acronyms revision 1.72
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.72 2000/12/08 15:17:23 briggs 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 BOFH bastard operator from hell 19 BRB [I'll] be right back 20 BTDT been there, done that 21 BTTH butt to the head 22 BTW by the way 23 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 24 CNP continued [in my] next post 25 CYA see you around 26 DNDK don't know, don't care 27 DTRT do the right thing 28 DTWT do the wrong thing 29 DWIM do what I mean 30 EG evil grin 31 EMSG email message 32 ETLA extended three letter acronym 33 FAQ frequently asked question 34 FIIK fuck[ed] if I know 35 FOAD fall over and die 36 FSDO for some definition of 37 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 38 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 39 FWIW for what it's worth 40 FYI for your information 41 G grin 42 GMTA great minds think alike 43 HAND have a nice day 44 HHIS hanging head in shame 45 HTH hope this helps 46 IANAL I am not a lawyer 47 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 48 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 49 IIANM if I am not mistaken 50 IIRC if I recall correctly 51 IMCO in my considered opinion 52 IMHO in my humble opinion 53 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 54 IMO in my opinion 55 IOW in other words 56 IRL in real life 57 ISTM it seems to me 58 ISTR I seem to recall 59 ITYM I think you mean 60 JIC just in case 61 JK just kidding 62 JMO just my opinion 63 JTLYK just to let you know 64 KISS keep it simple, stupid 65 KITA kick in the ass 66 KNF kernel normal form 67 L8R later 68 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 69 LMSO laughing my socks off 70 LOL laughing out loud 71 LTNS long time no see 72 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 73 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 74 MOTSS member of the same sex 75 MTF more to follow 76 MYOB mind your own business 77 NBD no big deal 78 NFC no fucking clue 79 NFI no fucking idea 80 NFW no fucking way 81 NIH not invented here 82 NP no problem 83 NRFPT not ready for prime time 84 NRN no reply necessary 85 OIC oh, I see 86 OTL out to lunch 87 OTOH on the other hand 88 OTTOMH off the top of my head 89 PITA pain in the ass 90 PNG persona non grata 91 POC point of contact 92 POLA principle of least astonishment 93 PPL pretty please 94 QED quod erat demonstrandum 95 RFC request for comments 96 RL real life 97 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 98 RP responsible person 99 RSN real soon now 100 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 101 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 102 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 103 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 104 SCNR sorry, could not resist 105 SEP someone else's problem 106 SFA sweet fuck all 107 SHID slaps head in disgust 108 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 109 SMOP simple matter of programming 110 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 111 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 112 SO significant other 113 SOL shit out [of] luck 114 SUS stupid user syndrome 115 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 116 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 117 TIA thanks in advance 118 TLA three letter acronym 119 TMI too much information 120 TTFN ta ta for now 121 TTYL talk to you later 122 TYVM thank you very much 123 UTSL use the source, Luke 124 VEG very evil grin 125 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 126 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 127 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 128 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 129 YKWIM you know what I mean 130 YMMV your mileage may vary 131
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