| A |
| A/S | Age/Sex? |
| A/S/L | Age/Sex/Location? |
| AA | Alcoholics Anonymous |
| AAMOF | As A Matter Of Fact |
| ADN | Any Day Now |
| AFAIC | As Far As I'm Concerned |
| AFAIK | As Far As I Know |
| AFAIR | As Far As I Remember; As Far As I Recall |
| AFAIUI | As Far As I Understand It |
| AFK | Away From Keyboard |
| AISB | As I Said Before |
| AISI | As I See It |
| AIW | As It Were/Was |
| AKA | Also Known As |
| AMAP | As Much/Many As Possible |
| AMF | Adios Mother F---er; Adios My Friend |
| ASAFP | As Soon As F---ing Possible |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| ATB | All The Best |
| ATLA | Another Three Letter Acronym |
| ATM | At The Moment |
| ATTN | Attention |
| ATTYOB | Anything That Turns You On Baby |
| AWCIGO | And Where Can I Get One |
| AWGTHTGTATA | Are We Going To Have To Go Through ALL This Again? |
| AWGTHTGTTA | Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? |
| AWHFY | Are We Having Fun Yet? |
| AYT | Are You There?
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| B |
| B/C | BeCause (frequently just "b/c") |
| B4 | Before |
| B4N | Bye for Now |
| BAC | By Any Chance |
| BAMF | Bad Assed Mother F---er |
| BBFN | Bye Bye For Now |
| BBIAB | Be Back In A Bit |
| BBL | Be Back Later |
| BBR | Burnt Beyond Repair |
| BBS | Be Back Soon |
| BC | Basket Case |
| BCNU | Be seein' you! (saying goodbye) |
| BF | Boyfriend |
| BFD | Big F---ing Deal |
| BFG | Big F---ing Gun |
| BFH | Big F---ing Hammer |
| BF | I Bunch of F---ing Idiots |
| BFM | Big F---ing Magic |
| BFN | Bye For Now |
| BFOG | Blouse Full Of Goodies |
| BG | Big Grin (as in ) |
| BIC | Best In Class |
| BIL | Brother In Law |
| BION | Believe It Or Not |
| BIOYIOP | Blow It Out Your I/O Port |
| BITD | Beaten It To Death |
| BK | Because |
| BKA | Better Known As |
| BMF | Bad Mother F---er |
| BMOC | Big Man On Campus |
| BOC | But Of Course |
| BOF | Birds Of a Feather |
| BOFH | Bastard [system] Operator From Hell |
| BOHICA | Bend Over, Here It Comes Again! |
| BOT | Back On Topic |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| BRS | Big Red Switch |
| BS | Bull S--- |
| BSEG | Big S--- Eating Grin |
| BSOD | Blue Screen Of Death |
| BTA | But Then Again (in response to IOW) |
| BTAICBW | But Then Again I could Be Wrong |
| BTAIM | Be That As It May |
| BTDT | Been There, Done That |
| BTDTGTT | S Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt |
| BTLSOM | Beats The Living S--- Out of Me |
| BTOBD | Be There Or Be Dead |
| BTSOOM | Beats The S--- Out Of Me |
| BTW | By The Way |
| BY | BusY |
| BYKT | But You Knew That |
| BYKTA | But You Knew That Already |
| BYOB | Bring Your Own Booze/Bottle |
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| C |
| C/O | in Care Of (for sending mail) |
| CB | Call Back |
| CC | Carbon Copy |
| C | E Creative Editing |
| CF | Cluster F--- (meaning similar to SNAFU) |
| CFD | Call For Discussion |
| CHOWUR | see (C) HOW yoU aRe |
| CHUR | see (C) How yoU aRe |
| CIC | Christ, I'm Confused |
| CIS | Compuserve Information System (tm) |
| CIAO | as in goodbye (said 'Chow') |
| CIO | Cut It Out |
| CLAB | Crying Like A Baby |
| CLOAKA | Canonical List Of All Known Acronyms |
| CMIIW | Correct Me If I'm Wrong |
| CO | COnference |
| COD | Cash On Delivery (when receiving mail) |
| COTFLGOHAHA | Crawling On The Floor Laughing Guts Out And Having A Heart Attack |
| CPF | Can Pigs Fly? |
| CRAFT | Can't Remember A F---ing Thing |
| CRPG | Character (or computer) Role Playing Game |
| CR | Can't Remember S--- |
| CS | Cop Shop (police station) |
| CTTD | Cute Things They Do |
| CTTS | Cute Things They Say |
| CU | see (C) yoU |
| CUL | see (C) yoU LateR |
| CUL8R | see (C) yoU LateR (L8R) |
| CUL8TR | see (C) yoU LaTeR (L8TR) |
| CWYL | Chat With You Later |
| CYA | Catch ya; see (C) YA |
| CYL | see (C) You Later |
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| D |
| D&C | "Duck and Cover" - a popular 1950's song in dedication to the atomic bomb (and its' possible attack) |
| D/L | Download, transmit to you |
| DAP | Parents Against Dyslexia |
| DBA | Doing Business As |
| DBN | Doing Business, NOT |
| DD | Darling Daughter |
| DEU | Dumb End User |
| DFU | Don't Forget Units |
| DH | Dear Hubby; Dumb Hubby; Deaf Hubby; DickHead |
| DIIK | Damned If I Know |
| DIIN | Damned If I kNow |
| DIL | Daughter In Law |
| DILLIGAF | Does It Look Like I Give A F---? |
| DILLIGAFF | Do I Look Like I Give a Flying F---? |
| DITUIHIBMSL? | Did I tell you I hate IBMs lately? |
| DITUILIBMSL? | Did I tell you I love IBMs lately? |
| DK | Don't Know |
| DKU | Drop Kick Ugly |
| DL | Download, transmit to you |
| DLG | Devilish Little Grin |
| DNA | Did Not Answer |
| DNPM | Darn Near P---ed Myself |
| DOA | Dead On Arrival |
| DOB | Date/Day Of Birth |
| DOM | Dirty Old Man |
| DRA | Don't Recognize Acronyms |
| DS | Darling Son |
| DTD | Document Type Definition |
| DTOKAB | Drop To One Knee And Blow |
| DTP | DeskTop Publishing |
| DTRT | Do The Right Thing |
| DUCWIC | Do You see (C) What I see (C) |
| DUK | Dead Upon Keyboard |
| DWIM | Do What I Mean |
| DWIMC | Do What I Mean, Correctly |
| DWIMNWIS | Do What I Mean, Not What I Say |
| DYE | Damn Your Eyes! |
| DYHWIH | Do You Hear What I Hear |
| DYSWIS | Do You See What I See |
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| E |
| E2EG | Ear to Ear Grin |
| ED | Emotionally Disturbed |
| EDP | Emotionally Disturbed Person |
| EGC | Extrememly Gruntled Customer |
| EIF | Exercise In Futility |
| EMS | E-Mail Shorthand |
| EOB | End Of Business |
| EOD | End Of Discussion |
| EOF | End Of File |
| EOL | End Of Lecture |
| EOT | End Of Thread (i.e., don't reply to this message) |
| ES&D | Eat S--- & Die |
| ES<HI | Eat Shit & Live To Hate It |
| ESAD | Eat S--- And Die |
| ESAL | Eat S--- And Live |
| ESBAM | Eat S---, Bark At Moon |
| ESP | ESPecially (frequently just "esp.") |
| ESOSL | Endless Snorts of Stupid Laughter |
| ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival |
| ETLA | Extended Three Letter Acronym |
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| F |
| F2F | Face To Face |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Question |
| FCFS | First Come, First Served |
| FCOL | For Crying Out Loud |
| FDROTFL | Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| FFRD | Flying F--- in a Rolling Donut (I don't give a....) |
| FFS | For F---s Sake |
| FICCL | Frankly, I Couldn't Care Less |
| FIGJAM | F--- I'm Good, Just Ask Me |
| FIGMO | F--- It, Got My Orders |
| FIIK | F---ed If I Know! |
| FIIN | F---ed If I kNow! |
| FIL | Father In Law |
| FIOFYF | Figure It Out For Yourself, F---er |
| FISH | First In, Still Here |
| FITB | Fill In The Blank |
| FKMFATIFKYB | French Kiss My Furry Ass 'Til It French Kisses You Back! |
| FMH | F--- Me Harder (usually an exclamation of disgust) |
| FOAD | F--- Off And Die |
| FOAF | Friend Of A Friend |
| FOAFOAG | Father Of A Friend Of A Girlfriend |
| FOAG | Father Of A Girlfriend |
| FOD | Finger Of Death |
| FOOBAR | Variant of FUBAR |
| FOS | Freedom Of Speech; Full Of S--- |
| FOT | Full Of Tripe |
| FOTCL | Falling Off The Chair Laughing |
| FRE | Frequently Requested Enhancement |
| FRED | F---ing Ridiculous Electronic Device |
| FRZ | Fruitin' Religious Zealot |
| FTASB | Faster Than A Speeding Bullet |
| FTDS | F--- The Dumb S--- |
| FTF | Face To Face |
| FTL | Faster Than Light |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| FTS | Fixin' To Start |
| FUBAB | F---ed Up Beyond All Belief |
| FUBAR | F---ed Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition |
| FUD | Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt |
| FUMTU | F---ed Up More Than Usual |
| FURTB | Full Up Ready To Burst (about hard disk drives!) |
| FWIW | For What It's Worth |
| FWMAYOR | F--- With Me At Your Own Risk |
| FY&TSYRIO | F--- You & The Sysop You Rode In On |
| FYA | For Your Amusement |
| FYDITM | F--- You Directly In The Mouth |
| FYI | For Your Information |
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| G |
| G2G | Got to Go |
| G | Grin (as in ) |
| GA | Go Ahead |
| GAC | Get A Clue |
| GAFIA | Get Away From It All (as in drop out of ILink for a bit) |
| GAFM | Get Away From Me |
| GAL | Get A Life |
| GBH&K | Great Big Hugs & Kisses |
| GBH&KB | Greak Big Hugs & Kisses Back |
| GBTM | Get Back To Me |
| GBY | God Bless You |
| GC | Garbage Collect (tidy up) |
| GD&H | Grinning, Ducking & Hiding |
| GD&R | Grinning, Ducking & Running |
| GD&RF | Grinning, Ducking & Running Fast! |
| GD&RVVF | Grinning, Ducking & Running Very Very Fast! |
| GD&W | Grinning, Ducking & Weaving |
| GF | Girlfriend |
| GFR | Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer) |
| GFU | General F--- Up. |
| GGC | Goo Goo Cluster (cause zits & intestinal blockage) |
| GGG | GiGGle (as in ) |
| GGN | Gotta Go Now |
| GH | Getting Hard (male) |
| GIGO | Garbage In, Garbage Out; Garbage In, Gospel Out (people accepting blindly what the computer says) |
| GIWIST | Gee, I Wish I'd Said That |
| GLG | Goofy Little Grin |
| GLGH | Good Luck and Good Hunting |
| GM | Got Milk? |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| GMTA | Great Minds Think Alike |
| OK | God Only Knows |
| GOOML | Get Out Of My Life |
| GOTFIA | Groaning On The Floor In Agony |
| GOWI | Get On With It |
| GPF | General Protection Fault; Go Puke, Fast! |
| GRUIT | Get Real yoU Impudent Thing |
| GSHIWMP | Giggling So Hard I Wet My Pants |
| GTBOS | Glad To Be Of Service |
| GTFOOMF | Get The F--- Out Of My Face |
| GTG | Got To Go |
| GTP | Gone To Pee |
| GW | Getting Wet (female) |
| GWATCDR | God Willing And The Creek Don't Rise |
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| H |
| H2 | How To |
| HAND | Have A Nice Day |
| HAK | Hugs And Kisses |
| HCB | Holy Cow, Batman! |
| HHGTTG | HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy |
| HHO | 1/2 K Ha Ha Only Half Kidding |
| HHOJ | Ha Ha Only Joking |
| HHOK | Ha Ha Only Kidding |
| HHOS | Ha Ha Only Serious |
| HIB | _ Have I Been ______? |
| HIRTA | HereInafter Referred To As |
| HLV | Hasta La Vista |
| HLVB | Hasta La Vista, Baby |
| HMFIC | Head Mother F---er In Charge |
| HOMPR | Hang On, Mobile Phones' Ringing |
| HP | Home Page |
| HSIK | How Should I Know |
| HSP | Highly Sensitive Person |
| HTB | Heavens To Betsy |
| HTFSIK | How The F--- Should I Know |
| HTH | Hope This Helps! |
| HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
| HUA | Head Up Ass |
| HUF | Horny Unattached Female |
| HUM | Horny Unattached Male |
| HWUA | Head Way Up Ass |
| HWS(PEST) | Husband Wants Sex (Please Excuse Slow Typing) |
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| I |
| IAAA | I Am An Accountant |
| IAAL | I Am A Lawyer |
| IAC | In Any Case |
| IAE | In Any Event |
| IANAA | I Am Not An Accountant |
| IANAC | I Am Not A Crook |
| IANAL | I Am Not A Lawyer |
| IANALBIPOOTV | I Am Not A Lawyer, But I Play One On TV |
| IANYM | In A New York Minute |
| IARTPFWTSIOWIM | I Am Repeating This Parrot-Fashion Without The Slightest Idea Of What It Means. |
| IASH | I Am So Horny |
| IBB | I'll Be Back |
| IBC | Inadequate, But Cute |
| IBM | Inadequate, but Marketable |
| IC | I see (C) |
| ICB | I Care Because? |
| ICBM | InterContinental Ballistic Missile |
| ICIHICPCL | I Can't Imagine How I Could Possibly Care Less |
| ICTYBTIHTKY | I Could Tell You But Then I'd Have To Kill You |
| ICUR | I see (C) You Are |
| IDGAD | I Don't Give A Damn |
| IDGAS | I Don't Give A S--- |
| IDGI | I Don't Get It |
| IDK | I Don't Know |
| IDTS | I Don't Think So |
| IDTT | I'll Drink To That! |
| IHATCFYB | I Have A Terrible Craving For Your Body! |
| IHTBS | It Has To Be Shown |
| IHTFP | I Hate This F---ing Place; I Have Truly Found Paradise |
| IIABDFI | If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It |
| IIRC | If I Recall/Remember 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? |
| IITYWTMWYKM | If I Tell You What This Means Will You Kiss Me? |
| IITYWYBAD | If I Tell You, Will You Buy Another Drink? |
| IITYWYBMAB | If I Tell You, Will You Buy Me A Beer? |
| IJLS | I Just Like Saying |
| IK | I Know |
| ILI | I Like Ike |
| ILICISCOMK | I Laughed, I Cried, I Spat Coffee/Coke/Cadmium On My Keyboard |
| ILIWTPCT | I Love It When The Plan Comes Together. |
| ILSHIBAMF | I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture! |
| ILU | I Love yoU |
| ILY | I Love You |
| IMAO | In My Arrogant Opinion |
| IMBO | In My Biased Opinion |
| IMCDO | In My Conceited Dogmatic Opinion |
| IMCO | In My Considered Opinion |
| IME | In My Experience |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
| IMMOR | I Make My Own Rules |
| IMNSHO | In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| IMNSVHO | In My Not So Very Humble Opinion |
| IMO | In My Opinion |
| IMOBO | In My Own Biased Opinion |
| IMPOV | In My Point Of View |
| IMS | I Must Say |
| IMVHO | In My Very Humble Opinion |
| INGSI | I'm Not Gonna Say It |
| INPO | In No Particular Order |
| INT | I'll Never Tell |
| IOU | I Owe yoU |
| IOW | In Other Words |
| IRL | In Real Life |
| IROOC | I've Run Out Of Cigarettes |
| ISO | In Search Of |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| ISTR | I Seem To Remember |
| ITFA | In The Final Analysis |
| IUTHALORFH | I Used To Have A Lot Of Respect For Him/Her |
| ITYM | I Think You Mean |
| IUTKATS | I Used To Know All That Stuff |
| IWBNI | It Would Be Nice If |
| IWIK | I Wish I Knew |
| IWSN | I Want Sex Now |
| IYFEG | Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group |
| IYSWIM | If You See What I Mean |
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| J |
| J/K | Just Kidding |
| JAFO | Just Another F---ing Observer |
| JAFU | Just Another F--- Up |
| JAM | Just A Moment; Just A Minute |
| JAS | Just A Second |
| JAWS | Just Another Windows Shell |
| JFF | Just For Fun |
| JFYI | Just For Your Information |
| JIC | Just In Case |
| JMOOC | Just My Opinion Of Course |
| JMHFOOC | Just My Humble F---ing Opinion Of Course |
| JPW | Just Plain Weird |
| JSNM | Just Stark Naked Magic |
| JTYWTK | Just Thought You Wanted To Know |
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| K |
| K | oKay |
| KCBIWIYWI | Keep Coming Back, It Works If You Work It |
| KDW | Keep Digging, Watson (reply to NSS) |
| KEAH | Kill Everyone After Hours |
| KIBO | Knowledge In, Bulls--- Out |
| KISS | Keep It Simple Stupid |
| KITA | Kick In The Ass (type of therapy) |
| KMA | Kiss My Ass |
| KMYF | Kiss Me You Fool |
| KOTC | Kiss On The Cheek |
| KOTL | Kiss On The Lips |
| KTCOOTN | Keep This Crap Out Of This Newsgroup |
| KUTGW | Keep Up The Good Work |
| KWIM | Know What I Mean? |
| KYHOOYA | Keep Your Head Out Of Your Ass |
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| L |
| L8R | Later |
| LAB&TYD | Life's A Bitch & Then You Die |
| LAGNAF | Let's All Get Naked And F--- |
| LART | Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool |
| LJBF | Let's Just Be Friends |
| LLTA | Lots and Lots of Thunderous/Thundering Applause |
| LMA | Leave Me Alone |
| LMAO | Laughing My Ass Off |
| LMAOROTF | Laughing My Ass Off Rolling On The Floor |
| LMC | Lost My Connection |
| LMCOA | Lost My Connection Once Again |
| LMFAO | Laughing My F---ing Ass Off |
| LMK | Let Me Know |
| LMTFA | Leave Me The F--- Alone |
| LMWIS | Lick Me Where I Sweat |
| LOA | List Of Acronyms/Abbreviations |
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud; Little Old Lady |
| LOMBARD | Lots Of Money But A Real Dickhead |
| LSFIAB | Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel |
| LSHIPMP | Laughing So Hard I Peed My Pants |
| LSP | Less Sensitive Person |
| LTBF | Learn To Be Funny |
| LTIP | Laughing Til I Puke |
| LTMSH | Laughing 'Til My sides Hurt |
| LTNS | Long Time, No See |
| LTUAE | Life, The Universe, And Everything (3rd part of THHGTTG) |
| LUSER | Loser USER |
| LZ | Loser! |
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| M |
| M$ | Micro$oft |
| MAY | Mad About You |
| MAYB | Mad About You, Baby |
| MBUC | Mind Bogglingly Unlikely Coincidence |
| MCIBTY(SN) | My Computer Is Better Than Yours (So Nyerrr) |
| MD | More Dirt (Physician) |
| MFG | More Friendly Garbage! |
| MFIC | Mother F---er In Charge |
| MFWIC | Mother F---er What's In Charge |
| MGD | My Gameboy Died |
| MH | Mostly Harmless (5th part of THHGTTG) |
| MHDC(A) | My Hard Drive crashed (again) |
| MIL | Mother In Law |
| MIPS | Meaningless Information Per Second |
| ML | More Later |
| MLA | Multiple Letter Acronym |
| MMIF | My Mouth Is Full |
| MOF | Matter Of Fact |
| MORF | Male Or Female |
| MOS | Member of the Opposite Sex |
| MOTAS | Member Of The Appropriate Sex |
| MOTD | Message Of The Day |
| MOTH | Humorous Collectibles Forum variation on Member of the Month |
| MOTM | Member Of The Month |
| MOTOS | Member Of The Opposite Sex |
| MOTSS | Member Of The Same Sex |
| MS | More S---; More of the Same; (Masters Degree) |
| MSCEA | My Southern Comforts' Empty Again |
| MSS | Member of the Same Sex |
| MTFBWY | May The Force Be With You |
| MUD | Multi User Domain (or Dungeon) |
| MUNG | Mash/Mung Until No Good |
| MYOB | Mind Your Own Business |
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| N |
| NAGI | Not A Good Idea |
| NAHM | Not A Happy Man |
| NAHW | Not A Happy Woman |
| NAVY | Never Again Volunteer Yourself |
| NB | Nota Bene (note well) |
| NBD | No Big Deal |
| NBL | Not Bloody Likely |
| NBTD | Nothing Better To Do |
| NERD | National Establishment for Real Dorks |
| NFG | No F---ing Good |
| NFI | No F---ing Idea |
| NFIAA | No F---ing Idea At All |
| NFW | No F---ing Way |
| NFY | No F--- You |
| NHOH | Never Heard Of Him/Her |
| NIAA | No Idea At All |
| NICBDAT | Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes |
| NIDWTC | No I Don't Want To Chat |
| NIH | Not Invented Here |
| NIMBY | Not In My Back Yard |
| NINO | Nothing In, Nothing Out |
| NIMTO | Not In My Term of Office |
| NIT | Not In Therapy |
| NLI | Not Logged In |
| NM | NeverMind |
| NMI | No Middle Initial |
| NN | Night-Night |
| NORWICH | kNickers Off Ready When I Come Home |
| NOYB | None Of Your Business |
| NP | No Problem |
| NPF | No Problem Found |
| NPLU | Not People Like Us |
| NQA | No Questions Asked |
| NQOS | Not Quite Our Sort |
| NRN | No Reply Necessary |
| NSS | No S---, Shylock/Sherlock |
| NTG | Not Too Good |
| NTH | No Therapy Helpful |
| NTIBOA | Not That I'm Bitter Or Anything |
| NTIM | Not That It Matters |
| NTIMM | Not That It Matters Much |
| NTL | NeverTheLess / NoneTheLess |
| NUI | Network User Identification |
| NYM | New York Minute |
| NYP | Not Your Problem |
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| O |
| O | Over (to you) |
| OATUS | On A Totally Unrelated Subject |
| OAUS | On An Unrelated Subject |
| OB | Obligatory (frequently Ob) |
| OBTW | Oh, By the Way |
| OD | OverDose; Oh Dear |
| OFS | One Finger Salute |
| OIC | Oh, I see (C) |
| OMFG | Oh My F---ing God! |
| OMG | Oh My God! |
| ONNA | Oh No, Not Again |
| ONNTA | Oh No, Not This Again |
| OO | Over and Out |
| OOSOOM | Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind |
| OOTB | Out Of The Box |
| OOTC | Obligatory On Topic Comment |
| OPL | Obvious Panty Line |
| OSIM | Oh Shoot It's Monday |
| OSU | Officially Sanctioned User |
| OT1H | On The One Hand |
| OTC | Over The Counter |
| OTD | Out The Door |
| OTF | On The Floor |
| OTL | Out To Lunch |
| OTOH | On The Other Hand; On The One Hand |
| OTOOH | On The Other Other Hand |
| OTT | Over The Top |
| OTTH | On The Third Hand |
| OTTOMH | Off The Top Of My Head |
| OTTOMHAROO | Off the Top of My Head and Rolling Out of Bounds |
| OTW | On The Whole |
| OW | Oh Well |
| OWTTE | Or Words To That Effect |
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| P |
| PABG | Pack A Big Gun |
| PBD | Programmer Brain Damage |
| PBM | Play By Mail (Games) |
| PCB | Please Call Back |
| PCMCIA | People Can't Master/Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms; |
| Personal | Computer Memory Card International Association |
| PCYLIHOONL | Please Cross Your Legs, I Have Only One Nail Left |
| PD | Public Domain |
| PDA | Public Display of Affection |
| PDN | Public Data Network |
| PDQ | Pretty Damn Quick |
| PEBCAK | Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard |
| PF&HOMW | Printed, Framed & Hanging On My Wall |
| PFM | Pure F---ing Magic |
| PGY | Post Graduate Year (as in PGY-1, PGY-2 etc. used in PGY Med) |
| PHB | Pointy Haired Boss (from Dilbert, i.e., doesn't have a clue) |
| PhD | Piled Higher and Deeper. |
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| PIMP | Pee In My Pants (often in combination) |
| PITA | Pain In The Ass |
| PKB | Pot, Kettle, Black! |
| PLBKAC | Problem Lies Between Keyboard And Chair |
| PLMKO | Please Let Me Know, Ok? |
| PLOKTA | Press Lots Of Keys To Abort |
| PMBI | Pardon My Butting In |
| PMETC | Pardon Me ETC. |
| PMFBI | Pardon Me For Butting In |
| PMFJI | Pardon Me For Jumping In |
| PMFJIH | Pardon Me For Jumping In Here. |
| PMJI | Pardon My Jumping In |
| PMYMHMMFSWGAD | Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn |
| PMYMHMMFSWGAS | Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A S---. |
| POC | Prisoner Of Chat; Peeping Other Chatters |
| POETS | Piss On Everything, Tomorrow's Saturday; Piss Off Early, Tomorrow's Saturday |
| POITS | Piss On It Tomorrow's Saturday |
| POM | Phase Of the Moon |
| POP | Point Of Presence; Post Office Protocol |
| POS | Piece Of S--- |
| POSSLQ | Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters |
| POQ | Piss Off Quickly |
| POQADCB | Piss Off Quickly and Don't Come Back! |
| POV | Point Of View |
| PPL | PeoPLe |
| PPN | Programmer Project Number (currently known as UserID) |
| PPP | Petty Pet Peeve; Point to Point Protocol |
| PPPP Previous Paragraph was Polemical Position |
| PS | Post Scriptum; PostScript |
| PT | Physical Training |
| PTB | Powers That Be |
| PTM | Please Tell Me |
| PTO | Patent and Trademark Office (US Govt); Please Turn Over |
| PW | Pathetic Wanker; PowWow |
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| Q |
| QED | Quod Erat Demonstrandum; Quite Easily Done |
| QT | QuieT (also q.t., Q&T, or as a phrase "on the q.t.") |
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| R |
| RA | Research Assistant; Resident Assistant |
| RAK | Random Act of Kindness |
| RBS | Really Big Screen |
| RE | REgarding |
| RFC | Request For Comments |
| RFD | Request For Discussion |
| RFT | Request For Thinking |
| RHIP | Rank Has Its Privileges |
| RL | Real Life |
| RLCO | Real Life COnference |
| RNA | Ring, No Answer |
| ROFFNAR | Rolling On the Floor For No Apparent Reason |
| ROFL | Rolling On the Floor Laughing |
| ROFLAHMSL | Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides Laughing |
| ROFLASC | Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Scaring the Cat |
| ROFLASTC | Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat |
| ROFLGO | Rolling On Floor Laughing Guts Out! |
| ROFLMAO | Rolling On the Floor Laughing My ASCII Off |
| ROFLMAOOL | Rolling On the Floor Lauging My Ass Off Out Loud |
| ROFLOL | Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud |
| ROFLOLVH | Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud Very Hard |
| ROFLWMK | Rolling On the Floor Laughing -- Wet My Knickers |
| ROFPML | Roll On Floor Pissing Myself Laughing. |
| ROFTTPOF | Rolling On the Floor Trying To Put Out Flames |
| ROTBA | Reality On The Blink Again |
| ROTF | Rolling On The Floor |
| ROTFL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| ROTFLAHMS | Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Side |
| ROTFLMAAOBPO | Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass And Other Body Parts Off |
| ROTFLMAO | Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off |
| ROTFSTCLMAAOBPO | Rolling On The Floor Scaring The Cat Laughing My Ass And Other Body Parts Off |
| ROTM | Right On The Money |
| RPG | Role Playing Games |
| RSN | Real Soon Now |
| RT | Real Time |
| RTFI | Read The F---ing Instructions |
| RTFM | Read The F---ing Manual |
| RTFQ | Read The F---ing Question |
| RTFS | Read The F---ing Source |
| RTFMS | Read The F---ing Manual, Sir (from the military) |
| RTI | Real Time Interruption |
| RTS | Read The Screen |
| RUMF | aRe yoU Male or Female? |
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| S |
| S2BX | Soon To Be eX |
| SAMF | Sad Ass Mother F---er |
| SAMFU | Self-Adjusting Military F--- Up |
| SAMFUTU | Situation Abnormal, More F---ed Up Than Usual |
| SAPFU | Surpassing All Previous F--- Ups |
| SAR | Smart Ass Remark |
| SAYOR | Speak At Your Own Risk |
| SBB | Stupid Beyond Belief |
| SBCN | Sitting Behind the Computer, Naked |
| SBID | S---ty But It'll Do |
| SCNR | Sorry, Could Not Resist |
| SDIHTT | SomeDay I'll Have The Time |
| SEC | SECond, eg. Wait a sec |
| SEG | S--- Eating Grin |
| SEP | Somebody Else's Problem |
| SFLA | Stupid Four Letter Acronym |
| SGML | Standardized General Markup Language |
| SH | S--- Happens |
| SHLH | Sitting Here Lauging Hysterically |
| SHTS | Spit Hitting The Spam |
| SHTSI | Somebody Had To Say It |
| SICS | Sitting In Chair Snickering |
| SIG | Special Interest Group |
| SIIN | Stuffed If I Know! |
| SIL | Son In Law |
| SITD | Still In The Dark |
| SLATFATF | So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish (4th part of THHGTTG) |
| SLIP | Single Line In Protocol; Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| SMAR | Suck My Ass Raw |
| SMO | Serious Mode On |
| SMOP | Small Matter Of Programming |
| SMOFF | Serious Mode OFF |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNAC | Sitting Naked At Computer |
| SNAFU | Situation Normal: All F---ed Up |
| SNERT | Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager |
| SNFIAA | Still No F---ing Idea At All |
| SNR | Signal to Noise Ratio |
| SO | Significant Other |
| SOI | Stink On Ice |
| SOL | S--- Out of Luck |
| SOP | Standing Operational Procedures; Standard Operating Procedure |
| SOS | Same Old S--- |
| SOSO | Same Old, Same-Old |
| SOVS | SomeOne Very Special |
| SPAM | SPiced hAM (Hormel's canned meat) |
| SSDD | Same S---, Different Day |
| SSIA | Subject Says It All |
| ST | Star Trek; Such That (frequently just "s.t.") |
| STBY | Sucks To Be You |
| STFU | Shut The F--- Up |
| STIFF | "Stiff", said loudly. |
| SUCDIC | Situation Under Control, Dickheads In Charge |
| SUFID | Screwing Up Face In Disgust |
| SUNOILTY | Shut Up, No One Is Listening To You |
| SUSFU | Situation Unchanged, Still F---ed Up |
| SUYP | Shut Up You Pervert |
| SW | SoftWare; So What?; Says Whom?; StarWars |
| SW-SE | StarWars Special Edition |
| SWAG | Simple Wild Ass Guess; Scientific Wild Ass Guess |
| SWAK | Sealed With A Kiss |
| SWALK | Sealed With A Loving Kiss |
| SWDYRTW | Since When Do You Rule The Web? |
| SWMBO | She Who Must Be Obeyed |
| SWYP | So What's Your Problem? |
| SYSOP | SYStem OPerator |
| SYT | Sweet Young Thing |
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| T |
| TA | Teaching Assistant |
| 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 A Free Lunch |
| TARFU | Things Are Really F---ed Up |
| TBC | To Be Continued |
| TBE | To Be Expected |
| TBH | To Be Honest |
| TBYB | Try Before You Buy |
| TC | Telephone Call; Take Care |
| TCB | Taking Care of Business |
| TCBY | Taking Care of Business, Ya'll |
| TCD | The Cat's Dead |
| TDD | The Dog's Dead |
| TDM | Too Damn Many |
| TEOTWAWKI | The End Of The World As We Know It |
| TFB | Too F---ing Bad |
| TFE | Too F---ing Easy |
| TFM | The F---ing Manual |
| TFS | Three Finger Salute (Ctrl-Alt-Del) |
| TFTT | Thanks For The Thought |
| TGAL | Think Globally, Act Locally |
| TGIF | Thank God Its Friday |
| TGTF | Thank God Tomorrow's Friday |
| THHGTTG | The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy |
| THO | Titty Hard On |
| TIA | Thanks In Advance |
| TIATLG | Truly, I Am The Living God |
| TIC | Tongue In Cheek |
| TIME | Tears In My Eyes (often in combination) |
| TIMTOWTDI | There Is More Than One Way To Do It |
| TINALO | This Is Not A Legal Opinion |
| TINAR | This Is Not A Recommendation |
| TINC | There Is No Cabal |
| TINSTAAFL | There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
| TINWIS | That Is Not What I Said |
| TIWTGLGG | This Is Where The Goofy Little Grin Goes |
| TIP | To Insure Promptness |
| TJATAW | Truth, Justice, And The American Way |
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
| TLC | Tender Loving Care |
| TLG | The Living God |
| TM | Thread Mangler |
| TMI | Too Much Information |
| TMIKTLIU | The More I Know, The Less I Understand |
| TN | TelNet |
| TNOTVS | There's Nothing On Television, So ... |
| TNSO | Temptingly Naked Significant Other |
| TNX | Thanks (as in ThaNX) |
| TPAE | The Possibilities Are Endless |
| TPS(S) | This Program Sucks (Severely) |
| TPTB | The Powers That Be |
| TQM | Total Quality Management |
| TRATEOTU | The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe (2nd part of THHGTTG) |
| TRDMC | Tears Running Down My Cheeks |
| TS | Tough S--- |
| TSOHF | Total Sense Of Humour Failure |
| TSJD | Texas Size Jelly Donut - official food of Texas sysops |
| TSR | Terminate and Stay Resident program; Totally Stupid Rules |
| TTBE | That's To Be Expected |
| TTBOMK | To The Best Of My Knowledge |
| TTFN | Ta-Ta For Now |
| TTL4N | That's The Lot For Now |
| TTM | To The Moderator |
| TTUL | Talk (or Type) To you Later |
| TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| TTYS | Talk To You Soon |
| TTYRS | Talk To You Real Soon? |
| TUFD | The User File Died |
| TWAIN | Technology Without An Interesting Name |
| TWIMC | To Whom It May Concern |
| TWYAS | That's What You All Say |
| TWYT | That's What You Think |
| TYLE | Took You Long Enough |
| TYVL | YWEL Thank You Very Little, You're Welcome Even Less |
| TYVM | Thank You Very Much |
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| U |
| U/L | Upload, send to the BBS |
| UAE | Unrecoverable Application Error (Bane of Windows' users!) |
| UBD | User Brain Damage |
| UL | Upload, send to the BBS |
| UOK | yoU OK? |
| UNCLE | Unified Nuclear Coalition of Latvian Emigrants |
| URLCM | yoU aRe weLCoMe |
| USU | USUally (frequently just "usu.") |
| UTC | Under The Counter; Coordinated Universal Time (French initials) |
| TT | Under The Table |
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| V |
| VBEG | Very Big Evil Grin (as in ) |
| VBG | Very Big Grin (as in ) |
| VBSEG | Very Big S--- Eating Grin (as in ) |
| VETLA | Very Enhanced TLA |
| VH | Virtual Hug |
| VPH | Visible Panty Line |
| VR | Virtual Reality |
| VT | Virtual Time |
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| W |
| W/ | With (frequently just "w/") |
| W/O | WithOut (frequently just "w/o") |
| W8 | Wait |
| W8ING | WaitING |
| WAB? | What, Another Bill? |
| WAEF | When All Else Fails |
| WAG | Wild-Assed Guess |
| WALOC | What A Load of Crap |
| WAMKSAM | Why Are My Kids (or Kitties) Staring At Me? |
| WB | Welcome Back |
| WCAGA | What Comes Around, Goes Around |
| WCTYBTWHTKY | We Could Tell You, But Then We'd Have To Kill You |
| WDF | What Da F---? |
| WDYMBT | What Do (or Did) You Mean By That? |
| WEFT | Wrong Every F---ing Time |
| WFHIT | What Fresh Hell Is This? (from the writings of Dorothy Parker) |
| WFM | Works For Me |
| WGAS | Who Gives A S--- |
| WIBAMU | Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle |
| WIBNIF | Wouldn't If Be Nice IF... |
| WIMP | Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing |
| WIZOP | Wizard Sysop (the primary forum administrator for a forum) |
| WMMOWS | Wash My Mouth Out With Soap |
| WOA | Work Of Art |
| WOFTAM | Waste Of Flaming Time And Money |
| WOLF | Witless One Line Followup |
| WOM | Word Of Mouth |
| WOMBAT | Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time |
| WOWF | Witless One Word Followup |
| WRATGAS | Who Really And Truly Gives A S--- |
| WRT | With Regard To; With Respect To |
| WTF | What The F--- |
| WTFDIC | What The F--- Do I Care |
| WTFDIK | What The F--- Do I Know |
| WTFDYTYA | Who The F--- Do You Think You Are |
| WTFIIWT_A | What The F--- Is It With These _____ Anyway? |
| WTFO | What The F---, Over (Reply) |
| WTFWT | "What the F--- Was That?" - Mayor of Hiroshima |
| WTG | Way To Go |
| WTH | What The Hell (or Heck) |
| WWS | Wife Wants Sex (please wait a tic) |
| WWW | World Wide Web; World Wide Waste; World Wide Waiting; World Wild Web |
| WYLABOCTGWTR | Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go With That Remark? |
| WYLASOMWTC | Would You Like A Saucer Of Milk With That Comment? |
| WYGIWYG | What You Got Is What You Get |
| WYGIWYPF | What You Get Is What You Pay For |
| WYP | What's Your Point? |
| WYSBANRTWYG | What You See Bears Absolutely No Relation To What You Get |
| WYSBYGI | What You See Before You Get It |
| WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get |
| WYSOH | Where's Your Sense Of Humor? |
| WYTYSYDG | What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get |
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| X |
| XYZ | eXamine Your Zipper |
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| Y |
| Y2K | Year 2000 (2000 = 2K) |
| Y3 | Yadda Yadda Yadda |
| Y6B | whY 6 Billion? (ie, overpopulation is more dangerous than Y2K) |
| YABA | Yet Another Bloody Acronym |
| YADS | Yet Another DOS Shell |
| YAFA | Yet Another "Fine" Acronym |
| YAFIYGI | You Asked For It, You Got It |
| YANETUT | You Are Not Expected To Understand This |
| YAOTM | Yet Another Off-Topic Message |
| YAP | Yet Another Ploy |
| YBYSA | You Bet Your Sweet Ass |
| YCDBSOYA | You Can't Do Business Sitting On Your Ass! |
| YCDBWYCID | You Can't Do Business When Your Computer Is Down! |
| YCLIU | You Can Look It Up |
| YGTBK | You've Got To Be Kidding |
| YGTBSM | You've Got To Be S----ing Me! |
| YHB | _ You Have Been ______ |
| YHBW | You Have Been Warned |
| YHGASPL | You Have Got A Serious Problem, Lad! |
| YHGMTPO_ | You Have Greatly Misunderstood The Purpose Of ______ |
| YHL | You Have Lost |
| YHTBT | You Had To Be There |
| YKIYEI | You Killed It, You Eat It |
| YKWIM | You Know What I Mean |
| YKYB | You Know You've Been |
| YKYB_TLW | You Know You've Been ______ing Too Long When . . . |
| YM | You Mean |
| YMMV | Your Mileage May Vary; literally, "your experience may differ". |
| YOYO | You're On Your Own |
| YR | Yeah Right |
| YSS | You Suck Severely |
| YWHOL | Yelling "WooHoo" Out Loud (as in LOL) |
| YWSYLS | You Win Some, You Lose Some |
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| Z |
| ZNT ZiffNeT |
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