acronyms revision 1.75
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.75 2000/12/31 13:39:02 ad 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 LJBF let's just be friends 71 LMSO laughing my socks off 72 LOL laughing out loud 73 LTNS long time no see 74 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 75 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 76 MOTSS member of the same sex 77 MTF more to follow 78 MYOB mind your own business 79 NBD no big deal 80 NFC no fucking clue 81 NFI no fucking idea 82 NFW no fucking way 83 NIH not invented here 84 NP no problem 85 NRFPT not ready for prime time 86 NRN no reply necessary 87 OIC oh, I see 88 OTL out to lunch 89 OTOH on the other hand 90 OTTOMH off the top of my head 91 PFY pimply faced youth 92 PITA pain in the ass 93 PNG persona non grata 94 POC point of contact 95 POLA principle of least astonishment 96 PPL pretty please 97 QED quod erat demonstrandum 98 RFC request for comments 99 RL real life 100 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 101 RP responsible person 102 RSN real soon now 103 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 104 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 105 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 106 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 107 SCNR sorry, could not resist 108 SEP someone else's problem 109 SFA sweet fuck all 110 SHID slaps head in disgust 111 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 112 SMOP simple matter of programming 113 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 114 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 115 SO significant other 116 SOL shit out [of] luck 117 SUS stupid user syndrome 118 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 119 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 120 TIA thanks in advance 121 TLA three letter acronym 122 TMI too much information 123 TTFN ta ta for now 124 TTYL talk to you later 125 TYVM thank you very much 126 UTSL use the source, Luke 127 VEG very evil grin 128 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 129 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 130 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 131 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 132 YKWIM you know what I mean 133 YMMV your mileage may vary 134
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