here's a list of acronyms that was graciously sent to me when i joined this
list by a very computer savvy friend. i keep it as a handy little
reference. hope this helps.
Patricia
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> ACRONYMS
>
> AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact
> ADN Any Day Now
> AFAIK As Far As I Know
> AMF Goodbye! (Adios [My Friend])
> AS (On) Another Subject
> ATSL Along The Same Line
> AWGTHTGTTA? Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?
>
> B4N Bye For Now
> BAD Broken As Designed
> BAMF Bad [A] [My Friend]
> BBR Burnt Beyond Recognition
> BBS Bulletin Board System
> BCNU Be seeing you
> BNF Big Name Fan
> BRB (I'll) Be Right Back
> BRS Big Red Switch
> BTA But Then Again
> BTW By The Way
> BWQ BuzzWord Quotient
>
> CU See You
> CUL See You Later
> CUL8R See You Later
> CYA Cover Your [A]
>
> DIIK Damned If I know
> DTRT Do The Right Thing
> DWIMC Do What I Mean Correctly
>
> ESAD Eat [Sugar] And Die
> ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym
>
> FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
> FISH First In, Still Here
> FITB Fill In The Blank
> FOAF Friend Of A Friend
> FRED [Frigging] Ridiculous Electronic Device
> FUBAR [Fouled] Up Beyond All Recognition (or repair)
> FURTB Full Up Ready To Burst (regarding a hard drive)
> FWIW For What It's Worth
> FYBITS [Fool] You, Buddy, I'm The Sysop.
> FYI For Your Information
>
> <G> Grin
> GA Go Ahead (or, 'I'm done, it's your turn to talk')
> <GD&R> Grinning, Ducking & Running (placed at end of a nasty
> message)
> GDW Grin, Duck, and Weave
> GFR Grim File Reaper
> GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
> GIGO Garbage In, Gospel Out (believing everything from
> computers)
> GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That
> GLAGH Good Luck And Good Hunting
> GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
>
> HHTYAY Happy Holidays to You and Yours
> HWMBO He Who Must Be Obeyed
>
> IAE In Any Event
> IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
> IC I See
> IITYWISWYBMAD If I Tell You What It Says, Will You Buy Me A Drink
> IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
> IMCO In My Considered Opinion
> IMHO In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion
> IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
> IMO In My Opinion
> ITMT In The Mean Time
> IOW In Other Words
> ISBAB I Should've Bought A Book
> ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits, Wear It
> IWBNI It Would Be Nice If
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> JIC Just In Case
> JITNOT Just In The Nick Of Time
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> KHYF (I) Know How You Feel
>
> L8R Later...
> LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch & Then You Die
> LTNT Long Time, No Type
>
> MLA Multi Letter Acronym
> MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex
> MOTOS Member Of The Opposite Sex
> MOTSS Member Of The Same Sex
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> NBFD No Big [Frigging] Deal
> NFW No [FrigginG] Way
> NTYMI Now That You Mention It
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> OFTPATHIRIO Oh [Fool] This Place And The Horse It Rode In On
> OIC Oh, I See
> OTOH On The Other Hand
>
> PFM Pure [Frigging] Magic
> PITA Pain In The [A]
> PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
> PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In
> POSSLQ Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
> POV Point Of View
> PPTSPAHS Please Pass The Salt, Pepper And Hot Sauce
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> <ROTF> Rolling On The Floor
> <ROTFL> Rolling On The Floor Laughing
> <ROTFLMAO> Rolling On The Floor Laughing My [A] Off
> RPG Role Playing Game
> RSN Real Soon Now
> RTFM Read The [Fine] Manual (or message)
>
> <SG> Sheepish Grin
> SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym
> SMOP Small Matter Of Programming
> SNAFU Situation Normal, All [Fouled] Up
> SO Significant Other
> SOW Speaking Of Which
> SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed
> SYSOP System Operator
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> TAFN That's All For Now
> TARFU Things Are Really [Fouled] Up
> TANJ There Ain't No Justice
> TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
> TDM Too Damn Many
> TFTHAOT Thanks For The Help Ahead Of Time
> TGIF Thank God It's Friday
> TIA Thanks In Advance
> TLA Three Letter Acronym
> TOBAL There Oughta Be A Law
> TOBG This Oughta Be Good
> TPTB The Powers That Be
> TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
> TTFN Ta Ta For Now
> TTL4N That's The Lot For Now
> TTUL Talk To You Later
> TTYL Talk To You Later
> TTYL8R Talk To You Later
>
> WIMP Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointing
> WOFTAM Waste Of [Frigging] Time And Money
> WTF What The [F]
> WYGIWYPF What You Get Is What You Pay For
> WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It
> WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
>
> YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym
> YDKWTFIGODY You Don't Know What The [F] Is Going On, Do You
> YJDKDY You Just Don't Know, Do Ya
> YGLT You're Gonna Love This
> YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
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> *****
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> EMOTICONS (Emotion Icons)
>
> :) The original smiley face, "I'm Happy"
> :( The original frown
> :-) Smiling, happy face; don't take me too seriously
> B-) Above, but poster wears glasses or sunglasses
> 8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look
> #:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
> :-( Sad or angry face
> >:-( Even angrier face
> @= Flame about nuclear war, power or weapons follows
> mushroom cloud)
> ;-) Winking happy face (something said tongue-in-cheek)
> :-P Tongue stuck out
> :-b Same as previous
> :-B Buck-toothed smile
> :-D Wider happy face (or mouth open too much)
> :-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
> #:-o Same as previous
> :-)## Person with a beard
> @:-)## Person with a beard and a turban
> (:-) Messages dealing with bicycle helmets
> <:-) Dumb questions
> oo "Somebody's head-lights are on" messages
> O>-<|= Messages of interest to women
> ;-) Wink ( take this message with a grain of salt)
> |-( Late night messages
> :^) Messages teasing people about their noses
> :-{#} Messages teasing people about their braces
> (:-# Message concerning something that shouldn't have been
> said
> (:-$ Message indicating person is ill
> (:-& Message indicating person is angry
> (:-* Kiss
> (:-( Message indicating person is VERY sad
> (:^( Message concerning people with broken noses
> (:<) Message concerning blabber mouths
> :-(=) Message about people with big teeth.
> &:-) Message from a person with curly hair
> @:-) Message from a person with wavy hair
> ?-( Message about people with a black eye
> b-) Message about a pirate
> *:* Message about fuzzy things
> *:** Message about fuzzy people with a fuzzy mustache
> %-) Message about people with broken glasses
> +<:-| Message from a monk/nun
> {0-) Message from cyclops
> (:-D Message concerning another blabber mouth
> (:-|K- Formal message
> B-) Message from Batman
> @%&$%& You know what that means
> ||*( Handshake offered
> ||*) Handshake accepted
> >< >< Message about/to someone wearing argyle socks
> :-)<><////> Message about someone wearing a striped tie
> 2B|^2B Message about Shakespeare
> =|:-)## Message about Uncle Sam
> >:-{ Message about Dracula
> \:-) Message about Gumby
> (-_-) Secret smile
> <{:-)} Message in a bottle
> <:-)<<| Message from a space rocket
> (:-... Heart-breaking message
> <<<(:-) Message from a hat sales-man
> (O--< A fishy message
> (8-) Message from a four-eyes
> (:>-< Message from a thief: hands up!
> <I==I) A message on four wheels
> :^{ User wears a mustache
> :*) Another person wearing a mustache
> { User is Alfred Hitchcock
> @>--->---- A rose
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