Alphabet Soup Explained This index was last updated on 8th August 2007, and currently contains 1193 entries. Nigel Thomas - nigthomas@aol.com 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 ] 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 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 F*ck (also seen as I Do Give A F*ck) 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 F*cking A*se 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 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 Script 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 A*se And T*ts 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 Z ZN - ZiffNet