N of expressions

Function

Expression

Symbol or Abbreviation

47

descriptor

A Big Fat Lady

ABFLA

47

descriptor

A government official

dotgov

47

descriptor

At The Moment

ATM

47

descriptor

Away Without Leave

AWOL

47

descriptor

Back Of The Envelope Calculation

BOTEC

47

descriptor

Bad A**** Chick

BAC

47

descriptor

Big Red Switch

BRS

47

descriptor

Burnt Beyond Repair

BBR

47

descriptor

Buzz Word Quotient

BWQ

47

descriptor

Conference or Company

CO

47

descriptor

Cutie

QT

47

descriptor

Dead Link

DL

47

descriptor

DownLoad

DL

47

descriptor

Email Message

EMSG

47

descriptor

End Of Life

EOL

47

descriptor

End Of Message

EOM

47

descriptor

End Of Thread

EOT

47

descriptor

Extended Three Letter Acronym

ETLA

47

descriptor

Face To Face

F2F

47

descriptor

Face To Face

FTF

47

descriptor

First Come First Served

FCFS

47

descriptor

First In Still Here

FISH

47

descriptor

Forward

FW

47

descriptor

Free Of Charge

FOC

47

descriptor

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ

47

descriptor

Garbled Beyond Recovery

GBR

47

descriptor

Grim File Reaper

GFR

47

descriptor

Heavy Metal Music

\M/

47

descriptor

Holding Hands

HH

47

descriptor

In Real Life

IRL

47

descriptor

Long Distance Relationship

LDR

47

descriptor

Long Term Relationshp

LTR

47

descriptor

Multiple Letter Acronym

MLA

47

descriptor

Obligatory

OB

47

descriptor

Out To Lunch

OTL

47

descriptor

Over The Top

OTT

47

descriptor

Packing A Big Gun

PABG

47

descriptor

People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

PCMCIA

47

descriptor

Public Domain

PD

47

descriptor

Real Life

RL

47

descriptor

Real Life Conference

RLCO

47

descriptor

Return On Investment

ROI

47

descriptor

TFS Three Finger Salute (Ctl-Alt-Del)

TFS

47

descriptor

There Oughta Be A Law

TOBAL

47

descriptor

Too much information

2MI

47

descriptor

What You See Is What You Get

WYSIWYG

47

descriptor

Where No One Has Gone Before

WNOHGB

42

expressing amusement

Big Evil Grin

BEG

42

expressing amusement

Big Smile

BS

42

expressing amusement

Bursting With Laughter

BWL

42

expressing amusement

Chuckle and Grin

C&G

42

expressing amusement

Chuckle, Snicker, Grin

CSG

42

expressing amusement

Evil Grin

EG

42

expressing amusement

Fell Off My Chair

FOMC

42

expressing amusement

Grin/Giggle

G

42

expressing amusement

Laugh

L

42

expressing amusement

Laughing My Ass Off

LMAO

42

expressing amusement

Laughing My Head Off

LMHO

42

expressing amusement

Laughing Out Loud

LOL

42

expressing amusement

Laughing So Hard My Belly Aches

LSHMBA

42

expressing amusement

Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts

LSHMBH

42

expressing amusement

Laughing To Myself

LTM

42

expressing amusement

Laughing to Self

LTS

42

expressing amusement

Laughing Too Hard To Type

LTHTT

42

expressing amusement

On The Floor

OTF

42

expressing amusement

On The Floor Laughing

OTFL

42

expressing amusement

Peeing My Pants

PMP

42

expressing amusement

Raffing Out Roud ((Engrish)

ROR

42

expressing amusement

Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROFL

42

expressing amusement

Rolling On The Floor

ROTF

42

expressing amusement

Rolling On The Floor Laughing

ROTFL

42

expressing amusement

Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Screaming

ROFLAS

42

expressing amusement

Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off

ROFLMAO

42

expressing amusement

Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off Till I Die

ROTFLMAOTID

42

expressing amusement

Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud

ROTFLOL

42

expressing amusement

Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud And Peeing My Pants

ROTFLOLAPMP

42

expressing amusement

Rolling On The Floor Laughing Til I Cry

ROTFLTIC

42

expressing amusement

Screaming With Laughter

SWL

42

expressing amusement

Sitting In Chair Snickering

SICS

42

expressing amusement

Smile

S

42

expressing amusement

Smiling Ear To Ear

SETE

42

expressing amusement

Tears Running Down My Cheeks

TRDMC

42

expressing amusement

That's a knee slapper

TAKS

42

expressing amusement

Trying Not To Laugh

TNTL

42

expressing amusement

Trying To Keep A Straight Face

TTKSF

42

expressing amusement

Writer chuckles

<chuckle>

42

expressing amusement

Writer grins

<g>

42

expressing amusement

Writer smiles

<smile>

42

expressing amusement

Writer smirks

<smirk>

36

closing

After a While Crocodile

AWC

36

closing

Are You Ready To Say Goodbye?

BYE?

36

closing

Away From the Keyboard

AFK

36

closing

Be Back In A Bit

BBIAB

36

closing

Be Back In A Few

BBIAF

36

closing

Be Back Later

BBL

36

closing

Be Right Back

BRB

36

closing

Be Seeing You

BCNU

36

closing

Bye Bye For Now

BBFN

36

closing

Bye For Now

B4N

36

closing

Bye For Now

BFN

36

closing

Chat With You Later

CWYL

36

closing

Ciao For Now

CFN

36

closing

Going To Bed

G2B

36

closing

Gone For Now

GFN

36

closing

Got To Go

G2G

36

closing

Got To Go Get Something To Drink

G2GGS2D

36

closing

Keep In Touch

KIT

36

closing

Over and Out

OO

36

closing

Response to BYE?

BYE

36

closing

See Ya

CYA

36

closing

See You

CU

36

closing

See You Later

CUL

36

closing

See You Later

CYAL8R

36

closing

See You Later, Alligator

CULA

36

closing

See You Soon

SYS

36

closing

See You, Too

CU2

36

closing

Short On Time Must Go

SOTMG

36

closing

Ta Ta For Now

TTFN

36

closing

Talk To You A While From Now

TTYAWFN

36

closing

Talk To You Later

TTUL

36

closing

Talk To You Later

TTYL

36

closing

That’s All For Now

TAFN

36

closing

That's All, Folks!

TAF

36

closing

Til Our Paths Cross Again

TOPCA

36

closing

Write When You Can

WWYC

24

expressing affection

All My Love

AML

24

expressing affection

Great Big Hug

GBH

24

expressing affection

Great Big Hug And Kisses

GBH&K

24

expressing affection

Hanging On Your Every Word

HOYEW

24

expressing affection

Hot For You

H4U

24

expressing affection

Hug

H

24

expressing affection

Hug And Kiss

H&K

24

expressing affection

Hug And Kiss

HAK

24

expressing affection

Hug Back

HB

24

expressing affection

Hugs And Kisses

H&K

24

expressing affection

Hugs And Kisses

HAK

24

expressing affection

I Love You

ILU

24

expressing affection

I Love You

ILY

24

expressing affection

I Love You Forever And Ever

ILYFAE

24

expressing affection

I Will Always Love You

IWALU

24

expressing affection

Kisses And Hugs

XOXOXO

24

expressing affection

Lots Of LoVe

LOLV

24

expressing affection

Love And Kisses

LNK

24

expressing affection

Love You

LY

24

expressing affection

Love You Like A Brother

LYLAB

24

expressing affection

Love You Like A Sister

LYLAS

24

expressing affection

Love You With All My Heart

LUWAMH

24

expressing affection

Miss You So Much

MUSM

24

expressing affection

Thinking Of You

TOY

24

opining

As A Matter Of Fact

AAMOF

24

opining

As Far As I Know

AFAIK

24

opining

As Far As I’m Concerned

AFAIC

24

opining

As I See It

AISI

24

opining

As I Understand It

AIUI

24

opining

Believe It Or Not

BION

24

opining

Correct Me If I’m Wrong

CMIIW

24

opining

For What It’s Worth

FWIW

24

opining

I Am Not A Lawyer

IANAL

24

opining

I have a comment

?   !

24

opining

In My Arrogant Opinion

IMAO

24

opining

In My Considered Opinion

IMCO

24

opining

In My Experience

IME

24

opining

In My Humble Opinion

IMHO

24

opining

In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMNSHO

24

opining

In My Opinion

IMO

24

opining

In My Point Of View

IMPOV

24

opining

It Seems To Me

ISTM

24

opining

Just My Opinion

JMO

24

opining

Off The Top Of My Head

OTTOMH

24

opining

To Be Honest

TBH

24

opining

To The Best Of My Knowledge

TTBOMK

24

opining

Without Thinking Too Much

WTTM

24

opining

Your (or my) two cents worth

.02

23

warning

A Word To The Wise

AWTTW

23

warning

At Your Own Risk

AYOR

23

warning

Be There Or Be Dead

BTOBD

23

warning

Bend Over, Here It Comes Again

BOHICA

23

warning

Cover Your Ass

CYA

23

warning

Don’t Even Go There

DEGT

23

warning

Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite

DLTBBB

23

warning

Enough Is Enough

EIEE

23

warning

For All You Know

4AYN

23

warning

Never Again Volunteer Yourself

NAVY

23

warning

Parents Are Watching

PAW

23

warning

Parent Over Shoulder

POS

23

warning

Person Of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters

POSSLQ

23

warning

Snooze You Loose

SUL

23

warning

There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TANSTAAFL

23

warning

There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TNTSTAAFL

23

warning

This Oughta Be Good

TOBG

23

warning

Total Cost of Ownership

TCO

23

warning

Try Before You Buy

TBYB

23

warning

What You Get Is What You Pay For

WYGISWYPF

23

warning

You Get What You Pay For

YGWYPF

23

warning

You Know You Are A Redneck When

YKYARW

23

warning

You’ll Be Sorry

YBS

20

identifying

Boy Friend

BF

20

identifying

Friend Of A Friend

FOAF

20

identifying

Garbage In Garbage Out

GIGO

20

identifying

Girl Friend

GF

20

identifying

I Am A Lawyer

IAAL

20

identifying

I Am An Accountant

IAAA

20

identifying

I Am Gay

IAG

20

identifying

I Know You Are But What Am I?

IKYABWAI

20

identifying

In Real Life

IRL

20

identifying

Last In First Out

LIFO

20

identifying

Member Of Same Sex

MOSS

20

identifying

Member Of The Appropriate Sex

MOTAS

20

identifying

Member Of The Opposite Sex

MOTOS

20

identifying

Member Of The Same Sex

MOTSS

20

identifying

Message Of The Day

MOTD

20

identifying

Nothing In, Nothing Out, No Input, No Output

NINO

20

identifying

People

PPL

20

identifying

President Of The United States

POTUS

20

identifying

Significant Other

SO

20

identifying

The Powers That Be

TPTB

19

admonishing

Do Your Own Homework

DYOH

19

admonishing

F*** Off And Google

FOAG

19

admonishing

Get A Life

GAL

19

admonishing

Keep It Simple Stupid

KISS

19

admonishing

Mind Your Own Business

MYOB

19

admonishing

None Of Your Business

NOYB

19

admonishing

Please Don’t Shout

PDS

19

admonishing

Please, No Cursing Allowed Here

PNCAH

19

admonishing

Put Mind In Gear Before Greeting Mouth

PMIGBOM

19

admonishing

Read The Bloody Manual

RTBM

19

admonishing

Read The F****** Manual

RTFM

19

admonishing

Read The Freaking FAQs

RTFF

19

admonishing

Read The Silly Manual

RTSM

19

admonishing

Read The Whole Friggin’ Question

RTWFQ

19

admonishing

Read The Whole Thing (blog)

RTWT

19

admonishing

Read Your Screen

RYS

19

admonishing

Turn Your Caps Lock Key Off

TYCLO

19

admonishing

Wash My Mouth Out With Soap

WMMOWS

19

admonishing

Without Thinking

WT

19

expressing contempt

Big Frickin Deal

BFD

19

expressing contempt

BullShit

BS

19

expressing contempt

Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try

CADET

19

expressing contempt

Can't Remember Sh** 

CRS

19

expressing contempt

Eat Sh** And Die

ESAD

19

expressing contempt

F*** Off And Die

FOAD

19

expressing contempt

I Think I’m Going To Be Sick

ITIGTBS

19

expressing contempt

Idiot Behind Keyboard

IBK

19

expressing contempt

Kiss My Ass

KMA

19

expressing contempt

Kiss My Italian Ass

KMIA

19

expressing contempt

Knowledge In Bullshit Out

KIBO

19

expressing contempt

Piece Of S***

POS

19

expressing contempt

Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard

PEBCAK

19

expressing contempt

Same Old Stuff

SOS

19

expressing contempt

Screwing Up Face In Disgust

SUFID

19

expressing contempt

Situation Normal: All Fouled Up

SNAFU

19

expressing contempt

Stupid Four Letter Acronym

SFLA

19

expressing contempt

Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups

SAPFU

19

expressing contempt

Who Died And Left You In Charge?

WDALYIC

18

invocating

Best Of Luck

BOL

18

invocating

God Bless You

GBY

18

invocating

Good Luck

GL

18

invocating

Good Luck And Good Hunting

GLGH

18

invocating

Good Luck And Good Hunting

GL&GH

18

invocating

Happy Holidays To You And Yours

HHTYAY

18

invocating

Happy New Year

HNY

18

invocating

Have A Good Day

HAGD

18

invocating

Have A Good Night

HAGN

18

invocating

Have A Good One

HAG1

18

invocating

Have A Good Summer

HAGS

18

invocating

Have A Nice Day

HAND

18

invocating

Have Fun

HF

18

invocating

Keep Your Fingers Crossed

KYFC

18

invocating

Lots Of Luck

LOL

18

invocating

May The Force Be With You

MTFBWY

18

invocating

Take Care

TC

18

invocating

Take Care Of Yourself

TCOY

18

praising

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

FTASB

18

praising

Faster Than Light

FTL

18

praising

Gee, I Wish I’d Said That

GIWIST

18

praising

Good Game

GG

18

praising

Good Job

GJ

18

praising

Good Match

GM

18

praising

Good Move

GM

18

praising

Good One

G1

18

praising

Good Work

GW

18

praising

Great Minds Think Alike

GMTA

18

praising

I’m Impressed

II

18

praising

It’s All Good

IAG

18

praising

Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause

LLTA

18

praising

Pure Freakin’ Magic

PMF

18

praising

Work Of Art

WOA

18

praising

You Are The Best

YATB

18

praising

You’re Gonna Love This

YGLT

18

praising

You’re Too Kind

Y2K

16

allaying

Any Day Now

ADN

16

allaying

April Fools Joke

AFJ

16

allaying

Ha Ha Only Joking

HHOJ

16

allaying

Ha Ha Only Kidding

HHOK

16

allaying

It Could Be Worse

ICBW

16

allaying

Just In Case

JIC

16

allaying

Just Kidding

!!

16

allaying

Just Kidding

JK

16

allaying

Never Mind

NM

16

allaying

No Problem

NP

16

allaying

No Questions Asked

NQA

16

allaying

No Response Necessary

NRN

16

allaying

Not To Worry

NTW

16

allaying

Real Soon Now

RSN

16

allaying

Take Your Time

TYT

16

allaying

These Things Take Time

TTTT

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Complete Waste Of Time

CWOT

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Don’t You Just Hate It When

DYJHIW

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Life's A Bitch And Then You Die

LAB&TYD

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Life's A Bitch And Then You Die

LABATYD

14

expressing dissatisfaction

There Ain’t No Justice

TANJ

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Things Are Really Fouled Up

TARFU

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Too Darn Many

TDM

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Totally Stinks

TS

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Totally Stupid Rules

TSR

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Waste Of Time And Money

WOTAM

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Writer frowns

<frown>

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Yet Another Bloody Acronym

YABA

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Yet Another Off-Topic Message

YAOTM

14

expressing dissatisfaction

Yet Another UNIX Nerd

YAUN

14

greeting

Back

B

14

greeting

Back At Keyboard

BAK

14

greeting

Good Afternoon

GA

14

greeting

Good Morning

GM

14

greeting

Greetings And Salutations

GAS

14

greeting

Hello again

RE

14

greeting

Hi Again

REHI

14

greeting

Hi There

HT

14

greeting

How Are You

HRU

14

greeting

Long Time No See

LTNS

14

greeting

Long Time, No Type

LTNT

14

greeting

Welcome Back

WB

14

greeting

What’s Up

SUP

14

greeting

What’s Up?

WU

13

topic shifting

Back On Topic

BOT

13

topic shifting

And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor

ANFAWFOS

13

topic shifting

And Now For Something Completely Different

ANFSCD

13

topic shifting

Another Subject

AS

13

topic shifting

Back On Topic

BOT

13

topic shifting

Before I Forget

BIF

13

topic shifting

By The Way

BTW

13

topic shifting

Moving Right Along

MRA

13

topic shifting

Off Topic

OT

13

topic shifting

Oh, By The Way

OBTW

13

topic shifting

On A Totally Unrelated Subject

OATUS

13

topic shifting

On An Unrelated Subject

OAUS

13

topic shifting

Other Topic

OT

11

inquiring

Age, sex, location

ASL

11

inquiring

Are We Having Fun Yet?

AWHFY

11

inquiring

Are You OK?

UOK?

11

inquiring

I have a question

?   !

11

inquiring

I Just Want To Know

IJWTK

11

inquiring

Just Wondering

JW

11

inquiring

Question For You

?4U

11

inquiring

Question For You

Q4U

11

inquiring

What Are You Doing?

WAYD

11

inquiring

What Then Now?

WTN

11

inquiring

Where Are You From?

WUF

11

urging

As Soon As Possible

ASAP

11

urging

As Soon As You Get This

ASAYGT

11

urging

At Your Earliest Convenience

AYEC

11

urging

Come Right Back

CRB

11

urging

Get Away From It All

GAFIA

11

urging

Get On With It

GOWI

11

urging

Get On With It

GOWI

11

urging

Hurry Back

HB

11

urging

Quick

QIK

11

urging

Shut Up And Kiss Me

SUAKM

11

urging

Tell It Like It Is

TILII

10

instructing

Bring Your Own Bottle

BYOB

10

instructing

Bring Your Own Mac

BYOM

10

instructing

Do What I Mean Correctly

DWIMC

10

instructing

Do What I Mean, Not What I Say

DWIMNWIS

10

instructing

Fill In The Blank

FITB

10

instructing

Read The Frequently Asked Questions

RTFAQ

10

instructing

Read The Manual

RTM

10

instructing

Read Your Friendly Manual

RYFM

10

instructing

Search The Web

STW

10

instructing

See Last Mail

SLM

9

acknowledging

Be That As It May

BTAIM

9

acknowledging

I Could Of Course Be Wrong

ICOCBWI

9

acknowledging

I Get The Point

IGTPI

9

acknowledging

I Know What You Mean

IKWUM

9

acknowledging

I See

IC

9

acknowledging

I See What You Mean

ISWYM

9

acknowledging

Now That You Mention It

NTYMI

9

acknowledging

Oh, I See

OIC

9

acknowledging

Yes, I Understand

YIU

9

offering

Anyone For KFC?

NE14KFC?

9

offering

For Anyone Who Cares

FAWC

9

offering

For Your Amusement

FYA

9

offering

For Your Information

FYI

9

offering

Hope This Helps

HTH

9

offering

I Just Want To Say

IJWTS

9

offering

Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group

IYFEG

9

offering

Just For Information

JFI

9

offering

Just To Let You Know

JTLYK

9

requesting

Help!

SOS

9

requesting

How Do You Work This Dratted Thing?

HDYWTDT

9

requesting

Let Me Know

LMK

9

requesting

Please

PLZ

9

requesting

Please Tell Me More

PTMM

9

requesting

Repondez S’il Vous Plait (Please Reply)

RSVP

9

requesting

Return Receipt Request

RRQ

9

requesting

Will You Marry Me?

WYMM

9

requesting

Write Back Soon

WBS

9

thanking

Couldn’t Do It Without You

CDIWY

9

thanking

Thank You Very Much

TYVM

9

thanking

Thanks

THX

9

thanking

Thanks

TNX

9

thanking

Thanks A Million

TNXE6

9

thanking

Thanks For The Help Ahead Of Time

TFTHAOT

9

thanking

Thanks For The Thought

TFTT

9

thanking

Thanks In Advance

TIA

9

thanking

You’ve Made My Day

YMMD

8

apologizing

I’m Sorry

IS

8

apologizing

Pardon Me For Butting In

PMFBI

8

apologizing

Pardon Me For Jumping In

PMFJI

8

apologizing

Pardon My Butting In

PMBI

8

apologizing

Pardon My French

PMF

8

apologizing

Pardon My Jumping In

PMJI

8

apologizing

So Sorry

SS

8

apologizing

Sorry, Could Not Resist

SCNR

8

emphasizing

But Seriously Folks

BSF

8

emphasizing

But Seriously Though

BST

8

emphasizing

For Real Though

FRT

8

emphasizing

Ha Ha Only Serious

HHOS

8

emphasizing

I’m So Sure

ISS

8

emphasizing

See What I Mean?

SWIM

8

emphasizing

You Get The Idea?

YGTI

8

emphasizing

You Know What I Mean

YKWIM

8

expressing ignorance

Beats The Hell Outta Me

BTHOM

8

expressing ignorance

Damned If I Know

DIIK

8

expressing ignorance

Don’t Know

DK

8

expressing ignorance

Gee, I Don’t Know

GIDK

8

expressing ignorance

God Only Knows

GOK

8

expressing ignorance

How Should I Know

HSIK

8

expressing ignorance

I Don’t Know

IDK

8

expressing ignorance

Never Heard Of Him/Her

NHOH

7

confiding

Between Me And You

BM&Y

7

confiding

Care For Secret?

CFS

7

confiding

Did I Tell You I’m Distressed?

DITYID

7

confiding

Do You Know

DYK

7

confiding

For Your Eyes Only

FYEOF

7

confiding

Matter Of Fact

MOF

7

confiding

To Tell The Truth

TTTT

6

recalling

As Far As I Remember

AFAIR

6

recalling

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