acronyms revision 1.288
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.288 2019/09/09 12:42:52 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 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 194 GFU good for you 195 GFY good for you 196 GG good game 197 GGA good game all 198 GGP good game partner 199 GGWP good game, well played 200 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 201 GIYF Google is your friend 202 GJ good job 203 GL good luck 204 GLHF good luck, have fun 205 GLINE global kill line 206 GLWT good luck with that 207 GM game master 208 GMT Greenwich mean time 209 GMTA great minds think alike 210 GOK God only knows 211 GOP Grand Old Party 212 GOWI get on with it 213 GPS global positioning system 214 GR8 great 215 GTG got to go 216 GTH go to hell 217 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 218 GWS get well soon 219 H8 hate 220 HAND have a nice day 221 HE how embarrassing 222 HF have fun 223 HHIS hanging head in shame 224 HHOS ha ha, only serious 225 HICA here it comes again 226 HME home medical equipment 227 HNY happy new year 228 HOAS hold on a second 229 HOPS half-operator status 230 HTH hope this helps 231 IAC in any case 232 IAE in any event 233 IANAL I am not a lawyer 234 IAW in another window 235 IAWTC I agree with this comment 236 IAWTP I agree with this post 237 IAY I adore you 238 IB I'm back 239 IC I see 240 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 241 ICCL I couldn't care less 242 ICUR I see you are 243 ICYMI in case you missed it 244 IDC I don't care 245 IDGI I don't get it 246 IDGW in a good way 247 IDI I doubt it 248 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 249 IDK I don't know 250 IDRC I don't really care 251 IDTS I don't think so 252 IDTT I drink to that 253 IFF if and only if 254 IFTTT if this then that 255 IHBW I have been wrong 256 IIANM if I am not mistaken 257 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 258 IIUC if I understand correctly 259 IKR I know, right? 260 IKWYM I know what you mean 261 ILU I love you 262 ILY I love you 263 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 264 IMBO in my biased opinion 265 IMCO in my considered opinion 266 IME in my experience 267 IMHO in my humble opinion 268 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 269 IMO in my opinion 270 INB4 in before 271 INPO in no particular order 272 IOW in other words 273 IPML I pissed myself laughing 274 IQ intelligence quotient 275 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 276 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 277 IRL in real life 278 IRT in real time 279 IRT in regards to 280 ISAGN I see a great need 281 ISBN International Standard Book Number 282 ISTM it seems to me 283 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 284 ITC in this {channel,chat} 285 ITT in this thread 286 ITYM I think you mean 287 IUD insert usual disclaimers 288 IUSS if you say so 289 IW it's worse 290 IWBNI it would be nice if 291 IYD in your dreams 292 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 293 IYSS if you say so 294 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 295 J/K just kidding 296 JAM just a minute 297 JAS just a second 298 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 299 JFTR just for the record 300 JFYI just for your information 301 JGI just Google it 302 JGI just got it 303 JHD just hit delete 304 JIC just in case 305 JJA just joking around 306 JK just kidding 307 JMO just my opinion 308 JSYK just so you know 309 JTLYK just to let you know 310 JW just wondering 311 KISS keep it simple, stupid 312 KITA kick in the ass 313 KK okay, okay 314 KLINE kill line 315 KMA keep me advised 316 KMA keep moving ahead 317 KMA kill me already 318 KNF kernel normal form 319 KOS kill on sight 320 KTHX okay, thanks 321 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 322 KWIM know what I mean? 323 L8 late 324 L8R later 325 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 326 LBNL last but not least 327 LGTM looks good to me 328 LJBF let's just be friends 329 LMAO laughing my ass off 330 LMC let me check 331 LMGTFY let me google that for you 332 LMHO laughing my head off 333 LMK let me know 334 LMNO laughing my nuts off 335 LMSO laughing my socks off 336 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 337 LOL laughing out loud 338 LP long playing [record] 339 LPR license plate recognition 340 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 341 LTNS long time no see 342 LWYL laugh with you later 343 M&O management & operations 344 M8 mate 345 MAD mutually assured destruction 346 MBA master of business administration 347 MFW my face when 348 MIA missing in action 349 MLPR mobile license plate reader 350 MMB message me back 351 MO modus operandi 352 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 353 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 354 MOTSS member of the same sex 355 MTF more to follow 356 MVP minimum viable product 357 MVP most valuable player 358 MYOB mind your own business 359 N/A not {applicable,available} 360 N/M never mind 361 NAFAIK not as far as I know 362 NB nota bene 363 NBD no big deal 364 NE1 anyone 365 NEDM not even Doom music 366 NFA no flaming allowed 367 NFC no functional change 368 NIFOC naked in front of computer 369 NIH not invented here 370 NIMBY not in my backyard 371 NM never mind 372 NMF not my fault 373 NMP not my problem 374 NMU not much, you? 375 NOM no offence meant 376 NOOB newbie 377 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 378 NOYB none of your business 379 NP no problem 380 NPC non-player character 381 NRFPT not ready for prime time 382 NRN no reply necessary 383 NRN not right now 384 NSFW not suitable for work 385 NTBF not to be fixed 386 NTN no thanks needed 387 NUNP no users, no problems 388 NVM never mind 389 NVMM never mind mate 390 NW no way 391 NXT next 392 NYPA not your personal army 393 O2W off to work 394 OAO over and out 395 OBV obviously 396 OBVS obviously 397 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 398 OFC of course 399 OH other half 400 OIC oh, I see 401 OMG oh my God 402 OMW on my way 403 ONNA oh no, not again 404 ONNTA oh no, not this again 405 OOB out of bounds 406 OOC out of curiosity 407 OOI out of interest 408 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 409 OPS operator status 410 OPS operators 411 ORITE oh, right 412 OT off topic 413 OTL out to lunch 414 OTOH on the other hand 415 OTP one true pairing 416 OTS off the shelf 417 OTT over the top 418 OTTOMH off the top of my head 419 OWTTE or words to that effect 420 PC player character 421 PC politically correct 422 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 423 PD police department 424 PDA public display of affection 425 PDQ pretty darn quick 426 PDS please don't shout 427 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 428 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 429 PFI pay for inclusion 430 PFY pimply faced youth 431 PHB pointy haired boss 432 PIN personal identification number 433 PITA pain in the ass 434 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 435 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 436 PM post meridiem 437 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 438 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 439 PMSL pissing myself laughing 440 PNG persona non grata 441 PNP plug and pray 442 POC point of contact 443 POC proof of concept 444 POLA principle of least astonishment 445 POLS principle of least surprise 446 POS point of sale 447 POV point of view 448 PPL people 449 PPL pretty please 450 PPP petty pet peeve 451 PPS pulse per second (signal) 452 PR public relations 453 PSA prostate-specific antigen 454 PSA public service announcement 455 PTA parent-teacher association 456 PTO {paid,personal} time off 457 PTO parent-teacher organization 458 PTO please turn over 459 PTO power takeoff 460 PTT push-to-talk 461 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 462 PTV parental tunnel vision 463 QED quod erat demonstrandum 464 QFT quoted for truth 465 RA residential advisor 466 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 467 RCD residual current device 468 RFC request for comments 469 RFD request for discussion 470 RFE request for enhancements 471 RIP rest in peace 472 RL real life 473 RLC rod length check 474 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 475 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 476 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 477 ROM rough order of magnitude 478 ROI return on investment 479 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 480 RP responsible person 481 RR railroad 482 RSI repetitive strain injury 483 RSN real soon now 484 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 485 S/T self titled 486 SAR search and rescue 487 SAR some assembly required 488 SCNR sorry, could not resist 489 SEP someone else's problem 490 SERP search engine results page 491 SFAICT so far as I can tell 492 SGTM sounds good to me 493 SHID slaps head in disgust 494 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 495 SITD still in the dark 496 SJW social justice warrior 497 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 498 SMH shaking my head 499 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 500 SMOP simple matter of programming 501 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 502 SNMP sorry, not my problem 503 SO significant other 504 SOB son of [a] bitch 505 SOP standard operating procedure 506 SRS serious 507 SRSLY seriously 508 SSIA subject says it all 509 SSTO single stage to orbit 510 STW search the web 511 SUS stupid user syndrome 512 SUX sucks 513 SUX2BU sucks to be you 514 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 515 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 516 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 517 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 518 SYS see you soon 519 TA teaching assistant 520 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 521 TBA to be announced 522 TBC to be continued 523 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 524 TBH to be honest 525 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 526 TCB taking care of business 527 TCO taken care of 528 TCO total cost of ownership 529 TFOA things falling off aircraft 530 TFW that feeling when 531 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 532 THNX thanks 533 THX thanks 534 TIA thanks in advance 535 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 536 TIC tongue in cheek 537 TIL today I learned 538 TINC there is no cabal 539 TINLA this is not legal advice 540 TINWIS this is not what I said 541 TJM that's just me 542 TLA three letter acronym 543 TLA true love always 544 TLC tender loving care 545 TLDR too long, didn't read 546 TM trademark 547 TM trust me 548 TMA too many abbreviations 549 TMG too much government 550 TMI too much information 551 TMJ temporomandibular joint 552 TMK to my knowledge 553 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 554 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 555 TOC table of contents 556 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 557 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 558 TOH to other half 559 TP toilet paper 560 TPTB the powers that be 561 TRT the right thing 562 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 563 TTFN ta ta for now 564 TTM to the moderator 565 TTT thought that too 566 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 567 TTYL talk to you later 568 TTYS talk to you soon 569 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 570 TWDT the whole damn thing 571 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 572 TY thank you 573 TYVM thank you very much 574 U/L upload 575 UGT universal greeting time 576 UR your 577 UR {you're, you are} 578 UTSL use the source, Luke 579 VCR video cassette recorder 580 VEG very evil grin 581 VIP very important person 582 VLA variable length array 583 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 584 VRI vehicle recognition identification 585 W/ with 586 W/E whatever 587 W/O without 588 W8 wait 589 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 590 WAG wild-ass guess 591 WB welcome back 592 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 593 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 594 WELC working effectively with legacy code 595 WFH working from home 596 WFM works for me 597 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 598 WIP work in progress 599 WMNC watch me not care 600 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 601 WRR weighted round robin 602 WRT with respect to 603 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 604 WTF where's the food 605 WTG way to go 606 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 607 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 608 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 609 WWJD what would Jesus do? 610 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 611 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 612 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 613 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 614 YGM you got mail 615 YHBT you have been trolled 616 YHL you have lost 617 YKWIM you know what I mean 618 YMMV your mileage may vary 619 YOLO you only live once 620 YW you're welcome 621 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 622 ZIP zoning improvement plan 623
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