acronyms revision 1.290
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.290 2019/11/11 04:11:53 pgoyette 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 CIA central intelligence agency 98 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 99 CNP continued [in my] next post 100 COB close of business [day] 101 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 102 CPC cost per click 103 CPE customer premises equipment 104 CPR car plate recognition 105 CRM customer relationship management 106 CTF capture the flag 107 CTN can't talk now 108 CU see you 109 CUL see you later 110 CYA see ya 111 CYA see you around 112 CYE check your email 113 D/B/A doing business as 114 D/L download 115 DBA doing business as 116 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 117 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 118 DIY do it yourself 119 DKDC don't know, don't care 120 DM direct message 121 DM dungeon master 122 DME durable medical equipment 123 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 124 DMZ demilitarized zone 125 DND do not disturb 126 DNF did not finish 127 DNFT do not feed troll 128 DOA dead on arrival 129 DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 130 DRY don't repeat yourself 131 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 132 DTRT do the right thing 133 DTWT do the wrong thing 134 DWIM do what I mean 135 DYAC damn you autocorrect 136 DYK do you know? 137 EA early adopter 138 ECR electronic cash register 139 EDS eternal downward spiral 140 EFT electronic funds transfer 141 EG evil grin 142 EIE enough is enough 143 EMSG email message 144 EOB end of business [day] 145 EOD end of {day,discussion} 146 EOL end of life 147 EOM end of message 148 EOS end of story 149 ETA edited to add 150 ETA estimated time of arrival 151 ETLA extended three letter acronym 152 ETR early to rise 153 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 154 EZ easy 155 EZPZ easy-peasy 156 F9 fine 157 FAQ frequently asked question 158 FBOW for better or worse 159 FCFS first come, first served 160 FCOL for crying out loud 161 FFS free for shipping 162 FITB fill in the blank 163 FNO for nerds only 164 FNO from now on 165 FOC free of charge 166 FPS first person shooter 167 FPS frames per second 168 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 169 FSDO for some definition of 170 FSVO for some value of 171 FTBFS fails to build from source 172 FTFY fixed that for you 173 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 174 FTL faster than light 175 FTL for the loss 176 FTR for the record 177 FTTT from time to time 178 FTW for the win 179 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 180 FWIW for what it's worth 181 FYEO for your eyes only 182 FYI for your information 183 G grin 184 G/C garbage collect 185 G2G got to go 186 G2K good to know 187 GA go ahead 188 GAC get a clue 189 GAL get a life 190 GBTW get back to work 191 GCD greatest common divisor 192 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 193 GF girlfriend 194 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 195 GFU good for you 196 GFY good for you 197 GG good game 198 GGA good game all 199 GGP good game partner 200 GGWP good game, well played 201 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 202 GIYF Google is your friend 203 GJ good job 204 GL good luck 205 GLHF good luck, have fun 206 GLINE global kill line 207 GLWT good luck with that 208 GM game master 209 GMT Greenwich mean time 210 GMTA great minds think alike 211 GOK God only knows 212 GOP Grand Old Party 213 GOWI get on with it 214 GPS global positioning system 215 GR8 great 216 GTG got to go 217 GTH go to hell 218 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 219 GWS get well soon 220 H8 hate 221 HAND have a nice day 222 HE how embarrassing 223 HF have fun 224 HHIS hanging head in shame 225 HHOS ha ha, only serious 226 HICA here it comes again 227 HME home medical equipment 228 HNY happy new year 229 HOAS hold on a second 230 HOPS half-operator status 231 HTH hope this helps 232 IAC in any case 233 IAE in any event 234 IANAL I am not a lawyer 235 IAW in another window 236 IAWTC I agree with this comment 237 IAWTP I agree with this post 238 IAY I adore you 239 IB I'm back 240 IC I see 241 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 242 ICCL I couldn't care less 243 ICUR I see you are 244 ICYMI in case you missed it 245 IDC I don't care 246 IDGI I don't get it 247 IDGW in a good way 248 IDI I doubt it 249 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 250 IDK I don't know 251 IDRC I don't really care 252 IDTS I don't think so 253 IDTT I drink to that 254 IFF if and only if 255 IFTTT if this then that 256 IHBW I have been wrong 257 IIANM if I am not mistaken 258 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 259 IIUC if I understand correctly 260 IKR I know, right? 261 IKWYM I know what you mean 262 ILU I love you 263 ILY I love you 264 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 265 IMBO in my biased opinion 266 IMCO in my considered opinion 267 IME in my experience 268 IMHO in my humble opinion 269 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 270 IMO in my opinion 271 INB4 in before 272 INPO in no particular order 273 IOW in other words 274 IPML I pissed myself laughing 275 IQ intelligence quotient 276 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 277 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 278 IRL in real life 279 IRT in real time 280 IRT in regards to 281 ISAGN I see a great need 282 ISBN International Standard Book Number 283 ISTM it seems to me 284 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 285 ITC in this {channel,chat} 286 ITT in this thread 287 ITYM I think you mean 288 IUD insert usual disclaimers 289 IUSS if you say so 290 IW it's worse 291 IWBNI it would be nice if 292 IYD in your dreams 293 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 294 IYSS if you say so 295 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 296 J/K just kidding 297 JAM just a minute 298 JAS just a second 299 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 300 JFTR just for the record 301 JFYI just for your information 302 JGI just Google it 303 JGI just got it 304 JHD just hit delete 305 JIC just in case 306 JJA just joking around 307 JK just kidding 308 JMO just my opinion 309 JSYK just so you know 310 JTLYK just to let you know 311 JW just wondering 312 KISS keep it simple, stupid 313 KITA kick in the ass 314 KK okay, okay 315 KLINE kill line 316 KMA keep me advised 317 KMA keep moving ahead 318 KMA kill me already 319 KNF kernel normal form 320 KOS kill on sight 321 KTHX okay, thanks 322 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 323 KWIM know what I mean? 324 L8 late 325 L8R later 326 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 327 LBNL last but not least 328 LGTM looks good to me 329 LJBF let's just be friends 330 LMAO laughing my ass off 331 LMC let me check 332 LMGTFY let me google that for you 333 LMHO laughing my head off 334 LMK let me know 335 LMNO laughing my nuts off 336 LMSO laughing my socks off 337 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 338 LOL laughing out loud 339 LP long playing [record] 340 LPR license plate recognition 341 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 342 LTNS long time no see 343 LWYL laugh with you later 344 M&O management & operations 345 M8 mate 346 MAD mutually assured destruction 347 MBA master of business administration 348 MFW my face when 349 MIA missing in action 350 MLPR mobile license plate reader 351 MMB message me back 352 MO modus operandi 353 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 354 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 355 MOTSS member of the same sex 356 MTF more to follow 357 MVP minimum viable product 358 MVP most valuable player 359 MYOB mind your own business 360 N/A not {applicable,available} 361 N/M never mind 362 NAFAIK not as far as I know 363 NB nota bene 364 NBD no big deal 365 NE1 anyone 366 NEDM not even Doom music 367 NFA no flaming allowed 368 NFC no functional change 369 NIFOC naked in front of computer 370 NIH not invented here 371 NIMBY not in my backyard 372 NM never mind 373 NMF not my fault 374 NMP not my problem 375 NMU not much, you? 376 NOM no offence meant 377 NOOB newbie 378 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 379 NOYB none of your business 380 NP no problem 381 NPC non-player character 382 NRFPT not ready for prime time 383 NRN no reply necessary 384 NRN not right now 385 NSFW not suitable for work 386 NTBF not to be fixed 387 NTN no thanks needed 388 NUNP no users, no problems 389 NVM never mind 390 NVMM never mind mate 391 NW no way 392 NXT next 393 NYPA not your personal army 394 O2W off to work 395 OAO over and out 396 OBV obviously 397 OBVS obviously 398 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 399 OFC of course 400 OH other half 401 OIC oh, I see 402 OMG oh my God 403 OMW on my way 404 ONNA oh no, not again 405 ONNTA oh no, not this again 406 OOB out of bounds 407 OOC out of curiosity 408 OOI out of interest 409 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 410 OPS operator status 411 OPS operators 412 ORITE oh, right 413 OT off topic 414 OTL out to lunch 415 OTOH on the other hand 416 OTP one true pairing 417 OTS off the shelf 418 OTT over the top 419 OTTOMH off the top of my head 420 OWTTE or words to that effect 421 PC player character 422 PC politically correct 423 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 424 PD police department 425 PDA public display of affection 426 PDQ pretty darn quick 427 PDS please don't shout 428 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 429 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 430 PFI pay for inclusion 431 PFY pimply faced youth 432 PHB pointy haired boss 433 PIN personal identification number 434 PITA pain in the ass 435 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 436 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 437 PM post meridiem 438 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 439 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 440 PMSL pissing myself laughing 441 PNG persona non grata 442 PNP plug and pray 443 POC point of contact 444 POC proof of concept 445 POLA principle of least astonishment 446 POLS principle of least surprise 447 POS point of sale 448 POV point of view 449 PPL people 450 PPL pretty please 451 PPP petty pet peeve 452 PPS pulse per second (signal) 453 PR public relations 454 PSA prostate-specific antigen 455 PSA public service announcement 456 PTA parent-teacher association 457 PTO {paid,personal} time off 458 PTO parent-teacher organization 459 PTO please turn over 460 PTO power takeoff 461 PTT push-to-talk 462 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 463 PTV parental tunnel vision 464 QED quod erat demonstrandum 465 QFT quoted for truth 466 RA residential advisor 467 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 468 RCD residual current device 469 RFC request for comments 470 RFD request for discussion 471 RFE request for enhancements 472 RIP rest in peace 473 RL real life 474 RLC rod length check 475 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 476 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 477 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 478 ROM rough order of magnitude 479 ROI return on investment 480 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 481 RP responsible person 482 RR railroad 483 RSI repetitive strain injury 484 RSN real soon now 485 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 486 S/T self titled 487 SAR search and rescue 488 SAR some assembly required 489 SCNR sorry, could not resist 490 SEP someone else's problem 491 SERP search engine results page 492 SFAICT so far as I can tell 493 SGTM sounds good to me 494 SHID slaps head in disgust 495 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 496 SITD still in the dark 497 SJW social justice warrior 498 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 499 SMH shaking my head 500 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 501 SMOP simple matter of programming 502 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 503 SNMP sorry, not my problem 504 SO significant other 505 SOB son of [a] bitch 506 SOP standard operating procedure 507 SRS serious 508 SRSLY seriously 509 SSIA subject says it all 510 SSTO single stage to orbit 511 STW search the web 512 SUS stupid user syndrome 513 SUX sucks 514 SUX2BU sucks to be you 515 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 516 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 517 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 518 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 519 SYS see you soon 520 TA teaching assistant 521 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 522 TBA to be announced 523 TBC to be continued 524 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 525 TBH to be honest 526 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 527 TCB taking care of business 528 TCO taken care of 529 TCO total cost of ownership 530 TFOA things falling off aircraft 531 TFW that feeling when 532 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 533 THNX thanks 534 THX thanks 535 TIA thanks in advance 536 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 537 TIC tongue in cheek 538 TIL today I learned 539 TINC there is no cabal 540 TINLA this is not legal advice 541 TINWIS this is not what I said 542 TJM that's just me 543 TLA three letter acronym 544 TLA true love always 545 TLC tender loving care 546 TLDR too long, didn't read 547 TM trademark 548 TM trust me 549 TMA too many abbreviations 550 TMG too much government 551 TMI too much information 552 TMJ temporomandibular joint 553 TMK to my knowledge 554 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 555 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 556 TOC table of contents 557 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 558 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 559 TOH to other half 560 TP toilet paper 561 TPTB the powers that be 562 TRT the right thing 563 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 564 TTFN ta ta for now 565 TTM to the moderator 566 TTT thought that too 567 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 568 TTYL talk to you later 569 TTYS talk to you soon 570 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 571 TWDT the whole damn thing 572 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 573 TY thank you 574 TYVM thank you very much 575 U/L upload 576 UGT universal greeting time 577 UPC Universal Product Code 578 UR your 579 UR {you're, you are} 580 UTSL use the source, Luke 581 VCR video cassette recorder 582 VEG very evil grin 583 VIP very important person 584 VLA variable length array 585 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 586 VRI vehicle recognition identification 587 W/ with 588 W/E whatever 589 W/O without 590 W8 wait 591 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 592 WAG wild-ass guess 593 WB welcome back 594 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 595 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 596 WELC working effectively with legacy code 597 WFH working from home 598 WFM works for me 599 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 600 WIP work in progress 601 WMNC watch me not care 602 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 603 WRR weighted round robin 604 WRT with respect to 605 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 606 WTF where's the food 607 WTG way to go 608 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 609 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 610 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 611 WWJD what would Jesus do? 612 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 613 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 614 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 615 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 616 YGM you got mail 617 YHBT you have been trolled 618 YHL you have lost 619 YKWIM you know what I mean 620 YMMV your mileage may vary 621 YOLO you only live once 622 YW you're welcome 623 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 624 ZIP zoning improvement plan 625
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