acronyms revision 1.37
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.37 1999/08/13 12:28:52 ad Exp $ 2 3 AFAICR as far as I can recall 4 AFAICT as far as I can tell 5 AFAIK as far as I know 6 AFAIR as far as I recall 7 AFK away from keyboard 8 ASAP as soon as possible 9 BBL [I'll] be back later 10 BBS be back soon 11 BFD big fucking deal 12 BIAB back in a bit 13 BIAF back in a few 14 BIAS back in a second 15 BIAW back in a while 16 BRB [I'll] be right back 17 BTTH butt to the head 18 BTW by the way 19 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 20 CNP continued [in my] next post 21 DNDK don't know, don't care 22 DTRT do the right thing 23 DTWT do the wrong thing 24 DWIM do what I mean 25 EG evil grin 26 EMSG email message 27 ETLA extended three letter acronym 28 FSDO for some definition of 29 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 30 FWIW for what it's worth 31 FYI for your information 32 G grin 33 GMTA great minds think alike 34 HHIS hanging head in shame 35 HTH hope this helps 36 IANAL I am not a lawyer 37 IIANM if I am not mistaken 38 IIRC if I recall correctly 39 IMCO in my considered opinion 40 IMHO in my humble opinion 41 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 42 IMO in my opinion 43 IOW in other words 44 IRL in real life 45 ISTR I seem to recall 46 JMO just my opinion 47 JTLYK just to let you know 48 L8R later 49 LMSO laughing my socks off 50 LOL laughing out loud 51 LTNS long time no see 52 MTF more to follow 53 MYOB mind your own business 54 NFC no fucking clue 55 NFI no fucking idea 56 NIH not invented here 57 NRN no reply necessary 58 OIC oh, I see 59 OTOH on the other hand 60 OTTOMH off the top of my head 61 PITA pain in the ass 62 PPL pretty please 63 RL real life 64 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 65 RTFB read the fine book 66 RTFM read the fine manual 67 RTFMP read the fine man page 68 RTFS read the fine source 69 SEP someone else's problem 70 SFA sweet fuck all 71 SHID slaps head in disgust 72 SMLSFB So many losers, so few bullets 73 SMOP simple matter of programming 74 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 75 SNERT Snot-Nosed egotistical rude teenager 76 SO significant other 77 SOL shit out [of] luck 78 TIA thanks in advance 79 TLA three letter acronym 80 TMI too much information 81 TTFN ta ta for now 82 TYVM thank you very much 83 UTSL use the source, Luke 84 VEG very evil grin 85 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 86 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 87 YKWIM you know what I mean 88 YMMV your mileage may vary 89
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