acronyms revision 1.47
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.47 1999/10/31 11:51:57 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 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 JK just kidding 50 JMO just my opinion 51 JTLYK just to let you know 52 KISS keep it simple, stupid 53 L8R later 54 LMSO laughing my socks off 55 LOL laughing out loud 56 LTNS long time no see 57 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 58 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 59 MOTSS member of the same sex 60 MTF more to follow 61 MYOB mind your own business 62 NBD no big deal 63 NFC no fucking clue 64 NFI no fucking idea 65 NIH not invented here 66 NP no problem 67 NRN no reply necessary 68 OIC oh, I see 69 OTOH on the other hand 70 OTTOMH off the top of my head 71 PITA pain in the ass 72 PPL pretty please 73 RL real life 74 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 75 RSN real soon now 76 RTFB read the fine book 77 RTFM read the fine manual 78 RTFMP read the fine man page 79 RTFS read the fine source 80 SEP someone else's problem 81 SFA sweet fuck all 82 SHID slaps head in disgust 83 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 84 SMOP simple matter of programming 85 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 86 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 87 SO significant other 88 SOL shit out [of] luck 89 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 90 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 91 TIA thanks in advance 92 TLA three letter acronym 93 TMI too much information 94 TTFN ta ta for now 95 TYVM thank you very much 96 UTSL use the source, Luke 97 VEG very evil grin 98 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 99 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 100 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 101 YKWIM you know what I mean 102 YMMV your mileage may vary 103
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