Have you seen people use chat abbreviations like "LOL" and "ROFL" and always wondered what they meant? Well
here is a comprehensive list of abbreviations, some of which you probably won't see around.
[ A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O ]
[ P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z -
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| $0.02 | Throwing in your two cents' worth | ||
| 1FTR | One for the road | ||
| 24/7 | 24 hours a day, 7 days a week | ||
| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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. | ||
| 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
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| VBG | Very Big Grin (as in
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| VBSEG | Very Big S--- Eating Grin (as in
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| 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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