acronyms revision 1.301
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.301 2020/06/09 19:45:29 nia 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 ACAB all cats are beautiful 13 ADD attention deficit disorder 14 ADHD attention deficit (and) hyperactivity disorder 15 ADN any day now 16 ADOS attention deficit ... oh, shiny! 17 AEAP as early as possible 18 AFAIAC as far as I am concerned 19 AFAIC as far as I'm concerned 20 AFAICR as far as I can {recall,remember} 21 AFAICS as far as I can see 22 AFAICT as far as I can tell 23 AFAIK as far as I know 24 AFAIR as far as I {recall,remember} 25 AFAIU as far as I understand 26 AFD away from desktop 27 AFK away from keyboard 28 AFW away from window 29 AGM annual general meeting 30 AINEC and it's not even close 31 AISE as I see it 32 AIU as I understand 33 AIUI as I understand it 34 AKA also known as 35 ALPR automatic license plate recognition 36 AM ante meridiem 37 AMA ask me anything 38 AMOL a mountain of love 39 ANPR automatic number plate recognition 40 APM alternative payment model 41 ASAIC as soon as I can 42 ASAP as soon as possible 43 ASL age/sex/location 44 ATEOTD at the end of the day 45 ATM at the moment 46 ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine 47 ATW around the world 48 ABV alcohol by volume 49 AVI automatic vehicle identification 50 AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan 51 AWOL absent without official leave 52 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 53 AYF all your fault 54 AYOR at your own risk 55 AYT are you there 56 B& banned 57 B/C because 58 B/W bandwidth 59 B/W between 60 BAI goodbye 61 BAK back at keyboard 62 BBIAB be back in a bit 63 BBL [I'll] be back later 64 BBR burnt beyond repair 65 BBS be back soon 66 BBT be back tomorrow 67 BCNU be seeing you 68 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 69 BCP best current practice 70 BDFL benevolent dictator for life 71 BF best friend 72 BF boyfriend 73 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 74 BIAB back in a bit 75 BIAF back in a few 76 BIALW back in a little while 77 BIAS back in a second 78 BIAW back in a while 79 BIDI boy, I did it 80 BNYA burned now you are 81 BOC but of course 82 BOFH bastard operator from hell 83 BOT back on topic 84 BPM beam propagation method 85 BPM beats per minute 86 BRB [I'll] be right back 87 BSD booze, sex, drugs 88 BTDT been there, done that 89 BTFT been there, fixed that 90 BTTH boot to the head 91 BTW by the way 92 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 93 CC credit card 94 CEO chief executive officer 95 CFV call for votes 96 CFY calling for you 97 CG center of gravity 98 CHANOPS channel operator status 99 CIA central intelligence agency 100 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 101 CNP continued [in my] next post 102 COB close of business [day] 103 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 104 CPA cyproterone acetate 105 CPC cost per click 106 CPE customer premises equipment 107 CPR car plate recognition 108 CRM customer relationship management 109 CTF capture the flag 110 CTN can't talk now 111 CU see you 112 CUL see you later 113 CYA see ya 114 CYA see you around 115 CYE check your email 116 D/B/A doing business as 117 D/L download 118 DBA doing business as 119 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 120 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 121 DIY do it yourself 122 DKDC don't know, don't care 123 DM direct message 124 DM dungeon master 125 DME durable medical equipment 126 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 127 DMZ demilitarized zone 128 DND do not disturb 129 DNF did not finish 130 DNFT do not feed troll 131 DOA dead on arrival 132 DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 133 DRY don't repeat yourself 134 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 135 DTRT do the right thing 136 DTWT do the wrong thing 137 DWIM do what I mean 138 DYAC damn you autocorrect 139 DYK do you know? 140 EA early adopter 141 ECR electronic cash register 142 EDS eternal downward spiral 143 EFT electronic funds transfer 144 EG evil grin 145 EIE enough is enough 146 EMSG email message 147 EOB end of business [day] 148 EOD end of {day,discussion} 149 EOL end of life 150 EOM end of message 151 EOS end of story 152 ETA edited to add 153 ETA estimated time of arrival 154 ETLA extended three letter acronym 155 ETR early to rise 156 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 157 EZ easy 158 EZPZ easy-peasy 159 F9 fine 160 FAQ frequently asked question 161 FBOW for better or worse 162 FCFS first come, first served 163 FCOL for crying out loud 164 FFS free for shipping 165 FITB fill in the blank 166 FNO for nerds only 167 FNO from now on 168 FOC free of charge 169 FPS first person shooter 170 FPS frames per second 171 FQA frequently questioned answer 172 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 173 FSDO for some definition of 174 FSVO for some value of 175 FTBFS fails to build from source 176 FTFY fixed that for you 177 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 178 FTL faster than light 179 FTL for the loss 180 FTR for the record 181 FTTT from time to time 182 FTW for the win 183 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 184 FWIW for what it's worth 185 FYEO for your eyes only 186 FYI for your information 187 G grin 188 G/C garbage collect 189 G2G got to go 190 G2K good to know 191 GA go ahead 192 GAC get a clue 193 GAL get a life 194 GBTW get back to work 195 GCD greatest common divisor 196 GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 197 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 198 GF girlfriend 199 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 200 GFU good for you 201 GFY good for you 202 GG good game 203 GGA good game all 204 GGP good game partner 205 GGWP good game, well played 206 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 207 GIYF Google is your friend 208 GJ good job 209 GL good luck 210 GLHF good luck, have fun 211 GLINE global kill line 212 GLWT good luck with that 213 GM game master 214 GMT Greenwich mean time 215 GMTA great minds think alike 216 GOK God only knows 217 GOP Grand Old Party 218 GOWI get on with it 219 GPS global positioning system 220 GR8 great 221 GTG got to go 222 GTH go to hell 223 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 224 GWS get well soon 225 H8 hate 226 HAND have a nice day 227 HE how embarrassing 228 HF have fun 229 HHIS hanging head in shame 230 HHOS ha ha, only serious 231 HICA here it comes again 232 HME home medical equipment 233 HNY happy new year 234 HOAS hold on a second 235 HOPS half-operator status 236 HTH hope this helps 237 IAC in any case 238 IAE in any event 239 IANAL I am not a lawyer 240 IAW in another window 241 IAWTC I agree with this comment 242 IAWTP I agree with this post 243 IAY I adore you 244 IB I'm back 245 IC I see 246 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 247 ICCL I couldn't care less 248 ICUR I see you are 249 ICYMI in case you missed it 250 IDC I don't care 251 IDGI I don't get it 252 IDGW in a good way 253 IDI I doubt it 254 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 255 IDK I don't know 256 IDRC I don't really care 257 IDTS I don't think so 258 IDTT I drink to that 259 IFF if and only if 260 IFTTT if this then that 261 IHBW I have been wrong 262 IIANM if I am not mistaken 263 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 264 IIUC if I understand correctly 265 IKR I know, right? 266 IKWYM I know what you mean 267 ILU I love you 268 ILY I love you 269 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 270 IMBO in my biased opinion 271 IMCO in my considered opinion 272 IME in my experience 273 IMHO in my humble opinion 274 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 275 IMO in my opinion 276 INB4 in before 277 INPO in no particular order 278 IOW in other words 279 IPML I pissed myself laughing 280 IQ intelligence quotient 281 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 282 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 283 IRL in real life 284 IRT in real time 285 IRT in regards to 286 ISAGN I see a great need 287 ISBN International Standard Book Number 288 ISTM it seems to me 289 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 290 ITC in this {channel,chat} 291 ITT in this thread 292 ITYM I think you mean 293 IUD insert usual disclaimers 294 IUSS if you say so 295 IW it's worse 296 IWBNI it would be nice if 297 IYD in your dreams 298 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 299 IYSS if you say so 300 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 301 J/K just kidding 302 JAM just a minute 303 JAS just a second 304 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 305 JFTR just for the record 306 JFYI just for your information 307 JGI just Google it 308 JGI just got it 309 JHD just hit delete 310 JIC just in case 311 JJA just joking around 312 JK just kidding 313 JMO just my opinion 314 JSYK just so you know 315 JTLYK just to let you know 316 JW just wondering 317 KISS keep it simple, stupid 318 KITA kick in the ass 319 KK okay, okay 320 KLINE kill line 321 KMA keep me advised 322 KMA keep moving ahead 323 KMA kill me already 324 KNF kernel normal form 325 KOS kill on sight 326 KTHX okay, thanks 327 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 328 KWIM know what I mean? 329 L8 late 330 L8R later 331 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 332 LBNL last but not least 333 LGTM looks good to me 334 LJBF let's just be friends 335 LMAO laughing my ass off 336 LMC let me check 337 LMGTFY let me google that for you 338 LMHO laughing my head off 339 LMK let me know 340 LMNO laughing my nuts off 341 LMSO laughing my socks off 342 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 343 LOL laughing out loud 344 LP long playing [record] 345 LPR license plate recognition 346 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 347 LTNS long time no see 348 LWYL laugh with you later 349 M&O management & operations 350 M8 mate 351 MAD mutually assured destruction 352 MBA master of business administration 353 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 354 MFW my face when 355 MIA missing in action 356 MLPR mobile license plate reader 357 MMB message me back 358 MO modus operandi 359 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 360 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 361 MOTSS member of the same sex 362 MTF more to follow 363 MVP minimum viable product 364 MVP most valuable player 365 MYOB mind your own business 366 N/A not {applicable,available} 367 N/M never mind 368 NAFAIK not as far as I know 369 NB nota bene 370 NBD no big deal 371 NE1 anyone 372 NEDM not even Doom music 373 NFA no flaming allowed 374 NFC no functional change 375 NIFOC naked in front of computer 376 NIH not invented here 377 NIMBY not in my backyard 378 NM never mind 379 NMF not my fault 380 NMP not my problem 381 NMU not much, you? 382 NOM no offence meant 383 NOOB newbie 384 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 385 NOYB none of your business 386 NP no problem 387 NPC non-player character 388 NRFPT not ready for prime time 389 NRN no reply necessary 390 NRN not right now 391 NSFW not suitable for work 392 NTBF not to be fixed 393 NTN no thanks needed 394 NUNP no users, no problems 395 NVM never mind 396 NVMM never mind mate 397 NW no way 398 NXT next 399 NYPA not your personal army 400 O2W off to work 401 OAO over and out 402 OBV obviously 403 OBVS obviously 404 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 405 OFC of course 406 OH other half 407 OIC oh, I see 408 OMG oh my God 409 OMW on my way 410 ONNA oh no, not again 411 ONNTA oh no, not this again 412 OOB out of bounds 413 OOC out of curiosity 414 OOI out of interest 415 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 416 OPS operator status 417 OPS operators 418 ORITE oh, right 419 OT off topic 420 OTL out to lunch 421 OTOH on the other hand 422 OTP one true pairing 423 OTS off the shelf 424 OTT over the top 425 OTTOMH off the top of my head 426 OWTTE or words to that effect 427 PC player character 428 PC politically correct 429 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 430 PD police department 431 PDA public display of affection 432 PDQ pretty darn quick 433 PDS please don't shout 434 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 435 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 436 PFI pay for inclusion 437 PFY pimply faced youth 438 PHB pointy haired boss 439 PIN personal identification number 440 PITA pain in the ass 441 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 442 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 443 PM post meridiem 444 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 445 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 446 PMSL pissing myself laughing 447 PNG persona non grata 448 PNP plug and pray 449 POC point of contact 450 POC proof of concept 451 POLA principle of least astonishment 452 POLS principle of least surprise 453 POS point of sale 454 POV point of view 455 PPL people 456 PPL pretty please 457 PPP petty pet peeve 458 PPS pulse per second (signal) 459 PR public relations 460 PSA prostate-specific antigen 461 PSA public service announcement 462 PTA parent-teacher association 463 PTO {paid,personal} time off 464 PTO parent-teacher organization 465 PTO please turn over 466 PTO power takeoff 467 PTT push-to-talk 468 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 469 PTV parental tunnel vision 470 QED quod erat demonstrandum 471 QFT quoted for truth 472 RA residential advisor 473 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 474 RCD residual current device 475 RFC request for comments 476 RFD request for discussion 477 RFE request for enhancements 478 RFI request for information 479 RFP request for proposal 480 RIF reduction in force 481 RIP rest in peace 482 RL real life 483 RLC rod length check 484 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 485 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 486 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 487 ROM rough order of magnitude 488 ROI return on investment 489 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 490 RP responsible person 491 RR railroad 492 RSI repetitive strain injury 493 RSN real soon now 494 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 495 S/T self titled 496 SAR search and rescue 497 SAR some assembly required 498 SCNR sorry, could not resist 499 SEP someone else's problem 500 SERP search engine results page 501 SFAICT so far as I can tell 502 SGTM sounds good to me 503 SHID slaps head in disgust 504 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 505 SITD still in the dark 506 SJW social justice warrior 507 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 508 SMH shaking my head 509 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 510 SMOP simple matter of programming 511 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 512 SNMP sorry, not my problem 513 SO significant other 514 SOB son of [a] bitch 515 SOP standard operating procedure 516 SRS serious 517 SRSLY seriously 518 SSIA subject says it all 519 SSTO single stage to orbit 520 STW search the web 521 SUS stupid user syndrome 522 SUX sucks 523 SUX2BU sucks to be you 524 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 525 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 526 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 527 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 528 SYS see you soon 529 TA teaching assistant 530 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 531 TBA to be announced 532 TBC to be continued 533 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 534 TBH to be honest 535 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 536 TCB taking care of business 537 TCO taken care of 538 TCO total cost of ownership 539 TFOA things falling off aircraft 540 TFW that feeling when 541 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 542 THNX thanks 543 THX thanks 544 TIA thanks in advance 545 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 546 TIC tongue in cheek 547 TIL today I learned 548 TINC there is no cabal 549 TINLA this is not legal advice 550 TINWIS this is not what I said 551 TJM that's just me 552 TLA three letter acronym 553 TLA true love always 554 TLC tender loving care 555 TLDR too long, didn't read 556 TLDW too long, didn't watch 557 TM trademark 558 TM trust me 559 TMA too many abbreviations 560 TMG too much government 561 TMI too much information 562 TMJ temporomandibular joint 563 TMK to my knowledge 564 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 565 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 566 TOC table of contents 567 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 568 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 569 TOH to other half 570 TP toilet paper 571 TPTB the powers that be 572 TRT the right thing 573 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 574 TTFN ta ta for now 575 TTM to the moderator 576 TTT thought that too 577 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 578 TTYL talk to you later 579 TTYS talk to you soon 580 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 581 TWDT the whole damn thing 582 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 583 TY thank you 584 TYVM thank you very much 585 U/L upload 586 UGT universal greeting time 587 UPC Universal Product Code 588 UR your 589 UR {you're, you are} 590 UTSL use the source, Luke 591 VCR video cassette recorder 592 VEG very evil grin 593 VIP very important person 594 VLA variable length array 595 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 596 VRI vehicle recognition identification 597 W/ with 598 W/E whatever 599 W/O without 600 W8 wait 601 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 602 WAG wild-ass guess 603 WB welcome back 604 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 605 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 606 WELC working effectively with legacy code 607 WFH working from home 608 WFM works for me 609 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 610 WIP work in progress 611 WLW women-loving women 612 WMNC watch me not care 613 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 614 WP well played 615 WRR weighted round robin 616 WRT with respect to 617 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 618 WTF where's the food 619 WTG way to go 620 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 621 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 622 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 623 WWJD what would Jesus do? 624 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 625 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 626 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 627 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 628 YGM you got mail 629 YHBT you have been trolled 630 YHL you have lost 631 YKWIM you know what I mean 632 YMMV your mileage may vary 633 YOLO you only live once 634 YW you're welcome 635 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 636 ZIP zoning improvement plan 637
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