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This index was last updated on 8th August 2007, and currently contains 1193 entries.


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

Index    C


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
<BEG>       - Big Evil Grin
BF          - Boy Friend
BFD         - Big F*cking Deal
BFE         - Bum F*ck Egypt [meaning a far-away place, eg. no parking spaces nearby 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
<BG>        - 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
BM          - Blonde Moment; Bite Me
BMA         - Bite My Ass
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 Grin
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

Index    A    D


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
<CG>        - 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
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
CNP         - Continued Next Post
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
CYCO        - Psycho
CYL         - See You Later

Index    B    E


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

Index     C    F


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]
<EG>       - 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

Index     D    G


F

F2F        - Face To Face
FA         - F*cking A
FAQ        - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FART       - Fathers Against Radical Teenagers
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      - Fun 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     - used as 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

Index     E    H


G

G          - Grin <g>
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

Index     F    I


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 Bunny
HHGTTG     - Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy
HHIS       - Hanging Head In Shame
HHO½K      - 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

Index     G    J


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 Instant Message service]
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<g>]
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
ITAK       - It Takes All Kinds
ITFA       - In The Final Analysis
ITMA       - Its That Man Again
IUTHALORFH - I Used To Have A Lot Of Respect For Him/Her
IT         - Information Technology [a global term for all things now to
                                     do with computers]
ITYM       - I Think You Mean
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

Index     H    K


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
Jr         - Junior
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

Index     I    L


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

Index     J    M


L

L8R        - Later
L8RZ       - 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 Wet 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

Index     K    N


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        - Moutain Daily 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
MST        - Mountain Standard Time
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

Index     L    O


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
NE1        - Anyone
NERD       - National Establishment for Real Dorks
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
NOYL       - Not On Your Life
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
NUI        - Network User Identification
NYCTMI     - Now You Come To Mention It
NYI        - Not Yet Implemented
NYM        - New York Minute
NYP        - Not Your Problem

Index     M    P


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

Index     N    Q


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

Index     O    R


Q

Q          - Queue
QED        - Quid Erat Demonstrandum; Quite Easily Done
QPQ        - Quid Pro Quo
QT         - Cutie; Quiet

Index     P    S


R

RA         - Red Alert
RAS        - Running Around 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
ROTFLMAOSHCCOMNAIWEDA - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A*se Off So Hard 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

Index     Q    T


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 [usually in email or 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
SUNOILTY   - Shut Up No One Is Listening To You
SUL        - See yoU Later
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

Index     R    U


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
TASW       - That's All She Wrote
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
TMSD       - Tiny Minds Seldom Differ
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

Index     S    V


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

Index     T    W


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

Index     U    X


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
<wg>       - Wide Grin
WGAFF      - Who Gives A Flying F*ck
WGAS       - Who Gives A Sh*t
WIBNIF     - Wouldn't It Be Nice IF
WITY       - What's It To You
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?

Index     V    Y


X

XYZ        - eXamine Your Zipper

Index     W    Z


Y

Y2K        - The Year 2000
YAABH      - You Are A Big Help
YABA       - Yet Another Bloody Acronym
YAOTM      - Yet Another Off-Topic Message
YASAWYAB   - You Are So Angry When You Are Beautiful
YASBWYAA   - You Are So Beautiful When You Are Angry
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
YKINOK     - Your Kink Is Not OK
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

Index     X


Z

ZN         - ZiffNet


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