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Abbreviation
|
Meaning
|
| 0.02 | Your (or my) two cents worth. |
| 411 | Information. |
| <chuckle> | the speaker chuckles |
| <frown> | the speaker is frowning |
| Grin | the speaker is grinning |
| <smile> | the one writing the message issmiling |
| <smirk> | the one writing the message issmirking |
| <wink> | the one writing the message iswinking |
| JK | Just Kidding |
| ? | I have a question |
| ! | I have a comment |
| A-OLs | Administrators On-Line |
| AAMOF | As A Matter Of Fact |
| ADN | Any Day Now |
| AFAIC | As Far As I'm Concerned |
| AFAIK or FAIK | As Far As I Know |
| AFAIR | As Far As I Remember |
| AFJ | April Fools Joke |
| AFK | Away From the Keyboard |
| AISI | As I See It |
| ANFAWFOS | And Now For A Word From OurSponsor |
| ANFSCD | And Now For SomethingCompletely Different |
| AOL or AOHELL | America On-line (Dialup Service Provider) |
| AS | Another Subject |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| ASL | Age, sex, location |
| ATSL | Along The Same Line |
| ATB | All The Best |
| AWC | After While, Crocodile |
| AWGTHTGTTA | Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? |
| AWHFY | A Word To The Wise |
| AWOL | Absent without leave |
| AWTTW | Are We Having Fun Yet? |
| AYOR | At Your Own Risk |
| B4N | Bye For Now |
| BAK | Back At Keyboard |
| BBFN | Bye Bye For Now |
| BBIAB | Be Back In A Bit |
| BBIAF | Be Back In A Few |
| BBL | Be Back Later |
| BBR | Burnt Beyond Repair |
| BCNU | Be seein’ you |
| BEG | Big Evil Grin |
| BF | Boy Friend |
| BFN | Bye For Now |
| BIF | Before I Forget |
| BION | Believe it or not |
| BOT | Back On Topic |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| BRS | Big Red Switch. |
| BTA | But Then Again |
| BTAIM | Be That As It May |
| BTHOM | Beats The Hell Outta Me |
| BTOBD | Be There Or Be Dead |
| BTW | By The Way |
| BWL | Bursting With Laughter |
| BWQ | Buzz Word Quotient |
| BYE | Response to BYE? |
| BYE? | Are you ready to saygoodbye?" |
| BYKT | But You Knew That |
| BYOB | Bring Your Own Bottle |
| BYOM | Bring Your Own Mac |
| C&G | Chuckle and Grin |
| CADET | Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try |
| CID | Crying In Disgrace |
| CMIIW | Correct Me If I’m Wrong |
| CO | Conference or Company |
| CPP | C Plus Plus(Programming Language) |
| CRS | Can't Remember Sh** |
| CSG | Chuckle, Snicker, Grin |
| CU | See You |
| CU2 | See You, Too |
| CUL | See you later |
| CUL8R | See You Later |
| CULA | See You Later, Alligator |
| CWYL | Chat With You Later |
| CYA | See Ya or Cover Your Ass. |
| CYAL8R | See You All Later. |
| DIIK | Damned If I Know. |
| DIKU? | Do I Know You? |
| DILLIGAD | Do I Look Like I Give ADarnn?. |
| DIY | Do It Yourself |
| DK | Don’t Know |
| DLTBBB | Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite. |
| dotgov | A government official (from the .gov of government domain names) |
| DTRT | Do The Right Thing |
| DWIMC | Do What I Mean, Correctly |
| DWIMNWIS | Do What I Mean, Not What I Say |
| EG | or <eg> Evil Grin |
| ESAD | Eat Sh** And Die |
| ETLA | Extended Three Letter Acronym. |
| F2F | Face To Face |
| FCFS | First Come, First Served |
| FISH | First In, Still Here |
| FITB | Fill In The Blank |
| FOAD | F*** off and die |
| FOAF | Friend Of A Friend |
| FS | For Sale |
| FTASB | Faster Than A Speeding Bullet |
| F2F | Face to Face |
| FTF | Face To Face |
| FTL | Faster Than Light |
| FUBAR | Fouled Up Beyond All Repair |
| FUBB | Fouled Up Beyond Belief. |
| FUD | Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt |
| FURTB | Full Up Ready To Burst |
| FWIW | For What It's Worth |
| FYA | For Your Amusement |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| G | Grin, or Giggle |
| G2G | Got to Go |
| GA | Go Ahead |
| GAL | Get A Life |
| GD&R | Grinning, Ducking and Running |
| GD&RF | Grinning, Ducking and RunningFast |
| GD&WVF | Grinning, Ducking, and WalkingVery Fast |
| GDW | Grin, Duck and Weave |
| GF | Girl Friend. |
| GFN | Gone For Now. |
| GFR | Grim File Reaper |
| GIWIST | Gee, I Wish I’d Said That |
| GLGH | Good Luck and Good Hunting |
| GMTA | Great Minds Think Alike |
| GOWI | Get On With It |
| GR&D | Grinning, Running and Ducking |
| GTG | Got To Go |
| GTSY | Great To See You |
| H&K | Hugs and Kisses |
| HAK | Hugs And Kisses |
| HHIS | Hanging Head In Shame. |
| HHOJ | Ha Ha Only Joking |
| HHOK | Ha Ha Only Kidding |
| HHOS | Ha Ha Only Serious |
| HHTYAY | Happy Holidays to You and Yours. |
| HOYEW | Hanging On Your Every Word |
| HSIK | How Should I Know. |
| HTH | Hope That Helps! |
| IAC | In Any Case |
| IAE | In Any Event |
| IANAL | I Am Not A Lawyer (but) Adisclaimer which is usually followed by a legal opinion |
| IAW | In Accordance With |
| IBTD | I Beg To Differ |
| IC | I See |
| IDK | I Don't Know |
| IE | Microsoft Internet Explorer |
| IIABDFI | If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It. |
| IIRC | If I Remember Correctly |
| IIWM | If It Were Me |
| IJWTK | I Just Want To Know |
| IJWTS | I Just Want To Say |
| IKWUM | I Know What You Mean |
| IMA | I Might Add |
| IMAO | In My Arrogant Opinion |
| IMCO | In My Considered Opinion |
| IME | In My Experience |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
| IMNSHO | In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| IMO | In My Opinion |
| IMPOV | In My Point Of View |
| INPO | In No Particular Order |
| IOW | In Other Words |
| IRL | In Real Life |
| ISS | I’m So Sure |
| ISSYGTI | I’m So Sure You Get The Idea! |
| ISWYM | I See What You Mean |
| ITFA | In The Final Analysis |
| ITSFWI | If The Shoe Fits Wear It. |
| IWALU | I Will Always Love You |
| IWBNI | It Would Be Nice If |
| IYFEG | Insert Your Favorite EthnicGroup |
| IYSWIM | If You See What I Mean |
| JAM | Just A Minute |
| JAS | Just A Second |
| JFI | Just For Information |
| JIC | Just In Case |
| JMO | Just My Opinion |
| JTLYK | Just To Let You Know |
| k | Okay |
| KHYF | Know How You Feel |
| KIBO | Knowledge In, Bullshit Out |
| KISS | Keep It Simple, Stupid |
| KIT | Keep In Touch |
| KMA | Kiss My Ass |
| KWIM | Know What I Mean? |
| KYFC | Keep Your Fingers Crossed |
| L | Laugh |
| L8R | Later |
| LABATYD or LAB&TYD | Life's A Bitch And Then You Die |
| LJBF | Let’s Just Be Friends |
| LLTA | Lots and Lots of ThunderousApplause |
| LMAO | Laughing My Ass Off |
| LMHO | Laughing My Head Off |
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
| LSHMBA | Laughing So Hard My BellyAches |
| LSHMBH | Laughing So Hard My BellyHurts. |
| LTHTT | Laughing Too Hard To Type |
| LTNS | Long Time No See |
| LTNT | Long Time, No Type |
| LTS | Laughing to Self |
| LUWAMH | Love You With All My Heart. |
| LY | Love You |
| MEGO | My Eyes Glaze Over |
| MLA | Multiple Letter Acronym |
| MOF | Matter Of Fact |
| MOSS | Member Of Same Sex |
| MOTAS | Member Of The Appropriate Sex |
| MOTD | Message of the day |
| MOTOS | Member Of The Opposite Sex |
| MOTSS | Member Of The Same Sex |
| MTFBWY | May The Force Be With You |
| MYOB | Mind Your Own Business |
| NAVY | Never Again Voluneer Yourself. |
| NBD | No Big Deal |
| NFW | No Friggin' Way! |
| NHOH | Never Heard Of Him/Her |
| NIH | Not Invented Here |
| NIMBY | Not In My Back Yard. |
| NINO | Nothing In, Nothing Out or NoInput, No Output |
| NOYB | None Of Your Business |
| NP | No Problem |
| NQA | No Questions Asked |
| NTIM | Not That It Matters |
| NTIMM | Not That It Matters Much |
| NTW | Not To Worry |
| NTYMI | Now That You Mention It |
| O | Over (indicates the end of acommunication) |
| OATUS | On A Totally Unrelated Subject |
| OAUS | On An Unrelated Subject |
| OB | Obligatory |
| OBO | Or Best Offer |
| OBTW | Oh, By The Way |
| OIC | Oh, I See |
| OMG | Oh My God |
| ONNA | Oh No, Not Again |
| ONNTA | Oh No, Not This Again |
| OO | Over and Out (end of communication) |
| OOTC | Obligatory On-Topic Comment |
| OTF | On the Floor (laughing) |
| OTFL | On the Floor Laughing |
| OTL | Out To Lunch |
| OTOH | On The Other Hand |
| OTOOH | On The Other Other Hand |
| OTT | Over The Top |
| OTTH | On The Third Hand |
| OTTOMH | Off The Top Of My Head |
| OVIM | Oy Ve Its Monday |
| OWTTE | Or Words To That Effect |
| PABG | Packing a Big Gun |
| PIBKAC | Problem is between keyboard and chair |
| PCMCIA | People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms |
| PD | Public Domain |
| PDS | Please Don't Shout. (typingall in capital letters is rude) |
| PITA | Pain In The Ass |
| PLOKTA | Press Lots Of Keys To Abort |
| PMBI | Pardon My Butting In |
| PMF | Pardon My French or Pure Freaking Magic. |
| PMFBI | Pardon Me For Butting In |
| PMFJI | Pardon Me For Jumping In |
| PMIGBOM | Put Mind In Gear, Before Opening Mouth |
| PMJI | Pardon My Jumping In |
| PNCAH | Please, No Cursing Allowed Here |
| POSSLQ | Person Of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters |
| ppl | People |
| PTMM | Please Tell Me More |
| R | U THERE? Are you there? |
| RAEBNC | Read And Enjoyed, But NoComment |
| re | Hello again or In Regard To |
| rehi | Hi again |
| RHIP | Rank Has Its Privileges |
| RL | Real Life |
| RLCO | Real Life Conference |
| ROFL | Rolling On Floor Laughing |
| ROFLAS | Rolling On Floor Laughing And Screaming |
| ROFLMAO | Roll On Floor Laughing My Ass Off |
| ROTF | Rolling On The Floor |
| ROTFL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| ROTFLMAOTID | Rolling On The Floor LaughingMy Ass Off Till I Die |
| ROTFLOL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud |
| ROTFLOLAPMP | Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud And Peeing My Pants |
| ROTFLTIC | Rolling On The Floor Laughing Till I Cry |
| RRQ | Return Receipt Request |
| RSN | Real Soon Now |
| RSVP | Respondez S'il Vous Plait - please reply |
| RTBM | Read The Bloody Manual |
| RTFAQ | Read The Frequently Asked Questions |
| RTFF | Read The Freaking FAQ |
| RTFM | Read The F------ Manual |
| RTM | Read The Manual |
| RTSM | Read The Silly Manual |
| RTWFQ | Read The Whole Friggin'Question |
| RYFM | Read Your Friendly Manual |
| RYS | Read Your Screen |
| S | Smile |
| SAPFU | Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups |
| SCNR | Sorry, Could Not Resist |
| SEC | Wait a second |
| SETE | Smiling Ear To Ear |
| SFLA | Stupid Four Letter Acronym |
| SICS | Sitting In Chair Snickering |
| SLM | See Last Mail |
| SMOP | Small Matter of Programming |
| SNAFU | Situation Normal: All Fouled Up |
| SO | Significant Other |
| SOL | SH** Out Of Luck |
| SOS | Same Old Stuff or Help! |
| SOW | Speaking Of Which |
| SUFID | Screwing Up Face In Disgust. |
| SWIM | See What I Mean? |
| SWL | Screaming With Laughter |
| SYS | See You Soon. |
| TAF | That's All, Folks! |
| TAFN | That’s All For Now |
| TANJ | There Ain’t No Justice |
| TANSTAAFL | There Ain’t No Such Thing As AFree Lunch |
| TARFU | Things Are Really Fouled Up |
| TBYB | Try Before You Buy |
| TBA | To Be Announced |
| TDM | Too Darn Many |
| TFS | Three Finger Salute(Ctl-Alt-Del). |
| TFTHAOT | Thanks For The Help Ahead OfTime |
| TFTT | Thanks For The Thought |
| TGAL | Think Globally, Act Locally |
| TGIF | Thank God Its Friday |
| THX | Thanks |
| TIA | Thanks In Advance |
| TIC | Tongue In Cheek |
| TINWIS | That Is Not What I Said |
| TLD | Top Level Domain (examples: .com, .net, .ca |
| TNSTAAFL | There's No Such Thing As AFree Lunch |
| TNTL | Trying Not To Laugh |
| TNX or THANX | Thanks |
| TNXE6 | Thanks A Million |
| TOBAL | There Oughta Be A Law. |
| TOBG | This Oughta Be Good. |
| TOY | Thinking Of You. |
| TPTB | The Powers That Be |
| TRDMC | Tears Running Down My Cheeks. |
| TSR | Totally Stupid Rules. |
| TTBOMK | To The Best Of My Knowledge |
| TTFN | Ta Ta For Now |
| TTKSF | Trying To Keep a Straight Face |
| TTUL | Talk To You Later |
| TTYAWFN | Talk To You A While From Now. |
| TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| TTYT | Talk To You Tomorrow. |
| TYCLO | Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off (StopShouting) |
| TYVM | Thank You Very Much |
| UOK | Are You OK? |
| WAEF | When All Else Fails |
| WB | Welcome Back |
| WDYMBT | What Do You Mean By That?. |
| WDYT | What Do You Think? |
| WE | Whatever |
| WIBAMU | Well, I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle |
| WIBNI | Wouldn’t It Be Nice If |
| WMMOWS | Wash My Mouth Out With Soap |
| WNOHGB | Where No One Has Gone Before |
| WOA | Work Of Art |
| WOTAM | Waste Of Time And Money |
| WRT | With Regard To, or WithRespect To |
| WT | Without Thinking |
| WTB | Want To Buy |
| WTF | What The F***? |
| WTG | Way To Go! |
| WTGP | Want To Go Private? |
| WTH | What the hell? |
| WTTM | Without Thinking Too Much. |
| WYGISWYPF | What You Get Is What You PayFor |
| XOXOXO | Kisses and hugs |
| YABA | Yet Another Bloody Acronym |
| YAOTM | Yet Another Off-Topic Message |
| YAUN | Yet Another Unix Nerd |
| YGLT | You're Gonna Love This |
| YGTI | You Get The Idea? |
| YGWYPF | You Get What You Pay For |
| YIU | Yes, I Understand |
| YIWGP | Yes, I Will Go Private |
| YKYARW | You Know You're A Redneck When |
| YMMV | Your Mileage May Vary (or yourexperience could be different) |