Acronym List
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A
AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact
ADN Any Day Now
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
AFU All Fucked Up
AKA Also Known As
AMF Adios, MotherFucker!
ASAP As Soon As Possible
AOL Army Of Lamers
ATM At The Moment
AWGTHTGTTA? Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?
B
B4N Bye for Now
BAC By Any Chance
BAK Back At Keyboard
BAMF Bad Assed Mother Fucker
BBFN Bye Bye For Now
BBR Burnt Beyond Repair
BFN Bye For Now
BBL Be Back Later
BCNU Be Seeing You
BFH Big Fucking Hammer
BFN Bye For Now
BIOYA Blow It Out Your Ass
BIOYIOP Blow It Out Your I/O Port
BOT Back On Topic
BRB Be Right Back
BTA But Then Again (in response to IOW)
BTDTGTS Been There, Done That, Got the T-Shirt
BTW By The Way
BYKT But You Know That
C
C4N Ciao for Now
CFD Call For Discussion
CFV Call For Vote
CMIIW Correct Me If I'm Wrong
CRAFT Can't Remember A Fucking Thing
CU see you
CUL(8R) see you later
CYA see ya (also: Cover Your Ass)
D
D-C Don't Care
DAMIFINO Damn If I know
DARFC Ducking And Running For Cover
DFL Dead Fucking Last
DH Dear Husband (also Dear Hubby, Duh Hubby and of course Dick Head)
DIIK Damned If I Know
DILLIGAF? Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck? Does It Look Like I Give A Fuck?
DIY Do It Yourself
DOM Dirty Old Man
DTRT Do The Right Thing
DWIM(C) Do What I Mean (, Correctly)
DYJHIW Don't You Just Hate It When...
DYK Do You Know
DYT Do You Think
E
EFN (E4N) Enough For Now
eg Evil Grin
EOD End Of Discussion
EOF End Of File
EOL End Of Lecture
EOT End Of Transmission / End Of Thread (i.e., don't reply to this message)
ESAD (ES&D) Eat Shit and Die
ESADMF Eat Shit and Die Mother Fucker
ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym
F
F2F (FTF) Face-To-Face (as IRL) / Flesh To Flesh
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FETLA Further Extended Three Letter Acronym (ie it has five letters.)
FOAD Fuck Off And Die
FISH First In, Still Here
FITB Fill In The Blank_________
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FOOBAR Variant of FUBAR (q.v.)
FOS Freedom Of Speech. Also Full Of Shit
FRED Fucking Ridiculous Electronic Device
FTTT From Time To Time
FU Fucked Up
FUBAB Fucked Up Beyond All Belief
FUBAR Fucked Up Beyond All Reason/Recognition/Repair
FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
FURTB Full Up Ready To Burst (about hard disk drives!)
FWIW For What It's Worth
FY&TSYRIO Fuck You And The Sysop You Rode In On
FYA For Your Amusement
FYDITM Fuck You Directly In The Mouth
FYI For Your Information
G
G Grin (as in <g>)
GA Go Ahead
GAFIA Get Away From It All
GAL Get A Life
gbh Great Back Hug
gbh&k Great Back Hug & Kiss
gd&r Grinning, Ducking And Running
gd&rf Grinning, Ducking And Running FAST!
gd&rvvf Grinning, Ducking And Running VERY VERY FAST!
gd&w Grinning, Ducking And Weaving
GFC Going For Coffee
GH Getting Hard (q.v. GW)
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GOK God Only Knows
gr&d Grinning, Running & Ducking
GRMBL grumble
GTG Got To Go
GW Getting Wet (q.v. GH)
H
h Hug
HAND Have A Nice Day
hb Hug Back
hh Holding Hands
HHOJ Ha Ha Only Joking
HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding
HHOS Ha Ha Only Serious
HIWTH Hate It When That Happens
HMOFG (HMFG) Holy Mother Of Fucking God.
HTH Hope This Helps
I
IAC In Any Case
IAE In Any Event
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
IAP It's A Possibility
IC I See
ICBW I Could Be Wrong
IDGI I don't get it
IDK I don't know
IDM2M it doesn't matter to me
IDTT I'll Drink To That!
IHTFP I have truly found paradise / I hate this f'n place
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IITYWIMIWHTKY If I tell you what it means, I will have to kill you
IITYWIMWYBMAD If I tell you what it means, will you buy me a drink?
ILY I Love You
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMCO In My Considered Opinion
IME In My Experience
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMnerHO In My Not Even Remotely Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IMOBO In My Own Biased Opinion
IMPE In My Previous/Personal Experience
INAP It's Not A Possibility
INPO In No Particular Order
IMVHO In My Very Humble Opinion
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
ISTR I Seem To Recall
ISWYM I See What You Mean
IWBNI It Would Be Nice If
IYFEG Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group
IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
IYKWIMAITYD If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do
IYTS If You Think So
J
J4F Just For Fun
JASE Just Another System Error
J/K Just Kidding (can also stand for joking)
JIC Just In Case
JM2C Just My 2 Cents
JS just Smile
JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic
JTYWTK Just Thought You Wanted To Know
K
k Kiss
kb Kiss Back
KISS Keep It Short And Simple / Keep It Simple Stupid
KMYF Kiss Me You Fool
kotc Kiss On The Cheek
L
l Laugh
L8R Later
LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch & Then You Die.
LAGNAF Let's All Get Naked And Fuck!
LART Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool
li Laughing Inside
lis Laughing In Silence
LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off
lmbo Laughing My Butt Off
LMWIS Lick Me Where I Sweat
LOL Laughing Out Loud
M
MfG Mit freundlichen Gruessen
MHBFY My Heart Bleeds For You
MHOTY My Hat's Off To You
MLA Multiple Letter Acronym
MORF Male or Female
MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex
MOTOS Member Of The Opposite Sex
MOTSS Member Of The Same Sex
MYOB Mind Your Own Business
N
NBL Not Bloody Likely
NC No Comment
NFW No Fucking Way
NHOH Never Heard Of Him (Her)
NIFOC Naked/Nekkid In Front Of Computer
NIMBY Not In My Backyard
NN2R No Need To Reply
NRN No Reply Necessary
NTP New Topic, Please
NYCTMI Now You Come To Mention It
O
OBTW Oh, By The Way
OIC Oh, I See
OK Oll Korrect (all correct : al)
OnJo only joking
ONNA Oh No, Not Again!
OOI Out Of Interest
OOTB Out Of The Box (brand new)
OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment
OT Off topic
OTF On The Floor
OTOH On The Other Hand
OTTH On The Third Hand
P
PABG Pack a Big Gun
PDA Public Display of Affection
PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PCYLIHOONL Please Cross Your Legs, I Have Only One Nail Left
PDQ Pretty Damn(ed) Quick(ly)
PITA Pain In The Ass
PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
PMBI Pardon My Butting In
PMETC Pardon Me ETC
PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In
PMJI Pardon Me, Jumping In (when you interrupt a conversation)
PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
POSSLQ Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
POV Point Of View
PTB Powers That Be
R
RE Regarding
REHI hello again (re-Hi!)
RFC Request For Comment
RFD Request For Discussion
RO(T)FL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Side
ROFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
RSN Real Soon Now
ROTM Right On The Money
RTFAQ Read The FAQ
RTDox Read The Documentations
RTFFAQ Read The Fucking FAQ
RTFM Read The Fucking Manual
RTM Read The Manual
RUMOF are you male or female?
S
s Smile
sb Smiles back
SFAIAA So Far As I Am Aware
SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym
SHIT Sure Happy It's Thursday
SHTSI Somebody Had To Say It
SIG Special Interest Group
SITD Still In The Dark
SMO Serious Mode On
SMOP Small Matter Of Programming
SMOff Serious Mode Off
SNAFU Situation Normal; All Fucked Up
SO Significant Other (e.g. boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, pet dog)
SOB Do you really need *me* to explain this one?
SOHF Sense Of Humor Failure
SOS Same Old Shit (or Stuff)
SSDD Same Shit Different Day
SW Shareware
SWAG Scientific Wild Ass Guess
SWALK Sealed With A Loving Kiss
SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed
SWWCFI So What, Who Cares, Fuck It
SYL See You Later
SYSOP SYStem OPerator, aka God
T
TAFN That's All For Now
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (voir http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/kernel-list-faq.html)
TARFU Things Are Really Fucked Up
TCB Trouble Came Back
TDM Too Damn Many
TGIF Thank God Its Friday
THX Thanks
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIATLG Truly, I Am The Living God
TINALO This Is Not A Legal Opinion
TINAR This Is Not A Recomendation
TLA Three Letter Acronym
TNSTAAFL There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TNX Thanks
TNX 1.0E6 Thanks a million
TPTB The Powers That Be
TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheers
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta-Ta For Now
TTL4N That's The Lot For Now
TTUL Talk (or Type) To You Later
TTYL(8R) Talk To You Later
TWIMC To Whom It May Concern
TYVM Thank You Very Much
U
UCE Unsolicited Commerical E-mail
UST Unresolved Sexual Tension [X-Philes (fans)]
V
veg Very evil grin
ves Very evil smile
vwg Very wicked grin
vws Very wicked smile
W
w Wink
WDYT What Do You Think?
WFM Works For Me
wg Wicked grin
WIIWD What It Is We Do
WIMP Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing
WOFTAM Waste Of Flaming Time And Money
WRT With Regard (Respect) To
WTF What The Fuck
WTFDIK What The Fuck Do I Know
WTF R U ? Who The Fuck Are You?
WTH What The Hell
WTHDTM What The Hell Does That Mean
WTLOB Watch "The Life Of Brian"
WWDWIIWD When We Do What It Is We Do
WYGIWYPF What You Get Is What You Pay For
WYSIAYG What You See Is All You Get
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
Y
YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym
YABSA Yet Another Bloody Stupid Acronym
YKYBHTLW You Know You've Been Hacking To Long When...
YGWYPF You Get What You Pay For
YKYHBxTLW You Know You Have Been x Too Long When
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
YMMVG Your Mileage May Vary Greatly
YWIA You're Welcome In Advance
Useful expressions
B4 before
2nite tonight
n case in case
EZ easy
troo true
kewl cool
dewd dude
d00d dude
grrlz girls
wirld world
guvment government
gawd god
wymyn women
to go nookleer to explode
n/a not applicable
w/ with
w/o without
b/c (BK) because
Xtian Christian
wuz was
cos(cuz) because
w3b www
tripdub www ("triple w")
K 1000 (like, 2K = 2000)
@ Circle A (symbol for anarchy)
B-D breakdown
BRS Big Red Switch (hacker term)
BTL Better Than Life
S&D search and destroy
R&D research and development
R&P rape and pillage (excessive violence)
TAZ temporary autonomous zone; mobile or transient
location free of economic and social interference by
the state. [Hakim Bey]
TBT talking by typing
T-P telepathy