acronyms revision 1.67
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.67 2000/08/12 11:09:43 wiz 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 FOAD fall over and die 35 FSDO for some definition of 36 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 37 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 38 FWIW for what it's worth 39 FYI for your information 40 G grin 41 GMTA great minds think alike 42 HAND have a nice day 43 HHIS hanging head in shame 44 HTH hope this helps 45 IANAL I am not a lawyer 46 IIANM if I am not mistaken 47 IIRC if I recall correctly 48 IMCO in my considered opinion 49 IMHO in my humble opinion 50 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 51 IMO in my opinion 52 IOW in other words 53 IRL in real life 54 ISTM it seems to me 55 ISTR I seem to recall 56 ITYM I think you mean 57 JK just kidding 58 JMO just my opinion 59 JTLYK just to let you know 60 KISS keep it simple, stupid 61 KITA kick in the ass 62 KNF kernel normal form 63 L8R later 64 LMSO laughing my socks off 65 LOL laughing out loud 66 LTNS long time no see 67 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 68 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 69 MOTSS member of the same sex 70 MTF more to follow 71 MYOB mind your own business 72 NBD no big deal 73 NFC no fucking clue 74 NFI no fucking idea 75 NIH not invented here 76 NP no problem 77 NRFPT not ready for prime time 78 NRN no reply necessary 79 OIC oh, I see 80 OTL out to lunch 81 OTOH on the other hand 82 OTTOMH off the top of my head 83 PITA pain in the ass 84 PNG persona non grata 85 POC point of contact 86 POLA principle of least astonishment 87 PPL pretty please 88 QED quod erat demonstrandum 89 RFC request for comments 90 RL real life 91 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 92 RP responsible person 93 RSN real soon now 94 RTFB read the fine book 95 RTFM read the fine manual 96 RTFMP read the fine man page 97 RTFS read the fine source 98 SCNR sorry, could not resist 99 SEP someone else's problem 100 SFA sweet fuck all 101 SHID slaps head in disgust 102 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 103 SMOP simple matter of programming 104 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 105 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 106 SO significant other 107 SOL shit out [of] luck 108 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 109 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 110 TIA thanks in advance 111 TLA three letter acronym 112 TMI too much information 113 TTFN ta ta for now 114 TTYL talk to you later 115 TYVM thank you very much 116 UTSL use the source, Luke 117 VEG very evil grin 118 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 119 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 120 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 121 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 122 YKWIM you know what I mean 123 YMMV your mileage may vary 124
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