The Little

Dictionary of Acronyms

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

AFA
AFAICS
AFAIK
AFAIR
AFK
AIIC
AISI
AIUI
AKA
ANFAWFOS
APU
ASAP
ASAFP
AYF

A friend always.
As far As I Can See.
As Far As I Know.
As far As I Remember.
Away From Keyboard.
As If I Care.
As I See It.
As I Understand It.
Also Known As.
And Now A Word From Our Sponsor.
As Per Usual.
As Soon As Possible.
As Soon As F... Possible.
All Your Fault.

B

BAIK
BAK
BCNU
BFN
BNF
BNI
BOC
BOF
BOFH
BOS
BOT
BOTEC

BRGD
BRB
BRS
BS
BSEG
BTDT
BTFT
BTFM
BTHOM
BTW
BUGS

Boy Am I Confused.
Back At Keyboard.
Be seeing you.
Bye For Now.
Big Name Fan.
Batteries Not Included.
But Of Course.
Birds Of a Feather.
Bastard Operator From Hell.
Big Orange Switch (Reset).
Back On Topic.
Back-Of-The-Envelope Calculation.

Best Regard.
Be Right Back.
Big Red Switch (Reset).
Bulls S...
Big S... Eating A Grin.
Been There, Done That.
Been There, Fixed That.
Beats the Funk out of Me.
Beats The Hell Outta Me.
By The Way.
Bloody User Generated Symptoms.

C

C&B
CATCH
CE
CIAO
COTFLGOHAHA
CSY
CU
CUL
CUL8R
CWYL
CYA
CYA

Crash and Burn.
Come Again? That Can't Help!
Creative Editing.
Goodbye.
Crawling On The Floor Laughing Guts Out and Having a Heart Attack.
Can't Stop Yawning.
Cracking Up.
Catch You Later (Bye).
See You Later.
Chat With You Later.
Cover Your Ass.
See Ya.

D

D & C
DD
DBA
DBN Not.
DH
DIAFYO
DILLIGAFF
DITUIHIBMSL
DITUILIBMSL
DNPM
DS
DUCWIC
DUCWIM
DUHWIH
DW

Duck and Cover.
Dear Daughter.
Doing Business As.
Doing Business Not.
Dear Husband.
Did I Ask For Your Opinion.
Do I Look Like I give A Flying Figment ?
Did I Tell You I Hate IBMs Lately.
Did I Tell You I Love IBMs Lately.
Damn Near P... Myself.
Dear Son.
Do You See What I See ?
Do You See What I Mean ?
Do You Hear What I Hear ?
Dear wife.

E

E2EG
EOD
EOL
ESAD
ESAL
ETLA

Ear to Ear Grin.
End Of Discussion.
End Of Lecture.
Eat S... And Die.
Eat S... And Live.
Extended Three Letter Acronym/Abbreviation.

F

FANFIC

FAQ
FFS
FFPGP
FIGMO
FIIN
FITB

Flame

Flamer
FOAD
FOAF
FOAFOAG
FOAG
FOT
FOTFL
FRZ

FPS

FS
FT
FTASB
FTL
FUA
FUBAR
FUMTU

Fw
FWIW
FYEO
FYA
FYI
FYO

Fan fiction

Frequently Asked Questions.
For F... s Sake.
Finger for PGP Public Key.
Forget It, I've Got My Orders.
F... If I Know.
Fill In The Blank.

To deliberately insult another poster

A poster who flames
F... Off And Die.
Friend Of A Friend.
Father Of A Friend of a Girlfriend.
Father Of A Girlfriend.
Full Of Tripe.
Falls On the Floor Laughing.
F...  Religious Zealot.

First Person Shooter.

For Sale.

For trade.
Faster than a Speeding Bullet.
Faster than Light.
Frequently Used Acronyms.
Fouled Up (!) Beyond All Recognition.
Feed up More Than Usual.

Forwarded message
For What It's Worth.
For Your Eyes Only.
For Your Action.
For Your Information.
For Your Opinion.

G

GASP
GD&R
GD&RVVF
GF
GGN
GIGO
GIWIST
GMTA
GOMF
GRUIT
GTFOOMF
GTHFY

Go Away, Silly Person!
Grinning, Ducking and Running.
Grinning, Ducking and Running Very Very Fast.
Girl Friend.
Gotta Go Now.
Garbage In, Garbage Out.
Gee I Wish I'd Said That.
Great Minds Think Alike.
Get Outta My Face.
Get Ready yoU Impudent Thing.
Get The F... Out of My Face.
Good To Hear From You.

H

HAND
HHO1/2K
HHOK
HOMPR
HTH
HWS

Have A Nice Day.
Ha Ha Only Half Kidding.
Ha Ha Only Kidding.
Hang On, Mobile Phone's Ringing.
Hope This Helps.
Husband Wants Sex.

I

IAC
IAE
IAH
IANAL/IANA
IANALBIPOOTV
IARTPFWTSIOWIM
IBC
IBM

ICQ
ICUR
IDGABTT
IDGAD
IDGAS
IDTS
IIRC
IIRC
IITYWTMWYBMAD
IITYWTMWYKM
ILIWTPCT
ILSHIBAMF
IMAO
IMBO
IMCO
IME
IMHO.
IMNSHO
IMO
IMVHO
INPO
IOW
IRL
ISTR
ITWSBT
IUD
IYSWIM

In Any Case.
In Any Event.
In All Honesty.
I Am Not A Lawyer.
I Am Not A Lawyer, But I Play One On TV.
I Am Repeating This Parrot Fashion Without The Slightest Idea of What It Means.
Inadequate But Cute.
Inadequate But Marketable.

A chat program
I See You Are.
It Don't Get Any Better Than This.
I Don't Give A Damn.
I Don't Give A S...
I Don't Think So.
If I Remember Correctly.
If I recall correctly .
If I Tell You What This Means Will You Buy Me A Drink ?
If I Tell You What This Means, Will You Kiss ME ?
I Love It When the Plan Comes Together.
I Laughed So Hard I Broke All my Furniture.
In My Arrogant Opinion.
In My Biased Opinion.
In My Considered Opinion.
In My Experience.
In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion.
In My Not So Humble Opinion.
In My Opinion.
In My Very Humble Opinion.
In No Particular Order.
In Other Words.
In Real Life.
I Seem To Remember.
I Think We Should Be Told.
Insert Usual Disclaimers.
If You See What I Mean.

J

JK

Just Kidding.

K

KISS
KMA
KWIM

Keep It Simple Stupid.
Kiss My A...
Know What I Mean ?

L

L&P
L8R
LAGNAF

LBFM
LLTA
LMFAO
LMTTA
LOL
LTIP

Love & Peace.
Later.
Lets All Get Naked and Fool Around.

Little Brown Fucking Machine.
Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause.
Laughing My F... A.. Off.
Leave Me the F... Alone.
Laughing Out Loud.
Laughing Till I Puke.

M

MCBTY
MFG
MHDCA
MIL

MISC
MMIF
MOTP
MYOB

My Computer is Better Than Yours.
More Friendly Garbage.
My Hard Drive Crashed Again.
Mother-In-Law.

Anything else that doesn't fit into the above
My Mouth Is Full.
Member(s) Of The Public NG.
Mind Your Own Business.

N

NAA!
NBD
NERD
NFA
NFW

NG
NIMBY
NJTH
NOMS
NRN
NTL
NUNP

Not Another Acronym!
No Big Deal.
National Establishment for Real Dorks.
No Flaming Allowed.
No F... Way.

NewsGroup.
Not In My Back Yard.
Not Just Thinking Here.
Not On My System.
No Reply Necessary.
Nevertheless.
No Users, No Problems.

O

OATUS
OAUS
OIC
ONNA
ONNTA
OOSOOM
OOTC

OT
OTFM
OTC
OTOH
OTTOMH
OTTOMHAROOB
OTW
OWTTE

On A Totally Unrelated Subject.
On A Related Subject.
Oh, I See.
Oh No, Not Again.
Oh No, Not This Again.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind.
Obligatory On-Topic Comment.

Off Topi
Only the Facts, Mam.
Over the Counter.
On The Other Hand.
Off The Top of My Head.
Off The Top of My Head And Rolling Out of Bounds.
On The Whole.
Or Words To That Effect.

P

PBKAC
PEST
PFI
PFM
PITA
PMETC
PMFJI
PMJI
PMWL
PMYMHMMFSWGAD
POQ
POQADCB
POV
PPL
PPP
PTMM

Problem Between Keyboard and Chair.
Please Excuse Slow Typing.
Please Fix It.
Pure Freaking Magic.
Pain In The Ass.
Pardon Me, etc.
Pardon Me For Jumping In.
Pardon My Jumping In.
Pissing Myself With Laughter.
Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn.
P... Off Quickly.
P... Off Quickly And Don't Come back.
Point of View.
People.
Petty Pet Peeve.
Please Tell Me More.

R

RE

REPOST

ROFFNAR
ROFL
ROFLMAO
ROFLOL
ROFLOLBAG.
ROFPML
ROTBA
ROTFL

ROTFLMHO
ROTFLMAO
RSN
RTFI
RTFM
RTFMS

RTS
RU ...

Answering a previous message.

A Story-comment-post that has been posted before.

Rolling On the Floor For No Apparent Reason.
Rolling On Floor Laughing.
Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off.
Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud.
Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud Busting a Gut.
Rolling On the Floor P... Myself Laughing.
Reality On The Blink Again.
Rolling On The Floor Laughing.
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Head Off.

Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Arse Off
Real Soon Now (which may be a long time coming).
Read The Friendly Instructions.
Read The Fine Manual.
Read The F... Manual, Sir !

Real-Time Strategy Game.
Are you... ?

S

SAR
SBCN
SHM
SICS
SIIN
SNAFU
SITD
SO
SOE
SOL
SOP

SNIP

Some Assembly Required.
Sitting Behind the Computer, Naked.
S... Happens, Mate.
Sitting In Chair Snickering.
S... If I Know.
Situation Normal: All Fouled Up.
Still In The Dark.
Significant Other.
Silly/Stupid Operator Error.
Still Out of Luck.
Standard Operational Procedure.

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T

TANJ
TANSTAAFL

TBD
TCB
TDMATBICPLY
TGAL
TIA
TIC
TINALO
TINAR
TINWIS
TLA
TM
TNOTVS
TPS(S)
TPTB
TRDMC

TROLL
TSOHF
TTBOMK
TTFN
TTM
TTYL
TTYRS
TUFD

There Aint No Justice.
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free lunch.

To Be Decided.
Taking Care of Business.
This Doesn't Mean A Thing But It Confuses People Like You.
Think Globally, Act Locally.
Thanks In Advance.
Tongue In Cheek.
This Is Not a Legal Opinion.
This Is Not a Recommendation.
That Is Not What I Said.
Three Letter Acronym.
Trust Me.
There's Nothing On Television, So ...
This Program Sucks (Severely).
The Powers That Be.
Tears Running Down My Cheeks.

An intentionally provocative post, or someone who makes one.
Total Sense Of Humor Failure.
To The Best Of My Knowledge.
Ta Ta for Now.
To The Moderator.
Talk To You Later.
Talk To You Real Soon.
The User File Died.

U

UCE

URL

Unsolicited Commerical E-mail.

Universal Resource Locator.

V

VETLA

Very Enhanced Three Letter Acronym.

W

WAB
WAMKSAM
WB
WBS
WDYMBT
WIH
WIBAMU
WIHIH
WMMOWS
WRT

WTB
WTF
WTG
WTH
WYLABOCTGWTR
WYLASOMWTC
WYSIAWYG
WYSIWYG
WYSINWNWYG
WYSINWYG
WYPIWYG
WYTYSYDG

What, Another Bill.
Why Are My Kitties Staring At Me.
Welcome Back.
Write Back Soon.
What Do You Mean By That.
What In Hell.
Well, I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle.
What In Hell Is Happening.
Wash My Mouth Out With Soap.
With Respect To.

Want To Buy.
What The F... ?
Way To Go.
What The Hell?
Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go With That Remark ?
Would You Like A Saucer Of Milk With That Comment ?
What You See Is Almost What You Get.
What You See Is What You Get.
What You See Is No Where Near What You Get.
What You See Is NOT What You Get.
What You Printed Is What You've Got.
What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get.

Y

YAOTM
YHGASPL
YM
YSWUS
YMMV
YSS
YT
YWSYLS

Yet Another Off-Topic Message.
You Have Got A Serious Problem, Lad !
You Mean/Misspelled.
Yea, Sure Whatever You Say !
Your Mileage May Vary.
You Suck Severely.
Yours Truly.
You Win Some, You Lose Some.