To help assist those new to WWW messageboards or USENET newsgroups on just what all
those acronyms mean.
| AAMOF |
As A Matter Of Fact |
| ADN |
Any Day Now |
| AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
| AFK |
Away From The Keyboard |
| AISI |
As I See It |
| AMF |
Adios My Friend |
| AOBTD |
Another One Bites The Dust |
| ATB |
All The Best |
| ATK |
At The Keyboard |
| AYT |
Are You There |
| B4 |
Before |
| BBL |
Be Back Later |
| BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
| BC |
Basket Case -OR- Because |
| BCC |
Blind Carbon Copy |
| BFD |
Big Fucking Deal |
| BM |
Blonde Moment -OR- Bite Me |
| BMA |
Bite My Ass |
| BFN |
Bye For Now. (or B4N) |
| BOC |
But Of Course |
| BOL |
Best Of Luck |
| BTSOOM |
Beats The Shit Out Of Me. |
| BTW |
By The Way. |
| C&P |
Copy & Paste |
| CUA |
Common User Access -OR - Commonly Used Acronym(s) |
| CUL |
See You Later |
| DFM |
Don't Flame Me |
| DOM |
Dirty Old Man |
| EOD |
End Of Discussion |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FITB |
Fill In The Blank |
| FOAF |
Friend Of A Friend |
| FU |
Fucked Up - OR - Fuck You |
| FUBAR |
Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition. |
| FWIW |
For What It's Worth. |
| FYI |
For Your Information |
| GR8 |
Great |
| HP |
Home Page |
| HTH |
Hope This Helps |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| IAE |
In Any Event |
| IANAL |
I Am Not A Lawyer |
| IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
| IMNSHO |
In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| IMO |
In My Opinion |
| IOW |
In Other Words |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| IYD |
In Your Dreams |
| JAS |
Just A Second |
| JMO |
Just My Opinion |
| K |
Okay |
| KMA |
Kiss My Ass |
| LOL |
Laughing Out Loud -OR- Lots Of Luck |
| LYK |
Let You Know |
| MB |
Message Board -OR- Megabytes |
| MHOTY |
My Hat's Off To You
|
| NFW |
No Fucking Way
|
| NG |
Newsgroup |
| NIFOC |
Nude In Front Of Computer |
| NMI |
No Message Inside (or NM - no message)
|
| NRN |
No Reply Necessary |
| OIC |
Oh, I See! |
| OLT |
One Last Thing -OR- One Last Time |
| OOTB |
Out Of The Box (brand new) |
| OTOH |
On The Other Hand |
| PITA |
Pain In The Ass |
| PMFJI |
Pardon Me For Jumping In (or EMFJI - Excuse Me For
Jumping In) |
| QT |
Cutie -OR- Quiet |
| RL |
Real Life |
| ROTFL |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing -ALSO USED- ROF, L, ROFL |
| RSN |
Real Soon Now |
| RTFM |
Read The Freaking Manual OR Right This Freaking Minute |
| SIT |
Stay In Touch |
| SITD |
Still In The Dark |
| SNAFU |
Situation Normal, All Fucked Up |
| SW |
SoftWare -OR- So What -OR- Says Whom |
| TANSTAAFL |
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
| TIA |
Thanks In Advance |
| TIC |
Tongue In Cheek |
| TLA |
Three Letter Acronym (such as this) |
| TTFN |
Ta Ta For Now |
| TTYL |
Talk To You Later |
| TYVM |
Thank You Very Much |
| UOK |
You OK? |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| WTF RU? |
Who The Fuck Are You? (or WTF - Who/What/Where The Fuck) |
| WTG |
Way To Go |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |
| YW |
You're Welcome |
| :) or :-) : or :) ) ) |
Smiling faces or happy faces |
| ;) or ;-) |
Smiling faces while winking |
| :D or :-D |
Big smiley-face -OR- laughing |
| :-P or :-b or :-p |
Faces with tongues sticking-out... |