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
- AICMFP
- - And I claim my five pounds
- AIUI
- - As I understand it
- (B)BIAB
- - (Be) back in a bit
- 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
- 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
- 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: