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.
See also http://www.acronymfinder.com/
In fact this page is a little pointless really given the existance of Acronym Finder and millions of other pages like it. It was really an experiment in wikilife to see if people would add questions here and answer them. I'm not sure it /failed/ as no one ever asked a question. I think it went wrong because people can readily find the information elsewhere and indeed are more likely to than to post here. Or is that me just being overoptimistic? -- SimonHuggins
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
- FUD
- Fear, uncertainty and doubt (Micro$oft special)
- 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)
- TFP
- Terrible Fucking Pity
- 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
- WIBAMU
- Well I'll Be A Monkeys Uncle
- YA...
- Yet another ... (or "you are", see AICMFP)
- YHBT
- You have been trolled
- YKYBHTLW
- You know you've been hacking too long when
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