How to read Internet Abbreviations

Did you ever wonder what means FUBAR, after watching Saving Private Ryan or when someone gave you this comment about your plane. What about these weird acronyms in some chat rooms ? So find this and many others below.

Note: I didn't read all of them, so I hope they are all ok.

$0.02	*Throwing in your two cents worth*
<eg>	*evil grin*
<g>	*grin*
<veg>	*very evil grin*
1FTR	*One for the road*
24/7	*24 hours a day, 7 days a week*
4U2	*For You Too*

AA	*Alcoholics Anonymous; Travel club - Automobile Association*
AAA	*Travel club - American/Australian Automobile Association*
AAAAA	*Travel club for alcoholics, American Association Against Acronym Abuse*
AAMOF	*As A Matter Of Fact*
ACRONYM	*Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning*
ADN	*Any Day Now*
AFAIC	*As Far As I'm Concerned*
AFAIK	*As Far As I Know*
AFAIUI	*As Far As I Understand It*
AFAYC	*As Far As You're Concerned*
AFK	*Away From Keyboard (person is away, example: AFKnick, or nickAFK)*
AISB	*As I Said Before*
AISI	*As I See It*
AIW	*As It Were/Was*
AKA	*Also Known As*
AMAP	*As Much/Many As Possible*
AMF	*Adios Mother Fucker; Adios My Friend*
ANFAWFOS	*A Now For A Word From Our Sponsor*
ANFSCD	*And Now For Something Completely Different ...*
APAC	*All Praise And Credit*
ASAFP	*As Soon As Fucking Possible*
ASAP	*As Soon As Possible*
ATB	*All The Best*
ATM	*At The Moment; Asynchronous Transfer Mode; Automated Teller Machine*
ATLA	*Another Three Letter Acronym*
ATTN	*Attention*
ATTYOB	*Anything That Turns You On Baby*
AWCIGO	*And Where Can I Get One*
AWGTHTGTATA	*Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This Again?*
AWGTHTGTTA	*Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?*
AWHFY	*Are We Having Fun Yet?*
AYT	*Are You There?*

B/C	*BeCause*
B4	*Before*
B4N	*Bye for Now*
BAC	*By Any Chance*
BAD	*Broken As Designed*
BAMF	*Bad Assed Mother Fucker*
BBFN	*Bye Bye For Now*
BBIAB	*Be Back In A Bit*
BBIAF	*Be Back In A Few*
BBL	*Be Back Later*
BBR	*Burnt Beyond Repair*
BBS	*Bulletin Board System*
BC	*Basket Case*
BCC	*Blind Carbon Copy*
BCNU	*Be seein' you! (saying goodbye)*
BIOYA	*Blow It Out Your Ass*
BF	*BoyFriend or Best Friend (make sure the other person knows which one)*
BFD	*Big Fucking Deal*
BFG	*Big Friendly Giant*
BFI	*Brute Force and Ignorance; Bunch of Fucking Idiots*
BFMI	*Brute Force and Massive Ignorance*
BFN	*Bye For Now*
BIOS	*Basic I/O System*
BION	*Believe It Or Not*
BIOYIOP	*Blow It Out Your I/O Port*
BITD	*Beaten It To Death*
BK	*Because*
BMF	*Bad Mother Fucker*
BMOC	*Big Man On Campus*
BMTIPG	*Brilliant Minds Think In Parallel Gutters*
BNF	*Big Name Fan*
BOC	*But Of Course*
BOF	*Birds Of a Feather*
BOFH	*Bastard [system] Operator From Hell; Big Ordnance, Fucking Heavy*
BOHICA	*Bend Over, Here It Comes Again!*
BOL	*Bursts Out Laughing*
BOS	*Big Orange Switch*
BOT	*Back On Topic*
BOTEC	*Back Of The Envelope Calculation*
BRB	*Be Right Back*
BRS	*Big Red Switch*
BS	*Bull Shit (Bachelor Degree)*
BSEG	*Big Shit Eating Grin*
BSG	*Broad Sweeping Generalization; Big Smiling Grin*
BSOD	*Blue Screen Of Death (a kind of error message reported by Windows NT, at which point the computer either locks up or is automatically rebooted; nasty)*
BTA	*But Then Again (in response to IOW)*
BTAICBW	*But Then Again I could Be Wrong*
BTAIM	*Be That As It May*
BTDT	*Been There, Done That*
BTDTGTTS	*Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt*
BTOBD	*Be There Or Be Dead*
BTSOOM	*Beats The Shit Out Of Me*
BTW	*By The Way*
BUAF	*Butt Ugly ASCII Font*
BUAG	*Butt Ugly ASCII Graphic*
BWQ	*Buzz Word Quotient*
BY	*BusY*
BYKT	*But You Knew That*
BYKTA	*But You Knew That Already*
BYOB	*Bring Your Own Booze/Bottle*

C/O	*in Care Of (for sending mail)*
CADET	*Cant Add, Doesn't Even Try*
CB	*Call Back*
CC	*Carbon Copy*
CE	*Creative Editing*
CF	*Charlie Foxtrot; Cluster Fuck (meaning similar to SNAFU)*
CFD	*Call For Discussion*
CFV	*Call For Vote*
CHOWUR	*See HOW yoU aRe*
CHUR	*See How yoU aRe*
CIC	*Christ, I'm Confused*
CIO	*Cut It Out*
CIS	*CompuServe Information Service*
CLAB	*Crying Like A Baby*
CLI	*Command Line Interface*
CMIIW	*Correct Me If I'm Wrong*
CO	*COnference*
COD	*Cash On Delivery (when receiving mail)*
COTFLGOHAHA	*Crawling On The Floor Laughing Guts Out and Having A Heart Attack*
CPF	*Can Pigs Fly?*
CRAFT	*Cant Remember A Fucking Thing*
CRPG	*Character (or computer) Role Playing Game*
CRS	*Can't Remember Shit*
CS	*Cop Shop (police station)*
CTTD	*Cute Things They Do*
CTTS	*Cute Things They Say*
CU	*See yoU (good bye)*
CUA	*Commonly Used Acronym(s); Common User Access*
CUL	*See yoU Later*
CUL8ER	*See yoU LatER*
CUL8R	*See yoU LateR*
CUL8TR	*See yoU LateR*
CWYL	*Chat With You Later*
CYA	*Cover Your Ass*
CYL	*See You Later*

D&C	*Duck and Cover - a popular 1950s song in dedication to the atomic bomb (and its possible attack)*
D/L	*Download, transmit to you*
DAP	*Parents Against Dyslexia*
DARCFC	*Ducking And Running For Cover*
DBA	*Doing Business As*
DBN	*Doing Business, NOT*
DETLA	*Double Extended Three Letter Acronym*
DH	*Dear Husband (also Dear Hubby, Duh Hubby, Dick Head)*
DIIK	*Damned If I Know*
DIIN	*Damned If I kNow*
DILLIGAF	*Does It Look Like I Give A Fuck?*
DILLIGAFF	*Do I Look Like I Give a Flying Fuck?*
DITUIHIBMSL?	*Did I Tell yoU I Hate IBM'S Lately?*
DITUILIBMSL?	*Did I Tell yoU I Love IBM'S Lately?*
DK	*Don't Know*
DKU	*Drop Kick Ugly*
DL	*or D/L Download*
DLG	*Devilish Little Grin*
DMA	*Direct Memory Access (allows devices to read/write RAM without asking the processor first)*
DNA	*Did Not Answer*
DNPM	*Darn Near Pissed Myself*
DOA	*Dead On Arrival*
DOB	*Date/Day Of Birth*
DOM	*Dirty Old Man*
DRA	*Don't Recognize Acronyms*
DTD	*Document Type Definition*
DTOKAB	*Drop To One Knee And Blow*
DTP	*DeskTop Publishing*
DTRT	*Do The Right Thing*
DUCWIC	*Do You See What I See*
DUK	*Dead Upon Keyboard*
DVD	*Digital Versatile Disc (formerly: Digital Video Disc)*
DWIM	*Do What I Mean*
DWIMC	*Do What I Mean, Correctly*
DWIMNWIS	*Do What I Mean, Not What I Say*
DYE	*Damn Your Eyes!*
DYHWIH	*Do You Hear What I Hear*
DYSWIS	*Do You See What I See*

E2EG	*Ear to Ear Grin*
ED	*Emotionally Disturbed*
EDP	*Emotionally Disturbed Person*
EIDE	*Extended IDE (which doesn't really make much sense; the successor to IDE allowing bigger drives)*
EISA	*Extended Industry Standard Architecture*
EOB	*End Of Business*
EOD	*End Of Discussion*
EOF	*End Of File*
EOL	*End Of Lecture*
EOT	*End Of Thread (i.e., don't reply to this message)*
ES&D	*Eat Shit & Die*
ESAD	*Eat Shit And Die*
ESADMF	*Eat Shit And Die, Mother Fucker*
ESAL	*Eat Shit And Live*
ESOSL	*Endless Snorts of Stupid Laughter*
ESP	*ESPecially*
ETA	*Estimated Time of Arrival*
ETLA	*Extended Three Letter Acronym*

F2F	*Face To Face*
FAQ	*Frequently Asked Questions*
FAQL	*Frequently Asked Questions List*
FART	*Fathers Against Radical Teenagers*
FATT	*Funny At The Time*
FCFS	*First Come, First Served*
FCOL	*For Crying Out Loud*
FDROTFL	*Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing*
FFRD	*Flying Fuck in a Rolling Donut (I don't give a....)*
FHS	*Friendly HandShake*
FIGJAM	*Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me*
FIGMO	*Fuck It, Got My Orders*
FIIK	*Fucked If I Know!*
FIIN	*Fucked If I kNow!*
FISH	*First In, Still Here*
FITB	*Fill In The Blank*
FLA	*Four/Five Letter Acronym (ETLA or DETLA are preferred because FLA isn't an FLA)*
FMH	*Fuck Me Harder (usually an exclamation of disgust)*
FOAD	*Fuck Off And Die (use of this is generally OTT)*
FOAF	*Friend Of A Friend*
FOAFOAG	*Father Of A Friend Of A Girlfriend*
FOAG	*Father Of A Girlfriend*
FOCL	clunk Fell Off Chair Laughing
FOD	*Finger Of Death*
FOOBAR	*Variant of FUBAR*
FOS	*Freedom Of Speech; Full Of Shit*
FOT	*Full Of Tripe*
FOTCL	*Falling Off The Chair Laughing*
FRED	*Fucking Ridiculous Electronic Device*
FRZ	*Fruitin' Religious Zealot*
FTASB	*Faster Than A Speeding Bullet*
FTF	*Face To Face*
FTL	*Faster Than Light*
FTP	*File Transfer Protocol*
FTS	*Fixin' To Start*
FU	*Fucked Up, Fuck yoU*
FUBAB	*Fucked Up Beyond All Belief*
FUBAR	*Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition*
FUD	*Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt*
FUMTU	*Fucked Up More Than Usual*
FURTB	*Full Up Ready To Burst (about hard disk drives!)*
FWIW	*For What It's Worth*
FY&TSYRIO	*Fuck You & The Sysop You Rode In On*
FYA	*For Your Amusement*
FYDITM	*Fuck You Directly In The Mouth*
FYI	*For Your Information*

G	*Grin*
GA	*Go Ahead (used when two people try to type simultaneously)*
GAC	*Get A Clue*
GAFIA	*Get Away From It All (as in drop out of ILink for a bit)*
GAFL	*Get A Fucking Life*
GAL	*Get A Life*
GD&R	*Grinning, Ducking & Running (after snide remark)*
GD&RF	*Grinning, Ducking & Running Fast!*
GD&RVVF	*Grinning, Ducking & Running Very Very Fast!*
GD&W	*Grinning, Ducking & Weaving*
GF	*GirlFriend or Good Friend*
GFR	*Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer)*
GFU	*General Fuck Up*
GGC	*Goo Goo Cluster (cause zits & intestinal blockage)*
GGN	*Gotta Go Now*
GH	*Getting Hard (male)*
GIGO	*Garbage In, Garbage Out; Garbage In, Gospel Out (people accepting blindly what the computer says)*
GIWIST	*Gee, I Wish Id Said That*
GLG	*Goofy Little Grin*
GLGH	*Good Luck and Good Hunting*
GMTA	*Great Minds Think Alike (used when people type a similar thing at the same time)*
GOK	*God Only Knows*
GOOML	*Get Out Of My Life*
GOTFIA	*Groaning On The Floor In Agony*
GOWI	*Get On With It*
GPF	*General Protection Fault; Go Puke, Fast!*
GRMBL	*Grumble*
GRUIT	*Get Real yoU Impudent Thing*
GTBOS	*Glad To Be Of Service*
GTFOOMF	*Get The Fuck Out Of My Face*
GTP	*Gone To Pee*
GUI	*Graphical User Interface*
GW	*Getting Wet (female)*
GYHTBT	*Guess You Had To Be There*

H2	*How To*
HAND	*Have A Nice Day*
HCB	*Holy Cow, Batman!*
HHGTTG	*HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy*
HHO1/2K	*Ha Ha Only Half Kidding*
HHOJ	*Ha Ha Only Joking*
HHOK	*Ha Ha Only Kidding*
HHOS	*Ha Ha Only Serious*
HIB_	*Have I Been ______?*
HNG	*Horny Net Geek*
HOMPR	*Hang On, Mobile Phones Ringing*
HP	*Home Page*
HSIK	*How Should I Know*
HTFSIK	*How The Fuck Should I Know*
HTH	*Hope This Helps!*
HTML	*HyperText Mark-up Language*
HTTP	*HyperText Transfer Protocol*
HUA	*Head Up Ass*
HW	*HardWare*
HWS(PEST)	*Husband Wants Sex (Please Excuse Slow Typing)*
HWUA	*Head Way Up Ass*

IAAA	*I Am An Accountant*
IAAL	*I Am A Lawyer*
IAC	*In Any Case*
IAE	*In Any Event*
IANAA	*I Am Not An Accountant*
IANAC	*I Am Not A Crook*
IANAL	*I Am Not A Lawyer (But...)*
IANALBIPOOTV	*I Am Not A Lawyer, But I Play One On TV*
IARTPFWTSIOWIM	*I Am Repeating This Parrot-Fashion Without The Slightest Idea Of What It Means.*
IASH	*I Am So Horny*
IBC	*Inadequate, But Cute*
IBM	*Inadequate But Marketable*
IC	*I See, Integrated Circuit*
ICB	*I Care Because?*
ICBM	*InterContinental Ballistic Missile*
ICBW	*I Could Be Wrong*
ICTYBTIHTKY	*I Could Tell You But Then I'd Have To Kill You*
ICUR	*I See You Are*
IDE	*Integrated Drive Electronics*
IDGAD	*I Don't Give A Damn*
IDGAS	*I Don't Give A Shit*
IDGI	*I Don't Get It*
IDK	*I Don't Know*
IDTS	*I Don't Think So*
IDTT	*I'll Drink To That!*
IH2SNMFAGH	*I Have To Stop Now, My Fingers Are Getting Hoarse*
IHATCFYB	*I Have A Terrible Craving For Your Body!*
IHTFP	*I Hate This Fucking Place; I Have Truly Found Paradise*
IIABDFI	*If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It*
IIRC	*If I Recall Correctly*
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?*
IITYWTMWYKM	*If I Tell You What This Means Will You Kiss Me?*
IITYWYBAD	*If I Tell You, Will You Buy Another Drink*
IITYWYBMAB	*If I Tell You, Will You Buy Me A Beer*
IJLS	*I Just Like Saying*
IK	*I Know*
ILI	*I Like Ike*
ILICISCOMK	*I Laughed, I Cried, I Spat Coffee/Coke/Cadmium On My Keyboard*
ILIWTPCT	*I Love It When The Plan Comes Together.*
ILSHIBAMF	*I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture!*
ILU	*I Love yoU*
ILY	*I Love You*
IMAO	*In My Arrogant Opinion*
IMBO	*In My Biased Opinion*
IMCDO	*In My Conceited Dogmatic Opinion*
IMCO	*In My Considered Opinion*
IME	*In My Experience*
IMHO	*In My Humble Opinion*
IMMOR	*I Make My Own Rules*
IMNSHO	*In My Not So Humble Opinion*
IMO	*In My Opinion*
IMOBO	*In My Own Biased Opinion*
IMPOV	*In My Point Of View*
IMVHO	*In My Very Humble Opinion*
INGSI	*I'm Not Gonna Say It*
INPO	*In No Particular Order*
INT	*I'll Never Tell*
I/O	*Input/Output*
IOU	*I Owe You*
IOW	*In Other Words*
IRL	*In Real Life*
IRQ	*Interrupt ReQuest*
IROOC	*I've Run Out Of Cigarettes*
ISA	*Industry Standard Architecture*
ISP	*Internet Service Provider*
ISTR	*I Seem To Remember/Recall*
ISWYM	*I See What You Mean*
ITFA	*In The Final Analysis*
ITYM	*I Think You Mean*
IUTHALORFH	*I Used To Have A Lot Of Respect For Him/Her*
IUTKATS	*I Used To Know All That Stuff*
IWBNI	*It Would Be Nice If*
IWIK	*I Wish I Knew*
IWSN	*I Want Sex Now*
IYFEG	*Insert Your Favourite Ethnic Group*
IYKWIM	*If You Know What I Mean*
IYKWIMAITYD	*If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do*
IYSWIM	*If You See What I Mean*

JAFO	*Just Another Fucking Observer*
JAFU	*Just Another Fuck Up*
JAM	*Just A Moment; Just A Minute*
JANFU	*Joint Army-Navy Fuck Up. (When American troops get shelled by their own side, in this case involving the Navy and Army)*
JAS	*Just A Second*
JAWS	*Just Another Windows Shell*
JFF	*Just For Fun*
JIC	*Just In Case*
JIT	*Just In Time*
JK (or J/K)	*Just Kidding*
JSNM	*Just Stark Naked Magic*
JTYWTK	*Just Thought You Wanted To Know*

K	*OK, okay*
KBD	*KeyBoarD*
KCBIWIYWI	*Keep Coming Back, It Works If You Work It*
KIBO	*Knowledge In, Bullshit Out*
KISS	*Keep It Simple Stupid*
KITA	*Kick In The Ass (type of therapy)*
KMA	*Kiss My Ass*
KMYF	*Kiss Me You Fool*
KOTC	*Kiss On The Cheek*
KotL	*Keeper of the List*
KOTL	*Kiss On The Lips*
KTCOOTN	*Keep This Crap Out Of This Newsgroup*
KWIM	*Know What I Mean?*

L8R	*Later, see you later*
LAB&TYD	*Life's A Bitch & Then You Die*
LAGNAF	*Lets All Get Naked And Fuck*
LART	*Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool [Clue by four]; Light Armament, Recoil Type*
LD	*Long Distance*
LJBF	*Let's Just Be Friends*
LKOM	*Light Kiss On Mouth*
LLTA	*Lots and Lots of Thunderous (Thundering) Applause*
LMA	*Leave Me Alone*
LMAO	*Laughing My Ass Off*
LMAOROTF	*Laughing My Ass Off Rolling On The Floor*
LMC	*Lost My Connection*
LMCOA	*Lost My Connection Once Again*
LMFAO	*Laughing My Fucking Ass Off*
LMK	*Let Me Know*
LMTFA	*Leave Me The Fuck Alone*
LMWIS	*Lick Me Where I Sweat*
LOL	*Laughing Out Loud; Little Old Lady*
LSFIAB	*Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel*
LSHIPMP	*Laughing So Hard I Peed My Pants*
LTBF	*Learn To Be Funny*
LTIP	*Laughing 'Til I Puke*
LTMSH	*Laughing 'Til My sides Hurt*
LTNS	*Long Time No See*
LUSER	*Loser USER (that is to say, all of them)*

M$	*Micro$oft*
MADD	*Midgets Against Desk Drawers*
MAY	*Mad About You*
MAYB	*Mad About You, Baby*
MCIBTY(SN)	*My Computer Is Better Than Yours (So Nyerrr)*
MD	*More Dirt (Physician)*
MFG	*More Friendly Garbage!*
MFIC	*Mother Fucker In Charge*
MFWIC	*Mother Fucker What's In Charge*
MGD	*My Gameboy Died*
MHBFY	*My Heart Bleeds For You*
MHOTY	*My Hat's Off To You*
MHDC(A)	*My Hard Drive crashed (again)*
MIN	*Just a minute*
MIPS	Meaningless Information Per Second. Properly, Million Instructions Per Second, as a measure of speed (as in "bogomips" on *nix), one of the less useful measures of performance (ranking below MHz but above SPEC on the uselessness scale).
ML	*More Later*
MLA	*Multiple Letter Acronym*
MMIF	*My Mouth Is Full*
MOF	*Matter Of Fact*
MOMPL	*one MOMent PLease...*
MOO	*Multi-user dungeon Object-Oriented*
MORF	*Male or Female?*
MOS	*Member of the Opposite Sex*
MOTAS	*Member Of The Appropriate Sex*
MOTD	*Message Of The Day*
MOTH	*Humorous Collectibles Forum variation on Member of the Month*
MOTM	*Member Of The Month*
MOTOS	*Member Of The Opposite Sex*
MOTSS	*Member Of The Same Sex*
MS	*More Shit; More of the Same; (Masters Degree)*
MSCEA	*My Southern Comforts Empty Again*
MSS	*Member of the Same Sex*
MTBF	*Mean Time Between Failure*
MTFBWY	*May The Force Be With You*
MUD	*Multi User Domain (or Dungeon)*
MUNG	*Mash/Mung Until No Good*
MUSH	*Multi User Shared Hallucination*
MYOB	*Mind Your Own Business*

N/A	*Not Acceptable/Applicable*
NAGI	*Not A Good Idea*
NAVY	*Never Again Volunteer Yourself*
NBD	*No Big Deal*
NBL	*Not Bloody Likely*
NBTD	*Nothing Better To Do*
NE1469	*Anyone for 69? (very naughty, best followed by a GD&R)*
NERD	*National Establishment for Real Dorks*
NFG	*No Fucking Good*
NFI	*No Fucking Idea*
NFW	*No Fucking Way*
NFY	*No Fuck You*
NHOH	*Never Heard Of Him/Her*
NICBDAT	*Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes*
NIDWTC	*No I Don't Want To Chat*
NIH	*Not Invented Here*
NIMBY	*Not In My Back Yard*
NIMTO	*Not In My Term of Office*
NINO	*Nothing In, Nothing Out*
NIT	*Not In Therapy*
NLI	*Not Logged In*
NMI	*No Middle Initial*
NOYB	*None Of Your Business*
NP	*No Problem*
NP	*No Problem*
NPF	*No Problem Found*
NPLU	*Not People Like Us*
NQA	*No Questions Asked*
NQOS	*Not Quite Our Sort*
NRN	*No Reply Necessary*
NSS	*No Shit, Shylock/Sherlock (to which the correct response is "Dig deeper, Watson")*
NTG	*Not Too Good*
NTH	*No Therapy Helpful*
NTIBOA	*Not That I'm Bitter Or Anything*
NTIM	*Not That It Matters*
NTIMM	*Not That It Matters Much*
NTK	*Nice To Know*
NTL	*NeverTheLess / NoneTheLess*
NUI	*Network User Identification*
NYCTMI	*Now You Come To Mention It*
NYP	*Not Your Problem*

O	*Over (to you)*
OATUS	*On A Totally Unrelated Subject*
OAUS	*On An Unrelated Subject*
Ob-	*[as a prefix] obligatory, thus OBjoke is "obligatory joke"*
OBTW	*Oh, By the Way*
OD	*OverDose; Oh Dear*
OIC	*Oh, I See*
OK	*abbreviation of Oll Korrect, corruption of all correct*
OMFG	*Oh My Fucking God!*
OMG	*Oh My God!*
ONNA	*Oh No, Not Again*
ONNTA	*Oh No, Not This Again*
OO	*Over and Out*
OOI	*Out Of Interest*
OOSOOM	*Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind*
OOTB	*Out Of The Box (i.e. brand new)*
OOTC	*Obligatory On Topic Comment*
OS	*Operating System*
OSIM	*Oh Shoot It's Monday*
OSU	*Officially Sanctioned User*
OTC	*Over The Counter*
OTD	*Out The Door*
OTF	*On The Floor*
OTL	*Out To Lunch*
OTOH	*On The Other Hand*
OTOOH	*On The Other Other Hand*
OTT	*Over The Top*
OTTH	*On The Third Hand*
OTTOMH	*Off The Top Of My Head*
OTTOMHAROOB	*Off The Top of My Head And Rolling Out Of Bounds*
OTW	*On The Whole*
OW	*Oh Well*
OWTTE	*Or Words To That Effect*

P.S.	*Post Scriptum*
PABG	*Pack A Big Gun*
PB4UGO2BED	*Pee Before You Go To Bed*
PBD	*Programmer Brain Damage*
PBM	*Play By Mail (Games)*
PCB	*Please Call Back*
PCI	*Peripheral Component Interconnect*
PCMCIA	*People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms; Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (now called PC Cards)*
PCYLIHOONL	*Please Cross Your Legs, I Have Only One Nail Left*
PD	*Public Domain*
PDA	*Public Display of Affection*
PDN	*Public Data Network*
PDQ	*Pretty Damn(ed) Quick(ly)*
PEBCAK	*Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard*
PF&HOMW	*Printed, Framed & Hanging On My Wall*
PGY	*Post Graduate Year (as in PGY-1, PGY-2 etc. used in PGY Med)*
PhD	*Piled Higher and Deeper (as in BS, MS, PhD, though unfortunately this doesn't work outside the States)*
PIMP	*Pee In My Pants (often in combination)*
PITA	*Pain In The Ass*
PKB	*Pot, Kettle, Black!*
PKOL	*Passionate Kiss On Lips*
PLBKAC	*Problem Lies Between Keyboard And Chair*
PLMKO	*Please Let Me Know, Ok?*
PLOKTA	*Press Lots Of Keys To Abort*
PMBI	*Pardon My Butting In*
PMETC	*Pardon Me ETC.*
PMFBI	*Pardon Me For Butting In*
PMFJI	*Pardon Me For Jumping In (a polite way to get into a running discussion)*
PMFJIH	*Pardon Me For Jumping In Here.*
PMIGBOM	*Put Mind In Gear Before Opening Mouth*
PMJI	*Pardon My Jumping In (another polite way to get into a running discussion)*
PMYMHMMFSWGAD	*Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn*
PMYMHMMFSWGAS	*Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Shit*
PnP	*Plug 'n' Play; Plug 'n' Pray (stick in your cards and watch your computer fail to work)*
POC	*Prisoner Of Chat; Peeping Other Chatters*
POETS	*Piss On Everything, Tomorrow's Saturday*
POITS	*Piss On It, Tomorrow's Saturday*
POM	*Phase Of the Moon*
POP	*Point Of Presence; Post Office Protocol*
POQ	*Piss Off Quickly*
POQADCB	*Piss Off Quickly and Don't Come Back!*
POSSLQ	*Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters*
POV	*Point Of View*
PPL	*PeoPLe*
PPN	*Programmer Project Number (currently known as UserID)*
PPP	*Petty Pet Peeve; Point to Point Protocol*
PPPP	*Previous Paragraph was Polemical Position*
PS	*Post Scriptum*
PS	*PostScript*
PS/2	Personal System/2 (a series of IBM PC models; now refers to the round connectors that they used for their mice and keyboards, which are now used on most new PCs as part of the ATX standard. Hot plugging them is probably the No 1 cause of motherboard failure amongst newbies. They are now going to be replaced by USB connectors.)
PT	*Physical Training*
PTB	*Powers That Be*
PTO	*Patent and Trademark Office (US Govt); Please Turn Over*
PW	*Pathetic Wanker; PowWow*

QED	*Quod Erat Demonstrandum; Quite Easily Done*

RAID	*Redundant Array of Independent Disks (formerly: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)*
RE	*REgarding*
RE	*Returned*
RFC	*Request For Comments*
RFD	*Request For Discussion*
RFI	*Request For Information*
RFT	*Request For Thinking*
RHIP	*Rank Has Its Privileges*
RL	*Real Life*
RLCO	*Real Life COnference*
RNA	*Ring, No Answer*
ROFFNAR	*Rolling On the Floor For No Apparent Reason*
ROFL	*Rolling On the Floor Laughing*
ROFLAHMSL	*Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides Laughing*
ROFLASC	*Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Scaring the Cat*
ROFLASTC	*Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat*
ROFLGO	*Rolling On Floor Laughing Guts Out!*
ROFLMAO	*Rolling On the Floor Laughing My ASCII Off*
ROFLMAOOL	*Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off Out Loud*
ROFLOL	*Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud*
ROFLOLVH	*Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud Very Hard*
ROFLWMK	*Rolling On the Floor Laughing; Wet My Knickers*
ROFPML	*Roll On Floor Pissing Myself Laughing.*
ROFTTPOF	*Rolling On the Floor Trying To Put Out Flames*
ROTBA	*Reality On The Blink Again*
ROTF	*Rolling On The Floor*
ROTFL	*Rolling On The Floor Laughing*
ROTFLABIC	*Rolling On The Floor Laughing and biting into carpet*
ROTFLAHMS	*Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Side*
ROTFLMAAOBPO	*Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass And Other Body Parts Off*
ROTFLMAO	*Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off*
ROTFSTCLMAAOBPO	*Rolling On The Floor Scaring The Cat Laughing My Ass And Other Body Parts Off*
ROTM	*Right On The Money*
RPG	*Role Playing Games*
RSN	*Real Soon Now*
RT	*Real Time*
RTFAQ	*Read The FAQ*
RTFFAQ	*Read The Fucking FAQ*
RTFI	*Read The Fucking Instructions*
RTFM	*Read The Fucking Manual*
RTFQ	*Read The Fucking Question*
RTFS	*Read The Fucking Source*
RTI	*Real Time Interruption*
RTS	*Read The Screen*
RUMF	*aRe yoU Male or Female?*

S2BX	*Soon To Be eX*
SAMFU	*Self-Adjusting Military Fuck Up*
SAMFUTU	*Situation Abnormal, More Fucked Up Than Usual*
SAPFU	*Surpassing All Previous Fuck Ups*
SAR	*Smart Ass Remark*
SBCN	*Sitting Behind the Computer, Naked*
SCNR	*Sorry CouldN't Resist*
SCSI	*Small Computer Systems Interface*
SCUD	*Sure Could Use Directions*
SEC	*SECond, e.g. Wait a sec*
SEG	*Shit Eating Grin*
SEP	*Somebody Else's Problem*
SF	*Science Fiction*
SFAIAA	*So Far As I Am Aware*
SFLA	*Stupid Four Letter Acronym*
SGML	*Standardized General Mark-up Language*
SH	*Shit Happens*
SHTSI	*Somebody Had To Say It*
SICS	*Sitting In Chair Snickering*
SIG	*Special Interest Group*
SIIN	*Stuffed If I Know!*
SITD	*Still In The Dark*
SLIP	*Single Line In Protocol; Serial Line Internet Protocol*
SMAR	*Suck My Ass Raw*
SMO	*Serious Mode On*
SMOFF	*Serious Mode OFF*
SMOP	*Small Matter Of Programming*
SMTP	*Simple Mail Transfer Protocol*
SNAFU	*Situation Normal, All Fucked Up*
SnailMail	*Postal Mail Service*
SNERT	*Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager*
SNR	*Signal to Noise Ratio*
SO	*Significant Other (spouse, boy/girlfriend...)*
SOHF	*Sense Of Humour Failure*
SOI	*Stink On Ice*
SOL	*Shit Out of Luck*
SOP	*Standing Operational Procedures; Standard Operating Procedure*
SOS	*Same Old Shit*
SOVS	*SomeOne Very Special*
SPAM	*SPiced hAM (Hormels canned meat); Stupid Person's AdvertiseMent*
SSDD	*Same Shit, Different Day*
ST	*Star Trek; Such That*
ST-DS9	*Star Trek, Deep Space 9*
STFU	*Shut The Fuck Up*
STI/ST-TMP	*Star Trek, first movie / The Motion Picture*
STIFF	*Stiff, said loudly.*
STII/ST-WOK	*Star Trek, second movie / Wrath Of Khan*
STIII/ST-SFS	*Star Trek, third movie / Search For Spock*
STIV/ST-TVH	*Star Trek, fourth movie / The Voyage Home*
STS	*So To Speak*
ST-TNG	*Star Trek, The Next Generation*
ST-TOS	*Star Trek, The Original Series*
STV/ST-TFF	*Star Trek, fifth movie / The Final Frontier*
STVI/ST-TUC	*Star Trek, sixth movie / The Undiscovered Country*
ST-VOY	*Star Trek, Voyager*
SUCDIC	*Situation Under Control, Dickheads In Charge*
SUFID	*Screwing Up Face In Disgust*
SUNOILTY	*Shut Up, No One Is Listening To You*
SUP	*What's Up*
SUSFU	*Situation Unchanged, Still Fucked Up*
SUYP	*Shut Up You Pervert*
SW	*SoftWare; So What?; Says Whom?*
SWAG	*Simple Wild Ass Guess; Scientific Wild Ass Guess*
SWAK	*Sealed With A Kiss*
SWALK	*Sealed With A Loving Kiss*
SWDYRTW	*Since When Do You Rule The Web?*
SWMBO	*She Who Must Be Obeyed*
SWYP	*So What's Your Problem?*
SYSOP	*SYStem OPerator*
SYT	*Sweet Young Thing*

TAF	*That's All, Folks!*
TAFN	*That's All For Now*
TANJ	*There Ain't No Justice*
TANSTAAFL	*There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch*
TARFU	*Things Are Really Fucked Up*
TBC	*To Be Continued*
TBE	*To Be Expected*
TBYB	*Try Before You Buy*
TC	*Telephone Call; Take Care*
TCB	*Taking Care of Business*
TCBY	*Taking Care of Business, Y'all*
TCD	*The Cat's Dead*
TDD	*The Dog's Dead*
TDM	*Too Damn Many*
TFB	*Too Fucking Bad*
TFE	*Too Fucking Easy*
TFM	*The Fucking Manual*
TFS	*Three Finger Salute (Ctrl-Alt-Del -- an amusing thing NT admins should do deliberately when trying to log onto a Linux box...)*
TFTT	*Thanks For The Thought*
TGAL	*Think Globally, Act Locally*
TGIF	*Thank God It's Friday*
TGTF	*Thank God Tomorrow's Friday*
THANX	*Thanks*
THO	*Titty Hard On*
THX	*THanX*
TIA	*Thanks In Advance*
TIATLG	*Truly, I Am The Living God*
TIC	*Tongue In Cheek*
TIME	*Tears In My Eyes (often in combination)*
TINALO	*This Is Not A Legal Opinion*
TINAR	*This Is Not A Recommendation*
TINSTAAFL	*There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch*
TINWIS	*That Is Not What I Said*
TIP	*To Insure Promptness*
TIWTGLGG	*This Is Where The Goofy Little Grin Goes*
TJATAW	*Truth, Justice, And The American Way*
TLA	*Three Letter Acronym*
TLC	*Tender Loving Care*
TLG	*The Living God*
TM	*Thread Mangler*
TMI	*Too Much Information*
TN	*TelNet*
TNOTVS	*There's Nothing On Television, So ...*
TNSO	*Temptingly Naked Significant Other*
TNX 1.0E6	*Thanks a million*
TNX	*Thanks (as in ThaNX)*
TPAE	*The Possibilities Are Endless*
TPS(S)	*This Program Sucks (Severely)*
TPTB	*The Powers That Be*
TRDMC	*Tears Running Down My Cheeks*
TS	*Tough Shit*
TSJD	*Texas Size Jelly Donut -- official food of Texas sysops*
TSOHF	*Total Sense Of Humour Failure*
TSR	*Terminate and Stay Resident [program]; Totally Stupid Rules*
TTBE	*That's To Be Expected*
TTBOMK	*To The Best Of My Knowledge*
TTFN	*Ta-Ta For Now*
TTL4N	*That's The Lot For Now*
TTM	*To The Moderator*
TTUL	*Talk (or Type) To you Later*
TTYRS	*Talk To You Real Soon?*
TUFD	*The User File Died*
TWAIN	Tool Without An Interesting Name (a standard interface for scanners, digital cameras etc. to give images to other programs). Yes, that really is what it stands for. Computer geeks aren't completely humourless.
TWIMC	*To Whom It May Concern*
TWYAS	*That's What You All Say*
TWYT	*That's What You Think*
TYVM	*Thank You Very Much*

U/L	*Upload, send to the BBS*
UAE	*Unrecoverable Application Error (Bane of Windows 3 users, now superseded by the GPF in Windows 3.1x & Windows 9x, and the BSOD in Windows NT)*
UBD	*User Brain Damage*
UCE	*Unsolicited Commercial E-mail*
UL	*Upload, send to the BBS*
UNCLE	*Unified Nuclear Coalition of Latvian Emigrants*
UOK	*yoU OK?*
URL	*Universal Resource Locator*
URLCM	*yoU aRe weLCoMe*
USU	*USUally*
UTC	*Under The Counter*
UTT	*Under The Table*

VETLA	*Very Enhanced TLA*
VR	*Virtual Reality*
VT	*Virtual Time*

W/	*With*
W/O	*WithOut*
W8	*Wait*
W8ING	*WaitING*
WAB?	*What, Another Bill?*
WAEF	*When All Else Fails*
WAG	*Wild-Assed Guess*
WALOC	*What A Load of Crap*
WAMKSAM	*Why Are My Kids (or Kitties) Staring At Me?*
WB	*Welcome Back*
WCAGA	*What Comes Around, Goes Around*
WCTYBTWHTKY	*We Could Tell You, But Then We'd Have To Kill You*
WDYMBT	*What Do (or Did) You Mean By That?*
WEFT	*Wrong Every Fucking Time*
WFHIT	*What Fresh Hell Is This? (from the writings of Dorothy Parker)*
WFM	*Works For Me*
WGAS	*Who Gives A Shit*
WIBAMU	*Well I'll Be A Monkeys Uncle*
WIBNIF	*Wouldn't It Be Nice IF...*
WIMP	*Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing*
WITWAY	*Where In The World Are You?*
WIZOP	*Wizard Sysop (the primary forum administrator of a forum)*
WMMOWS	*Wash My Mouth Out With Soap*
WNOHGB	*Were No One Has Gone Before*
WOA	*Work Of Art*
WOFTAM	*Waste Of Flaming Time And Money*
WOLF	*Witless One Line Follow-up*
WOM	*Word Of Mouth*
WOMBAT	*Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time*
WOWF	*Witless One Word Follow-up*
WRATGAS	*Who Really And Truly Gives A Shit*
WRT	*With Regard To; With Respect To*
WT	*Without Thinking*
WTF	*What/Why/Who/Where/When The Fuck*
WTFDIC	*What The Fuck Do I Care*
WTFDIK	*What The Fuck Do I Know*
WTFDYTYA	*Who The Fuck Do You Think You Are*
WTFIIWT_A	*What The Fuck Is It With These _____ Anyway?*
WTFO	*What The Fuck, Over (Reply)*
WTFWT	*What The Fuck Was That? (Mayor of Hiroshima)*
WTG	*Way To Go*
WTH	*What The Hell (or Heck)*
WTTM	*Without Thinking To Much*
WWS	*Wife Wants Sex (please wait a tic)*
WWW	*World Wide Web*
WYSIAYG	*What You See Is All You Get*
WYGIWYD	*What You Got Is What You Deserved*
WYGIWYG	*What You Got Is What You Get*
WYGIWYPF	*What You Get Is What You Pay For*
WYLABOCTGWTR	*Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go With That Remark?*
WYLASOMWTC	*Would You Like A Saucer Of Milk With That Comment?*
WYP	*What's Your Point?*
WYSBANRTWYG	*What You See Bears Absolutely No Relation To What You Get*
WYSBYGI	*What You See Before You Get It*
WYSIWYG	*What You See Is What You Get*
WYSOH	*Where's Your Sense Of Humour?*
WYTYSYDG	*What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get*

XYZ	*eXamine Your Zipper*

YABA	*Yet Another Bloody Acronym*
YABSA	*Yet Another Bloody Stupid Acronym*
YADS	*Yet Another DOS Shell*
YAFA	*Yet Another Fine Acronym*
YAFIYGI	*You Asked For It, You Got It*
YAOTM	*Yet Another Off-Topic Message*
YAP	*Yet Another Ploy*
YCDBSOYA	*You Can't Do Business Sitting On Your Ass!*
YGTBK	*You've Got To Be Kidding*
YGTBSM	*You've Got To Be Shitting Me!*
YHB_	*You Have Been ______*
YHBW	*You Have Been Warned*
YHGASPL	*You Have Got A Serious Problem, Lad!*
YHGMTPO_	*You Have Greatly Misunderstood The Purpose Of ______*
YHL	*You Have Lost*
YHTBT	*You Had To Be There*
YKIYEI	*You Killed It, You Eat It*
YKWIM	*You Know What I Mean*
YKYB	*You Know You've Been*
YKYB_TLW	*You Know You've Been ______ing Too Long When ...*
YM	*You Mean*
YMMV	*Your Mileage May Vary; literally, your experience may differ.*
YOYO	*You're On Your Own*
YR	*Yeah Right*
YSS	*You Suck Severely*
YWHOL	*Yelling WooHoo Out Loud (as in LOL)*
YWIA	*You're Welcome In Advance*
YWSYLS	*You Win Some, You Lose Some*