|
$0.02
|
Throwing in your two cents' worth
|
|
AAMOF
|
As a matter of fact (very rare)
|
|
ADN
|
Any
Day Now
|
|
AFAIC
|
As Far As I'm Concerned
|
|
AFAIK
|
As far as I know
|
|
AFK
|
Away
From Keyboard
|
|
AISI
|
As
I See It
|
|
aka
|
also
known as
|
|
AMF
|
Goodbye
(Adios Mutha-......)
|
|
ANFAWFOS
|
And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
|
|
ANFSCD
|
And Now For Something Completely Different...
|
|
APA
|
Amateur
Press Association
|
|
AS
|
On
Another Subject
|
|
ASAFP
|
As Soon As Friggin' Possible
|
|
ASAP
|
As
Soon As Possible
|
|
ATSL
|
Along
The Same Line
|
|
AWGTHTGTATA
|
Are We Going To Have To Go Through ALL This Again?
|
|
AWGTHTGTTA
|
Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?
|
|
AWHFY
|
Are we having fun yet?
|
|
AYOR
|
At
Your Own Risk
|
|
B4
|
Before
|
|
B4N
|
Bye
for Now
|
|
BAD
|
Broken
as Designed
|
|
BBIAB
|
Be Back In A Bit
|
|
BBL
|
Be
Back Later
|
|
BBR
|
Burnt
Beyond Repair
|
|
BBS
|
Bulletin
Board System
|
|
BCNU
|
Be seein' you! (saying goodbye)
|
|
BFHD
|
Big fat hairy deal (a la Garfield the Cat) (very rare)
|
|
BFN
|
Bye
For Now
|
|
BION
|
Believe
it or not
|
|
BMTIPG
|
Brilliant minds think in parallel gutters
|
|
BNF
|
Backus-Naur-Form
|
|
BNF
|
Big
Name Fan
|
|
BOT
|
Back
On Topic
|
|
BRB
|
Be right back (typically used when leaving briefly during
a conference)
|
|
BRS
|
Big
Red Switch
|
|
BTA
|
But then Again (in response to IOW)
|
|
BTAIM
|
Be that as it may
|
|
BTHOM
|
Beats the hell outta me!
|
|
BTOBD
|
Be there or be dead
|
|
BTSOOM
|
Beats the S**t Out Of Me
|
|
BTW
|
By
the way
|
|
BTWBO
|
Be There With Bells On
|
|
BWQ
|
Buzz
Word Quotient
|
|
CADET
|
Can't add, doesn't even try
|
|
CIS
|
Compuserve
Information System (tm)
|
|
CI$
|
(same
as above)
|
|
CO
|
Conference
|
|
CP
|
Copy
Protection
|
|
CPU
|
Central
Processor Unit
|
|
CRPG
|
Character (or computer) Role Playing Game
|
|
CRT
|
Cathode
Ray Tube
|
|
CU
|
See
you
|
|
CU2
|
see
you too
|
|
CUL
|
Catch
You Later
|
|
CUL
|
See
You Later
|
|
CUL8R
|
See You Later (bis später)
|
|
CWYL
|
Chat
With You Later
|
|
CYA
|
Cover
Your A***
|
|
DIIK
|
Damned
If I know
|
|
DIIK
|
Darn
if I know
|
|
DILLIGAD
|
Do I Look Like I Give A Darn?!
|
|
DILLIGAF
|
Do I Look Like I Give A F***
|
|
DL or D/L
|
Download
(transmit to you)
|
|
DTRT
|
Do
The Right Thing
|
|
DV
|
DesqView
|
|
DWIMC
|
Do What I Mean, Correctly
|
|
DWIMNWIS
|
Do What I Mean, Not What I Say
|
|
EBNF
|
extended
Backus-Naur-Form
|
|
EOD
|
End
Of Discussion
|
|
EOF
|
End
Of File
|
|
EOL
|
End
Of Lecture
|
|
EOT
|
End
of Thread
|
|
ESAD
|
Eat
S... and Die
|
|
ETLA
|
Extended
Three Letter Acronym
|
|
FAQ
|
FAQ
= Frequently asked questions
|
|
FB
|
Files
Busy
|
|
FCFS
|
First
come, first served
|
|
FD
|
Floppy
Disk
|
|
FD
|
FrontDoor
|
|
FDC
|
Floppy
Drive Controller
|
|
FDD
|
Floppy
Disk Drive
|
|
FFRD
|
Flying freep in a rolling donut (I don't give a...)
|
|
FIAWOL
|
Fandom Is A Way Of Life
|
|
FIJAGH
|
Fandom Is Just A Goddamn Hobby
|
|
FISH
|
First
In, Still Here
|
|
FITB
|
Fill
In The Blank
|
|
FOAF
|
Friend
of A Friend
|
|
FRED
|
Flaming
Ridiculous Electronic Device
|
|
FTASB
|
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
|
|
FTF
|
Face
to Face
|
|
FTL
|
Faster
Than Light
|
|
FUBAR
|
F***ed Up Beyond All Repair
|
|
FUBAR
|
Fouled Up Beyond All Repair
|
|
FUBAR
|
Fouled up beyond all recognition (also as FOOBAR or - as
a filename: FOO.BAR
|
|
FUBB
|
Fouled
Up Beyond Belief
|
|
FUD
|
Fear,
uncertainty, and doubt
|
|
FURTB
|
Full up ready to burst (about hard disk drives!)
|
|
FWIW
|
For
What It's Worth
|
|
FYI
|
For Your Information (zu Deiner Information)
|
|
g,d&r
|
grinning,
ducking, and running
|
|
g,d&rf
|
Grinning, ducking and running FAST!
|
|
g,d&rvvf
|
Grinning, ducking and running VERY VERY FAST
|
|
GA
|
Go
Ahead
|
|
GD&R
|
Grinning,
Ducking & Running
|
|
GDW
|
Grin,
Duck and Weave
|
|
GFR
|
Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer)
|
|
GGC
|
Goo Goo Cluster (cause zits & intestinal blockage)
|
|
GIGO
|
Garbage
in, Garbage Out
|
|
GIGO
|
Garbage In, Gospel Out (people accepting blindly what the
computer says)
|
|
GIWIST
|
Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
|
|
GLGH
|
Good Luck and Good Hunting
|
|
GMAFB
|
Give me a freeping break
|
|
GMTA
|
Great
minds think alike
|
|
GNU
|
gnu
not unix
|
|
GO
|
get
off
|
|
GOWI
|
Get
on with it
|
|
GPF
|
General Protection Fault (aka "Illegal Operation")
|
|
GP,F
|
Go
Puke, Fast!
|
|
GUI
|
graphical
user interface
|
|
HAK
|
Hugs
And Kisses
|
|
HD
|
Hard
Disk
|
|
HDC
|
Hard
Disk Controller
|
|
HDD
|
Hard
Disk Drive
|
|
HHO 1/2 K
|
Ha, Ha, Only Half Kidding
|
|
HHOK
|
Ha,
Ha, Only Kidding
|
|
HHTYAY
|
Happy Holidays to You and Yours
|
|
HSIK
|
How Should I Know (sometime HTFSIK)
|
|
HTH
|
Hope
this Helps!
|
|
HUA
|
Heads
Up, Ace
|
|
IAAA
|
I
am an accountant
|
|
IAAL
|
I
am a lawyer
|
|
IANAA
|
I am not an accountant
|
|
IANAL
|
I Am Not A Lawyer
|
|
IAC
|
In
any case
|
|
IAE
|
In
any event
|
|
IBTD
|
I
Beg To Differ
|
|
IC
|
I
see
|
|
IIABDFI
|
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
|
|
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?
|
|
IIWM
|
If
It Were Me
|
|
ILSHIBAMF
|
I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture!
|
|
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
|
|
IOU
|
I
owe you...
|
|
IOW
|
In
Other Words
|
|
IRL
|
In
real life
|
|
ISBAB
|
I Should have Bought A Book
|
|
ISR
|
interrupt
service routine
|
|
ITFA
|
In
the final analysis
|
|
ITMSS
|
I take myself so seriously
|
|
ITSFWI
|
If The Shoe Fits, Wear It
|
|
IWBNI
|
If would Be Nice If
|
|
JAM
|
Just
a moment
|
|
JAS
|
Just
a second
|
|
JAWS
|
Just
another Windows shell
|
|
JIC
|
Just
In Case
|
|
JSNM
|
Just
Stark Naked Magic
|
|
KBD
|
Keyboard
|
|
KHYF
|
Know
How You Feel
|
|
KISS
|
Keep
It Simple, Stupid
|
|
L8R
|
Later
|
|
LABATYD
|
Life's a bitch and then you die
|
|
LAB&TYD
|
Life's A Bitch & Then You Die.
|
|
LAGNAF
|
Let's All Get Naked And F***ed
|
|
LD
|
Long
Distance
|
|
lib
|
Library
|
|
LLTA
|
Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause
|
|
LMAO
|
Laughing
My Arm Off
|
|
LOL
|
Laughing
Out Loud
|
|
LTNT
|
Long
Time, No Type
|
|
MC
|
machine
code
|
|
MLA
|
Multiple
Letter Acronym
|
|
MOF
|
Matter
Of Fact
|
|
MOTAS
|
Member of the Appropriate Sex
|
|
MOTOS
|
Member of the Opposite Sex
|
|
MOTSS
|
Member of the Same Sex
|
|
MOTM
|
Member
of the Month
|
|
MSC
|
Microsoft
C
|
|
Msg
|
Message
|
|
MTBF
|
Mean
Time Between Failure
|
|
MTFBWY
|
May The Force Be With You
|
|
MYOB
|
Mind
Your Own Business
|
|
n/a
|
not
applicable
|
|
NAVY
|
Never
Again Volunteer Yourself
|
|
NBD
|
No
Big Deal
|
|
NBFD
|
No Big F***ing Deal
|
|
NFG
|
No
Freeping Good
|
|
NFI
|
No
Friggin' Idea
|
|
NFW
|
No
Freeping Way
|
|
NFW
|
No
Friggin' Way!!
|
|
NIH
|
Not
Invented Here
|
|
NIMBY
|
Not In My Back Yard
|
|
NINO
|
Nothing
in, nothing out
|
|
NINO
|
No
Input, No Output
|
|
NOYB
|
None
Of Your Business
|
|
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
|
|
NUI
|
Network
User Identification
|
|
OATUS
|
On A Totally Unrelated Subject
|
|
OAUS
|
On
An Unrelated Subject
|
|
obj
|
Object
|
|
OBTW
|
Oh,
By The Way
|
|
Ofs
|
Offset
|
|
OFTPATHIRIO
|
Oh F*** This Place And The Horse It Rode In On!
|
|
OIC
|
Oh,
I see
|
|
ONNA
|
Oh
No, Not Again
|
|
ONNTA
|
Oh No, Not This Again
|
|
OOTC
|
Obligatory
On-Topic Comment
|
|
op
|
Operator
|
|
OTF
|
On
the Floor
|
|
OTL
|
Out
To Lunch
|
|
OTOH
|
On
the other hand
|
|
OTOOH
|
On The Other Other Hand
|
|
OTTH
|
On
the third hand
|
|
OTTOMH
|
Off The Top Of My Head
|
|
OWTTE
|
Or Words To That Effect
|
|
OZ
|
Australia
|
|
PABG
|
Packing
a Big Gun
|
|
PDN
|
Public
Data Network
|
|
PFM
|
Pure
F***ing Magic
|
|
PITA
|
Pain
in the Anatomy
|
|
PITA
|
Pain
In The A***
|
|
PLOKTA
|
Press Lots of keys to abort
|
|
PMBI
|
Pardon
my butting in
|
|
PMFBI
|
Pardon Me for butting in
|
|
PMIGBOM
|
Put Mind In Gear, Before Opening Mouth
|
|
PMJI
|
Pardon
my Jumping in
|
|
POSSLQ
|
Person of Opposite Sex sharing living quarters
|
|
POTS
|
Plain
Old Telephone Service
|
|
POV
|
Point
Of View
|
|
PPN
|
Programmer Project Number; currently known as UserID
|
|
PGP
|
Petty
Good Provacy
|
|
PPPP
|
Previous Paragraph was Polemical Position
|
|
PPTSPAHS
|
Please Pass The Salt, Pepper And Hot Sauce
|
|
proc
|
Procedure
|
|
PS
|
postscript
|
| Ptr |
Pointer |
| PW |
PLONK
Warning |
|
PW#1
|
PLONK Warning No 1
|
|
QP
|
Quick
Pascal
|
|
RAEBNC
|
Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment
|
|
RFD
|
Request
For Discussion
|
|
RHIP
|
Rank
Has Its Privileges
|
|
RLCO
|
Real
Life COnference
|
|
RNA
|
Ring,
No Answer
|
|
ROFL
|
Rolling
on floor, laughing
|
|
ROF,L
|
Rolling
on floor, laughing
|
|
ROFLASTC
|
Rolling On Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat!
|
|
ROFLGO
|
Rolling On Floor Laughing Guts Out!
|
|
ROFLMAO
|
Rolling On Floor Laughing My A*** Off
|
|
ROTF
|
Rolling
On The Floor
|
|
ROTFL
|
Rolling On The Floor Laughing
|
|
ROTFLAHMS
|
Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides
|
|
ROTFLMAO
|
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A*** Off
|
|
ROTFLTC
|
Rolling on the floor, licking the glue
|
|
RPG
|
Role
Playing Games
|
|
RRQ
|
Return
Receipt Request
|
|
RTFF
|
Read The F***ing FAQ
|
|
RTFM
|
Read
That *Fine* Manual
|
|
RTFM
|
Read the "friendly" manual (or message)
|
|
RTFM
|
Read
The Flaming Manual!
|
|
RTFM
|
Read
The Freaking Manual!
|
|
RTFM
|
Read
The Friendly Manual
|
|
RTFM
|
Read
The Friggin' Manual!
|
|
RTFM
|
Read The F***ing Manual!
|
|
RTFMA
|
Read The Friggin' Manual, Again
|
|
RTL
|
run
time library
|
|
RTWFQ
|
Read The Whole Friggin' Question
|
|
RYFM
|
Read
Your Friendly Manual
|
|
RYFM
|
Read
Your Friggin' Manual!
|
|
RYFM
|
Read
Your Fucking Manual!
|
|
RYS
|
Read
Your Screen
|
|
SAPFU
|
Surpassing All Previous 'Foul' Ups
|
|
SCNR
|
Sorry,
couldn't resist
|
|
Seg
|
Segment
|
|
SF
|
Science Fiction or Speculative Fantasy
|
|
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
|
|
SNAFU
|
Situation normal, all fucked up
|
|
SO
|
Significant
Other
|
|
SOGOTP
|
Sh*t or get off the pot
|
|
SOI
|
Stunk
On Ice
|
|
SOL
|
Sh*t Out of Luck
|
|
SOOL
|
Sh*t Out of Luck
|
|
SOS
|
Same
old Stuff
|
|
SOW
|
Speaking
of which
|
|
SSDD
|
Same
stuff, different day
|
|
SUFID
|
Screwing Up Face In Disgust
|
|
SWAG
|
Super
Wild A*** Guess
|
|
SWMBO
|
She who must be obeyed
|
|
Sysop
|
System
Operator
|
|
TAF
|
That's
All, Folks !
|
|
TAFN
|
Thats
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
|
|
THANX
|
Thanks
|
|
TGIF
|
Thank
God Its Friday
|
|
THX
|
Thanks
|
|
TIA
|
Thanks
in advance
|
|
TIC
|
Tongue
In Cheek
|
|
TINWIS
|
That Is Not What I Said
|
|
TLA
|
Three Letter Acronym (now surpassed by MLA)
|
|
TM
|
Thread
mangler
|
|
TNSTAAFL
|
There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
|
|
TNX
|
Thanks
|
|
TOBAL
|
There Oughta Be A Law
|
|
TOBG
|
This
Oughta Be Good
|
|
TOT
|
Turbo
Object Toolkit, Nachfolger von TTT
|
|
TP
|
Turbo-Pascal
|
|
TPTB
|
The
Powers That Be
|
|
TRDMC
|
Tears Running Down My Cheeks
|
|
TSR
|
Terminate and stay resident program
|
|
TSR
|
Totally
Stupid Rules
|
|
TTBOMK
|
To The Best Of My Knowledge
|
|
TTFN
|
Ta
Ta For Now
|
|
TTL4N
|
Thats the lot for now
|
|
TTUL
|
Talk
To You Later
|
|
TTYAWFN
|
Talk To You A While From Now
|
|
TTYL
|
Talk
To You Later
|
|
TV
|
Turbo-Vision
|
|
TYCLO
|
Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off (Quit Shouting)
|
|
UAE
|
Unrecoverable application error (now GPF)
|
|
UL or U/L
|
Upload
|
|
UNCLE
|
Unified Nuclear Coalition of Latvian Emigrants
|
|
w/o
|
without
|
|
WAEF
|
When
All Else Fails
|
|
WAG
|
Wild
A*** Guess
|
|
WDYMBT
|
What Do (or Did) You Mean By That?
|
|
WE
|
Wochenende
|
|
WGAS
|
Who Gives A S**t?!
|
|
WIBAMU
|
Well, I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle
|
|
WIMP
|
Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing (to describe Windows and
other similar interfaces)
|
|
WizOp
|
Wizard Sysop; the primary forum administrator for a forum
|
|
WMMOWS
|
Wash My Mouth Out With Soap!
|
|
WNOHGB
|
Where No One Has Gone Before
|
|
WOA
|
Work
Of Art
|
|
WOFTAM
|
Waste of Flaming time and money
|
|
WT
|
Without
Thinking
|
|
WTF
|
What
The F***
|
|
WTFDIK
|
What the F*** Do I Know
|
|
WTFZDN
|
What The F*** Zit Doin' Now?
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WTH
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What
the Heck
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WTTM
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Without
Thinking Too Much
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WYLABOCTGWTR
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Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go With That Remark?
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WYLASOMWTC
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Would You Like A Saucer Of Milk With That Comment?
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WYSBYGI
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What you see before you get it
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WYSIWYG
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What you see is what you get
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WYGIWYPF
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What you get is what you pay for
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YADS
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Yet
Another DOS Shell
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YAOTM
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Yet Another Off-Topic Message
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YAxxx
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Yet
Another xxx
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YGLT
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You're
Gonna Love This ...
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ZNT
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Ziffnet
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