acronyms revision 1.55
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.55 2000/02/10 09:45:00 soren 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 ITYM I think you mean 54 JK just kidding 55 JMO just my opinion 56 JTLYK just to let you know 57 KISS keep it simple, stupid 58 KNF kernel normal form 59 L8R later 60 LMSO laughing my socks off 61 LOL laughing out loud 62 LTNS long time no see 63 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 64 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 65 MOTSS member of the same sex 66 MTF more to follow 67 MYOB mind your own business 68 NBD no big deal 69 NFC no fucking clue 70 NFI no fucking idea 71 NIH not invented here 72 NP no problem 73 NRFPT not ready for prime time 74 NRN no reply necessary 75 OIC oh, I see 76 OTL out to lunch 77 OTOH on the other hand 78 OTTOMH off the top of my head 79 PITA pain in the ass 80 POLA principle of least astonishment 81 PPL pretty please 82 RL real life 83 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 84 RSN real soon now 85 RTFB read the fine book 86 RTFM read the fine manual 87 RTFMP read the fine man page 88 RTFS read the fine source 89 SEP someone else's problem 90 SFA sweet fuck all 91 SHID slaps head in disgust 92 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 93 SMOP simple matter of programming 94 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 95 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 96 SO significant other 97 SOL shit out [of] luck 98 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 99 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 100 TIA thanks in advance 101 TLA three letter acronym 102 TMI too much information 103 TTFN ta ta for now 104 TTYL talk to you later 105 TYVM thank you very much 106 UTSL use the source, Luke 107 VEG very evil grin 108 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 109 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 110 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 111 YKWIM you know what I mean 112 YMMV your mileage may vary 113
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