acronyms revision 1.68
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.68 2000/09/10 20:49:20 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 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 47 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 48 IIANM if I am not mistaken 49 IIRC if I recall correctly 50 IMCO in my considered opinion 51 IMHO in my humble opinion 52 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 53 IMO in my opinion 54 IOW in other words 55 IRL in real life 56 ISTM it seems to me 57 ISTR I seem to recall 58 ITYM I think you mean 59 JK just kidding 60 JMO just my opinion 61 JTLYK just to let you know 62 KISS keep it simple, stupid 63 KITA kick in the ass 64 KNF kernel normal form 65 L8R later 66 LMSO laughing my socks off 67 LOL laughing out loud 68 LTNS long time no see 69 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 70 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 71 MOTSS member of the same sex 72 MTF more to follow 73 MYOB mind your own business 74 NBD no big deal 75 NFC no fucking clue 76 NFI no fucking idea 77 NIH not invented here 78 NP no problem 79 NRFPT not ready for prime time 80 NRN no reply necessary 81 OIC oh, I see 82 OTL out to lunch 83 OTOH on the other hand 84 OTTOMH off the top of my head 85 PITA pain in the ass 86 PNG persona non grata 87 POC point of contact 88 POLA principle of least astonishment 89 PPL pretty please 90 QED quod erat demonstrandum 91 RFC request for comments 92 RL real life 93 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 94 RP responsible person 95 RSN real soon now 96 RTFB read the fine book 97 RTFM read the fine manual 98 RTFMP read the fine man page 99 RTFS read the fine source 100 SCNR sorry, could not resist 101 SEP someone else's problem 102 SFA sweet fuck all 103 SHID slaps head in disgust 104 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 105 SMOP simple matter of programming 106 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 107 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 108 SO significant other 109 SOL shit out [of] luck 110 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 111 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 112 TIA thanks in advance 113 TLA three letter acronym 114 TMI too much information 115 TTFN ta ta for now 116 TTYL talk to you later 117 TYVM thank you very much 118 UTSL use the source, Luke 119 VEG very evil grin 120 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 121 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 122 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 123 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 124 YKWIM you know what I mean 125 YMMV your mileage may vary 126
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