<G> Grin, Grinning
<GD&R> Grinning, Ducking & Running
10Q Thank You
AAMOF As a matter of fact (very rare)
ADN Any Day Now
AFAIK As far as I know (rare)
AISI As I See It
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ATSL Along The Same Line
BAC By Any Chance
BAG Busting A Gut (Laughing)
BBFN Bye Bye For Now
BCNU Be Seeing You
BFGWST Big Fat Grin With Sharp Teeth
BFHD Big fat hairy deal (a la Garfield the Cat) (very rare)
BIOYIOP Blow It Out Your Input Output Port
BNF Big Name Fan
BOT Back On Topic
BRB Be Right Back (generally used on chat systems)
BTA But Then Again
BTASE But That's Another Story Entirely
BTHOM Beats the hell outta me!
BTSOOM Beats the [stuffing] out of me
BTW By The Way (very common)
BWG Big Wide Grin
BYKT But You Knew That
BYKTA But You Knew That Already
CMIIW Correct Me If I'm Wrong
CUL See You Later / Catch you later (common)
CUL8R See You Later
CWYL Chat With You Later
CYA Cover Your A** (Ascii ?)
CYL See You Later
DIIK Darned If I Know
DLG Devilish Little Grin
DNFTEC Do Not Feed The Energy Creature
DNFTFT Do Not Feed The F****** Trolls
DNPM Darn Near P'ed Myself
DOM Dirty Old Man
DTRT Do The Right Thing
EMFBI Excuse Me For Butting In
EOD End Of Discussion
EOL End Of Lecture
EOT End of Thread
ESOSL Endless Snorts of Stupid Laughter
FAQ Frequently Asked Question(S)
FDROTFL Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing
FIMD Foot-in-mouth disease (Open mouth, insert foot, echo
internationally)
FISH First In, Still Here
FITB Fill In The Blank
FOAD Fall Over and Die
FOAF Friend of A Friend
FOTCL Falling Off The Chair Laughing
FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
FTL(T) Faster Than Light (Travel)
FWIW For What It's Worth (uncommon)
FYEO For Your Eyes Only
FYI For Your Information (common)
G2G Good to Go
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That
GLG Goofy Little Grin
GLAGH Good Luck and Good Hunting
GOTFIA Groaning On The Floor In Agony
GR8 Great
GROAN Reaction to bad puns (common in comedy areas)
HHJK Ha HA Just Kidding
HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding
HHO 1/2 K Ha Ha Only Half Kidding
HTH Hope this Helps!
HHTYAY Happy Holidays to You and Yours
IAC In Any Case (uncommon)
IAE In Any Event
IANFL I Ain't No Fine Lawyer
ICOCBW I Could, Of Course, Be Wrong
IIRC If I Remember Correctly
IIRR If I Remember Right
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion (rare)
IMHO In My Humble Opinion (very common)
IMO In My Opinion (common)
IMV In My View
INPO In No Particular Order
IOW In Other Words (uncommon)
ISBAB I Should Have Bought a Book
ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits, Wear It
ITYM I Think You Mean
IWBNI If would Be Nice If
JMTC Just My Two Cents
JOOC Just out of Curiosity
KHYF Know How You Feel
KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid (uncommon)
KISS Keep It Short & Simple (polite var.)
L8R Later (common)
LLAP Long Live and Prosper
LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering)Applause
LMAO Laughing My A** [arm?] Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LTMSH Laughing 'Til My sides Hurt
LTNT Long Time, No Type
LTIP Laughing Til I Puke
MLA Multiple Letter Acronym
MORF Male Or Female
MOTAS Member of the Appropriate Sex
MOTOS Member of the Opposite Sex
MOTSS Member of the Same Sex
MUNG Mash Until No Good
MYOB Mind Your Own Business (common)
NBL Not Bloody Likely
NICBDAT Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes
NIMBY Not In My Backyard
NIMTO Not In My Term of Office
NFW No [*CENSORED*] Way!!
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard (very rare)
NIH Not Invented Here (Very common at Microsoft)
NMI No Message Inside (found on web bulletin boards)
NOMW Not on my Watch
NPLU Not People Like Us
NP No Problem
NQOS Not Quite Our Sort
NRN No Reply Necessary
NSS No S*** Sherlock
NTYMI Now That You Mention It
OAS On Another Subject
OAUS On An Unrelated Subject
OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject
OIC Oh! I See (rare)
OJ Obligatory Joke (common in comedy areas)
OOTC Obligatory On Topic Comment
OOTD One Of These/ Those Days
OT1H On The One Hand
OTOH On The Other Hand (common)
OTOOH On The Other Other Hand (rare)
ONNA Oh No, Not Again (uncommon)
ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again
OWTTE Or Words To That Effect (uncommon)
PF&HOMW Printed, Framed & Hanging On My Wall
PITA Pain In The A** (Arm?)
PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In
PMJI Pardon My Jumping In
PPP Petty Pet Peeve
POSSLQ Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
POV Point Of View
PTB Powers That Be
ROFLAHMSL Rolling On Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides Laughing
ROFLASTC Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat.
ROTBA Reality On The Blink Again
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing (common in comedy areas)
ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides (ditto)
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off (ditto)
ROTM Right On The Money
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFM Read the *fine* Manual (common)
RYFM Read your manual (common)
SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym
SICS Sitting In Chair Snickering
SITD Still in the dark
SOI Stunk On Ice
TAFN That's All For Now
TANJ There Ain't No Justice (Niven)
TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch (uncommon)
TDM Too Damn Many
TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TINALO This Is Not A Legal Opinion
TINAR This Is Not A Recommendation
TINWIS That Is Not What I Said
TIWTGLGG This Is Where The Goofy Little Grin Goes
TJATAW Truth, Justice, And The American Way
TNSTAAFL There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TOBAL There Oughta Be A Law
TOBG This Oughta Be Good
TPTB The Powers That Be
TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta-Ta For Now (very common)
TTYL Talk/Type To You Later (very common)
TY Thank You
TYVM Thank You Very Much
WAMKSAM Why Are My Kids (or Kitties) Staring At Me?
WAW Why Ask Why?
WDYMBT What Do (or Did) You Mean By That?
WGAS Who Gives A S***?!
WIBAMU Well I'll be a Monkey's Uncle
WIMP Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing (to describe Windows & other
similar interfaces)
WMMOWS Wash My Mouth Out With Soap!
WRT With Respect To
WTH What the Heck
WYGIWYPF What you get is what you pay for
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
WYTYSYDG What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get
WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It
YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym
YAFA Yet Another "Fine" Abbreviation
YAOTM Yet Another Off-Topic Message
YMBK(J) You Must Be Kidding (Joking)
YGLT You're Gonna Love This
YGMBTS You Got Me By The Shorthairs
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
************** Advanced Abbreviations ********************
ANFAWFOS - And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
ASAFP - As Soon As [*CENSORED*] Possible
AWGTHTGTTA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?
AWGTHTGTATA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through ALL This Again?
DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A [*CENSORED*]!
HUA - Heads Up A******
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
IITYWYBMAB - If I Tell You, Will You Buy Me A Beer
IITYWYBAD - If I Tell You, Will You Buy Another Drink
IITYWTMWYKM - If I Tell You What This Means Will You Kiss Me?
IITYWIMWYBMAD- If I Tell You What It Means Will You Buy Me A
Drink?
ILSHIBAMF - I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture!
KCBIWIYWI - Keep Coming Back, It Works If You Work It
LAGNAF - Let's All Get Naked And [*CENSORED*]
PMYMHMMFSWGAD- Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives
A Damn.
ROTFLMAAOBPO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ascii And Other Body
Parts Off
WYLABOCTGWTR - Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go With That
Remark?
WYLASOMWTC - Would You Like A Saucer Of Milk With That Comment?
APA - Amateur Press Association
FIAWOL - Fandom Is A Way Of Life
FIJAGH - Fandom Is Just A God**** Hobby
LASFS - The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
RAEBNC - Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment (an APA
abbreviation)
SF - Science Fiction or Speculative Fantasy
DDD - Direct Distance Dial (i.e. the phone system)
DTMF - Dialing Tones, Multi Frequency (i.e. TouchTone(c))
POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
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:D Big Smile, Laughing :* Kiss
[], {} Hug ;) Wink
:) Normal Smile :( Frown
:O I'm Amazed :P Pffff!, Sticking out toungue
:I I'm Bored :> Devilish Grin
B) I'm Wearing My Shades :X My Lips Are Sealed
:'( I'm Crying O:) Angel, Innocent
]:>, }:> Devil :-) Humorous, Joking
:-( Sad, Long Face :') Toungue In Cheek
:-() Shouting :-$ Money Where Your Mouth Is
;-) Say No More, Nudge, Nudge =:-() Scares Me Too
:-! Foot in mouth O:-) Don't Blame Me, I'm innocent
%-/ Don't Blame Me I'm Hungover <:-) Don't Blame me, I'm a Dunce
C:-) Blame Me, I'm An Egghead [:-|] Sent By A Robot
:-)8 Sent By A Gentleman 8:-) Sent By a Little Girl
(8-) Sent By An Owl (;\/ Sent By A Duck
:-)=== Sent By A Giraffe (-:|:-) Sent By Siamese Twins
d:-) I Like To Play Baseball 9:-) I Am A Baseball Catcher
:-| I Can Play The Harmonica :-8 I Just Ate A Pickle
%-| Been Working All Night :-{) I Have A Moustache
:-[ Vampire :-& Toungue Tied
C|:-= Charlie Chaplin >;-) Vulcan
::-) Wears Glasses }:-< Bull Headed
:-# Has Braces :-D Big Smile, Laugh
=|:-)= Abe Lincoln :-W Speak With Forked Tongue
:- "I Swear" :-C Really Bummed Out
C=:-) Chef *<:-) Santa Claus
:-O Mr Bill *:o) Bozo
:*) Ed McMahon o-) Cyclops
[:-) Wearing a Walkman :-)) Double Chin
:-! Bronx Cheer :-7 Smokes a Pipe
C:# Football Player :-)=---Man with Tie
:-)8 Man With Bow Tie :_( Vincent Van Gogh
:-() I Stubbed My Toe $-) Lotto Fever
:-( ) You Stepped On My Toe :- Male
:-( ) You Backed Your Car Over My Toe >- Female
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:-%-: French Kiss :-oo-: Lover's Kiss
8-) Person Wearing Glasses :?) Big Nose
<:-| Wearing My Chineese Hat :-$ Million Dollar Smile
øø Too Much To Drink Last Night <*.*> Alien Eyes
^ {:-) Bad Toupe
ð8O Bart Simpson 8-0 or 8^0 Surprise
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