Common Acronyms 陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳潰 Very common 塚様様様様様 Grin (very common) AFAIK As Far As I Know ASAP As Soon As Possible BFN Bye For Now BTW By The Way CU see you CUL8R See You Later FUBAR Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition (WW ][ pilot slang) FWIW For What It's Worth FYI For Your Information IMHO In My Humble Opinion L8R Later OTOH On The Other Hand ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing RTFM Read The Fucking Manual! SnailMail The U.S. (or any "ground") Postal Service THX Thanks WYSIWIG What You See Is What You Get Not-so-common or rare 塚様様様様様様様様様様 Grinning, ducking, and running! (uncommon) AAMOF As a matter of fact (very rare) AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned AFK Away From Keyboard AISI As I See It ANFAWFOS And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor APA Amateur Press Association ASAFP As Soon As Friggin' Possible AWGTHTGTATA Are We Going To Have To Go Through ALL This Again? AWGTHTGTTA Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? AYOR At Your Own Risc B4 Before BBIAB Be Back In A Bit BBL Be Back Later BCNU Be Seeing You BFHD Big fat hairy deal (a la Garfield the Cat) (very rare) BNF Backus-Naur-Form BNF Big Name Fan BOT Back On Topic BTHOM Beats the hell outta me! BTWBO Be There With Bells On CUL Catch You Later CUL See You Later CWYL Chat With You Later DDD Direct Distance Dial (as in the phone system) DILLIGAD Do I Look Like I Give A Darn?! DILLIGAF Do I Look Like I Give A [*CENSORED*]! {fuck} DNPM Darn Near P***ed Myself {pissed} EOD End Of Discussion EOF End Of File EOL End Of Lecture EOT End of Thread FIAWOL Fandom Is A Way Of Life FIJAGH Fandom Is Just A Goddamn Hobby FIMD Foot-In-Mouth Disease (open mouth,insert foot,echo internationally) FITB Fill In The Blank FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet FTL Faster Than Light FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Repair FUBB Fouled Up Beyond Belief GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That HAK Hugs And Kisses HHO 1/2 K Ha, Ha, Only Half Kidding HHOK Ha, Ha, Only Kidding HTH Hope this Helps! HUA Heads Up, Ace IAC In Any Case IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer IBTD I Beg To Differ IITYWIMWYBMAD If I Tell You What It Means Will You Buy Me A Drink? IITYWTMWYKM If I Tell You What This Means Will You Kiss Me? IIWM If It Were Me (Mine) ILSHIBAMF I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture! IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion INPO In No Particular Order IOW In Other Words KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid LAGNAF Let's All Get Naked And [*CENSORED*] {fuck} LD Long Distance LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause LOL Laughing Out Loud LTIP Laughing Til' I Puke MTBF Mean Time Between Failure MTFBWY May The Force Be With You MYOB Mind Your Own Business NFI No Friggin' Idea NFW No Friggin' Way!! NIH Not Invented Here (Very common at Microsoft) NIMBY Not In My Back Yard NINO No Input, No Output OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject OAUS On An Unrelated Subject OBTW Oh, By The Way OIC Oh! I See ONNA Oh No, Not Again ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment OTOOH On The Other Other Hand OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head OWTTE Or Words To That Effect OZ Australia P.S. post scriptum PMIGBOM Put Mind In Gear, Before Opening Mouth POTS Plain Old Telephone Service POV Point Of View PPP Petty Pet Peeve PS postscript / post scriptum RAEBNC Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment (an APAabbreviation) ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing! ROFLASTC Rolling On Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat! ROFLGO Rolling On Floor Laughing Guts Out! ROFLMAO Rolling On Floor Laughing My A** Off {ass} ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off {ass} RSN Real Soon Now RTFM Read That *Fine* Manual RTFM Read The Farging Manual! RTFM Read The Fershlugginer Manual! RTFM Read The Flaming Manual! RTFM Read The Flaming Manual! RTFM Read The Freaking Manual! RTFM Read The Friendly Manual RTFM Read The Friggin' Manual! RTFMA Read The Friggin' Manual, Again RTWFQ Read The Whole Friggin' Question RYFM Read Your Friendly Manual RYFM Read Your Friggin' Manual! RYFM Read Your Fucking Manual! RYS Read Your Screen SAPFU Surpassing All Previous 'Foul' Ups SICS Sitting In Chair Snickering SNAFU Situation Normal, All Fouled Up SNAFU Situation Normal, All Fucked Up SOI Stunk On Ice SOL S*** Out of Luck {sucker? shit?} SWAG Super Wild A** Guess {ass} TANJ There Ain't No Justice (Niven) TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TARFU Things Are _Really_ Fouled Up TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally THANX Thanks TINWIS That Is Not What I Said TLA Three Letter Acronym TNSTAAFL There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TNX Thanks TPTB The Powers That Be TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks TSR Terminate and Stay Resident TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN Ta Ta For Now {byebye from Winnie-The-Pooh} TTYAWFN Talk To You A While From Now TTYL Talk/Type To You Later TYCLO Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off (Quit Shouting) WAG Wild A** Guess {ass} WDYMBT What Do (or Did) You Mean By That? WGAS Who Gives A [*CENSORED*]?! {shit} WIBAMU Well, I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle WMMOWS Wash My Mouth Out With Soap! WNOHGB Where No One Has Gone Before WT Without Thinking WTFZDN What The FUCKK Zit Doin' Now? WTH What the Heck WTTM Without Thinking Too Much WYLABOCTGWTR Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go With ThatRemark? WYLASOMWTC Would You Like A Saucer Of Milk With ThatComment? WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It YAOTM Yet Another Off-Topic Message