acronyms revision 1.310
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.310 2021/06/18 21:58:20 riastradh 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 BAU business as usual 63 BBIAB be back in a bit 64 BBL [I'll] be back later 65 BBR burnt beyond repair 66 BBS be back soon 67 BBT be back tomorrow 68 BCNU be seeing you 69 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 70 BCP best current practice 71 BDFL benevolent dictator for life 72 BF best friend 73 BF boyfriend 74 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 75 BIAB back in a bit 76 BIAF back in a few 77 BIALW back in a little while 78 BIAS back in a second 79 BIAW back in a while 80 BIDI boy, I did it 81 BNYA burned now you are 82 BOC but of course 83 BOFH bastard operator from hell 84 BOT back on topic 85 BPM beam propagation method 86 BPM beats per minute 87 BRB [I'll] be right back 88 BSD booze, sex, drugs 89 BTDT been there, done that 90 BTFT been there, fixed that 91 BTTH boot to the head 92 BTW by the way 93 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 94 CC credit card 95 CEO chief executive officer 96 CFV call for votes 97 CFY calling for you 98 CG center of gravity 99 CHANOPS channel operator status 100 CIA central intelligence agency 101 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 102 CNP continued [in my] next post 103 COB close of business [day] 104 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 105 CPA cyproterone acetate 106 CPC cost per click 107 CPE customer premises equipment 108 CPR car plate recognition 109 CRM customer relationship management 110 CTF capture the flag 111 CTN can't talk now 112 CU see you 113 CUL see you later 114 CYA see ya 115 CYA see you around 116 CYE check your email 117 D/B/A doing business as 118 D/L download 119 DBA doing business as 120 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 121 DC Dreamcast 122 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 123 DIY do it yourself 124 DKDC don't know, don't care 125 DM direct message 126 DM dungeon master 127 DME durable medical equipment 128 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 129 DMZ demilitarized zone 130 DND do not disturb 131 DNF did not finish 132 DNFT do not feed troll 133 DOA dead on arrival 134 DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 135 DRY don't repeat yourself 136 DS Dual Screen 137 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 138 DTRT do the right thing 139 DTWT do the wrong thing 140 DWIM do what I mean 141 DYAC damn you autocorrect 142 DYK do you know? 143 EA early adopter 144 ECR electronic cash register 145 EDS eternal downward spiral 146 EEE eastern equine encephalitis 147 EFT electronic funds transfer 148 EG evil grin 149 EIE enough is enough 150 EMSG email message 151 EOB end of business [day] 152 EOD end of {day,discussion} 153 EOL end of life 154 EOM end of message 155 EOS end of story 156 ETA edited to add 157 ETA estimated time of arrival 158 ETLA extended three letter acronym 159 ETR early to rise 160 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 161 EZ easy 162 EZPZ easy-peasy 163 F9 fine 164 FAQ frequently asked question 165 FBOW for better or worse 166 FCFS first come, first served 167 FCOL for crying out loud 168 FFS free for shipping 169 FITB fill in the blank 170 FNO for nerds only 171 FNO from now on 172 FOC free of charge 173 FPS first person shooter 174 FPS frames per second 175 FQA frequently questioned answer 176 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 177 FSDO for some definition of 178 FSVO for some value of 179 FTBFS fails to build from source 180 FTFY fixed that for you 181 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 182 FTL faster than light 183 FTL for the loss 184 FTR for the record 185 FTTT from time to time 186 FTW for the win 187 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 188 FWIW for what it's worth 189 FYEO for your eyes only 190 FYI for your information 191 G grin 192 G/C garbage collect 193 G2G got to go 194 G2K good to know 195 GA go ahead 196 GAC get a clue 197 GAL get a life 198 GB Game Boy 199 GBA Game Boy Advance 200 GBC Game Boy Color 201 GBTW get back to work 202 GC GameCube 203 GCD greatest common divisor 204 GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 205 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 206 GF girlfriend 207 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 208 GFU good for you 209 GFY good for you 210 GG good game 211 GGA good game all 212 GGP good game partner 213 GGWP good game, well played 214 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 215 GIYF Google is your friend 216 GJ good job 217 GL good luck 218 GLHF good luck, have fun 219 GLINE global kill line 220 GLWT good luck with that 221 GM game master 222 GMT Greenwich mean time 223 GMTA great minds think alike 224 GOK God only knows 225 GOP Grand Old Party 226 GOWI get on with it 227 GPS global positioning system 228 GR8 great 229 GTG got to go 230 GTH go to hell 231 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 232 GWS get well soon 233 H8 hate 234 HAND have a nice day 235 HE how embarrassing 236 HF have fun 237 HHIS hanging head in shame 238 HHOS ha ha, only serious 239 HICA here it comes again 240 HME home medical equipment 241 HNY happy new year 242 HOAS hold on a second 243 HOPS half-operator status 244 HTH hope this helps 245 IAC in any case 246 IAE in any event 247 IANAL I am not a lawyer 248 IAW in another window 249 IAWTC I agree with this comment 250 IAWTP I agree with this post 251 IAY I adore you 252 IB I'm back 253 IC I see 254 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 255 ICCL I couldn't care less 256 ICUR I see you are 257 ICYMI in case you missed it 258 IDC I don't care 259 IDGI I don't get it 260 IDGW in a good way 261 IDI I doubt it 262 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 263 IDK I don't know 264 IDRC I don't really care 265 IDTS I don't think so 266 IDTT I drink to that 267 IFF if and only if 268 IFTTT if this then that 269 IHBW I have been wrong 270 IIANM if I am not mistaken 271 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 272 IIUC if I understand correctly 273 IKR I know, right? 274 IKWYM I know what you mean 275 ILU I love you 276 ILY I love you 277 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 278 IMBO in my biased opinion 279 IMCO in my considered opinion 280 IME in my experience 281 IMHO in my humble opinion 282 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 283 IMO in my opinion 284 INB4 in before 285 INPO in no particular order 286 IOW in other words 287 IPML I pissed myself laughing 288 IQ intelligence quotient 289 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 290 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 291 IRL in real life 292 IRT in real time 293 IRT in regards to 294 ISAGN I see a great need 295 ISBN International Standard Book Number 296 ISTM it seems to me 297 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 298 ITC in this {channel,chat} 299 ITT in this thread 300 ITYM I think you mean 301 IUD insert usual disclaimers 302 IUSS if you say so 303 IW it's worse 304 IWBNI it would be nice if 305 IYD in your dreams 306 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 307 IYSS if you say so 308 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 309 J/K just kidding 310 JAM just a minute 311 JAS just a second 312 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 313 JFTR just for the record 314 JFYI just for your information 315 JGI just Google it 316 JGI just got it 317 JHD just hit delete 318 JIC just in case 319 JJA just joking around 320 JK just kidding 321 JMO just my opinion 322 JSYK just so you know 323 JTLYK just to let you know 324 JW just wondering 325 KISS keep it simple, stupid 326 KITA kick in the ass 327 KK okay, okay 328 KLINE kill line 329 KMA keep me advised 330 KMA keep moving ahead 331 KMA kill me already 332 KNF kernel normal form 333 KOS kill on sight 334 KTHX okay, thanks 335 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 336 KWIM know what I mean? 337 L8 late 338 L8R later 339 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 340 LBNL last but not least 341 LGTM looks good to me 342 LJBF let's just be friends 343 LMAO laughing my ass off 344 LMC let me check 345 LMGTFY let me google that for you 346 LMHO laughing my head off 347 LMK let me know 348 LMNO laughing my nuts off 349 LMSO laughing my socks off 350 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 351 LOL laughing out loud 352 LP long playing [record] 353 LPR license plate recognition 354 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 355 LTNS long time no see 356 LWYL laugh with you later 357 M&O management & operations 358 M8 mate 359 MAD mutually assured destruction 360 MBA master of business administration 361 MD Mega Drive 362 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 363 MFW my face when 364 MIA missing in action 365 MLPR mobile license plate reader 366 MMB message me back 367 MO modus operandi 368 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 369 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 370 MOTSS member of the same sex 371 MTF more to follow 372 MVP minimum viable product 373 MVP most valuable player 374 MYOB mind your own business 375 N/A not {applicable,available} 376 N/M never mind 377 NAFAIK not as far as I know 378 NB nota bene 379 NBD no big deal 380 NE1 anyone 381 NEDM not even Doom music 382 NES Nintendo Entertainment System 383 NFA no flaming allowed 384 NFC no functional change 385 NGP Neo Geo Pocket 386 NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 387 NIFOC naked in front of computer 388 NIH not invented here 389 NIMBY not in my backyard 390 NM never mind 391 NMF not my fault 392 NMP not my problem 393 NMU not much, you? 394 NOM no offence meant 395 NOOB newbie 396 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 397 NOYB none of your business 398 NP no problem 399 NPC non-player character 400 NRFPT not ready for prime time 401 NRN no reply necessary 402 NRN not right now 403 NSFW not suitable for work 404 NTBF not to be fixed 405 NTN no thanks needed 406 NUNP no users, no problems 407 NVM never mind 408 NVMM never mind mate 409 NW no way 410 NXT next 411 NYPA not your personal army 412 O2W off to work 413 OAO over and out 414 OBV obviously 415 OBVS obviously 416 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 417 OFC of course 418 OH other half 419 OIC oh, I see 420 OMG oh my God 421 OMW on my way 422 ONNA oh no, not again 423 ONNTA oh no, not this again 424 OOB out of bounds 425 OOC out of curiosity 426 OOI out of interest 427 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 428 OPS operator status 429 OPS operators 430 ORITE oh, right 431 OT off topic 432 OTL out to lunch 433 OTOH on the other hand 434 OTP one true pairing 435 OTS off the shelf 436 OTT over the top 437 OTTOMH off the top of my head 438 OWTTE or words to that effect 439 PC player character 440 PC politically correct 441 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 442 PCE PC Engine 443 PD police department 444 PDA public display of affection 445 PDQ pretty darn quick 446 PDS please don't shout 447 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 448 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 449 PFI pay for inclusion 450 PFY pimply faced youth 451 PHB pointy haired boss 452 PIN personal identification number 453 PITA pain in the ass 454 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 455 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 456 PM post meridiem 457 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 458 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 459 PMSL pissing myself laughing 460 PNG persona non grata 461 PNP plug and pray 462 POC point of contact 463 POC proof of concept 464 POLA principle of least astonishment 465 POLS principle of least surprise 466 POS point of sale 467 POV point of view 468 PPL people 469 PPL pretty please 470 PPP petty pet peeve 471 PPS pulse per second (signal) 472 PR public relations 473 PSA prostate-specific antigen 474 PSA public service announcement 475 PSX PlayStation 476 PTA parent-teacher association 477 PTO {paid,personal} time off 478 PTO parent-teacher organization 479 PTO please turn over 480 PTO power takeoff 481 PTT push-to-talk 482 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 483 PTV parental tunnel vision 484 QED quod erat demonstrandum 485 QFT quoted for truth 486 QOI quality of information 487 RA residential advisor 488 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 489 RCD residual current device 490 RFC request for comments 491 RFD request for discussion 492 RFE request for enhancements 493 RFI request for information 494 RFP request for proposal 495 RIF reduction in force 496 RIP rest in peace 497 RL real life 498 RLC rod length check 499 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 500 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 501 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 502 ROM rough order of magnitude 503 ROI return on investment 504 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 505 RP responsible person 506 RPG rocket-propelled grenade 507 RR railroad 508 RSI repetitive strain injury 509 RSN real soon now 510 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 511 S/T self titled 512 SAR search and rescue 513 SAR some assembly required 514 SCNR sorry, could not resist 515 SEP someone else's problem 516 SERP search engine results page 517 SFAICT so far as I can tell 518 SGTM sounds good to me 519 SHID slaps head in disgust 520 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 521 SITD still in the dark 522 SJW social justice warrior 523 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 524 SMH shaking my head 525 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 526 SMOP simple matter of programming 527 SMS Sega Master System 528 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 529 SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 530 SNMP sorry, not my problem 531 SO significant other 532 SOB son of [a] bitch 533 SOP standard operating procedure 534 SRS serious 535 SRSLY seriously 536 SSIA subject says it all 537 SSTO single stage to orbit 538 STW search the web 539 SUS stupid user syndrome 540 SUX sucks 541 SUX2BU sucks to be you 542 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 543 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 544 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 545 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 546 SYS see you soon 547 TA teaching assistant 548 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 549 TBA to be announced 550 TBC to be continued 551 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 552 TBH to be honest 553 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 554 TCB taking care of business 555 TCO taken care of 556 TCO total cost of ownership 557 TFOA things falling off aircraft 558 TFW that feeling when 559 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 560 THNX thanks 561 THX thanks 562 TIA thanks in advance 563 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 564 TIC tongue in cheek 565 TIL today I learned 566 TINC there is no cabal 567 TINLA this is not legal advice 568 TINWIS this is not what I said 569 TJM that's just me 570 TLA three letter acronym 571 TLA true love always 572 TLC tender loving care 573 TLDR too long, didn't read 574 TLDW too long, didn't watch 575 TM trademark 576 TM trust me 577 TMA too many abbreviations 578 TMG too much government 579 TMI too much information 580 TMJ temporomandibular joint 581 TMK to my knowledge 582 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 583 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 584 TOC table of contents 585 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 586 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 587 TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 588 TOH to other half 589 TP toilet paper 590 TPTB the powers that be 591 TRT the right thing 592 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 593 TTFN ta ta for now 594 TTM to the moderator 595 TTT thought that too 596 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 597 TTYL talk to you later 598 TTYS talk to you soon 599 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 600 TWDT the whole damn thing 601 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 602 TY thank you 603 TYVM thank you very much 604 U/L upload 605 UGT universal greeting time 606 UPC Universal Product Code 607 UR your 608 UR {you're, you are} 609 URM underrepresented minority 610 UTSL use the source, Luke 611 VCR video cassette recorder 612 VEG very evil grin 613 VIP very important person 614 VLA variable length array 615 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 616 VRI vehicle recognition identification 617 W/ with 618 W/E whatever 619 W/O without 620 W8 wait 621 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 622 WAG wild-ass guess 623 WB welcome back 624 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 625 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 626 WELC working effectively with legacy code 627 WFH working from home 628 WFM works for me 629 WGACA what goes around comes around 630 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 631 WIP work in progress 632 WLW women-loving women 633 WMNC watch me not care 634 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 635 WP well played 636 WRR weighted round robin 637 WRT with respect to 638 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 639 WTF where's the food 640 WTG way to go 641 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 642 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 643 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 644 WWJD what would Jesus do? 645 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 646 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 647 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 648 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 649 YGM you got mail 650 YHBT you have been trolled 651 YHL you have lost 652 YKWIM you know what I mean 653 YMMV your mileage may vary 654 YOLO you only live once 655 YW you're welcome 656 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 657 ZIP zoning improvement plan 658
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