acronyms revision 1.41
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.41 1999/10/01 04:06:47 simonb 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 FUD fear, uncertianty and doubt 31 FWIW for what it's worth 32 FYI for your information 33 G grin 34 GMTA great minds think alike 35 HHIS hanging head in shame 36 HTH hope this helps 37 IANAL I am not a lawyer 38 IIANM if I am not mistaken 39 IIRC if I recall correctly 40 IMCO in my considered opinion 41 IMHO in my humble opinion 42 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 43 IMO in my opinion 44 IOW in other words 45 IRL in real life 46 ISTM it seems to me 47 ISTR I seem to recall 48 JMO just my opinion 49 JTLYK just to let you know 50 KISS keep it simple, stupid 51 L8R later 52 LMSO laughing my socks off 53 LOL laughing out loud 54 LTNS long time no see 55 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 56 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 57 MOTSS member of the same sex 58 MTF more to follow 59 MYOB mind your own business 60 NFC no fucking clue 61 NFI no fucking idea 62 NIH not invented here 63 NRN no reply necessary 64 OIC oh, I see 65 OTOH on the other hand 66 OTTOMH off the top of my head 67 PITA pain in the ass 68 PPL pretty please 69 RL real life 70 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 71 RTFB read the fine book 72 RTFM read the fine manual 73 RTFMP read the fine man page 74 RTFS read the fine source 75 SEP someone else's problem 76 SFA sweet fuck all 77 SHID slaps head in disgust 78 SMLSFB So many losers, so few bullets 79 SMOP simple matter of programming 80 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 81 SNERT Snot-Nosed egotistical rude teenager 82 SO significant other 83 SOL shit out [of] luck 84 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 85 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 86 TIA thanks in advance 87 TLA three letter acronym 88 TMI too much information 89 TTFN ta ta for now 90 TYVM thank you very much 91 UTSL use the source, Luke 92 VEG very evil grin 93 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 94 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 95 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 96 YKWIM you know what I mean 97 YMMV your mileage may vary 98
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