acronyms revision 1.70
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.70 2000/11/18 18:13:38 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[ed] 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 JIC just in case 60 JK just kidding 61 JMO just my opinion 62 JTLYK just to let you know 63 KISS keep it simple, stupid 64 KITA kick in the ass 65 KNF kernel normal form 66 L8R later 67 LMSO laughing my socks off 68 LOL laughing out loud 69 LTNS long time no see 70 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 71 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 72 MOTSS member of the same sex 73 MTF more to follow 74 MYOB mind your own business 75 NBD no big deal 76 NFC no fucking clue 77 NFI no fucking idea 78 NIH not invented here 79 NP no problem 80 NRFPT not ready for prime time 81 NRN no reply necessary 82 OIC oh, I see 83 OTL out to lunch 84 OTOH on the other hand 85 OTTOMH off the top of my head 86 PITA pain in the ass 87 PNG persona non grata 88 POC point of contact 89 POLA principle of least astonishment 90 PPL pretty please 91 QED quod erat demonstrandum 92 RFC request for comments 93 RL real life 94 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 95 RP responsible person 96 RSN real soon now 97 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 98 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 99 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 100 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 101 SCNR sorry, could not resist 102 SEP someone else's problem 103 SFA sweet fuck all 104 SHID slaps head in disgust 105 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 106 SMOP simple matter of programming 107 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 108 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 109 SO significant other 110 SOL shit out [of] luck 111 SUS stupid user syndrome 112 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 113 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 114 TIA thanks in advance 115 TLA three letter acronym 116 TMI too much information 117 TTFN ta ta for now 118 TTYL talk to you later 119 TYVM thank you very much 120 UTSL use the source, Luke 121 VEG very evil grin 122 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 123 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 124 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 125 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 126 YKWIM you know what I mean 127 YMMV your mileage may vary 128
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