List of Acronyms

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Captain Ron

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this has probly been posted before. The gaps are the not so clean ones that I removed. :zahn:

AFAIC As far as I'm concerned
AFAIK As Far As I Know

AFK Away From Keyboard
AKA Also Known As
ASAP As Soon As Possible
BAK Back At Keyboard
BBL Be Back Later
B/C Because

BFN Bye For Now
BFO Blinding Flash of the Obvious
BO Buffer (Brain) Overload

BRB Be Right Back
BTSOOM beats the stuffing out of me
BTW By The Way
CU See You
CUL8R See You Later
CYA Cover Your Arse
DITYID Did I Tell You I'm Distressed?
EFLA Extended Four Letter Acronym!
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FC F fingers Crossed
FCFS First Come First Served

FMV Full Motion Video

FUCT Failed Under Continuous Testing
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GTRM Going To Read Mail
GR&D Grinning, Running, & Ducking
HSIK How Should I Know
HTH Happy To Help
HTH Hope This Helps
IAE In Any Event
IANA... I am not a ...
IBK Idiot Behind Keyboard
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IITYWTMWYBMAD If I Tell You What This Means Will You Buy Me A Drink?
ILF I'll Look Forward
IMCO In My Considered Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
INAL I'm Not A Lawyer
IOW In Other Words
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IRL In Real Life
IYKWIM If You Know What I mean
JFYI Just For Your Information
J/K Just Kidding
L8R Later
LMAO Laughing My Arse Off
LMKOAP Let Me Know Of Any Problems
LOL Laugh(ing) Out Loud
LOEL Laugh(ing) Out Extremely Loud

MMP More Money, Please
ML Mailing List
NBD No Big Deal

NOYB None Of Your Business
NRN No Reply Necessary
OIC Oh, I See!
OOH Out Of Hand
OOTB Out Of The Box
OTL Out To Lunch
OTOH On The Other Hand
PITA Pain In The Arse
PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMJI Pardon My Jumping In
POV Point Of View
PSX Sony Playstation
PTB Powers That Be

ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLWMP Rolling on the Floor Wetting My Pants
ROTF Rolling On The Floor
ROTFL Rolling On the Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Arse Off
ROTFLOL Rolled on the Floor Laughing Out Loud
RSN Real Soon Now

RTM Read The Manual (or Message)
SEP Someone Else's Problem
SGI She'd Get it!
SITD Still In The Dark
SLAP Sounds Like A Plan

SOL Smiling Out Loud
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBH To Be Honest
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TLA Three-Letter Acronyms
TLTBT Too Ludicrous To Be True!
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTYL Talk To You Later
Txs Thanks or Texas
VPL Visible Pantie Line
WGFF? Who Gives A Flying Flood?
WIC Where I'm Concerned
WIMP Washed-up Information Media Phobe
WOA Work Of Art
WOB Waste of Bandwidth
WRT with respect to

WTH What The Heck (Hell)
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YAM Yet Another Meeting
YCHT You can have them
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary


Here's a selection sent in by readers. If you've one to add........


733t (or) 1337 meaning "elite" or "leet"
AFAIR As Far As I Remember



BIBI Bye Bye

BMW Break My Windows
BMW Backwards Wanted Mercedes Benz
BOC But Of Course
BWTHDIK But what the heck do I know?

CYA Call Your Attorney
CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

DIY do it yourself
DUBYE Do You Believe Your Eyes
EM Email Me
EMACS Eighteen Megabytes And Continously Swapping
Escape Meta Alt Control Shift

FLW Famous Last Words



GICOD Good Idea Cut Off Date

GTCTTWW Good things come to those who wait
GTH Go To Hell
IAK Idiot At Keyboard, as in "It was an IAK error"
IAWYS I Agree With Your Second
ID--10--T User Error ID10T


INMPIY It's No My Problem It's Yours
IROC Italian Retard Out Cruising
IYD In Your Dreams

JMO Just My Opinion
KISS Keep it simple stupid

LTNS Long Time No See
MAZDA Mad Assed Zimbabwian Driver Aboard


NAN Not Another Newbie
NE1 anyone

NMP Not My Problem
NM Never mind
NP No Problem
OMG h My God
OTF Out There Flappin'
OTP Off Topic Post
OOC Out of controle
PEBKAC Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
PFM Pure @#$%^&# Magic

PEBKAC Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
PPPPPPP Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
RHPAW Road Hard And Put Away Wet


SYSTT SEE YOU SAME TIME TOMORROW

THX Thanks
TGIF Thank God Its Friday
TMTOWTDI There's More Than One Way To Do It (pronounced "tim-toady")
TY Thank you
UHSE User Head Space Error

WB Welcome back

YW You're welcome

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