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| AFAIK:: | AFAIK:: As far as I know AFAI(C)R:: As far as I (can) remember AFAICT:: As Far As I Can Tell AFK:: Away From Keyboard AICMFP:: And I claim my five pounds AIUI:: As I understand it (B)BIAB:: (Be) back in a bit BRB:: Be Right Back BTDTGTT:: Been there, done that, got the t-shirt DTRT:: Do the right thing DWIM:: Do what I mean EBW:: Evil [and] Bad [and] Wrong EOT:: End of thread FOAD:: Fuck off and die FOAF:: Friend of a friend FUBAR:: Fucked up beyond all recognition FSVO:: For some value of FWIW:: For what it's worth GDR:: Grinning, ducking and running HAND:: Have a nice day HTH:: Hope this/that helps IHNJ, IJLS:: I have no joke, I just like saying IIRC:: If I remember correctly IM(H)O:: In my (humble) opinion IMNSHO:: In My Not So Humble Opinion ISTR:: I seem to remember ITYM:: I think you mean IYSWIM:: If you see what I mean JOOI:: Just out of interest LART:: Luser attitude re-adjustment tool MCIBTY:: My computer is better than yours MOTAS:: Member of the appropriate sex MOTOS:: Member of the other sex MOTSS:: Member of the same sex NIFOC:: Naked In Front Of Computer OIC:: Oh I see (not an acronym, but I don't have a better word for it) OTOH:: On the other hand OTTOMH:: Off the top of my head PEBKAC:: Problem exists between keyboard and chair PITA:: Pain in the arse PMFJI:: Pardon me for jumping in ROTFL:: Rolling on the floor laughing (lots of variants) RTFM:: Read the fucking manual RTFS:: Read the fucking source SKS:: Some Kind Soul SNAFU:: Situation normal, all fucked up STFW:: Search the fucking web TANSTAAFL:: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch (Robert Heinlein) TMBSSNMOTW foo OWIWNPA:: This must be some strange new meaning of the word "foo" of which I was not previously aware TTBOMK:: To the best of my knowledge UTSL:: Use The Source, Luke WTF:: What/Who/Where/Why the fuck YA...:: Yet another ... YHBT:: You have been trolled YKYBHTLW:: You know you've been hacking too long when ---- Add any acronyms you don't understand and want SKS to explain below this line: |
This is a page of acronyms and what they expand to. I will probably try to find a list elsewhere and paste in in here, in the meantime, I hope these few will encourage poeple to contribute.
Add any you don't understand at the very end without a meaning and someone will try to find one for you.
- AFAIK
- As far as I know
- AFAI(C)R
- As far as I (can) remember
- AFAICT
- As Far As I Can Tell
- AFK
- Away From Keyboard
- AICMFP
- And I claim my five pounds
- AIUI
- As I understand it
- (B)BIAB
- (Be) back in a bit
- BRB
- Be Right Back
- BTDTGTT
- Been there, done that, got the t-shirt
- DTRT
- Do the right thing
- DWIM
- Do what I mean
- EBW
- Evil [and] Bad [and] Wrong
- EOT
- End of thread
- FOAD
- Fuck off and die
- FOAF
- Friend of a friend
- FUBAR
- Fucked up beyond all recognition
- FSVO
- For some value of
- FWIW
- For what it's worth
- GDR
- Grinning, ducking and running
- HAND
- Have a nice day
- HTH
- Hope this/that helps
- IHNJ, IJLS
- I have no joke, I just like saying
- IIRC
- If I remember correctly
- IM(H)O
- In my (humble) opinion
- IMNSHO
- In My Not So Humble Opinion
- ISTR
- I seem to remember
- ITYM
- I think you mean
- IYSWIM
- If you see what I mean
- JOOI
- Just out of interest
- LART
- Luser attitude re-adjustment tool
- MCIBTY
- My computer is better than yours
- MOTAS
- Member of the appropriate sex
- MOTOS
- Member of the other sex
- MOTSS
- Member of the same sex
- NIFOC
- Naked In Front Of Computer
- OIC
- Oh I see (not an acronym, but I don't have a better word for it)
- OTOH
- On the other hand
- OTTOMH
- Off the top of my head
- PEBKAC
- Problem exists between keyboard and chair
- PITA
- Pain in the arse
- PMFJI
- Pardon me for jumping in
- ROTFL
- Rolling on the floor laughing (lots of variants)
- RTFM
- Read the fucking manual
- RTFS
- Read the fucking source
- SKS
- Some Kind Soul
- SNAFU
- Situation normal, all fucked up
- STFW
- Search the fucking web
- TANSTAAFL
- There ain't no such thing as a free lunch (Robert Heinlein)
- TMBSSNMOTW foo OWIWNPA
- This must be some strange new meaning of the word "foo" of which I was not previously aware
- TTBOMK
- To the best of my knowledge
- UTSL
- Use The Source, Luke
- WTF
- What/Who/Where/Why the fuck
- YA...
- Yet another ...
- YHBT
- You have been trolled
- YKYBHTLW
- You know you've been hacking too long when
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