acronyms revision 1.62
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.62 2000/06/19 11:27:52 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 FAQ frequently asked question 33 FIIK fuck if I know 34 FSDO for some definition of 35 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 36 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 37 FWIW for what it's worth 38 FYI for your information 39 G grin 40 GMTA great minds think alike 41 HAND have a nice day 42 HHIS hanging head in shame 43 HTH hope this helps 44 IANAL I am not a lawyer 45 IIANM if I am not mistaken 46 IIRC if I recall correctly 47 IMCO in my considered opinion 48 IMHO in my humble opinion 49 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 50 IMO in my opinion 51 IOW in other words 52 IRL in real life 53 ISTM it seems to me 54 ISTR I seem to recall 55 ITYM I think you mean 56 JK just kidding 57 JMO just my opinion 58 JTLYK just to let you know 59 KISS keep it simple, stupid 60 KITA kick in the ass 61 KNF kernel normal form 62 L8R later 63 LMSO laughing my socks off 64 LOL laughing out loud 65 LTNS long time no see 66 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 67 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 68 MOTSS member of the same sex 69 MTF more to follow 70 MYOB mind your own business 71 NBD no big deal 72 NFC no fucking clue 73 NFI no fucking idea 74 NIH not invented here 75 NP no problem 76 NRFPT not ready for prime time 77 NRN no reply necessary 78 OIC oh, I see 79 OTL out to lunch 80 OTOH on the other hand 81 OTTOMH off the top of my head 82 PITA pain in the ass 83 PNG persona non grata 84 POLA principle of least astonishment 85 PPL pretty please 86 QED quod erat demonstrandum 87 RL real life 88 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 89 RSN real soon now 90 RTFB read the fine book 91 RTFM read the fine manual 92 RTFMP read the fine man page 93 RTFS read the fine source 94 SCNR sorry, could not resist 95 SEP someone else's problem 96 SFA sweet fuck all 97 SHID slaps head in disgust 98 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 99 SMOP simple matter of programming 100 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 101 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 102 SO significant other 103 SOL shit out [of] luck 104 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 105 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 106 TIA thanks in advance 107 TLA three letter acronym 108 TMI too much information 109 TTFN ta ta for now 110 TTYL talk to you later 111 TYVM thank you very much 112 UTSL use the source, Luke 113 VEG very evil grin 114 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 115 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 116 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 117 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 118 YKWIM you know what I mean 119 YMMV your mileage may vary 120
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