acronyms revision 1.99
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.99 2001/12/03 05:38:10 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 AFD away from desktop 8 AFK away from keyboard 9 AFW away from window 10 AIUI as I understand it 11 AKA also known as 12 ASAP as soon as possible 13 AWOL absent without official leave 14 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 15 BBL [I'll] be back later 16 BBS be back soon 17 BBT be back tomorrow 18 BFD big fucking deal 19 BIAB back in a bit 20 BIAF back in a few 21 BIALW back in a little while 22 BIAS back in a second 23 BIAW back in a while 24 BOFH bastard operator from hell 25 BOHICA bend over here it comes again 26 BRB [I'll] be right back 27 BTDT been there, done that 28 BTTH boot to the head 29 BTW by the way 30 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 31 CNP continued [in my] next post 32 CYA see you around 33 DNDK don't know, don't care 34 DSTM Don't shoot the messenger 35 DTRT do the right thing 36 DTWT do the wrong thing 37 DWIM do what I mean 38 EG evil grin 39 EMSG email message 40 ETLA extended three letter acronym 41 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 42 FAQ frequently asked question 43 FIIK fuck[ed] if I know 44 FIIR fuck[ed] if I remember 45 FOAD fall over and die 46 FSDO for some definition of 47 FSVO for some value of 48 FTFM fuck the fuckin' manual! 49 FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition 50 FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt 51 FWIW for what it's worth 52 FYI for your information 53 G grin 54 GMTA great minds think alike 55 GTFO get the fuck out 56 HAND have a nice day 57 HHIS hanging head in shame 58 HTH hope this helps 59 IANAL I am not a lawyer 60 IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue 61 IHNFC I have no fucking clue 62 IIANM if I am not mistaken 63 IIRC if I recall correctly 64 IMCO in my considered opinion 65 IMHO in my humble opinion 66 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 67 IMO in my opinion 68 IOW in other words 69 IRL in real life 70 ISTM it seems to me 71 ISTR I seem to recall 72 ITYM I think you mean 73 IYSS If you say so 74 JIC just in case 75 JK just kidding 76 JMO just my opinion 77 JTLYK just to let you know 78 KISS keep it simple, stupid 79 KITA kick in the ass 80 KNF kernel normal form 81 L8R later 82 LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) 83 LJBF let's just be friends 84 LMSO laughing my socks off 85 LOL laughing out loud 86 LTNS long time no see 87 MMU memory management unit 88 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 89 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 90 MOTSS member of the same sex 91 MTF more to follow 92 MYOB mind your own business 93 NBD no big deal 94 NFC no fucking clue 95 NFI no fucking idea 96 NFW no fucking way 97 NIH not invented here 98 NP no problem 99 NRFPT not ready for prime time 100 NRN no reply necessary 101 OIC oh, I see 102 OTL out to lunch 103 OTOH on the other hand 104 OTTOMH off the top of my head 105 PFO please fuck off 106 PFY pimply faced youth 107 PITA pain in the ass 108 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 109 PNG persona non grata 110 POC point of contact 111 POLA principle of least astonishment 112 POS piece of shit 113 PPL pretty please 114 PTV parental tunnel vision 115 QED quod erat demonstrandum 116 RFC request for comments 117 RL real life 118 RLC rod length check 119 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 120 RP responsible person 121 RSN real soon now 122 RTFB read the fine/fucking book 123 RTFM read the fine/fucking manual 124 RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page 125 RTFS read the fine/fucking source 126 SCNR sorry, could not resist 127 SEP someone else's problem 128 SFA sweet fuck all 129 SHID slaps head in disgust 130 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 131 SMOP simple matter of programming 132 SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up 133 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 134 SO significant other 135 SOB son of [a] bitch 136 SOL shit out [of] luck 137 SSIA subject says it all 138 SUS stupid user syndrome 139 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 140 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 141 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 142 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 143 TIA thanks in advance 144 TLA three letter acronym 145 TLB translation lookaside buffer 146 TMA too many abbreviations 147 TMI too much information 148 TTFN ta ta for now 149 TTYL talk to you later 150 TYVM thank you very much 151 UTSL use the source, Luke 152 VEG very evil grin 153 WAG wild-ass guess 154 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 155 WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money 156 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 157 WRT with respect to 158 WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck 159 WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell 160 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get 161 YKWIM you know what I mean 162 YMA yo momma's ass 163 YMMV your mileage may vary 164
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