Do You ever wonder what the acronyms "AFAIAC" or "ANFAWFOS" stand for when you are online?


A

10Q         - Thank You
1FTR        - One For The Road
24/7        - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
AAMOF       - As A Matter Of Fact
ACK         - Acknowledgement
ACRONYM     - Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning
ADN         - Any Day Now
AFAIAC      - As Far As I Am Concerned
AFAICT      - As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK       - As Far As I Know
AFAIUI      - As Far As I Understand It
AFK         - Away From The Keyboard
AISB        - As I Said Before
AISE        - As I Said Earlier
AISI        - As I See It
AIW         - As It Were/Was
AKA         - Also Known As
AMAP        - As Much/Many As Possible
AMF         - Adios My Friend
ANFAWFOS    - And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
ANSI        - American National Standards Institute
AOB         - Any Other Business
APAC        - All Praise And Credit
API         - Application Program Interface
ARPA        - Advanced Research Projects Agency
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
ATTN        - Attention
ATTYOB      - Anything That Turns You On Baby
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


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B 


B/C         - Because
B4          - Before
B4N         - Bye For Now
BAC         - By Any Chance
BAD         - Broken As Designed
BAK         - Back At Keyboard
BBB         - Busy Beyond Belief
BBFN        - Bye Bye For Now
BBIAB       - Be Back In A Bit
BBIAS       - Be Back In A Sec
BBL         - Be Back Later
BBR         - Burnt Beyond Repair
BBS         - Bulletin Board System
BC          - Basket Case
BCC         - Blind Carbon Copy
BCNU        - Be Seein' You
BEG         - Big Evil Grin
BF          - Boy Friend
BFG         - Big Friendly Giant
BFH         - Bastard From Hell
BFI         - Brute Force and Ignorance; Bunch of Failed Idiots
BFMI        - Brute Force and Massive Ignorance
BFN         - Bye For Now
BG          - Big Grin
BIL         - Brother In Law
BION        - Believe It Or Not
BITD        - Beaten It To Death
BK          - Because
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
BOS         - Big Orange Switch
BOT         - Back On Topic
BOTEC       - Back Of The Envelope Calculation
BRB         - Be Right Back
BRS         - Big Red Switch
BRT         - Be Right There
BSG         - Big Smiling Grin; Broad Sweeping Generalisation
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
BTOBD       - Be There Or Be Dead
BTOBS       - Be There Or Be Square
BTTP        - Back To The Point
BTW         - By The Way
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


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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
CFD         - Call For Discussion
CFV         - Call For Votes
CG          - Cute Grin
CGI         - Common Gateway Interface
CHOWUR      - See HOW yoU aRe
CHUR        - See How yoU aRe
CIAC        - Computer Incident Advisory Capability
CIAO        - goodbye [pronounced Chow]
CIC         - Christ I'm Confused
CIO         - Cut It Out
CLAB        - Crying Like A Baby
CLM         - Career Limiting Move
CMIIW       - Correct Me If I'm Wrong
CO          - COnference
COD         - Cash On Delivery
CPF         - Can Pigs Fly
CRAFT       - Can't Remember A Funny Thing
CRC         - Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRS         - Can't Remember Something
CS          - Cop Shop
CTTD        - Cute Things They Do
CTTS        - Cute Things They Say
CU          - See yoU
CUL         - See yoU Later
CUL8R       - See yoU LateR
CWYL        - Chat With You Later
CYA         - See Ya
CYL         - See You Later


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D 


D/L         - Download
D&W         - Ducking And Weaving
DAP         - Parents Against Dyslexia [chuckle]
DARFC       - Ducking And Running For Cover
DBA         - Doing Business As
DBN         - Doing Business - Not
DFM         - Don't Flame Me
DFU         - Don't Forget Units
DIIK        - Damned If I Know
DIIN        - Damned If I kNow
DILLIGAF    - Does It Look Like I Give A Fig-Newton
DILLIGAFF   - Does It Look Like I Give A Flying Fig-Newton
DIM         - Do It Myself
DIY         - Do It Yourself
DK          - Don't Know
DL          - DownLoad
DLG         - Devilish Little Grin
DNA         - Did Not Answer
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
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
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
DYHWIH      - Do You Hear What I Hear
DYSWIS      - Do You See What I See


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E 


E2EG       - Ear to Ear Grin
E&OE       - Errors And Omissions Excepted
ED         - Emotionally Disturbed
EDP        - Emotionally Disturbed Person
EG         - Evil Grin
EIF        - Exercise In Futility
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
ESP        - ESPecially
ESOSL      - Endless Snorts Of Stupid Laughter
ETA        - Estimated Time Of Arrival
ETLA       - Extended Three Letter Acronym


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F 


F2F        - Face To Face
FAQ        - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FCFS       - First Come First Served
FCOL       - For Crying Out Loud
FDROTFL    - Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing
FIL        - Father In Law
FIRST      - Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
FISH       - First In Still Here
FITB       - Fill In The Blank
FLEA       - Four Letter Extended Acronym
FOAF       - Friend Of A Friend
FOAFOAG    - Father Of A Friend Of A Girlfriend
FOAG       - Father Of A Girlfriend
FOD        - Finger Of Death
FOS        - Freedom Of Speech
FOT        - Full Of Tripe
FOTCL      - Falling Off The Chair Laughing
FSD        - Fools Seldom Differ
FTASB      - Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
FTF        - Face To Face
FTL        - Faster Than Light
FTP        - File Transfer Protocol
FTS        - Fixin' To Start
FUD        - Fear Uncertainty And Doubt
FURTB      - Full Up Ready To Burst
FWIW       - For What It's Worth
FYA        - For Your Amusement
FYI        - For Your Information


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G


G          - Grin
GA         - Go Ahead
GAC        - Get A Clue
GAFIA      - Get Away From It All
GAL        - Get A Life
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
GGN        - Gotta Go Now
GGP        - Gotta Go Pee
GIF        - Graphical Interchange Format
GIGO       - Garbage In Garbage Out; Garbage In Gospel Out
GIWIST     - Gee I Wish I'd Said That
GLG        - Goofy Little Grin
GLGH       - Good Luck and Good Hunting
GMTA       - Great Minds Think Alike
GOK        - God Only Knows
GOOML      - Get Out Of My Life
GOTFIA     - Groaning On The Floor In Agony
GOWI       - Get On With It
GPF        - General Protection Fault; Go Puke Fast
GRQ        - Get Rich Quick - a type of spam (MMF)
GRUIT      - Get Real yoU Impudent Thing
GTBOS      - Glad To Be Of Service
GTG        - Got To Go
GTGN       - Got To Go Now


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H 


H2         - How To
HAND       - Have A Nice Day
HCB        - Holy Cow Batman
HHGTTG     - Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy
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
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
HSIK       - How Should I Know
HSP        - Highly Sensitive Person
HTH        - Hope This Helps
HTML       - HyperText Markup Language
HTTP       - HyperText Transfer Protocol
HW         - HardWare


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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
IAP        - Internet Access Provider
IARTPFWTSIOWIM
           - I Am Repeating This Parrot Fashion Without The Slightest
             Idea Of What It Means
IAWC       - In A While Crocodile [usually used to reply to SYLA]
IBC        - Inadequate But Cute
IBM        - Inadequate But Marketable
IBTD       - I Beg To Differ
IC         - I See
ICB        - I Care Because
ICBW       - I Could Be Wrong
ICCL       - I Couldn't Care Less
ICP        - Internet Content Provider
ICTYBTIHTKY- I Could Tell You But Then I'd Have To Kill You
ICUR       - I See yoU aRe
IDGAD      - I Don't Give A Damn
IDGI       - I Don't Get It
IDK        - I Don't Know
iDOT       - Internet Development Outreach and Technology
IDTS       - I Don't Think So
IDTT       - I'll Drink To That
IETF       - Internet Engineering Task Force
IHABICNRWTSF - I Hate Abbreviations Because I Can Never Remember What
               They Stand For [pronounced Eye habbik nerwit siff]
IHTFP      - 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
IKWUM      - I Know What yoU Mean
IKWYM      - I Know What You Mean
ILI        - I Like Ike
ILIWAPCT   - I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
ILU        - I Love yoU
ILY        - I Love You
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
IMVHO      - In My Very Humble Opinion
INGSI      - I'm Not Going To Say It
INPO       - In No Particular Order
INT        - I'll Never Tell
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
ISC        - I Stand Corrected
ISDN       - Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP        - Internet Service Provider
ISTM       - It Seems To Me
ISTR       - I Seem To Remember
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
IWBNI      - It Would Be Nice If
IWIK       - I Wish I Knew
IYF        - In Your Face
IYF __     - Insert Your Favourite ________
IYFEG      - Insert Your Favourite Ethnic Group
IYSWIM     - If You See What I Mean


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J 


J/K        - Just Kidding
JAM        - Just A Moment/Minute
JAO        - Just Another Observer
JAS        - Just A Second
JFF        - Just For Fun
JIC        - Just In Case
JPEG       - Joint Photographic Experts Group
JFTR       - Just For The Record
JTYWTK     - Just Thought You Wanted To Know


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K 


K          - oKay
KIA        - Know It All
KISS       - Keep It Simple Stupid
KISIS      - Keep It Simple, I'm Stupid
KMWIH      - Kick Me Where It Hurts
KMYF       - Kiss Me You Fool
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



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L 


L8R        - Later
LAB&TYD    - Life's A Bitch And Then You Die
LAB&TYMO   - Life's A Bitch And Then You Marry One
LALL       - Live And Let Live
LAN        - Local Area Network
LART       - Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool
LJBF       - Let's Just Be Friends
LLTA       - Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause
LMA        - Leave Me Alone
LMC        - Lost My Connection
LMCOA      - Lost My Connection Once Again
LMK        - Let Me Know
LoTR       - Lord of The Rings
LOL        - Laughing Out Loud; Little Old Lady; Lots Of Love 
LSFIAB     - Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel
LSHIPMP    - Laughing So Hard I Peed My Pants
LSP        - Less Sensitive Person
LTBF       - Learn To Be Funny
LTIP       - Laughing 'Til I Puke
LTMSH      - Laughing 'Til My Sides Hurt
LTNS       - Long Time No See
LUSER      - Loser USER


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M


MAY        - Mad About You
MAYB       - Mad About You Baby
MB         - Message Board
MBR        - Master Boot Record
MCIBTY     - My Computer Is Better Than Yours
MFG        - More Friendly Garbage
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
MIPS       - Meaningless Information Per Second
ML         - More Later
MLA        - Multiple Letter Acronym
MMF        - Make Money Fast - a type of spam, illegal in most countries
MMIF       - My Mouth Is Full
MMX        - Multi-Media eXtensions
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
MS         - More of the Same
MSCEA      - My Southern Comfort's Empty Again
MSS        - Member of the Same Sex
MTFBWY     - May The Force Be With You
MUD        - Multi-User Dungeon/Domain
MUNG       - Mash/Mung Until No Good
MYOB       - Mind Your Own Business


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N 


N/M        - Never Mind
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
NDM        - No Disrespect Meant
NERD       - National Establishment for Real Dorks
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
NM         - No Message [used in the subject title of an email which
                         includes only an attachment]
NMI        - No Middle Initial
NMP        - Not My Problem
NN         - Night Night
NNTP       - Network News Transfer Protocol
NoCeM      - No See 'eM
NOOTO      - Nothing Out Of The Ordinary
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
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
NYP        - Not Your Problem


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O 


O          - Over [to you]
OATUS      - On A Totally Unrelated Subject
OAUS       - On An Unrelated Subject
OB         - OBligatory
OBTW       - Oh By The Way
OD         - OverDose; Oh Dear
OIC        - Oh I See
OMG        - Oh My God
ONNA       - Oh No Not Again
ONNTA      - Oh No Not That/This Again
OO         - Over and Out
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]
OT         - Off Topic
OTC        - Over The Counter
OTD        - Out The Door
OTF        - On The Floor
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


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P 


PABG       - Pack A Big Gun
PBM        - Play By Mail (games)
PCB        - Please Call Back
PCMCIA     - People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms
PD         - Public Domain
PDA        - Public Display of Affection
PDN        - Public Data Network
PDQ        - Pretty Damn Quick
PEM        - Privacy Enhanced Mail
PEST       - Please Excuse Slow Typing
PGP        - Pretty Good Privacy
PhD        - Piled Higher and Deeper
PIMP       - Pee In My Pants
PKB        - Pot Kettle Black
PLMK       - Please Let Me Know
PLMKO      - Please Let Me Know Ok
PLOKTA     - Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
PMBI       - Pardon My Butting In
PMETC      - Pardon Me ETC
PMFBI      - Pardon Me For Butting In
PMFJI      - Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMFJIH     - Pardon Me For Jumping In Here
PMJI       - Pardon My Jumping In
POM        - Phase Of the Moon
POP        - Point Of Presence; Post Office Protocol
POS        - Parents Over Shoulder
POTS       - Plain Old Telephone Service/System
POV        - Point Of View
PPL        - PeoPLe
PPP        - Point-to-Point Protocol; Petty Pet Peeve
PPPP       - Previous Paragraph was Polemical Position
PTB        - Powers That Be
PTMM       - Please Tell Me More
PTMY       - Pleased To Meet You
PTMYA      - Pleased To Make Your Acquaintance
PTO        - Please Turn Over
PW         - Pathetic Wanker; PowWow


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Q 


QED        - Quod Erat Demonstrandum; Quite Easily Done
QPQ        - Quid Pro Quo


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R 


RE         - REgarding
RFC        - Request For Comments
RFD        - Request For Discussion
RFM        - Reply To Flagged Message
RFT        - Request For Thinking
RHIP       - Rank Hath Its Privileges
RL         - Real Life
RLCO       - Real Life COnference
RNA        - Ring No Answer
ROFFNAR    - Rolling On the Floor For No Apparent Reason
ROFL       - Rolling On Floor Laughing
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
ROTFLSHISMC- Rolling On The Floor Laughing So Hard I Spilt My Coffee
ROTM       - Right On The Money
RPG        - Role Playing Game
RSN        - Real Soon Now
RT         - Real Time
RUMF       - aRe yoU Male or Female
RUMORF     - aRe yoU Male Or Female


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S 


*S*        - *Smile*
SAMFUTU    - Situation Abnormal More Fouled Up Than Usual
SAPFU      - Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups
SASS       - Short Attention Span Society/Syndrome
SEP        - Somebody Else's Problem
SFAIAA     - So Far As I Am Aware
SFLA       - Stupid Four Letter Acronym
SGML       - Standardised Generalised Markup Language
SHAM       - Stay At Home Mom
SHTSI      - Somebody Had To Say It
SIG        - Special Interest Group
SIIK       - Stuffed If I Know
SIL        - Sister In Law
SITD       - Still In The Dark
SLIP       - Serial Line Interface Protocol
SMO        - Serious Mode On
SMOP       - Small Matter Of Programming
SMOFF      - Serious Mode OFF
SMTP       - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNAFU      - Situation Normal All Fouled Up
SNERT      - Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager
SNR        - Signal To Noise Ratio
SO         - Significant Other
SOHB       - Sense Of Humour Bypass
SOI        - Stink On Ice
SOP        - Standard Operating Procedure
SOVS       - SomeOne Very Special
SPAM       - SPiced hAM
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
STS        - So To Speak
SUAD       - Shut/Suck Up And Deal
SUB        - Sign Up Board
SUCDIC     - Situation Under Control Dickheads In Charge
SUFID      - Screwing Up Face In Disgust
SUNOILTY   - Shut Up No One Is Listening To You
SUYP       - Shut Up You Pervert
SW         - SoftWare; So What; Says Whom
SWAG       - Simple Wide Ass Guess; Scientific Wide Ass Guess
SWAK       - Sealed With A Kiss
SWALK      - Sealed With A Loving Kiss
SWDYRTW    - Since When Do You Rule The Web
SWMBO      - She Who Must Be Obeyed
SWYP       - So What's Your Problem
SYLA       - See You Later Alligator
SYOTB      - See You On The Board
SYSOP      - System Operator [normally of Bulletin Boards, or networks]
SYT        - Sweet Young Thing


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T 


T&E        - Trial And Error
TA         - Thanks A lot
TAF        - That's All Folks
TAFN       - That's All For Now
TANJ       - There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL  - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
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
TEHO       - To Each His Own
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
THX        - Thanks
TIA        - Thanks In Advance
TIATLG     - Truly I Am The Living God
TIC        - Tongue In Cheek
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
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
TN         - TelNet
TNOTVS     - There's Nothing On Television So
TNTL       - Trying Not To Laugh
TNX        - Thanks
TPAE       - The Possibilities Are Endless
TPS(S)     - This Program Sucks (Severely)
TPTB       - The Powers That Be
TRDMC      - Tears Running Down My Cheeks
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
TTKSF      - Trying To Keep Straight Face
TTL4N      - That's The Lot For Now
TTM        - To The Moderator
TTSP       - This Too Shall Pass
TTUL       - Talk/Type To You Later
TTYL       - Talk To You Later
TTYRS      - Talk To You Real Soon
TWAIN      - Technology Without An Important Name
TWIAVBP    - The World Is A Very Big Place
TWIMC      - To Whom It May Concern
TWIS       - That's What I Said
TWYAS      - That's What You All Say
TWYT       - That's What You Think
TYVM       - Thank You Very Much


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U 


U/L        - UpLoad
UAE        - Unrecoverable Application Error
UDP        - Usenet Death Penalty
UL         - UpLoad
UOK        - yoU OK?
URL        - Uniform Resource Locator
URLCM      - yoU aRe weLCoMe
USU        - Usually
UTC        - Under The Counter
UTT        - Under The Table
UUCP       - Unix-to-Unix CoPy
UYKD       - Unless You Know Different(ly)


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V 


VBG        - Very Big Grin
VH         - Virtual Hug
VR         - Virtual Reality
VRML       - Virtual Reality Modelling Language
VT         - Virtual Time


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W 


W/         - With
W/O        - With Out
W8         - Wait
W8ING      - Waiting
WAB        - What Another Bill
WAEF       - When All Else Fails
WALOC      - What A Load Of Crap
WAN        - Wide Area Network
WB         - Welcome Back
WCAGA      - What Comes Around Goes Around
WDYMBT     - What Do You Mean By That
WFM        - Works For Me
WG         - Wicked Grin
WIBNIF     - Wouldn't It Be Nice If
WMMOWS     - Wash My Mouth Out With Soap
WOA        - Work Of Art
WOM        - Word Of Mouth
WOS        - Wife Over Shoulder
WR         - With Respect
WRT        - With Respect To
WTAA       - What's This All About
WTG        - Way To Go!
WTGP       - Want To Go Private
WTH        - What The Hell
WTTRW      - Welcome To The Real World
WUTNB      - Wait Until The Next Book
WWW        - World Wide Web; World Wide Wait
WYGIWYG    - What You Got Is What You Get
WYGIWYPF   - What You Get Is What You Pay For
WYMM       - Will You Marry Me
WYP        - What's Your Point
WYSIAYG    - What You See Is All You Get
WYSIWYG    - What You See Is What You Get


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X 


XYZ        - eXamine Your Zipper


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Y 


YABA       - Yet Another Bloody Acronym
YAOTM      - Yet Another Off-Topic Message
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
YIU        - Yes I Understand
YIWGP      - Yes I Will Go Private
YKYATP     - You Know You're A Tired Parent [relates to something really
             silly, but if you are honest with yourself, you've done
             equally silly things]
YM         - You Mean
YMMV       - Your Mileage May Vary [results may differ according to setup,
             power, size etc]
YOYO       - You're On Your Own
YOYOW      - You Own Your Own Words
YR         - Yeah Right
YSS        - You Suck Severely
YTMOB      - You Turn Me On Baby
YWHOL      - Yelling Woo Hoo Out Loud [a variation on LOL]
YWSYLS     - You Win Some You Lose Some


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Z 


ZAM        - Z's Are Me
ZAC        - Z's Are Calling (time for bed)
ZNT        - ZiffNeT
ZSTFB      - Zebedee Says Time For Bed


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Courtesy of Bob Adams.

Revised: September 13, 2003