acronyms revision 1.50
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.50 1999/11/16 13:23:47 tron 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 AKA also known as 9 ASAP as soon as possible 10 BBL [I'll] be back later 11 BBS be back soon 12 BFD big fucking deal 13 BIAB back in a bit 14 BIAF back in a few 15 BIAS back in a second 16 BIAW back in a while 17 BRB [I'll] be right back 18 BTDT been there, done that 19 BTTH butt to the head 20 BTW by the way 21 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 22 CNP continued [in my] next post 23 DNDK don't know, don't care 24 DTRT do the right thing 25 DTWT do the wrong thing 26 DWIM do what I mean 27 EG evil grin 28 EMSG email message 29 ETLA extended three letter acronym 30 FSDO for some definition of 31 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 32 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 33 FWIW for what it's worth 34 FYI for your information 35 G grin 36 GMTA great minds think alike 37 HHIS hanging head in shame 38 HTH hope this helps 39 IANAL I am not a lawyer 40 IIANM if I am not mistaken 41 IIRC if I recall correctly 42 IMCO in my considered opinion 43 IMHO in my humble opinion 44 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 45 IMO in my opinion 46 IOW in other words 47 IRL in real life 48 ISTM it seems to me 49 ISTR I seem to recall 50 JK just kidding 51 JMO just my opinion 52 JTLYK just to let you know 53 KISS keep it simple, stupid 54 KNF kernel normal form 55 L8R later 56 LMSO laughing my socks off 57 LOL laughing out loud 58 LTNS long time no see 59 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 60 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 61 MOTSS member of the same sex 62 MTF more to follow 63 MYOB mind your own business 64 NBD no big deal 65 NFC no fucking clue 66 NFI no fucking idea 67 NIH not invented here 68 NP no problem 69 NRN no reply necessary 70 OIC oh, I see 71 OTOH on the other hand 72 OTTOMH off the top of my head 73 PITA pain in the ass 74 POLA principle of least astonishment 75 PPL pretty please 76 RL real life 77 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 78 RSN real soon now 79 RTFB read the fine book 80 RTFM read the fine manual 81 RTFMP read the fine man page 82 RTFS read the fine source 83 SEP someone else's problem 84 SFA sweet fuck all 85 SHID slaps head in disgust 86 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 87 SMOP simple matter of programming 88 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 89 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 90 SO significant other 91 SOL shit out [of] luck 92 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 93 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 94 TIA thanks in advance 95 TLA three letter acronym 96 TMI too much information 97 TTFN ta ta for now 98 TYVM thank you very much 99 UTSL use the source, Luke 100 VEG very evil grin 101 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 102 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 103 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 104 YKWIM you know what I mean 105 YMMV your mileage may vary 106
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