acronyms revision 1.61
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.61 2000/06/19 09:40:58 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 KITA kick in the ass 60 KNF kernel normal form 61 L8R later 62 LMSO laughing my socks off 63 LOL laughing out loud 64 LTNS long time no see 65 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 66 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 67 MOTSS member of the same sex 68 MTF more to follow 69 MYOB mind your own business 70 NBD no big deal 71 NFC no fucking clue 72 NFI no fucking idea 73 NIH not invented here 74 NP no problem 75 NRFPT not ready for prime time 76 NRN no reply necessary 77 OIC oh, I see 78 OTL out to lunch 79 OTOH on the other hand 80 OTTOMH off the top of my head 81 PITA pain in the ass 82 PNG persona non grata 83 POLA principle of least astonishment 84 PPL pretty please 85 QED quod erat demonstrandum 86 RL real life 87 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 88 RSN real soon now 89 RTFB read the fine book 90 RTFM read the fine manual 91 RTFMP read the fine man page 92 RTFS read the fine source 93 SCNR sorry, could not resist 94 SEP someone else's problem 95 SFA sweet fuck all 96 SHID slaps head in disgust 97 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 98 SMOP simple matter of programming 99 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 100 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 101 SO significant other 102 SOL shit out [of] luck 103 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 104 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 105 TIA thanks in advance 106 TLA three letter acronym 107 TMI too much information 108 TTFN ta ta for now 109 TTYL talk to you later 110 TYVM thank you very much 111 UTSL use the source, Luke 112 VEG very evil grin 113 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 114 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 115 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 116 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 117 YKWIM you know what I mean 118 YMMV your mileage may vary 119
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