Hello Holly, new to Acronyms?
Here are a few to get you started..................
Real Acronyms
! "I have a comment"
$0.02 Throwing in your two cents worth.
"G" Grin
501 An excuse that's full of holes.
? Indicates, "I have a question"
A-OLs Administrators On-Line. Administrators who police on-line services.
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
AFJ April Fool's Joke
AFK Away From the Keyboard
AISI As I See It
ANFAWFOS And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different
AS Another Subject
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ATM At The Moment
ATSL Along The Same Line
AWC After While, Crocodile
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?
AYOR At Your Own Risk
AYT Are You There?
B4 Before
B4N Bye For Now
BAK Back At Keyboard
BBFN Bye Bye For Now
BBIAB Be Back In A Bit
BBIAF Be Back In A Few (minutes)
BBL Be Back Later
BBN Bye Bye Now
BBR Burnt Beyond Repair
BBS 1. Be Back Soon 2. Bulletin Board System
BCNU Be seeing you
BEG Big Evil Grin
BF Boy Friend
BFN Bye For Now
BION Believe it or not
BOT Back On Topic
BRB Be Right Back
BRB Big Red Button
BRS Big Red Switch
BTA But Then Again
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
BWQ Buzz Word Quotient
BYE? "Are you ready to say goodbye?" If so, the other person replies "BYE"
BYKT But You Knew That
BYOB Bring Your Own Bottle
BYOM Bring Your Own Mac
C&G Chuckle and Grin
CADET Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try
CID Crying In Disgrace
CMIIW Correct Me If I'm Wrong
CO 1. Conference. 2. Company
CPP C Plus Plus or C++
CSG Chuckle, Snicker, Grin
CU See You
CU2 See You, Too
CUL See you later
CUL8R See You Later
CULA See You Later, Alligator
CWYL Chat With You Later
CYA 1. See Ya. 2. Cover Your ***
CYAL8R See You All Later
DIIK Damned If I Know
DIKU? Do I Know You?
DILLIGAD Do I Look Like I Give A Darn?
DIY Do It Yourself
DK Don't Know
DLTBBB Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
DOTGOV A government official (from the .gov ending of government domain names)
DTRT Do The Right Thing
DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly
DWIMNWIS Do What I Mean, Not What I Say
EG or "eg" Evil Grin
ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym
F2F Face To Face
FCFS First Come, First Served
FISH First In, Still Here
FITB Fill In The Blank
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 - describing hard drive
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYA For Your Amusement
FYI For Your Information
G Grin, or Giggle
GA Go Ahead
GAL Get A Life
GD&R Grinning, Ducking and Running
GD&RF Grinning, Ducking, and Running Fast
GD&WVVF Grinning, Ducking, and Walking Very, Very Fast
GDW Grin, Duck and Weave
GF Girl Friend
GFN Gone For Now
GFR Grim File Reaper
GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GOWI Get On With It
GTSY Great To See You
H&K Hugs and Kisses
HAK Hugs And Kisses.
HHIS Hanging Head In Shame
HHO 1/2 K Ha, Ha, Only Half Kidding
HHOJ Ha Ha Only Joking
HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding
HHOS Ha Ha Only Serious
HHTYAY Happy Holidays to You and Yours
HOYEW Hanging On Your Every Word
HSIK How Should I Know
HTH Hope That Helps!
IAAA I Am An Accountant
IAAL I Am A Lawyer
IAC In Any Case
IAE In Any Event
IANAA I Am Not An Accountant
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer (but) A disclaimer which is usually followed by a legal opinion
IAW In Accordance With
IBTD I Beg To Differ
IC I See
IIABDFI If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It
IIRC If I Remember Correctly
IIWM If It Were Me (or) If It Were Mine
IJWTK I Just Want To Know
IJWTS I Just Want To Say
IKWUM I Know What You Mean
IMA I Might Add
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMCO In My Considered Opinion
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 1. In Real Life (chat). 2. Industrial Robot Language (a high-level language used for the programming of industrial robots)
ISS I'm So Sure
ISSYGTI I'm So Sure You Get The Idea!
ISWIM If (you) See What I Mean
ITFA In The Final Analysis
ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits, Wear It
IWALU I Will Always Love You
IWBNI It Would Be Nice If
IYFEG Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group (for ethnic jokes)
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean
JAM Just A Minute
JAS Just A Second
JIC Just In Case
JMO Just My Opinion
JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic
JTLYK Just To Let You Know
K Okay
KHYF Know How You Feel
KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid
KIT Keep In Touch
KMA Kiss My ***
KWIM Know What I Mean?
KYFC Keep Your Fingers Crossed
L Laugh
L8R Later
LABATYD or LAB&TYD Life's A ***** And Then You Die
LJBF Let's Just Be Friends
LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause
LMAO Laughing My Ar$e Off
LMFAO Laughing My Fuking Ar$e Off *
LMHO Laughing My Head Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LSHMBA Laughing So Hard My Belly Aches
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
LUWAMH Love You With All My Heart
LY Love You
MLA Multiple Letter Acronym
MOF Matter Of Fact
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 Volunteer Yourself
NBD No Big Deal
NFW No Friggin' Way!
NHOH Never Heard Of Him / Her
NIH Not Invented Here
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NINO 1. Nothing In, Nothing Out 2. No Input, No Output
NM Never Mind
NOYB None Of Your Business
NP No Problem
NQA No Questions Asked
NTIM Not That It Matters
NTIMM Not That It Matters Much
NTW Not To Worry
NTYMI Now That You Mention It
O Over (completion of communication)
OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject
OAUS On An Unrelated Subject
OBO Or Best Offer
OBTW Oh, By The Way
OIC Oh, I See
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; too much
OTTH On The Third Hand
OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head
OWTTE Or Words To That Effect
PABG Packing a Big Gun
PDS Please Don't Shout (Shouting in chat mode is typing all in capital letters, which is considered rude) Example: PLEASE DON'T SHOUT
PETA People eating tasty animals (thanks to Sherri Michaelson)
PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
PMBI Pardon My Butting In
PMF 1. Pardon My French 2. 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
R U THERE? Are you there?
RAEBNC Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment
RE 1 Hello again; re-greet 2 In regard to
REHI Hi again
RHIP Rank Has Its Privileges
RL Real Life (an abbreviation used in MUDs and chat)
RLCO Real Life Conference
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLASTC Rolling On Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat
ROFLGO Rolling On Floor Laughing Guts Out
ROFLMAO Roll On Floor Laughing My *** Off
ROTF Rolling On The Floor
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides
ROTFLOL Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
RRQ Return Receipt Request
RSN Real Soon Now
RSVP Respondez S'il Vous Plait
RTBM Read The Bloody Manual
RTFAQ Read The Frequently Asked Questions
RTFF Read The Freaking FAQ
RTFM Read The Freakin' Manual
RTM Read The Manual
RTSM Read The Silly Manual
RTWFQ Read The Whole Friggin' Question
RYFM Read Your Friendly Manual
RYS Read Your Screen
S Smile
SAPFU Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups
SCNR Sorry, Could Not Resist
SEC Wait a second
SETE Smiling Ear To Ear
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
SO Significant Other
SOL SH** Out Of Luck
SOS 1. Same Old Stuff 2. Help!
SOW Speaking Of Which
STFU Shut the **** up (thanks to Vicki Barber)
SUFID Screwing Up Face In Disgust
SWIM See What I Mean?
SWL Screaming With Laughter
SYS See You Soon
T4Y Time To Talk To You
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 Fouled Up
TBYB Try Before You Buy
TDM Too Darn Many
TFS Three Finger Salute (Ctrl-Alt-Del)
TFTHAOT Thanx For The Help Ahead Of Time
TFTT Thanks For The Thought
TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally
THX Thanks
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TINWIS That Is Not What I Said
TIWTIWGD There I was, thought I was gonna die! (thanks to Dave)
TNSTAAFL There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TMI Too Much Information
TNTL Trying Not To Laugh
TNX Thanks
TNXE6 Thanks A Million ("E6" means 10 to the 6th power = 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
TTKSF Trying To Keep a Straight Face
TTUL Talk To You Later.
TTYAWFN Talk To You A While From Now
TTYL Talk To You Later
TTYT Talk To You Tomorrow
TYCLO Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off (Quit Shouting)
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?
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 love
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 (or your experience could be different)
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