acronyms revision 1.49
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.49 1999/11/12 23:50:01 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 JK just kidding 50 JMO just my opinion 51 JTLYK just to let you know 52 KISS keep it simple, stupid 53 KNF kernel normal form 54 L8R later 55 LMSO laughing my socks off 56 LOL laughing out loud 57 LTNS long time no see 58 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 59 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 60 MOTSS member of the same sex 61 MTF more to follow 62 MYOB mind your own business 63 NBD no big deal 64 NFC no fucking clue 65 NFI no fucking idea 66 NIH not invented here 67 NP no problem 68 NRN no reply necessary 69 OIC oh, I see 70 OTOH on the other hand 71 OTTOMH off the top of my head 72 PITA pain in the ass 73 POLA principle of least astonishment 74 PPL pretty please 75 RL real life 76 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 77 RSN real soon now 78 RTFB read the fine book 79 RTFM read the fine manual 80 RTFMP read the fine man page 81 RTFS read the fine source 82 SEP someone else's problem 83 SFA sweet fuck all 84 SHID slaps head in disgust 85 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 86 SMOP simple matter of programming 87 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 88 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 89 SO significant other 90 SOL shit out [of] luck 91 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 92 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 93 TIA thanks in advance 94 TLA three letter acronym 95 TMI too much information 96 TTFN ta ta for now 97 TYVM thank you very much 98 UTSL use the source, Luke 99 VEG very evil grin 100 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 101 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 102 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 103 YKWIM you know what I mean 104 YMMV your mileage may vary 105
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