acronyms revision 1.58
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.58 2000/02/14 16:16:11 kleink 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 FIIK fuck if I know 33 FSDO for some definition of 34 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 35 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 36 FWIW for what it's worth 37 FYI for your information 38 G grin 39 GMTA great minds think alike 40 HAND have a nice day 41 HHIS hanging head in shame 42 HTH hope this helps 43 IANAL I am not a lawyer 44 IIANM if I am not mistaken 45 IIRC if I recall correctly 46 IMCO in my considered opinion 47 IMHO in my humble opinion 48 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 49 IMO in my opinion 50 IOW in other words 51 IRL in real life 52 ISTM it seems to me 53 ISTR I seem to recall 54 ITYM I think you mean 55 JK just kidding 56 JMO just my opinion 57 JTLYK just to let you know 58 KISS keep it simple, stupid 59 KNF kernel normal form 60 L8R later 61 LMSO laughing my socks off 62 LOL laughing out loud 63 LTNS long time no see 64 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 65 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 66 MOTSS member of the same sex 67 MTF more to follow 68 MYOB mind your own business 69 NBD no big deal 70 NFC no fucking clue 71 NFI no fucking idea 72 NIH not invented here 73 NP no problem 74 NRFPT not ready for prime time 75 NRN no reply necessary 76 OIC oh, I see 77 OTL out to lunch 78 OTOH on the other hand 79 OTTOMH off the top of my head 80 PITA pain in the ass 81 POLA principle of least astonishment 82 PPL pretty please 83 QED quod erat demonstrandum 84 RL real life 85 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 86 RSN real soon now 87 RTFB read the fine book 88 RTFM read the fine manual 89 RTFMP read the fine man page 90 RTFS read the fine source 91 SCNR sorry, could not resist 92 SEP someone else's problem 93 SFA sweet fuck all 94 SHID slaps head in disgust 95 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 96 SMOP simple matter of programming 97 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 98 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 99 SO significant other 100 SOL shit out [of] luck 101 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 102 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 103 TIA thanks in advance 104 TLA three letter acronym 105 TMI too much information 106 TTFN ta ta for now 107 TTYL talk to you later 108 TYVM thank you very much 109 UTSL use the source, Luke 110 VEG very evil grin 111 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 112 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 113 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 114 YKWIM you know what I mean 115 YMMV your mileage may vary 116
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