acronyms revision 1.81
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.81 2001/03/07 00:06:19 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 official leave 11 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 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 BIALW back in a little while 19 BIAS back in a second 20 BIAW back in a while 21 BOFH bastard operator from hell 22 BRB [I'll] be right back 23 BTDT been there, done that 24 BTTH butt to the head 25 BTW by the way 26 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 27 CNP continued [in my] next post 28 CYA see you around 29 DNDK don't know, don't care 30 DTRT do the right thing 31 DTWT do the wrong thing 32 DWIM do what I mean 33 EG evil grin 34 EMSG email message 35 ETLA extended three letter acronym 36 FAQ frequently asked question 37 FIIK fuck[ed] if I know 38 FOAD fall over and die 39 FSDO for some definition of 40 FSVO for some value of 41 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 42 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 43 FWIW for what it's worth 44 FYI for your information 45 G grin 46 GMTA great minds think alike 47 HAND have a nice day 48 HHIS hanging head in shame 49 HTH hope this helps 50 IANAL I am not a lawyer 51 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 52 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 53 IIANM if I am not mistaken 54 IIRC if I recall correctly 55 IMCO in my considered opinion 56 IMHO in my humble opinion 57 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 58 IMO in my opinion 59 IOW in other words 60 IRL in real life 61 ISTM it seems to me 62 ISTR I seem to recall 63 ITYM I think you mean 64 JIC just in case 65 JK just kidding 66 JMO just my opinion 67 JTLYK just to let you know 68 KISS keep it simple, stupid 69 KITA kick in the ass 70 KNF kernel normal form 71 L8R later 72 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 73 LJBF let's just be friends 74 LMSO laughing my socks off 75 LOL laughing out loud 76 LTNS long time no see 77 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 78 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 79 MOTSS member of the same sex 80 MTF more to follow 81 MYOB mind your own business 82 NBD no big deal 83 NFC no fucking clue 84 NFI no fucking idea 85 NFW no fucking way 86 NIH not invented here 87 NP no problem 88 NRFPT not ready for prime time 89 NRN no reply necessary 90 OIC oh, I see 91 OTL out to lunch 92 OTOH on the other hand 93 OTTOMH off the top of my head 94 PFY pimply faced youth 95 PITA pain in the ass 96 PNG persona non grata 97 POC point of contact 98 POLA principle of least astonishment 99 PPL pretty please 100 QED quod erat demonstrandum 101 RFC request for comments 102 RL real life 103 RLC rod length check 104 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 105 RP responsible person 106 RSN real soon now 107 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 108 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 109 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 110 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 111 SCNR sorry, could not resist 112 SEP someone else's problem 113 SFA sweet fuck all 114 SHID slaps head in disgust 115 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 116 SMOP simple matter of programming 117 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 118 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 119 SO significant other 120 SOL shit out [of] luck 121 SUS stupid user syndrome 122 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 123 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 124 TIA thanks in advance 125 TLA three letter acronym 126 TMI too much information 127 TTFN ta ta for now 128 TTYL talk to you later 129 TYVM thank you very much 130 UTSL use the source, Luke 131 VEG very evil grin 132 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 133 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 134 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 135 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 136 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 137 YKWIM you know what I mean 138 YMMV your mileage may vary 139
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