acronyms revision 1.71
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.71 2000/12/01 02:33:32 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 NFW no fucking way 79 NIH not invented here 80 NP no problem 81 NRFPT not ready for prime time 82 NRN no reply necessary 83 OIC oh, I see 84 OTL out to lunch 85 OTOH on the other hand 86 OTTOMH off the top of my head 87 PITA pain in the ass 88 PNG persona non grata 89 POC point of contact 90 POLA principle of least astonishment 91 PPL pretty please 92 QED quod erat demonstrandum 93 RFC request for comments 94 RL real life 95 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 96 RP responsible person 97 RSN real soon now 98 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 99 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 100 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 101 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 102 SCNR sorry, could not resist 103 SEP someone else's problem 104 SFA sweet fuck all 105 SHID slaps head in disgust 106 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 107 SMOP simple matter of programming 108 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 109 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 110 SO significant other 111 SOL shit out [of] luck 112 SUS stupid user syndrome 113 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 114 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 115 TIA thanks in advance 116 TLA three letter acronym 117 TMI too much information 118 TTFN ta ta for now 119 TTYL talk to you later 120 TYVM thank you very much 121 UTSL use the source, Luke 122 VEG very evil grin 123 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 124 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 125 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 126 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 127 YKWIM you know what I mean 128 YMMV your mileage may vary 129
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