Acronyms

 
A few acronyms you might encounter on bulletin boards or in chat rooms.
 
AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact
ABT About
ADN Any Day Now
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
AI As If!
AKA Also Known As
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ATM At The Moment
AYPI And Your Point Is
B4 Before
B4N Bye For Now
BAF Brain Already Fried
BAK Back At Keyboard
BFN Bye For Now
BB Bulletin Board
BBL Be Back Later
BCNU Be Seeing You
BEG Big Evil Grin
BF Boy Friend
BFN Bye For Now
BG Big Grin
BM Bite Me
BOC But Of Course
BOT Back On Topic
BRB Be Right Back
BTA But Then Again
BTC Biting The Carpet
BTDT Been There Done That
BTDTGTS Been There Done That, Got the T-Shirt
BTHOOM Beats The Hell Out Of Me
BTU Back To You
BTW By The Way
BTWBO Be There With Bells On
BWL  Bursting With Laughter
BYOB Bring Your Own Booze
BYORL Bring Your Own Rocket Launcher
CBL Come Back Later
CFD Call For Discussion
CFV Call for Votes
CID Crying In Disgrace
CNP Continued in Next Post
CU See You
CUL See You Later
CUL8R See You Later
CWYL Chat With You Later
DARFC Ducking And Running For Cover
DD Dreaded Disease
DH Dear Husband 
DIIK Damned If I Know
DIY Do It Yourself
DLN Don't Leave Now
DLTBBB Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
DSH Desperately Seeking Help
DTHT Delighted To Hear That
DTHT Delighted To Hear That
DUCT Did You See That?
EG Evil Grin
EMML E-Mail Me Later
EOD End of Discussion
EOF End Of File
EOM End of Message
EOQ End Of Question -- or -- End of Quote
EOT End Of Thread -- or -- End of Transmission
EZ Easy
FAQ Frequently Asked Question/s
FITB Fill In The Blank
FOC Free Of Charge
FOTCL Falling Off The Chair Laughing
FTF Face To Face
FTL Faster Than Light
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTTT From Time To Time
FUD Fear Uncertainty & Disinformation [or Doubt]
FWIW For What It's WOrth
FYA For Your Amusement
FYE For Your Entertainment
FYG For Your Guidance
FYI For Your Information
G Grin
G1 Good One
GA Go Ahead
GAFIA Get Away From It All
GAL Get A Life
GBH Great Big Hug
GBH&K Great Big Hug & Kiss
GD&R Grinning Ducking & Running
GF Girl Friend
GFAK Go Fly A Kite
GFC Going For Coffee
GFN Gone For Now
GG Go Girl -- or -- Good Going
GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out
GIRO Garbage In Rubbish Out
GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That
GL Good Luck
GMAB Give Me A Break
GMBO Giggling My Butt Off
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GOI Get Over It
GOK God Only Knows
GR&D Grinning Running & Ducking
GR8 Great
GTG Got To Go
GTSY Glad To See You -- or -- Good To See You
GZ GodZilla
H Hug
H&K Hug & Kiss
HAGN Have A Good Night
HB Hug Back
HF Have Fun
HHIS Hanging Head In Shame
HIH Hope It Helps
HIWTH Hate It When That Happens
HMP Help Me Please
HTH Hope That [This] Helps
HTML HyperTest Markup Language
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
IAC In Any Case
IAE In Any Event
IAIYH It's All In Your Head
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
IBTD I Beg To DIffer
IDC I Don't Care
IDGI I Don't Get It
IDK I Don't Know
IDTT I'll Drink To That
IE Internet Explorer
IGTP I Get The Point
IIRC If I Recall
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IITYWIMIWHTKY If I Tell You What It Means, I Will Have To Kill You
IIWM If It Were Me [or Mine]
ILIC I Laughed, I Cried
ILSHIBAMF I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMBO In My Bloody Opinion
IMCAO In My Completely Arrogant Opinion
IMCO In My Considered Opinion
IMHO In My Humble [or Honest] Opinion
IMNSCO In My Not So Considered Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IMOBO In My Own Biased Opinion
IMPE In My Personal [or Previous] Experience
IMS I'm Sorry
INL I'm Not Laughing
INPO In No Particular Order
IOW In Other Words
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IRL In Real Life
ISDN It Still Does Nothing
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISTM It Seems To Me
ISTR I Seem To Recall
ISWYM I See What You Mean
ITRO In The Region Of
ITRW In The Real World
ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits Wear It
IWBNI It Would Be Nice If
IWBS I Was Being Stupid
IYD In Your Dreams
IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean
J4G Just For Grins
JAM Just A Minute
JAS Just A Second
JFG Just For Grins
JIC Just In Case
JK Just Kidding
JMO Just My Opinion
JTLYK Just To Let You Know
JTYWTK Just Thought You Wanted To Know
K Okay -- or -- Kiss
KBD Keyboard
KHYF Know How You Feel
KISS Keep It Simple Stupid
KIT Keep In Touch
L Laugh
L8R Later
LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch & Then You Die
LABTYD Life's A Bitch, Then You Die
LHO Laughing Head Off
LIS Lost In Space
LLAL Laughing Like A Lunatic
LLAP Live Long And Prosper
LMAO Laughing My Arse [US = Ass] Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud -- or -- Lots of Love
LSHMCIS Laughing So Hard My Computer Is Shaking
LTNC Long Time No See
LTNS Long Time No See
LTNT Long Time, No Type
LTS Laughing To Self
LUB Laughing Under Breath
LWR Launch When Ready
LY Love You
LYL Love You Lots
LYLAB Love You Like A Brother
LYLAS Love You Like A Sister
MEG Mega Evil Grin
MHBFY My Heart Bleeds For You
MSG Message
MTFBWY May The Force Be With You
MYOB Mind Your Own Business
NA or N/A Not Acceptable -- or -- Not Applicable -- or -- Not Available
NALOPKT Not A Lot Of People Know That
NB Nota Bene [Note Well]
NC No Comment
NE1 Anyone
NEM Nothing Else Matters
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NM Never Mind
NMJ Not My Job
NP No Problem
NPNG No Pain No Gain
NQWI Not Quite With It
NRN No Reply Necessary
NTK Need To Know -- or -- Nice To Know
NTTAWWT Not That There's Anything Wrong With That
NTTFLS Not Till The Fat Lady Sings
NTYMI Now That You Mention It
OAO Over And Out
OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject
OAUS On An Unrelated Subject
OIC Oh, I See
OMG Oh My God
OMKC On My Knees Crying
OMKP On My Knees Praying
ONNA Oh No, Not Again
ONNTA On No, Not This Again
OOC Out Of Control
OOI Out Of Interest
OOTB Out Of The Box
OS Operating System
OT Off Topic
OTF On The Floor
OTOH On The Other Hand
OTOOH On The Other Other Hand
OTT Over The Top
OTTH On The Third Hand
OTTOMY Off The Top Of My Head
OWTTE Or Words To That Effect
PG Pretty Good
PLMK Please Let Me Know
PLS Please
PM Personal Message
POV Point Of View
PTB Powers That Be
Q&A Questions & Answers
R Are
RE Regarding
RFC Request For Comments
RFD Frquest For Discussion
RFI Request For Information
RGDS Regards
ROFL Rolling On the Floor Laughing
ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides
ROTFLBTCUTS Rolling On The Floor Laughing Biting The Carpet Unable To Stop
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Arse [Ass] Off
ROTFLMHO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Head Off
ROTFSTC Rolling On The Floor Scaring The Cat
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFAQ Read The FAQ
RTM Read The Manual -- or -- Read The Message
RUOK Are You OK?
S Sigh -- or -- Smile
S&N Smile & Nod
SASB Sobbing And Sniffing Bitterly
SB Smiles Back
SCNR Sorry, Could Not Resist
SETE Smiling Ear To Ear
SHID Slaps Head In Disgust
SHTSI Somebody Had To Say It
SIG Special Interest Group
SIIC See If I Care
SIL Sister In Law
SITD Still In The Dark
SMO Serious Mode On
SMOFF Serious Mode Off
SO Significant Other
SOW Speaking of Which
SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed
SYL See You Later
SYS See You Soon
TA Thanks Again
TAFN That's All For Now
TAFT That's A Frightening Thought
TBDL To Be Discussed Later
TBDML To Be Discussed Much Later
TBNT Thanks But No Thanks
TGIF Thank God It's Friday
TIA Thanks In Advance
TKS Thanks
TMI Too Much Information
TNX Thanks
TPTB The Powers That Be
TVM Thanks Very Much
TY Thank You
TYCLO Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off
TYM Thank You Very Much
TX Thanks
U You
U2 You Too
UBD User Brain Damage
VBG Very Big Grin
VEG Very Evil Grin
VWG Very Wicked Grin
VWS Very Wicked Smile
WB Welcome Back
WDOI Wouldn't Dream Of It
WFM Works For Me
WG Wicked Grin
WGACA What Goes Around Comes Around
WH What's Happening?
WIBNI Wouldn't It Be Nice If
WNOHGB Where No One Has Gone Before
WTTC Welcome To The Club
WU What's Up?
WWAO When We Are Official
WWW World Wide Web
WWYL When Will You Learn
YAFIOYGI You Asked For It, You Got It
YBS You'll Be Sorry
YHM You Have Mail
YW You're Welcome

 


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