acronyms revision 1.46
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.46 1999/10/31 04:54:03 christos 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 BTDT been there, done that 18 BTTH butt to the head 19 BTW by the way 20 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 21 CNP continued [in my] next post 22 DNDK don't know, don't care 23 DTRT do the right thing 24 DTWT do the wrong thing 25 DWIM do what I mean 26 EG evil grin 27 EMSG email message 28 ETLA extended three letter acronym 29 FSDO for some definition of 30 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 31 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 32 FWIW for what it's worth 33 FYI for your information 34 G grin 35 GMTA great minds think alike 36 HHIS hanging head in shame 37 HTH hope this helps 38 IANAL I am not a lawyer 39 IIANM if I am not mistaken 40 IIRC if I recall correctly 41 IMCO in my considered opinion 42 IMHO in my humble opinion 43 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 44 IMO in my opinion 45 IOW in other words 46 IRL in real life 47 ISTM it seems to me 48 ISTR I seem to recall 49 JMO just my opinion 50 JTLYK just to let you know 51 KISS keep it simple, stupid 52 L8R later 53 LMSO laughing my socks off 54 LOL laughing out loud 55 LTNS long time no see 56 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 57 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 58 MOTSS member of the same sex 59 MTF more to follow 60 MYOB mind your own business 61 NBD no big deal 62 NFC no fucking clue 63 NFI no fucking idea 64 NIH not invented here 65 NP no problem 66 NRN no reply necessary 67 OIC oh, I see 68 OTOH on the other hand 69 OTTOMH off the top of my head 70 PITA pain in the ass 71 PPL pretty please 72 RL real life 73 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 74 RSN real soon now 75 RTFB read the fine book 76 RTFM read the fine manual 77 RTFMP read the fine man page 78 RTFS read the fine source 79 SEP someone else's problem 80 SFA sweet fuck all 81 SHID slaps head in disgust 82 SMLSFB So many losers, so few bullets 83 SMOP simple matter of programming 84 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 85 SNERT Snot-Nosed egotistical rude teenager 86 SO significant other 87 SOL shit out [of] luck 88 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 89 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 90 TIA thanks in advance 91 TLA three letter acronym 92 TMI too much information 93 TTFN ta ta for now 94 TYVM thank you very much 95 UTSL use the source, Luke 96 VEG very evil grin 97 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 98 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 99 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 100 YKWIM you know what I mean 101 YMMV your mileage may vary 102
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