acronyms revision 1.74
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.74 2000/12/29 19:42:08 mellon 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 FSVO for some value of 38 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 39 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 40 FWIW for what it's worth 41 FYI for your information 42 G grin 43 GMTA great minds think alike 44 HAND have a nice day 45 HHIS hanging head in shame 46 HTH hope this helps 47 IANAL I am not a lawyer 48 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 49 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 50 IIANM if I am not mistaken 51 IIRC if I recall correctly 52 IMCO in my considered opinion 53 IMHO in my humble opinion 54 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 55 IMO in my opinion 56 IOW in other words 57 IRL in real life 58 ISTM it seems to me 59 ISTR I seem to recall 60 ITYM I think you mean 61 JIC just in case 62 JK just kidding 63 JMO just my opinion 64 JTLYK just to let you know 65 KISS keep it simple, stupid 66 KITA kick in the ass 67 KNF kernel normal form 68 L8R later 69 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 70 LMSO laughing my socks off 71 LOL laughing out loud 72 LTNS long time no see 73 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 74 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 75 MOTSS member of the same sex 76 MTF more to follow 77 MYOB mind your own business 78 NBD no big deal 79 NFC no fucking clue 80 NFI no fucking idea 81 NFW no fucking way 82 NIH not invented here 83 NP no problem 84 NRFPT not ready for prime time 85 NRN no reply necessary 86 OIC oh, I see 87 OTL out to lunch 88 OTOH on the other hand 89 OTTOMH off the top of my head 90 PFY pimply faced youth 91 PITA pain in the ass 92 PNG persona non grata 93 POC point of contact 94 POLA principle of least astonishment 95 PPL pretty please 96 QED quod erat demonstrandum 97 RFC request for comments 98 RL real life 99 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 100 RP responsible person 101 RSN real soon now 102 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 103 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 104 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 105 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 106 SCNR sorry, could not resist 107 SEP someone else's problem 108 SFA sweet fuck all 109 SHID slaps head in disgust 110 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 111 SMOP simple matter of programming 112 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 113 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 114 SO significant other 115 SOL shit out [of] luck 116 SUS stupid user syndrome 117 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 118 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 119 TIA thanks in advance 120 TLA three letter acronym 121 TMI too much information 122 TTFN ta ta for now 123 TTYL talk to you later 124 TYVM thank you very much 125 UTSL use the source, Luke 126 VEG very evil grin 127 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 128 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 129 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 130 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 131 YKWIM you know what I mean 132 YMMV your mileage may vary 133
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