Something you may want to know

A =/= - is not equal to

$0.02 - 2 Cents Worth

10Q - Thank You

1-2-1 - One To One [e.g. Do you want to chat 1-2-1?]

1FTR - One For The Road

2u - to you

2u2 - to you too

24/7 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

AA - Alcholics Anonymous

AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact

Abbr. - Abbreviation

ACK - Acknowledgement

ACRONYM - Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning

ADN - Any Day Now

AFAIAA - As Far As I Am Aware

AFAIAC - As Far As I Am Concerned

AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

AFAIR - As Far As I Remember/Recall

AFAIUI - As Far As I Understand It

AFK - Away From The Keyboard; Away For A Kwickie

AFL - AbsoFreakinLutely

AI - Artificial Intelligence

AIMP - Always In My Prayers

AISB - As I Said Before; As It Should Be

AISE - As I Said Earlier

AISI - As I See It

AIUI - As I Understand It

AIW - As It Were/Was

AKA - Also Known As

AMAP - As Much/Many As Possible

AMF - Adios My Friend; Adios Mother F*cker

ANFAWFOS - And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

AOB - Any Other Business

AOBTD - Another One Bites The Dust

AOL - America On Line [Internet Content Provider]

APAC - All Praise And Credit

API - Application Program Interface

ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency

A/S? - Age/Sex?

A/S/L? - Age/Sex/Location?

ASAFP - As Soon As F*cking Possible

ASAP - As Soon As Possible

ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ATB - All The Best

ATK - At The Keyboard

ATLA - Another Three Letter Acronym

ATM - At The Moment

ATTN - Attention

ATTYOB - Anything That Turns You On Baby

AU - Australia

aVG - Average

AWCIGO - And Where Can I Get One

AWGTHTGTATA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This/That Again

AWGTHTGTTA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This/That Again

AWHFY - Are We Having Fun Yet

AYT - Are You There B B/C - Because

B4 - Before

B4N - Bye For Now

BAC - By Any Chance

BAD - Broken As Designed

BAK - Back At Keyboard

BAMF - Bad Assed Mother F*cker

BBB - Busy Beyond Belief

BBFN - Bye Bye For Now

BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit

BBIAF - Be Back In A Flash

BBIAM - Be Back In A Minute

BBIAS - Be Back In A Sec

BBL - Be Back Later

BBN - Bye Bye Now

BBR - Burnt Beyond Repair

BBS - Bulletin Board System

BC - Basket Case; Because

BCC - Blind Carbon Copy

BCNU - Be Seein' You

- Big Evil Grin

BF - Boy Friend

BFD - Big F*cking Deal

BFE - Bum F*ck Egypt [meaning a faraway place e.g. there were no close

 parking spaces so I had to park in BFE]

BFG - Big Friendly Giant; Big F*cking Gun

BFH - Bastard From Hell

BFI - Brute Force and Ignorance; Bunch of F*cking Idiots

BFMI - Brute Force and Massive Ignorance

BFN - Bye For Now

- Big Grin

BI - Breidbart Index [a way of measuring whether one person's

 postings to a newsgroup constitutes SPAM, named after the

 person who designed it]

BIC - Best In Class

BIL - Brother In Law

BION - Believe It Or Not

BIOYA - Blow It Out Your A*se

BITD - Beaten It To Death

BK - Because

BMA - Bite My Ass

BM - Blonde Moment; Bite Me

BMF - Bad Mother F*cker

BMHATK - Banging My Head Against The Keyboard

BMHATW - Banging My Head Against The Wall

BMOC - Big Man On Campus

BMTA - Brilliant Minds Think Alike

BMTIPG - Brilliant Minds Think In Parallel Gutters

BNF - Big Name Fan

BOC - But Of Course

BOF - Birds Of a Feather

BOFH - Bastard Operator From Hell

BOHOF - Back Of Hand On Forehead

BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again

BOL - Best Of Luck

BOS - Big Orange Switch; Boyfriend Over Shoulder

BOT - Back On Topic

BOTEC - Back Of The Envelope Calculation

BRB - Be Right Back

BRBGP - Be Right Back Gotta Pee

BRBIGP - Be Right Back I Gotta Pee

BRO - Brother

Bros. - Brothers

BRS - Big Red Switch

BRT - Be Right There

BS - Bullsh*t

BSEG - Big Sh*t Eating Grin

BSG - Big Smiling Grin; Broad Sweeping Generalisation

BSOD - Blue Screen Of Death

BST - British Summer Time

BTA - But Then Again

BTAICBW - But Then Again I Could Be Wrong

BTAIM - Be That As It May

BTDT - Been There Done That

BTDTGTTS - Been There Done That Got The T-Shirt

BTG - Buck Tooth Green

BTOBD - Be There Or Be Dead

BTOBS - Be There Or Be Square

BTSOOM - Beats The Sh*t Out Of Me

BTTP - Back To The Point

BTW - By The Way

BWL - Bursting With Laughter

BWQ - Buzz Word Quotient

BY - BusY

BYKT - But You Know/Knew That

BYKTA - But You Know/Knew That Already

BYOB - Bring Your Own Bottle/Booze C C/O - Care Of

C&P - Copy & Paste

CADET - Can't Add Doesn't Even Try

CB - Call Back

CC - Carbon Copy

CCWC - Can't Cook Won't Cook

CE - Creative Editing

CERT - Computer Emergency Response Team

CF - Charlie Foxtrot; Cluster F*ck [similar to SNAFU]

CFD - Call For Discussion

CFV - Call For Votes

- Cute Grin

CGI - Common Gateway Interface

CHOWUR - See HOW yoU aRe

CHP - California Highway Patrol

CHUR - See How yoU aRe

CIAC - Computer Incident Advisory Capability

CIAO - goodbye [pronounced Chow]

CIC - Christ I'm Confused

CICO - Coffee In Coffee Out

CID - Crying In Disgrace

CIO - Cut It Out

Cir. - Circle

CLAB - Crying Like A Baby

CLM - Career Limiting Move

CMIIW - Correct Me If I'm Wrong

CNP - Continued Next Post

CO - COnference

COD - Cash On Delivery

COTFLGUOAHAHA - Crawling On The Floor Laughing Guts Out And Having A

 Heart Attack

COTN - Coffee/Coke Out The Nose

CP - Chat Post

CPF - Can Pigs Fly

CRAFT - Can't Remember A F*cking Thing

CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRS - Can't Remember Sh*t

CS - Cop Shop

CSG - Chuckle Snicker Grin

CST - Central Standard Time [US time zone]

CTR - Choose The Right

CTTD - Cute Things They Do

CTTS - Cute Things They Say

CU - See yoU

CUL - See yoU Later

CUL8R - See yoU LateR

CV - Curriculum Vitae

CWYL - Chat With You Later

CYA - See Ya; Cover Your A*se

CYL - See You Later D D/L - Download

D&W - Ducking And Weaving

DAMHIK - Don't Ask Me How I Know

DAMHIK, IJK - Don't Ask Me How I Know, I Just Know

DAP - Parents Against Dyslexia [chuckle]

DARFC - Ducking And Running For Cover

DBA - Doing Business As

DBN - Doing Business - Not

DD - Due Diligence

DEG - Deliciously Evil Grin

DFM - Don't Flame Me

DFU - Don't Forget Units

DH - Dear/Damn Husband

DICA - Do I Care Asshole

DIFA - Dumb Intellectual Fat Ass

DIIK - Damned If I Know

DIIN - Damned If I kNow

DILLIGAF - Does It Look Like I Give A F*ck

DILLIGAFF - Does It Look Like I Give A Flying F*ck

DIM - Do It Myself

DIY - Do It Yourself

DK - Don't Know

DL - DownLoad

DLG - Devilish Little Grin

DLTBBB - Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite

DNA - Did Not Answer

DNO - Do Not Open [used in the subject line of a post or email

 to indicate that the total message is included in the

 subject line]

DNPM - Darn Near P*ssed Myself

DNPML - Darn Near P*ssed Myself Laughing

DNS - Domain Name System

DOA - Dead On Arrival

DOB - Date Of Birth

DOLT - Division of Overseas Lemming Technicians

 (only seen in private newsgroups - aol.newsgroups.*)

DOM - Dirty Old Man

DOS - Disk Operating System [the original computer operating

 system developed by Microsoft, and how they made their

 name <g>]

DPKOL - Deep Passionate Kiss On the Lips

Dr - Doctor

DTOKAB - Drop To One Knee And Bow/Blow

DTP - DeskTop Publishing

DTRT - Do The Right Thing

DTTAH - Don't Try This At Home

DUCWIC - Do YoU See What I See

DUK - Dead Upon Keyboard

DUWTWB - Do yoU Want To WhiteBoard

DUWWB - Do yoU Want to WhiteBoard

DWIM - Do What I Mean

DWIMC - Do What I Mean Correctly

DWIMNWIS - Do What I Mean Not What I Say

DWISNWID - Do What I Say Not What I Do

DWPKOL - Deep Wet Passionate Kiss On the Lips

DYE - Damn Your Eyes

DYHWIH - Do You Hear What I Hear

DYSWIS - Do You See What I See E E2EG - Ear to Ear Grin

E&OE - Errors And Omissions Excepted; Errors And Omissions Expected

ED - Emotionally Disturbed

EDP - Emotionally Disturbed Person

EDT - Eastern Daylight savings Time [US time zone]

- Evil Grin

EIF - Exercise In Futility

ELOL - Evil Laughing Out Loud

EMSG - Email Message

EOB - End Of Business

EOD - End Of Discussion

EOF - End Of File

EOL - End Of Lecture

eom - End Of Message (nearly always seen in lower case)

EOT - End Of Thread

EPID - Every Person Is Different

ES&D - Eat Sh*t And Die

ESAD - Eat Sh*t And Die

ESAL - Eat Sh*t And Live

ESP - ESPecially

ESOSL - Endless Snorts Of Stupid Laughter

EST - Eastern Standard Time [US time zone]

ETA - Estimated Time Of Arrival

ETLA - Extended Three Letter Acronym F F2F - Face To Face

FART - Fathers Against Radical Teenagers

FA - F*cking A

FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)

FB - Fine Business; Fat B*stard

FCFS - First Come First Served

FCOL - For Crying Out Loud

FDROTFL - Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing

FFRD - Flying F*ck in a Rolling Doughnut

FFS - For F*ck's Sake

FFTFM - For The Feeble Minded

FICCL - Frankly I Couldn't Care Less

FIGJAM - F*ck I'm Good Just Ask Me

FIGMO - F*ck It Got My Orders

FIIK - F*cked If I Know

FIIN - F*cked If I kNow

FIL - Father In Law

FIOFY - Figure It Out For Yourself

FIRST - Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams

FISH - First In Still Here

FITB - Fill In The Blank

FITH - F*cked In The Head

FLEA - Four Letter Extended Acronym

FLOTUS - First Lady Of The United States

FMH - F*ck Me Harder

FOAD - F*ck Off And Die

FOAF - Friend Of A Friend

FOAFOAG - Father Of A Friend Of A Girlfriend

FOAG - Father Of A Girlfriend

FOCL - Fell Off Chair Laughing

FOD - Finger Of Death

FOOBAR - a programming expression [e.g. if foo then bar]

FOS - Freedom Of Speech; Full Of Sh*t

FOT - Full Of Tripe

FOTCL - Falling Off The Chair Laughing

FRED - F*cking Ridiculous Electronic Device

FRO - F*ck Right Off

FROB - F*ck Right Off Baby

FRZ - Fruitin' Religious Zealot

FSD - Fools Seldom Differ

FTASB - Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

FTBOMH - From The Bottom Of My Heart

FTF - Face To Face

FTL - Faster Than Light

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

FTR - For The Record

FTS - Fixin' To Start

FTW - For The Win

FUATFHYRIO - F*ck yoU And The Flying Horse You Rode In On

FUBAB - F*cked Up Beyond All Belief

FUBAR - F*cked Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition

FUD - Fear Uncertainty And Doubt

FUDA - F*ck yUo Dumbass

FUMTU - F*cked Up More Than Usual

FURTB - Full Up Ready To Burst

FWIW - For What It's Worth

FWY - Freeway

FYA - For Your Amusement

FYATFHYRIO - F*ck You And The Flying Horse You Rode In On

FYATHYRIO - F*ck You And The Horse You Rode In On

FYI - For Your Information G G - Grin

G2G - Got To Go

GA - Go Ahead

GAC - Get A Clue

GAFIA - Get Away From It All

GAL - Get A Life

GBH - Great Big Hug; Grievious Bodily Harm

GBH&K - Great Big Hugs & Kisses

GBH&KB - Great Big Hugs & Kisses Back

GD&R - Grinning Ducking And Running

GD&RF - Grinning Ducking And Running Fast

GD&RVVF - Grinning Ducking And Running Very Very Fast

GD&W - Grinning Ducking And Weaving

GF - GirlFriend

GFN - Gone For Now

GFR - Grim File Reaper

GFU - General F*ck Up

GFY - Go F*ck Yourself

GFYS - Go F*ck Your Self

GG - Gotta Go; Good Game

GGGGG - Geez!

GGN - Gotta Go Now

GGP - Gotta Go Pee

GH - Getting Hard (male)

GIF - Graphical Interchange Format

GIGO - Garbage In Garbage Out; Garbage In Gospel Out

GIWIST - Gee I Wish I'd Said That

GJ - Good Job

GJP - Good Job Partner

GL - Good Luck

GLG - Goofy Little Grin

GLGH - Good Luck and Good Hunting

GMAO - Giggling My A*se Off

GMT - Greenwich Mean Time [UK Time]

GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike

GOK - God Only Knows

GOOML - Get Out Of My Life

GOS - Girlfriend Over Shoulder

GOTFIA - Groaning On The Floor In Agony

GOWI - Get On With It

GPF - General Protection Fault; Go Puke Fast

GR8 - Great

GRQ - Get Rich Quick - a type of spam (MMF)

GRUIT - Get Real yoU Impudent Thing

GSH - Good Sense of Humour

GTBOS - Glad To Be Of Service

GTFOOMF - Get The F*ck Out Of My Face

GTFOH - Get The F*ck Outta Here

GTG - Got To Go

GTGB - Got To Get Beer

GTGN - Got To Go Now

GTP - Got To Pee

GTS - God That Sucked

GTSU - Glad/Good To See You

GW - Getting Wet (female)

GYFFR - Get Your F*cking Facts Right H H2 - How To

H&K - Hugs & Kisses

HABO - Have A Better One

HACB - Horny As Can Be

HAGN - Have A Good Night

HAGO - Have A Good One

HAK - Hugs And Kisses

HAND - Have A Nice Day

HATM - Howling At The Moon

HB - Honey Bear; HummingBird

HCB - Holy Cow Batman

HHB - Hello Honey Bear

HHGTTG - Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

HHIS - Hanging Head In Shame

HHO1/2K - Ha Ha Only Half Kidding

HHOJ - Ha Ha Only Joking

HHOK - Ha Ha Only Kidding

HHOS - Ha Ha Only Serious

HIB__ - Have I Been ___________

HICA - Here It Comes Again

HMFIC - Head Mother-F*cker In Charge

HNG - Horny Net Geek

HOAS - Hold On A Second

HOMPR - Hang On Mobile Phone's Ringing

HOPR - Hang On Phone's Ringing

HOS - Husband Over Shoulder

HOUER - Hanging On yoUr Every Word

HOYER - Hanging On Your Every Word

HP - Home Page

HPB - High Ping B*stard [used in gaming circles]

HSIK - How Should I Know

HSP - Highly Sensitive Person

HTFSIK - How The F*ck Should I Know

HTH - Hope This Helps

HTML - HyperText Markup Language

HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol

HUA - Head Up A*se

HW - HardWare

HWS(PEST) - Husband Wants Sex (Please Excuse Slow Typing)

HWUA - Head Way Up A*se

HWY - Highway I IAAA - I Am An Accountant

IAAD - I Am A Doctor

IAAL - I Am A Lawyer

IAC - In Any Case

IAE - In Any Event

IAGFII - It's All Good Fun Isn't It

IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IANAA - I Am Not An Accountant

IANAC - I Am Not A Crook

IANAD - I Am Not A Doctor

IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer

IANALBIPOOTV - I Am Not A Lawyer But I Play One On TV

IANYM - In A New York Minute

IANYS - In A New York Second

IAP - Internet Access Provider

IARTPFWTSIOWIM - I Am Repeating This Parrot Fashion Without The Slightest Idea Of What It Means

IASH - I Am So Horny

IAWC - In A While Crocodile [usually used to reply to SYLA(cf)]

IAY - I Adore You

IAYT - I Adore You Too [also IAY2]

IB - I'm Back

IBC - Inadequate But Cute

IBM - Inadequate But Marketable

IBTD - I Beg To Differ

IC - I See; In Character

ICAM - I Couldn't Agree More

ICB - I Care Because

ICBW - I Could Be Wrong

ICCL - I Couldn't Care Less

ICGAFF - I Couldn't Give A Flying F*ck

ICP - Internet Content Provider

ICQ - I Seek You [an Internet messaging system]

ICTYBTIHTKY - I Could Tell You But Then I'd Have To Kill You

ICUR - I See yoU aRe

ID - Identification

IDGAD - I Don't Give A Damn

IDGAF - I Don't Give A Fck (also seen as I Do Give A Fck)

IDGAFF - I Don't Give A Flying F*ck

IDGARA - I Don't Give A Rat's Ar*se

IDGAS - I Don't Give A Sh*t

IDGI - I Don't Get It

IDK - I Don't Know

IDN - I Don't Know

iDOT - Internet Development Outreach and Technology

IDTS - I Don't Think So

IDTT - I'll Drink To That

IE - In Effect

IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force

IGP - I Gotta Pee

IHABICNRWTSF - I Hate Abbreviations Because I Can Never Remember What They Stand For [pronounced Eye habbik nerwit siff]

IHTBS - It Has To Be Shown

IHTFP - I Hate This F*cking Place; I Have Truly Found Paradise

IIABDFI - If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It

IIRC - If I Recall/Remember Correctly

IITYWITIWHTKY - If I Tell You What It Means I Will Have To Kill You

IITYWIMWYBMAD - If I Tell You What It Means Will You Buy Me A Drink

IITYWIMWYKM - If I Tell You What It Means Will You Kiss Me

IJLS - I Just Like Saying

IK - I Know; Inverse Kinematics

IKWUM - I Know What yoU Mean

IKWYM - I Know What You Mean

ILI - I Like Ike

ILICISCOMK - I Laughed, I Cried, I Spilt Coffee/Coke On My Keyboard

ILIWAPCT - I Love It When A Plan Comes Together

ILU - I Love yoU

ILUIS - I Laughed Until I Stopped

ILUT - I Love yoU Too [also ILU2]

ILY - I Love You

ILY4E - I Love You ForEver

IMAO - In My Arrogant Opinion

IMBO - In My Biased Opinion

IMCDO - In My Conceited Dogmatic Opinion

IMCO - In My Considered Opinion

IME - In My Experience

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

IMMOR - I Make My Own Rules

IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMO - In My Opinion

IMOBO - In My Own Biased Opinion

IMPE - In My Personal/Previous Experience

IMPOV - In My Point Of View

IMS - I Must Say

IMVHO - In My Very Humble Opinion

Inc. - Incorporated

INGSI - I'm Not Going To Say It

INPO - In No Particular Order

INT - I'll Never Tell

IO - Input/Output

IOU - I Owe You

IOW - In Other Words

IP - Internet Protocol

IR - Inter Racial

IRC - Internet Relay Chat

IRL - In Real Life

IROOC - I've Run Out Of Cigarettes

IRT - In Real Time

ISC - I Stand Corrected

ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO - In Search Of

ISP - Internet Service Provider

ISTM - It Seems To Me

ISTR - I Seem To Remember

IT - Information Technology [a global term for all things now to do with computers]

ITFA - In The Final Analysis

ITMA - Its That Man Again

ITYM - I Think You Mean

IUTHALORFH - I Used To Have A Lot Of Respect For Him/Her

IUTKATS - I Used To Know All That Stuff

IWALU - I Will Always Love yoU

IWALY - I Will Always Love You

IWBNI - It Would Be Nice If

IWIK - I Wish I Knew

IWSN - I Want Sex Now

IYD - In Your Dreams

IYF - In Your Face

IYF __ - Insert Your Favourite ________

IYFEG - Insert Your Favourite Ethnic Group

IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean

IYQ - I Like You [say it, don't read it]

IYSWIM - If You See What I Mean J J/K - Just Kidding

JAFO - Just Another F*cking Observer

JAFU - Just Another F*ck Up

JAM - Just A Moment/Minute

JAO - Just Another Observer

JAS - Just A Second

JFF - Just For Fun

JFTR - Just For The Record

JFYI - Just For Your Information

JIC - Just In Case

JIT - Just In Time

JLY - Jesus Loves You

JMHO - Just My Humble Opinion

JMO - Just My Opinion

JMOOC - Just My Opinion Of Course

JOTL - Joy Of The Lord

JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

JSYK - Just So You Know

JTLYK - Just To Let You Know

JTUSK - Just Thought yoU Should Know

JTYMLTK - Just Thought You Might Like To Know

JTYWTK - Just Thought You Wanted To Know K K - oKay

KIA - Know It All

KIBO - Knowledge In Bullsh*t Out

KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid

KITA - Kick In The A*se

KMA - Kiss My A*se

KMB - Kiss My Butt

KMWIH - Kick Me Where It Hurts

KMYF - Kiss Me You Fool

KOL - Kiss On Lips

KOS - Kids Over Shoulder

KOTC - Kiss On The Cheek

KOTL - Kiss On The Lips

KOTM - Kook Of The Month

KTCOOTN - Keep This Crap Out Of This Newsgroup

KWIM - Know What I Mean

KYHU - Keep Your Head Up

KYHOOTW - Keep Your Head Out Of The Water

KYHOOYA - Keep Your Head Out Of Your A*se L L8R - Later

L8TRZ - Laters

LAB&TYD - Life's A Bitch And Then You Die

LAB&TYMO - Life's A Bitch And Then You Marry One

LAGNAF - Let's All Get Naked And F*ck

LALL - Live And Let Live

LAN - Local Area Network

LART - Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool

LDTO - Lets Ditch This One

LDWPKOL - Long Deep Wep Passionate Kiss On the Lips

LHM - Lord Help Me

LHU - Lord Help Us

LJBF - Let's Just Be Friends

LLAP - Live Long And Prosper

LLTA - Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause

LMA - Leave Me Alone

LMAO - Laughing My A*se Off

LMAOROTF - Laughing My A*se Off Rolling On The Floor

LMC - Lost My Connection

LMCOA - Lost My Connection Once Again

LMFAO - Laughing My Fcking Ase Off

LMK - Let Me Know

LMTFA - Leave Me The F*ck Alone

LOFLOL - Lying On Floor Laughing Out Loud

LOL - Laughing Out Loud; Little Old Lady; Lots of Love [minority usage]

LoTR - Lord of The Rings

LOWOTFBTC - Laughing Out Waving On The Floor Biting The Carpet

LPB - Low Ping B*stard [used in gaming circles]

LSFIAB - Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel

LSHIH - Laughing So Hard It Hurts

LSHIPMP - Laughing So Hard I Peed My Pants

LSHMBIB - Laughing So Hard My Belly Is Bouncing

LSHMSB - Laughing So Hard My Stitches Burst

LSMIF - Laughing So Much I Farted

LSMISMT - Laughing So Much I Shot My Tampax

LSP - Less Sensitive Person

LTBF - Learn To Be Funny

LTIP - Laughing 'Til I Puke

LTM - Laughing To Myself

LTMSH - Laughing 'Til My Sides Hurt

LTNS - Long Time No See

LTR - Long Term Relationship

LTUAE - Life, The Universe, And Everything [Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy]

LUSER - Loser USER

LY - Love ya

LYIC - Love You In Christ

LYLAB - Love You Like A Brother

LYLAS - Love You Like A Sister

LYWAMH - Love You With All My Heart M M8 - Mate

MAY - Mad About You

MAYB - Mad About You Baby

MB - Message Board

MBR - Master Boot Record

MCIBTY - My Computer Is Better Than Yours

MD - Mailed

MDT - Mountain Daylight savings Time

MFG - More Friendly Garbage

MFIC - Mother F*cker In Charge

MFWIC - Mother F*cker What's In Charge

MHBFY - My Heart Bleeds For You

MHDC - My Hard Drive Crashed

MHM - Members Helping Members

MHOTY - My Hat's Off To You

MIL - Mother In Law

MIME - Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions

MING - Mailing

MIPS - Meaningless Information Per Second

ML - More Later

MLA - Multiple Letter Acronym

MM - Multi Media

MMF - Make Money Fast - a type of spam, illegal in most countries

MMIF - My Mouth Is Full

MMX - Multi-Media eXtensions

MNC - Mother Nature Calls

MOF - Matter Of Fact

MOMN - Milk Out My Nose

MORF - Male OR Female

MOS - Member of the Opposite Sex

MOTAS - Member Of The Appropriate Sex

MOTD - Message Of The Day

MOTOS - Member Of The Opposite Sex

MOTSS - Member Of The Same Sex

MPH - Miles Per Hour

MS - More Sh*t; More of the Same

MSCEA - My Southern Comfort's Empty Again

MSIE - Microsoft Internet Explorer

MSS - Member of the Same Sex

MT - My Time

MTFBWY - May The Force Be With You

MUD - Multi-User Dungeon/Domain

MUNG - Mash/Mung Until No Good

MYOB - Mind Your Own Business N N/M - Never Mind

NADM - Never A Dull Moment

NAGI - Not A Good Idea

NANAE - news.admin.net-abuse.email [Usenet newsgroup]

NANAU - news.admin.net-abuse.usenet [Usenet newsgroup]

NAVY - Never Again Volunteer Yourself

NAYY - Not Affiliated. Yada-Yada. [origin unknown]

NB - Nota Bene [Latin for Note Well, i.e. what follows is important]

NBD - No Big Deal

NBL - Not Bloody Likely

NBTD - Nothing Better To Do

NCB - Never Change Baby

NDB - None of your Damned Business

NDM - No Disrespect Meant

NERD - National Establishment for Real Dorks

NE1 - Anyone

NFG - No F*cking Good

NFI - No F*cking Idea

NFW - No F*cking Way

NFY - No - F*ck You

NGT - Not Gonna Tell

NHOH - Never Heard Of Her/Him

NICBDAT - Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes

NIDWTC - No I Don't Want To Chat

NIH - Not Invented Here

NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard

NINO - Nothing In Nothing Out

NIMTO - Not In My Term Of Office

NIT - Not In Therapy

NLI - Not Logged In

NLT - No Later Than

NM - Never Mind

NM - No Message [used in the subject title of an email which includes only an attachment]

NMI - No Middle Initial

NMP - Not My Problem

NMS - Not My Style

NMSAA - Not My Style At All

NN - Night Night

NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol

NoCeM - No See 'eM

NOOTO - Nothing Out Of The Ordinary

NORWICH - kNickers Off Ready When I Come Home

NOYB - None Of Your Business

NP - No Problem

NP - No Picture [used in the subject title of an email]

NPF - No Problem Found

NPLU - Not People Like Us

NQA - No Questions Asked

NQOS - Not Quite Our Sort

NRN - No Reply Necessary

NS - Netscape

NSS - No Sh*t Sherlock

NT - No Text

NTG - Not Too Good

NTH - No Therapy Helpful

NTIBOA - Not That I'm Bitter Or Anything

NTIM - Not That It Matters

NTIMM - Not That It Matters Much

NTL - None The Less/Never The Less

NTP - Need To Pee

NUI - Network User Identification

NYCTMI - Now You Come To Mention It

NYI - Not Yet Implemented

NYM - New York Minute

NYP - Not Your Problem O O - Over [to you]

OATUS - On A Totally Unrelated Subject

OAUS - On An Unrelated Subject

OB - OBligatory; Oh Baby

OBTW - Oh By The Way

OD - OverDose; Oh Dear

OFS - One Finger Salute [the 'bird']

OIC - Oh I See

OMA - On My Ass

OMB - On My Butt

OMBLMAO - On My Butt Laughing My A*se Off

OMFG - Oh My F*cking God

OMG - Oh My God

OMW - On My Way

ONNA - Oh No Not Again

ONNTA - Oh No Not That/This Again

OO - Over and Out

OOC - Out Of Character

OOI - Out Of Interest

OOSOOM - Out Of Sight Out Of Mind

OOTC - Obligatory On Topic Comment [indicates that part of a message that pertains in some way to the Usenet newsgroup that the message appears in]

OS - Operating System

OSIM - Oh Sh*t It's Monday

OSIS - Oh Sh*t It's Sunday

OT - Off Topic

OT1H - On The One Hand

OTC - Over The Counter

OTD - Out The Door

OTF - On The Floor [mad laughter]

OTGH - On The Gripping Hand

OTL - Out To Lunch

OTOH - On The Other Hand

OTOOH - On The Other Other Hand

OTT - Over The Top

OTTH - On The Third Hand

OTTOMH - Off The Top Of My Head

OTW - On The Whole

OW - Oh Well

OWTTE - Or Words To That Effect P PABG - Pack A Big Gun

PAW - Parents Are Watching

PBM - Play By Mail (games)

PBNFL - Possible, But Not F*cking Likely

PC - Personal Computer

PCB - Please Call Back

PCMCIA - People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms

PD - Public Domain

PDA - Public Display of Affection

PDN - Public Data Network

PDPMEMA - Please Don't Post My Email Address

PDQ - Pretty Damn Quick

PDS - Please Don't Shout

PDT - Pacific Daylight savings Time

PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard

PEM - Privacy Enhanced Mail

PEST - Please Excuse Slow Typing

PFM - Pure F*ckin' Magic [when trying to explain how something works]

PGP - Pretty Good Privacy

PhD - Piled Higher and Deeper

PIMP - Pee In My Pants

PITA - Pain In The A*se

PKB - Pot, Kettle, Black

PKOC - Passionate Kiss On the Cheek

PKOL - Passionate Kiss On the Lips

PLMK - Please Let Me Know

PLMKO - Please Let Me Know Ok

PLOKTA - Press Lots Of Keys To Abort

PLONK - Person with Little Or No Knowledge [when seen in a newsgroup

 post usually means the person referred to has been kill-filed]

PLS - Please

PLZ - Please

PMBI - Pardon My Butting In

PMETC - Pardon Me ETC

PMFBI - Pardon Me For Butting In

PMFI - Problem Magically Fixed Itself

PMFJI - Pardon Me For Jumping In

PMFJIH - Pardon Me For Jumping In Here

PMJI - Pardon My Jumping In

PMP - Peed My Pants

PO - Piss Off

POAHF - Put On A Happy Face

POETS (day) - Piss Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday

POM - Phase Of the Moon

POP - Point Of Presence; Post Office Protocol

POQ - Piss Off Quickly

POQADCB - Piss Off Quickly And Don't Come Back

POS - Parents Over Shoulder

POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service/System

POTUS - President Of The United States

POV - Point Of View

PPL - PeoPLe

PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol; Petty Pet Peeve

PPPP - Previous Paragraph was Polemical Position

PS - Post scrīpt

PST - Pacific Standard Time

PTB - Powers That Be

PTL - Praise The Lord

PTLAPTA - Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition

PTMM - Please Tell Me More

PTMY - Pleased To Meet You

PTMYA - Pleased To Make Your Acquaintance

PTO - Please Turn Over

PW - Pathetic Wanker; PowWow Q Q - Queue

QED - Quid Erat Demonstrandum; Quite Easily Done

QPQ - Quid Pro Quo

QT - Cutie; Quiet

R RA - Red Alert

RAS - Running And Screaming

RE - REgarding

RFC - Request For Comment

RFD - Request For Discussion

RFM - Reply To Flagged Message

RFN - Right F*cking Now

RFT - Request For Thinking

RHIP - Rank Hath Its Privileges

RL - Real Life

RLCO - Real Life COnference

RMH - Real Manly Hug

RNA - Ring No Answer

ROFFNAR - Rolling On the Floor For No Apparent Reason

ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROFLMAATO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ase And Tts Off

ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My A*se Off

ROFLMAOBT - Rolling On Floor Laughing My A*se Off Big Time

ROFLMAOPMP - Rolling On Floor Laughing My A*se Off Peeing My Pants

ROFLMHO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Head Off

ROFLOL - Rolling On Floor Laughing Out Loud

ROFLUTS - Rolling On Floor Laughing Unable To Speak

ROFLWPIMP - Rolling On Floor Laughing Whilst Peeing In My Pants

ROTBA - Reality On The Blink Again

ROTF - Rolling On The Floor

ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing

ROTFLAS - Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Snorting

ROTFLBTC - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Biting The Carpet

ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A*rse Off

ROTFLMAOSHTCCOMNAIWEDA - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A*se Off So Hard That

                     Coke Came Out My Nose And I Wasn't Even Drinking Any

ROTFLSHISMC - Rolling On The Floor Laughing So Hard I Spilt My Coffee

ROTFLSMP - Rolling On The Floor Laughing, Sh*tting My Pants

ROTFLSTCIIHO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Scaring The Cat If I Had One

ROTM - Right On The Money

RPG - Role Playing Game

RSN - Real Soon Now

RT - Real Time

RTFF - Read The F*cking FAQ(s)

RTFI - Read The F*cking Instructions

RTFM - Read The F*cking Manual

RTFN - Right The F*ck Now

RTFQ - Read The F*cking Question

RTFS - Read The F*cking Source

RTM - Read The Manual

RTS - Read The Screen; Real Time Strategy

RUMF - aRe yoU Male or Female

RUMORF - aRe yoU Male Or Female S S - Smile

SAH - Screw A Hamster

SAHM - Stay At Home Mum

SAMFUTU - Situation Abnormal More F*cked Up Than Usual

SAPFU - Surpassing All Previous F*ck Ups

SAR - Smart A*se Remark

SASS - Short Attention Span Society/Syndrome

SAT - Sorry About That

SBID - Sh*tty But It'll Do

SCNR - Sorry, Could Not Resist

SEC - SECond, e.g. Wait a sec

SEG - Sh*t Eating Grin

SEP - Somebody Else's Problem

SETE - Smiling Ear To Ear

SFAIAA - So Far As I Am Aware

SFLA - Stupid Four Letter Acronym

SGML - Standardised Generalised Markup Language

SH - Sh*t Happens

SHTSI - Somebody Had To Say It

SIG - Special Interest Group

SIIK - Stuffed If I Know

SIL - Sister In Law

SIT - Stay In Touch

SITD - Still In The Dark

SLIP - Serial Line Interface Protocol

SMAR - Suck My A*se Raw

SMG - Suck My Goat

SMO - Serious Mode On

SMOP - Small Matter Of Programming

SMOFF - Serious Mode OFF

SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNAFU - Situation Normal All F*cked Up

SNERT - Snot-Nosed Egostical Rude Teenager

SNR - Signal To noise Ratio

SO - Significant Other

SOHB - Sense Of Humour Bypass

SOI - Stink On Ice; State Of Insanity

SOL - Sh*t Out of Luck

SOP - Standard Operating Procedure

SOS - Same Old Sh*t

SOT - Short Of Time

SOTMG - Short Of Time Must Go

SOVS - SomeOne Very Special

SPAM - SPiced hAM [now a common term on the Internet used to refer to Unsolicited Bulk Email, and unsolicited multiple postings to one or more Usenet newsgroups]

SRY - Sorry

SSDD - Same Sh*t Different Day

SSI - Subject Says It [in email and newsgroup message titles]

ST - Such That; Star Trek

ST-DS9 - Star Trek Deep Space 9

ST-TNG - Star Trek The Next Generation

ST-TOS - Star Trek The Original Series

ST-VOY - Star Trek Voyager

STFU - Shut The F*ck Up

STS - So To Speak

SUCDIC - Situation Under Control Dickheads In Charge

SUFID - Screwing Up Face In Disgust

SUL - See yoU Later

SUNOILTY - Shut Up No One Is Listening To You

SUP - what'S UP

SUYP - Shut Up You Pervert

SW - SoftWare; So What; Says Whom

SWAG - Simple Wild Assed Guess; Scientific Wild Assed Guess;

 Stupid Wild Assed Guess

SWAHBI - Silly/Stupid Wild Assed Hair Brained/Half Baked Idea

SWAK - Sealed With A Kiss

SWALK - Sealed With A Loving Kiss

SWDYRTW - Since When Do You Rule The Web

SWL - Screaming With Laughter

SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed

SWYP - So What's Your Problem

SYL - See You Later

SYSOP - SYStem OPerator

SYT - Sweet Young Thing

SYWWBY - See Ya - Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya T TABA - Throws A Beer At

TAF - That's All Folks

TAFFARD - Take A Flying F*ck At A Rolling Donut

TAFN - That's All For Now

TANJ - There Ain't No Justice

TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TARFU - Things Are Really F*cked Up

TAWIS - That Ain't What I Said

TBC - To Be Continued

TBE - To Be Expected

TBYB - Try Before You Buy

TC - Telephone Call; Take Care

TCB - Taking Care of Business

TCD - The Cat's Dead

TDD - The Dog's Dead

TDM - Too Damn Many

TEOTWAWKI - The End Of The World As We Know It

TFB - Too F*cking Bad

TFE - Too F*cking Easy

TFS - Three Fingered Salute [Ctrl-Alt-Del]

TFTT - Thanks For The Thought

TGAL - Think Globally Act Locally

TGIF - Thank God It's Friday

TGTF - Thank God Tomorrow's Friday

TIA - Thanks In Advance

TIATLG - Truly I Am The Living God

TIC - Tongue In Cheek

TIIC - Those Idiots In Control

TIME - Tears In My Eyes

TIMTOWTDI - There Is More Than One Way To Do It

TINALO - This Is Not A Legal Opinion

TINAR - This Is Not A Recommendation

TINC - There Is No Cabal

TINWIS - That Is Not What I Said

TIP - To Insure Promptness

TJATAW - Truth Justice And The American Way

TLA - Three Letter Acronym

TLC - Tender Loving Care

TLG - The Living God

TM - Thread Mangler

TMI - Too Much Information

TMIKTLIU - The More I Know The Less I Understand

TN - TelNet

TNOTVS - There's Nothing On TeleVision So

TNX - Thanks

TOTBAL - There Ought To Be A Law

TPAE - The Possibilities Are Endless

TPS(S) - This Program Sucks (Severely)

TPTB - The Powers That Be

TRDMC - Tears Running Down My Cheeks

TS - Tough Sh*t; Top Secret

TSOHF - Total Sense Of Humour Failure

TSR - Terminate and Stay Resident (program); Totally Stupid Rules

TTBE - That's To Be Expected

TTBOMK - To The Best Of My Knowledge

TTFN - Ta Ta For Now

TTL4N - That's The Lot For Now

TTM - To The Moderator

TTSP - This Too Shall Pass

TTTT - These Things Take Time

TTUL - Talk/Type To yoU Later

TTYL - Talk To You Later

TTYRS - Talk To You Real Soon

TVB - Top Versus Bottom

TWAIN - Technology Without An Important Name

TWIMC - To Whom It May Concern

TWIS - That's What I Said

TWTST - That Will Take Some Thought

TWYAS - That's What You All Say

TWYT - That's What You Think

TY - Thank You

TYT - Take Your Time [often used in reply to BRB (cf)]

TYVM - Thank You Very Much U U/L - UpLoad

UAE - Unrecoverable Application Error

UBE - Unsolicited Bulk Email

UFLA - Unidentified Four Letter Acronym

UGTBK - yoU've Got To Be Kidding

UL - UpLoad

UOK - yoU OK?

URL - Uniform Resource Locator

URLCM - yoU aRe weLCoMe

USU - USUally

UT4S - yoU Type For Shit

UTC - Coordinated Universal Time [GMT]; Under The Counter

UTT - Under The Table

UUCP - Unix-toUnix CoPy V VBG - Very Big Grin

VDPKOL - Very Deep Passionate Kiss On the Lips

VDWPKOL - Very Deep Wet Passionate Kiss On the Lips

VH - Virtual Hug

VR - Virtual Reality

VRML - Virtual Reality Modelling Language

VT - Virtual Time W W/ - With

W/O - With Out

W8 - Wait

W8ING - Waiting

WAB - What Another Bill

WAEF - When All Else Fails

WAG - Wild Assed Guess

WAIS - Wide Area Information Server

WALOC - What A Load Of Crap

WAN - Wide Area Network

WB - Welcome Back

WBS - Write Back Soon

WBSP - Write Back Soon Please

WC - Way Cool

WCAGA - What Comes Around Goes Around

WDYMBT - What Do You Mean By That

WEFT - Wrong Every F*cking Time

WFHC - Why For How Come?

WFM - Works For Me

- Wide Grin

WGAFF - Who Gives A Flying F*ck

WGAS - Who Gives A Sh*t

WIBNIF - Wouldn't It Be Nice IF

WMMOWS - Wash My Mouth Out With Soap

WOA - Work Of Art

WOFT - Waste Of F*cking Time

WOFTAM - Waste Of F*cking Time And Money

WOM - Word Of Mouth

WOMBAT - Waste Of Money Brains And Time

WOS - Wife Over Shoulder

WPKOL - Wet Passionate Kiss On the Lips

WRT - With Regard/Respect To

WSDMU - We Sure Did Miss yoU

WTF - What The F*ck

WTFDIC - What The F*ck Do I Care

WTFDIK - What The F*ck Do I Know

WTFDYTYA - Who The F*ck Do You Think You Are

WTG - Way To Go (Well Done!)

WTH - What The Hell/Heck

WUC - Why yoU Cry?

WWW - World Wide Web; World Wide Wait

WWYC - Write When You Can

WYGIWYG - What You Got Is What You Get

WYGIWYPF - What You Get Is What You Pay For

WYM - What You Mean?

WYP - What's Your Point?

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

WYSOH - Where's Your Sense Of Humour? X XYZ - eXamine Your Zipper Y Y2K - The Year 2000

YAABH - You Are A Big Help

YABA - Yet Another Bloody Acronym

YAOTM - Yet Another Off-Topic Message

YBS - You'll Be Sorry

YCIITM - Your Check/Cheque Is In The Mail

YCLIU - You Can Look It Up

YCTFS - You Can't Type For Shit

YGGM - Your Guess is as Good as Mine

YGTBK - You've Got To Be Kidding

YHB___ - You Have Been ___

YHBW - You Have Been Warned

YHL - You Have Lost

YHTBT - You Had To Be There

YIAH - Yes I Am Here

YKWIM - You Know What I Mean

YKYATP - You Know You're A Tired Parent

YM - You Mean

YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary [it could be different for you]

YOYO - You're On Your Own

YOYOW - You Own Your Own Words

YR - Yeah Right

YSS - You Suck Severely

YT - Yours Truly

YTMOB - You Turn Me On Baby

YW - You're Welcome

YWSYLS - You Win Some You Lose Some

YYBBHH - Yeh Yeh Beep Beep Honk Honk

YYSSW - Ya Ya Sure Sure Whatever