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Acronyms

Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-07-13 19:57

There's lots (and they've been bouncing around for over 20 years on mailing lists :^) The most common ones I use (some not on the BBoard or Klarinet, though): AFAIK - As Far As I Know BCNU - Be seeing you BTW - By The Way CUL - see you later DWIM - Do What I Mean DWIMC - Do What I Mean, Correctly FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions FITNR - Fixed In The Next Release FOAF - Friend Of A Friend (see alt.urban.folklore :^) FOD - Finger Of Death FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt FWIW - For What It's Worth FYI - For Your Information FYA - For Your Amusement IIRC - If I Recall Correctly IMHO - In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion IWBNI - It Would Be Nice If ... IYFEG - Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group (see rec.humor) KIBO - Knowledge In, B******t out. LOL - Laughing Out Loud MEGO - Mine Eyes Glazeth Over (also known as Frantic Handwaving) MMF - Make Money Fast (see any postmaster/spam list) MOTAS = Members Of The Appropriate Sex MOTOS - Members Of The Opposite Sex MOTSS - Members Of The Same Sex OB - OBligatory OBTW - Oh, By The Way OIC - oh, I see OTOH - On The Other Hand PHB - Pointy Haired Boss pr0n - Pornography ROTF - Rolling On The Floor ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing RSN - Rean Soon Now (see FITNR) RTBM - Read The Bloody Manual! RTFAQ - Read The FAQ! RTFM - See RTBM SO - Significant Other STFW - Search The Web TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (from Robert Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress") TIA - Thanks In Advance TNX - thanks TNX 1.0E6 - thanks a million (humorous) TNXE6 - another form of "thanks a million" TTFN - Ta-Ta For Now TTYL - Talk To You Later TMTOWTDI - There's More Than One Way To Do It (The Official Motto of Perl) WOMBAT - Waste Of Money, Brains, and Time WRT - With Regard To or With Respect To WTF - the universal interrogative WTH - What The Heck WYSIAYG - What You See Is All You Get WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary OB Hacker Humor: You know you're a hacker when: not only do you check your email more often than your paper mail, but you remember your network address faster than your postal one. your SO kisses you on the neck and the first thing you think is "Uh, oh, priority interrupt." you go to balance your checkbook and discover that you're doing it in octal. your computers have a higher street value than your car. in your universe, `round numbers' are powers of 2, not 10. more than once, you have woken up recalling a dream in some programming language. you realize you have never seen half of your best friends.

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