Acronyms
Acronyms:
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AA alcoholics anonymous
AAMOP as a matter of fact
AAAAAA american asociation against acronym abuse anonymous
ACRONYM aroused citizens representing oppressed new york minorities
ADB Apple Desktop Bus
ADN Advanced Digital Network
ADN any day now
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AFAICT as far as I can tell
AFAIK as far as I know
AFB air force base
AFJ april fool's joke
AFK away from keyboard
AFSMG alt.fan.sarah-m-gellar
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port
AH Alyson Hannigan
a$$ hole
AICMFP and I claim my five pounds
AIM AOL Instant Messenger
AIYDSPMEILAHHIYBT and if you don't stop pissing me off I'll leave a horse's head in your bed tonight
AKA also known as
altho although
AMD Advanced Mirco Devices
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AOG act of god
API Application Programming Interface
APPLE a perverted person licks everything
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ASAP as soon as possible
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASH Anthony Stewart Head
ASP Active Server Page
ATBA all those bloody acronyms
ATM At The Moment
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Automatic Teller Machine
AWGTHTGTTA? are we going to have to go through this again?
BAC by any chance
BAD broken as designed
BAMF bad a$$ed mother f*cker
BAS big a$$ smile
BB big brother
bulletin board
BBC bring back buffy campaign
"brilliant buffy" cancellers
b*gger! b*llocks! cr*p!
b*stard b*llucking c*nts
belligerent buffy cutters
blo*dy b*ggered corporation
blo*dy b*tchy corporation
blo*dy bigheaded corporation
blo*dy blundering catastrophe.
british b*ggered corporation
brunettes? blondes? condoms!
BBFC British Board of Film Censorship
BBIAS be back in a second
BBL be back later
BBN bye bye now
BBR burnt beyond repair
BBS be back soon
Bulletin Board System
BF boyfriend
BFD big f*cking deal
BFN bye for now
BG bloody git
Bill Gates
big gorilla
BIAB back in a bit
BIBO beer in, beer out
bin binary
BINTSAT but I'm not too sure about that
BION believe it or not
BIOS Basic Input-Output System
BIOYA blow it out your a$$
BIT Binary digIT
BOHICA bend over, here it comes again
BPS Bits-Per-Second
BRB be right back
BRS big red switch
BSOD Blue Screen of Death
BTA but then again
BTDTGTS been there, done that, got the T-shirt
BTSOOM beats the sh*t out of me
BTVS Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
BTW by the way
BWI boss walked in
BWL bursting with laughter
BWP Blair Witch project
C&G chuckle and grin
CC Cordelia Chase
Charisma Carpenter
CD-ROM Compact Disc - Read-Only Memory
CFV call for voting
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Center
CICO coffee in, coffee out
CID crying in disgrace
crimial investigations department
CfP call for papers
CLI Command Line Interface
CNP continued (in my) next post
COB close of business
CP chat post
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRAFT can't remember a f*cking thing
CRBT crying real big tears
CSG chuckle, snigger, grin
CSS Cascading Style Sheets.
CTTOI come to think of it
CU see you
CUA Commonly Used Acronym(s)
Common User Access
CUBIC Complete Uncut Buffy Internet Campaign
CYA see ya
CYAL8R see ya later
DARFC ducking and running for cover
DBMS Data Base Management System
DETLA Double Extended Three Letter Abbreviation
DH Dear Husband
dick head
DHTML Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language.
DIIK damned if I know
DILLIGAF? does it look like I give a f*ck?
DIY do it yourself
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DLP Digital Light Processor
DLTBBB don't let the bed bugs bite
DNA do not answer
Douglas Noel Adams
DNS Domain Name Server
DOA dead on arrival
DOS Disk Operating System
DSL Digital Subscriber Line.
DSOTM dark side of the moon
DSSSL Document Style Semantics and Specification Language.
DSTN Dual Scan Twisted Nemonic
DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data
DTP DeskTop Publishing
DTRT do the right thing
DVD Digital Versatile Disk
DW discworld
DWIMC do what I mean, correctly
DWYW do what you want
DYK did you know?
EAK eating at keyboard
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
Eh? a general point of expression when you don't know WTF someone is talking about
EMSG email message
ESAD eat sh*t and die
ESADMF eat s**t and die mother f*cker
ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym
EULA End User License Agreement
F2F face to face (as IRL)
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers.)
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FC fingers crossed
FCB F*cking Cr*ppy Browser
FCFS first come, first served
FFA free for all
FFFITGC the foundation for filling in the grand canyon
FIFO First In, First Out
FIIK f*cked if I know
FLA four letter abbreviation
five letter abbreviation
FMH f*ck me harder
FNAR for no aparent reason
FOAD f*ck off and die!
FOADUPOS f*ck off and die you pile of sh*t!
FOADUWOS f*ck off and die you waste of skin!
FOAF friend of a friend
FOFL falling on floor laughing
FOFLABCOTWD falling on floor laughing and b*ggered calf on the way down
FOS freedom of speech
full of sh*t
FPS first person shooter
Frames Per Second
FRED f*cking ridiculous electronic device
FROA Ferengi Rules of Aquisition
FTBOMH from the bottom of my heart
FTF Face-To-Face (as IRL)
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FU f*ck you!
f*cked up
FUBAR f*cked up beyond all repair
f*cked up beyond all recognition
FUD fear, uncertainty, and disinformation
fear, uncertainty, and doubt
FULSP f*ck you little s****y pervert
FURTB full up ready to burst
FWIW for what it's worth
FYDITM f*ck you directly in the mouth
FYI for your information
GAF give a f*ck
GAFIA get away from it all
GAL get a life
GB Gigabyte
GEIAI Gandalf and Enix Insane Association for the Insane
GF girlfriend
GFN gone for now
GFY go f*ck yourself
GG gotta go
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program
GIWIST gee, I wish I'd said that
GJ good job
GLGH good luck and good hunting
GMBA giggling my butt off
GMTA great minds think alike
GNU GNU's Not UNIX
GPF General Protection Fault
GPS Global Positioning System
GR Grim Reaper
GR&D Grinning, Running, and Ducking (alternatively GD&R)
GSM Global System for Mobile communicators
GTSY glad to see you
GUI Graphical User Interface
GW getting wet
GWS get well soon
H&K hugs and kisses
HABU have a better 'un
HAGD have a great day
HAGN have a good night
HAGU have a good 'un
HAND have a nice day
HGOGA hot girl-on-girl action
HHIS hangs head in shame
HRT hormone replacement therapy
HTH hope this helps
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTVS Hannah: The Vampire Slayer
HUB head up butt
IAC in any case
IAE in any event
IANAL I am not a lawyer
IB International Baccalaureate
IBM Italian Branch of the Mafia
IC I see
ICBW I could be wrong
it could be worse
ICQ I seek you
IDGAS I don't give a sh*t
IDST if destroyed, still true
I demand sex tonight!
IDTT I'll drink to that!
IDWTMAT I don't want to miss a thing
IFYDLA I forgot you don't like acronyms
IGP I gotta pee
IIRC if I recall correctly
IIS Internet Information Server.
IITYWIMIWHTKY 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?
IITYWIMWYFM? if I tell you what it means, will you f*ck me?
IKWYDLS I Know What You Did Last Summer
ILY I love you
IMAO in my arrogant opinion
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol.
IMCO in my considered opinion
IMHO in my humble opinion
in my honest opinion
IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion
IMO in my opinion
IMOBO in my own biased opinion
IMOWHTBC in my opinion, which happens to be correct
IMVBO in my very biased opinion
INPO in no particular order
IOW in other words
IP Internet Protocol
IRDA Infra-Red Data Association port
IRL in real life
IRTA I read that as
ISDN it still does nothing
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISKWYDLS I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
ISTR I seem to recall
ISWYM I see what you mean
ITAFWWDHAA is there anything for which we don't have an acronym?
IWALU I will always love you
IWBNI it would be nice if
IYKWIM if you know what I mean
J/K joking
just kidding
JAMIE jugs are massive in England
JCIATWLWNBTDTBAWGLLACJ J. C. is a time-wasting loser with nothing
better to do than be annoying with great long lists and crap jokes :)
JIC just in case
JK just kidding
JLH Jennifer Love Hewitt
JMO just my opinion
JSP Java Server Page
JTLYK just to let you know
JTYWTK just thought you wanted to know
KIT keep in touch
KMA kiss my a$$
KMQ kiss me quick
KMYF kiss me you fool
KOC kiss on cheek
KOL kiss on lips
L8R later
L8R G8R later 'gater
LAB life's a bitch
LAMA look at my a$$
LAMP look at my p*nis
LART Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LDR long distance relationship
LHM lord help me
LHO laughing head off
LHU lord help us
LLTA lots and lots of thunderous applause
LMAO laughing my a$$ off
LMSO laughing my socks off
LOL laughs out loud
LSHMBB laughing so hard my belly is bouncing
LSHMBH laughing so hard my belly hurts
LSHTTARDML laughing so hard the tears are running down my leg
LTNP long time no post
LTNS long time no see
LTS laughing to self
LUWAMH love you with all my heart
LY love ya
Mb Megabyte
MHBFY my heart bleeds for you
MHOTY my hat's off to you
MHz Megahertz
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
MLA multiple letter acronym
MMF make money fast
MMO Mobile MOdule
MMX MultiMedia eXtensions
MODEM MOdulator-DEModulator
MOTAS member of the appropriate sex
MOTOS member of the opposite sex
MOTSS member of the same sex
MOW movie of the week
MPFC Monty Python's Flying Circus
MTF more to follow
MUA Mail User Agent
MUD Multi-User Domain
Multi-User Dungeon
NA Not Applicable
NADT not a darn thing
NB Nicholas Brendon
Nota Bene (translates to "note well")
NETUA nobody ever tells us anything
NFS Network File System
NFW no f*cking way!
ng newsgroup
NKABOTFD Never Kill a Boy On The First Date
NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NOYB none of your business
NRN no reply necessary
NSA National Security Agency
NYCTMI now you come to mention it
OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OIC oh, I see
OL old lady (significant other)
OM old man (significant other)
OOI out of interest
OOMOOS Out of Mind, Out of Sight
OOTB Out Of The Box (ie. brand new)
ORA O'Reilly and Associates
OT off-topic
overtime
OTB on the ball
OTF on the floor
OTOH on the other hand
OTTH on the third hand
OTTOMH off the top of my head
PBPAA people being pedantic about acronyms
PC personal computer
parental control
politically correct
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDA Public Display of Affection
PDQ Pretty Danm(ed) Quick(ly)
PDS please don't shoot
PFM please f*ck me
PG Prophecy Girl
parental guidence
PHP Personal Home Page.
PI about three
PITA pain in the a$$
PLOKTA press lots of keys to abort
PM private message
PMFJI pardon me for jumping in
PMP peed my pants
PNG Portable Network Graphics.
POAHF put on a happy face
PODF p*ss off d*ck face
POP Post Office Protocol.
POS pile of sh*t
POV point of view
PPP Point-to-Point protocol
PPV pay per view
PS post script
PTL p*sses themselves laughing
QSL reply
QSO conversation
QT cutie
QUAYMUOTF quit using acronyms you make up on the fly
RAM Random Access Memory
RD Red Dwarf
RL real life
RFC Request For Comment
RBG red/green/blue
RMS Richard M. Stallman
RN right now
ROFL rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO ROTFL my a$$ off
ROFLMAOAY ROTFL my a$$ off at you
ROFLMAOBF ROTFL my a$$ off and breaking furniture
ROFLMAOWTIME ROTFL my a$$ off with tears in my eyes
ROFLUTS ROTFL unable to speak
ROM Read-Only Memory
ROTFL rolls on the floor laughing
ROTFLAHMS ROTFL and holding my side
ROTFLAPMP ROTFL and peeing my pants
ROTFLASTC ROTFL and scaring the cat
ROTFLBTCUTS ROTFL biting the carpet unable to stop
ROTFLMAO ROTFL laughing my a$$ off
ROTFLSHTB ROTFL so hard they burst
RPG role playing games
RSH Remote SHell
RSN real soon now (can be meant sarcastically)
read some newspapers
RTF read the FAQ
Rich Text Format
RTFF read the f*cking FAQ
RTFFAQ read the f*cking FAQ
RTFM read the f*cking manual
RTFQ read the f*cking question
read the full question
RYFIM read your f*cking Information Manual
S1,S2,S3, etc Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, etc.
SBYLF scroll back, you lazy f*cker
SCNR sorry, could not resist
SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
SD sounds dirty
Scooby Doo
SETE smiling ear to ear
SF science fiction, aka Sci-fi
SFAIAA so far as I am aware
SFLA stupid four letter acronym
SHID slaps head in disgust
SITD still in the dark
SMA spank my ass
SMG Click here...
SMO serious mode on
SMOff serious mode off
SMOP small matter of programming
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
SNAFU situation normal: all f*cked up
SNERT snotty-nosed egotistical rude teenager
SNL Saturday Night Live
SO significant other
SOB Do you really need *me* to explain this one?
SOP standard operating procedures
SOT short of time
SOTMG short of time must go
SPAM sick person's advertisement
SQL Structured Query Language
SSI Server-Side Include
SSL Secure Socket Layer
ST-DS9 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
ST-ENT Star Trek: Enterprise
ST-TNG Star Trek: The Next Generation
ST-TOS Star Trek: The Original Series
ST-VOY Star Trek: Voyager
STD sexually-transmitted disease
SVGA Super Video Graphics Array
SW Star Wars
SWAK sealed with a kiss
SWALK sealed with a loving kiss
SWAS scientific wild a$$ guess
SWL screaming with laughter
SWMBO she who must be obeyed
SYS see you soon
SYSOP system operator
TA thanks again
TAFN that's all for now
TANJ there ain't no justice
TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TAR Tape ARchive
TARDIS time and relative dimensions in space
TCOY take care of yourself
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TDM too damn many
TFT Thin Film Transistor
TFotR The Fellowship of the Ring
TGIF thank God it's Friday
TGP thumbnail gallery posts
the bin the binary newgroup
tho though
TIA thanks in advance
TIATLG truly, I am The Living God
TIC tongue in cheek
TIE take it easy
TILII tell it like it is
TLA three letter acronym (such as this, see also ETLA and DETLA)
TLG The Living God
TNT 'til next time
TOY thinking of you
TPTB the powers that be
TSR Terminate and Stay Resident program
TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge
TTF True Type Font
TTFN ta-ta for now
TTL4N that's the lot for now
TTTT to tell the truth
TTYL talk to you later
TWAIN technology without an important name
TWIMC To Whom It May Concern
TYVM thank you very much
u/f unfortunately
UCE Unsolicited Commerical E-mail
UDF Universal Data Format
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UFG you f*cking git
UI User Interface
UK United Kingdom
UL urban legend
UMTB uk.media.tv.buffy-v-slayer
UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USA United States of America
USB Universal Serial Bus
VAT Value Added Tax
VB Visual Basic
VCR Video Cassette Recorder
VESA Video Electronics Standard Asociation
VGA Video Graphics Array
VR Virtual Reality
VRML Virtual Reality Markup Language
w/o without
w2k Windows 2000
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WAS wild a$$ guess
WAN Wide Area Network
WB welcome back
wine bar
WD well done
WFM works for me
WIMP windows, icons, mouse and pointer
WIP work in progress
WML Wireless Markup Language
WMP Windows Media Player
WOFTAM waste of flaming time and money
WORM Write Once Read Many
WRT with regard to
with respect to
WTF what the f*ck?
WTFDIK what the f*ck do I know?
WTFIS what the f*ck is this?
WTFRUON what the f*ck are you on?
WTG way to go!
WTH what the hell?
WTHRU who the hell are you?
WTMI way too much information
WTTH Welcome To The Hellmouth
WWW World-Wide Web
WYGIWYPF what you get is what you pay for
WYMM Will you marry me?
WYSIAYG what uou see is all you get
WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
XGA eXtended Graphics Array
XHTML Extensible HypertText Markup Language
XML Extensible Markup Language
XSL Extensible Stylesheet Language
XSSI Extended Server-Side Include
Y2K Year 2000
YABA yet another bl*ody acronym
YABSA yet another bl*ody stupid acronym!
YAST Yet Another Setup Tool
YASTD yet another Star Trek discontinuity
XML Extensible Markup Language
XSL Extensible Stylesheet Language
XSSI Extended Server-Side Include
YABA yet another bl*ody acronym
YABSA yet another bl*ody stupid acronym!
YAST Yet Another Setup Tool
YBS you'll be sorry
YG young gentleman
YHBT you have been trolled
YKYHBxTLW You Know You Have Been x Too Long When
(eg, YKYHBPQTLW - You Know You Have Been Playing Quake Too Long When...)
YL young lady
YM young man
YMMV your mileage may vary
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