List of Internet Acronyms


AAMOF   As A Matter Of Fact
AFAIK  As Far As I Know
AFK  Away From the Keyboard
AISI  As I See It
ASAP  As Soon As Possible
ATSL  Along The Same Line
AWTTW  Are We Having Fun Yet?
AYOR  At Your Own Risk
B4N  Bye For Now
BAK  Back At Keyboard
BBFN  Bye Bye For Now
BBL  Be Back Later
BF  Boy Friend
BFN  Bye For Now
BIF  Before I Forget
BION  Believe it or not
BOT  Back On Topic
BRB  Be Right Back
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
BYKT  But You Knew That
BYOB  Bring Your Own Bottle
CMIIW  Correct Me If I’m Wrong
CU  See You
CU2  See You, Too
CUL  See you later
CUL8R  See You Later
CWYL  Chat With You Later
DIIK  Damned If I Know.
DIK?  Do I Know You?
DILLIGAD  Do I Look Like I Give A Darn?.
DILLIGAF  Do I Look Like I Give A F***?.
DIY  Do It Yourself
DK  Don’t Know
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
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
G2G  Got to Go
GA  Go Ahead
GAL  Get A Life
GD&R  Grinning, Ducking and Running
GF  Girl Friend.
GFN  Gone For Now.
GIWIST  Gee, I Wish I’d Said That
GLGH  Good Luck and Good Hunting
GMTA  Great Minds Think Alike
GOWI  Get On With It
GTG  Got To Go
GTSY  Great To See You
HAK  Hugs And Kisses
IAC  In Any Case
IAE  In Any Event
IANAD  I Am Not A Doctor (but)
IANAL  I Am Not A Lawyer (but)
IANAP  I Am Not A Programmer (but)
IAW  In Accordance With
IBTD  I Beg To Differ
IC  I See
IDK  I Don’t Know
IHTH  I Hope This Helps
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
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.
IYSWIM  If You See What I Mean
JAM  Just A Minute
JAS  Just A Second
JFI  Just For Information
JIC  Just In Case
JK  Just Kidding
JMO  Just My Opinion
JTLYK  Just To Let You Know
KISS  Keep It Simple, Stupid
KIT  Keep In Touch
KMA  Kiss My A**
KWIM  Know What I Mean?
KYFC  Keep Your Fingers Crossed
L8R  Later
LABATYD  Life’s A B**ch And Then You Die
LJBF  Let’s Just Be Friends
LLTA  Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause
LMAO  Laughing My A** Off
LMHO  Laughing My Head Off
LOL  Laughing Out Loud
LSHMBH  Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts.
LTHTT  Laughing Too Hard To Type
LTNS  Long Time No See
LTNT  Long Time, No Type
LTS  Laughing to Self
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
NOYB  None Of Your Business
NP  No Problem
NQA  No Questions Asked
NTIM  Not That It Matters
NTW  Not To Worry
NTYMI  Now That You Mention It
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
PABG  Packing a Big Gun
PCMCIA  People Can’t Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PD  Public Domain
PDS  Please Don’t Shout.
PITA  Pain In The A**
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
RAEBNC  Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment
RE  Hello again or In Regard To
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 A** Off
ROTF  Rolling On The Floor
ROTFL  Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAOTID  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** 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
RTWFQ  Read The Whole Friggin’ Question
RU THERE?  Are you there?
RYFM  Read Your Friendly Manual
RYS  Read Your Screen
SAPFU  Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups
SCNR  Sorry, Could Not Resist
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 or Situation Normal: All F***** Up
SO  Significant Other
SOL  Sh** Out Of Luck
SOS  Same Old Stuff
SOW  Speaking Of Which
SWIM  See What I Mean?
TAFN  That’s All For Now
TANJ  There Ain’t No Justice
TANSTAAFL  There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TARFU  Things Are Really Fouled Up
TBYB  Try Before You Buy
TDM  Too Darn Many
TFS  Three Finger Salute (Ctl-Alt-Del).
TFTHAOT  Thanks For The Help Ahead Of Time
THX  Thanks
TIA  Thanks In Advance
TIC  Tongue In Cheek
TINWIS  That Is Not What I Said
TNSTAAFL  There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TNTL  Trying Not To Laugh
TNX  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
TTYL  Talk To You Later
TTYT  Talk To You Tomorrow.
TYCLO  Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off
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 With Respect 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 Pay For
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

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