acronyms revision 1.76
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.76 2001/02/11 00:23:12 lukem 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 AWOL absent without leave 11 BBL [I'll] be back later 12 BBS be back soon 13 BBT be back tomorrow 14 BFD big fucking deal 15 BIAB back in a bit 16 BIAF back in a few 17 BIAS back in a second 18 BIAW back in a while 19 BOFH bastard operator from hell 20 BRB [I'll] be right back 21 BTDT been there, done that 22 BTTH butt to the head 23 BTW by the way 24 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 25 CNP continued [in my] next post 26 CYA see you around 27 DNDK don't know, don't care 28 DTRT do the right thing 29 DTWT do the wrong thing 30 DWIM do what I mean 31 EG evil grin 32 EMSG email message 33 ETLA extended three letter acronym 34 FAQ frequently asked question 35 FIIK fuck[ed] if I know 36 FOAD fall over and die 37 FSDO for some definition of 38 FSVO for some value of 39 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 40 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 41 FWIW for what it's worth 42 FYI for your information 43 G grin 44 GMTA great minds think alike 45 HAND have a nice day 46 HHIS hanging head in shame 47 HTH hope this helps 48 IANAL I am not a lawyer 49 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 50 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 51 IIANM if I am not mistaken 52 IIRC if I recall correctly 53 IMCO in my considered opinion 54 IMHO in my humble opinion 55 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 56 IMO in my opinion 57 IOW in other words 58 IRL in real life 59 ISTM it seems to me 60 ISTR I seem to recall 61 ITYM I think you mean 62 JIC just in case 63 JK just kidding 64 JMO just my opinion 65 JTLYK just to let you know 66 KISS keep it simple, stupid 67 KITA kick in the ass 68 KNF kernel normal form 69 L8R later 70 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 71 LJBF let's just be friends 72 LMSO laughing my socks off 73 LOL laughing out loud 74 LTNS long time no see 75 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 76 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 77 MOTSS member of the same sex 78 MTF more to follow 79 MYOB mind your own business 80 NBD no big deal 81 NFC no fucking clue 82 NFI no fucking idea 83 NFW no fucking way 84 NIH not invented here 85 NP no problem 86 NRFPT not ready for prime time 87 NRN no reply necessary 88 OIC oh, I see 89 OTL out to lunch 90 OTOH on the other hand 91 OTTOMH off the top of my head 92 PFY pimply faced youth 93 PITA pain in the ass 94 PNG persona non grata 95 POC point of contact 96 POLA principle of least astonishment 97 PPL pretty please 98 QED quod erat demonstrandum 99 RFC request for comments 100 RL real life 101 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 102 RP responsible person 103 RSN real soon now 104 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 105 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 106 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 107 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 108 SCNR sorry, could not resist 109 SEP someone else's problem 110 SFA sweet fuck all 111 SHID slaps head in disgust 112 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 113 SMOP simple matter of programming 114 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 115 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 116 SO significant other 117 SOL shit out [of] luck 118 SUS stupid user syndrome 119 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 120 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 121 TIA thanks in advance 122 TLA three letter acronym 123 TMI too much information 124 TTFN ta ta for now 125 TTYL talk to you later 126 TYVM thank you very much 127 UTSL use the source, Luke 128 VEG very evil grin 129 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 130 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 131 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 132 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 133 YKWIM you know what I mean 134 YMMV your mileage may vary 135
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