vehicle recognition identification 583 W/ with 584 W/E whatever 585 W/O without 586 W8 wait 587 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 588 WAG wild-ass guess 589 WB welcome back 590 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 591 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 592 WELC working effectively with legacy code 593 WFH working from home 594 WFM works for me 595 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 596 WIP work in progress 597 WMNC watch me not care 598 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 599 WRR weighted round robin 600 WRT with respect to 601 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 602 WTF where's the food 603 WTG way to go 604 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 605 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 606 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 607 WWJD what would Jesus do? 608 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 609 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 610 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 611 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 612 YGM you got mail 613 YHBT you have been trolled 614 YHL you have lost 615 YKWIM you know what I mean 616 YMMV your mileage may vary 617 YOLO you only live once 618 YW you're welcome 619 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 620 ZIP zoning improvement plan 621
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