acronyms revision 1.54
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.54 2000/02/09 02:11:03 enami 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 BBT be back tomorrow 13 BFD big fucking deal 14 BIAB back in a bit 15 BIAF back in a few 16 BIAS back in a second 17 BIAW back in a while 18 BRB [I'll] be right back 19 BTDT been there, done that 20 BTTH butt to the head 21 BTW by the way 22 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 23 CNP continued [in my] next post 24 CYA see you around 25 DNDK don't know, don't care 26 DTRT do the right thing 27 DTWT do the wrong thing 28 DWIM do what I mean 29 EG evil grin 30 EMSG email message 31 ETLA extended three letter acronym 32 FSDO for some definition of 33 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 34 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 35 FWIW for what it's worth 36 FYI for your information 37 G grin 38 GMTA great minds think alike 39 HAND have a nice day 40 HHIS hanging head in shame 41 HTH hope this helps 42 IANAL I am not a lawyer 43 IIANM if I am not mistaken 44 IIRC if I recall correctly 45 IMCO in my considered opinion 46 IMHO in my humble opinion 47 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 48 IMO in my opinion 49 IOW in other words 50 IRL in real life 51 ISTM it seems to me 52 ISTR I seem to recall 53 JK just kidding 54 JMO just my opinion 55 JTLYK just to let you know 56 KISS keep it simple, stupid 57 KNF kernel normal form 58 L8R later 59 LMSO laughing my socks off 60 LOL laughing out loud 61 LTNS long time no see 62 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 63 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 64 MOTSS member of the same sex 65 MTF more to follow 66 MYOB mind your own business 67 NBD no big deal 68 NFC no fucking clue 69 NFI no fucking idea 70 NIH not invented here 71 NP no problem 72 NRFPT not ready for prime time 73 NRN no reply necessary 74 OIC oh, I see 75 OTL out to lunch 76 OTOH on the other hand 77 OTTOMH off the top of my head 78 PITA pain in the ass 79 POLA principle of least astonishment 80 PPL pretty please 81 RL real life 82 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 83 RSN real soon now 84 RTFB read the fine book 85 RTFM read the fine manual 86 RTFMP read the fine man page 87 RTFS read the fine source 88 SEP someone else's problem 89 SFA sweet fuck all 90 SHID slaps head in disgust 91 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 92 SMOP simple matter of programming 93 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 94 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 95 SO significant other 96 SOL shit out [of] luck 97 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 98 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 99 TIA thanks in advance 100 TLA three letter acronym 101 TMI too much information 102 TTFN ta ta for now 103 TTYL talk to you later 104 TYVM thank you very much 105 UTSL use the source, Luke 106 VEG very evil grin 107 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 108 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 109 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 110 YKWIM you know what I mean 111 YMMV your mileage may vary 112
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