acronyms revision 1.79
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.79 2001/03/01 22:35:52 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 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 11 AWOL absent without official leave 12 BBL [I'll] be back later 13 BBS be back soon 14 BBT be back tomorrow 15 BFD big fucking deal 16 BIAB back in a bit 17 BIAF back in a few 18 BIAS back in a second 19 BIAW back in a while 20 BOFH bastard operator from hell 21 BRB [I'll] be right back 22 BTDT been there, done that 23 BTTH butt to the head 24 BTW by the way 25 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 26 CNP continued [in my] next post 27 CYA see you around 28 DNDK don't know, don't care 29 DTRT do the right thing 30 DTWT do the wrong thing 31 DWIM do what I mean 32 EG evil grin 33 EMSG email message 34 ETLA extended three letter acronym 35 FAQ frequently asked question 36 FIIK fuck[ed] if I know 37 FOAD fall over and die 38 FSDO for some definition of 39 FSVO for some value of 40 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 41 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 42 FWIW for what it's worth 43 FYI for your information 44 G grin 45 GMTA great minds think alike 46 HAND have a nice day 47 HHIS hanging head in shame 48 HTH hope this helps 49 IANAL I am not a lawyer 50 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 51 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 52 IIANM if I am not mistaken 53 IIRC if I recall correctly 54 IMCO in my considered opinion 55 IMHO in my humble opinion 56 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 57 IMO in my opinion 58 IOW in other words 59 IRL in real life 60 ISTM it seems to me 61 ISTR I seem to recall 62 ITYM I think you mean 63 JIC just in case 64 JK just kidding 65 JMO just my opinion 66 JTLYK just to let you know 67 KISS keep it simple, stupid 68 KITA kick in the ass 69 KNF kernel normal form 70 L8R later 71 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 72 LJBF let's just be friends 73 LMSO laughing my socks off 74 LOL laughing out loud 75 LTNS long time no see 76 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 77 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 78 MOTSS member of the same sex 79 MTF more to follow 80 MYOB mind your own business 81 NBD no big deal 82 NFC no fucking clue 83 NFI no fucking idea 84 NFW no fucking way 85 NIH not invented here 86 NP no problem 87 NRFPT not ready for prime time 88 NRN no reply necessary 89 OIC oh, I see 90 OTL out to lunch 91 OTOH on the other hand 92 OTTOMH off the top of my head 93 PFY pimply faced youth 94 PITA pain in the ass 95 PNG persona non grata 96 POC point of contact 97 POLA principle of least astonishment 98 PPL pretty please 99 QED quod erat demonstrandum 100 RFC request for comments 101 RL real life 102 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 103 RP responsible person 104 RSN real soon now 105 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 106 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 107 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 108 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 109 SCNR sorry, could not resist 110 SEP someone else's problem 111 SFA sweet fuck all 112 SHID slaps head in disgust 113 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 114 SMOP simple matter of programming 115 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 116 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 117 SO significant other 118 SOL shit out [of] luck 119 SUS stupid user syndrome 120 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 121 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 122 TIA thanks in advance 123 TLA three letter acronym 124 TMI too much information 125 TTFN ta ta for now 126 TTYL talk to you later 127 TYVM thank you very much 128 UTSL use the source, Luke 129 VEG very evil grin 130 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 131 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 132 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 133 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 134 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 135 YKWIM you know what I mean 136 YMMV your mileage may vary 137
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