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This is a glossary for internet shorthand terminology. This page is more for me to use as a reminder incase I see some shorthand that I forget the meaning too. The terms are bold and the meaning is in italicized.

Term - Meaning

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$0.02 - Throwing in your two cent's worth
? - Please explain
?4U - Question for you
1FTR - One for the road
24/7 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
2L8 - Too Late
2U2 - To you too
3D - Three-Dimensional
404 - I haven't a clue (error message 404, address not found)
^5 - High Five

A

A/S/L - Age/Sex/Location
A/S/L/P - Age/Sex/Location/Picture
AA - Alcoholics Anonymous
AAA - Any advice appreciated
AAMOF - As a matter of fact
ADGR - Any donations gratefully received
ADN - Any day now
AFAIAA - As far as I am aware
AFAIC - As far as I'm concerned
AFAICT - As far as I can tell
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFAIR - As far as I recall
AFAIUI - As far as I understand it
AFK - Away from keyboard
AGAN - As good as new
AI - As if
AIC - Ain't it cool
AISB - As I said before
AISI - As I see it
AIUI - As I understand it
AIW - As it were
AKA - Also Known As
ALOIA - A lot of it anyway
AMAP - As many/much as possible
AMF - Adios, motherf'r or Adios, my friend
AMIGA - A merely insignificant game addiction
APAC - All praise and credit
APITN - A pain in the neck
ASAP - As soon as possible
ASCII - American standard code for information interchange
ASWGAFF - Ask someone who gives a flying f-!
ATB - All the best
ATM - At the moment
ATS - Across the street
ATTN - Attention
ATTYO - Anything that turns you on
AWCIGO - And where can I get one?
AWGTHTGTTA? - Are we going to have to go through this again?
AWHFY - Are we having fun yet?
AYT? - Are You There?

B

B4 - Before
B4N - Bye for now
BA - Bedroom activity
BAC - By any chance
BAC - Back at computer
BAD - Broken as designed
BAK - Back at keyboard
BAMF - Bad assed motherf'r
BASIC - Bill's attempt to seize industry control
BAY - Back at you
BBFN - Bye bye for now
BBIAB - Be back in a bit
BBIAF - Be back in a few
BBL - Be back later
BBN - Bye bye now
BBR - Burnt beyond repair
BBS - Be back soon
BBS - Bulletin board system
B/C - Because
BC - Basket case or Be cool
BCC - Blind carbon copy
BCNU - Be seein' you
BEG - Big evil grin
BF - Boyfriend
BFD - Big f'ing deal
BFG - Big friendly giant or Big F'ing Gun
BFH - Big f'ing hammer
BFI - Brute force and ignorance
BFMI - Brute force and massive ignorance
BFN - Bye for now
BFOG - Blouse full of goodies
BG - Big grin
BIBO - Beer in, beer out
BIC - Best in class
BIF - Basis in fact
BIL - Brother-In-Law
BION - Believe it or not
BIOYIOP - Blow it out your I/O port
BIOYA - Blow it out your ass
BITD - Beaten it to death
BKA - Better known as
BMF - Bad motherf'r
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
BOHICA - Bend over, here it comes again
BOS - Big orange switch
BOT - Back on topic
BOTE - Back of the envelope
BRB - Be right back
BRS - Big red wwitch
BS - Bull s***
BSEG - Big s*** eating grin
BSF - But seriously folks
BSG - Big smiling grin or Broad sweeping generalisation
BSOD - Blue screen of death (error message)
BTA - But then again
BTAICBW - But then again I could be wrong
BTAIM - Be that as it may
BTDT - Been there, done that
BTL - Better than life
BTOBD - Be there or be dead
BTSOOM - Beats the s*** out of me
BTTH - Boot to the head
BTTT - Back to the top
BTW - By the way
BUAF - Butt ugly ASCII font
^BUMP^ - Bump (sending topic back to the top)
BWL - Bursting with laughter
BWQ - BuzzWord quotient
BWTG - Big way to go
BY - Busy
BYKT - But you knew that
BYKTA - But You Knew That Already
BYOB - Bring Your Own Bottle
BYOH - Bat you on the head

C

C&G - Chuckle and grin
C/O - Care of
CAB - Cheap ass b@stard/b!tch
CADET - Can't add, doesn't even try
CB - Call back
CC - Carbon copy
CE - Creative editing
CF - Charlie foxtrot; cluster f'd (meaning similar to SNAFU)
CFD - Call for discussion
CFV - Call for votes
CHUR - See how you are
CICO - Coffee in, coffee out
CID - Consider it done
CID - Crying in disgrace
CIO - Check it out
CL - Cross link
CLAB - Crying like a baby
CM - Call me
CMIIW - Correct me if I'm wrong
CNP - Continued (in my) next post
CO - Conference
COD - Cash on delivery
Cof$ - Church of Scientology
CP - Chat post
CPF? - Can pigs fly?
CRAFT - Can't remember a f'ing thing
CRBT - Crying real big tears
CRPG - Character/Computer role-playing game
CRS - Can't remember s***
CS - Cop shop (police station)
CS - Customer service/support
CSG - Chuckle, snicker, grin
CTTD - Cute things they do
CTTS - Cute things they say
CU - See you
CUL - See you later
CUL8R - See you later
CUOP - Catch up on posts
CWOT - Complete waste of time
CWYL - Chat with you later
CYA - See you
CYA - Cover your ass
CYAL8R - See you later
CYL - See you later
CYM - Check your mail

D

DAY - Dreamed about you
DBA - Doing business as
DBL - Don't be long
DBN - Doing business - not!
DC - Distributed computing
DD - Darling daughter
DDG - Drop dead gorgeous
DDI - Don't do it
DEU - Dumb end user
DFU - Don't forget units
DGUTDJ - Don't give up the day job
DHB - Don't hurry back
DIGAD - Do I give a damn?
DIIK - Damned if I know
DIL - Daughter-In-Law
DILLIGAF - Does it look Like I give a f***?
DIY - Do it yourself
DK - Don't know
DKU - Drop kick ugly
DL or D/L - Download
DLG - Devilish little grin
DLTBBB - Don't let the bed bugs bite
DNA - Did not answer
DNPM - Darn near p'd myself
DOA - Dead on arrival
DOB - Date/Day of birth
DOM - Dirty old man
DQM - Don't quote me
DRA - Don't recognise acronyms
DS - Darling son
DTD - Document type definition
DTM? - Does that mean?
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
DWBH - Don't worry, be happy
DWIM - Do what I mean
DWISNWID - Do what I say, not what I do
DYE - Damn your eyes!
DYHWIH - Do you hear what I hear?
DYJHIW - Don't you just hate it when
DYSWIS - Do you see what I see?

E

E2EG - Ear to ear grin
EAK - Eating at keyboard
ED - Emotionally disturbed
EDP - Emotionally disturbed person
EG - Evil grin
EIF - Exercise in futility
EMS - E-Mail shorthand
EMSG - Email message
EOB - End of business
EOD - End of discussion
EOF - End of file
EOL - End of lecture
EOM - End of matter
EOT - End of thread (i.e. don't reply to this message)
ES&D - Eat s*** and die
ESOSL - Endless snorts of stupid laughter
ESP - Especially
ETA - Estimated time of arrival
ETD - Estimated time of departure
ETLA - Extended three letter acronym

F

F2F - Face to face
FAO - For attention of
FAQ - Frequently asked questions
FC - Fingers crossed
FEIYD - Forever in your debt
FFS - For f's sake
FISH - First in, still here
FITB - Fill in the blank_________
FOAF - Friend of a friend
FOC - Free of charge
FOFL - Falling on floor laughing
FOS - Full of s***
FOTCL - Falling off the chair laughing
FOTW - Flags of the world
FOTW - Flame of the week
FR - For real
FTBOMH - From the bottom of my heart
FTF - Face to face
FTL - Follow the link
FTTT - From time to time
FTW - F*** the world
FUBAR - F'd up beyond all recognition/repair
FUD' - (spreading) Fear, uncertainty, and disinformation
FWIW - For what it's worth
FX - Effects
FYA - For your amusement
FYE - For your entertainment
FYEO - For your eyes only
FYI - For your information

G

< G > - Grin (add < > for bigger grins)
G2G - Got to go
GA - Go ahead
GAC - Get a clue
GAFIA - Get away from it all
GAG - Get a grip
GAL - Get a life
GAS - Greetings and salutations
GBH - Great big hug or Grievous bodily harm
GF - Girlfriend
GFN - Gone for now
GG - Good game
GGL - Giggle
GIGO - Garbage in, garbage out
GIWIST - Gee, I wish I'd said that
GJ - Good job
GL - Good luck
GLGH - Good luck and good hunting
GM - Good move
GMTA - Great minds think alike
GOLL - Getting/Got one long list
GR&D - Grinning, running and ducking
GTG - Got to go
GTH - Go to him/her
GTH - Go to hell
GTSY - Glad to see you
GYPO - Get your pants off

H

< H > - Hug
H&K - Hugs and kisses
HAGD - Have a good day
HAGN - Have a good night
HAGO - Have a good one
HAND - Have a nice day
HB - Hurry back or Hug back
HF - Have fun
HH - Holding hands
HHIS - Hanging head in shame
HHOJ - Ha ha, only joking
HHOK - Ha ha, only kidding
HHOS - Ha ha, only serious
HIWTH - Hate it when that happens
HOAS - Hold on a second
HSH - Home sweet home
HTH - Hope this/that helps
HWISTKT - How Was I Supposed To Know That

I

IAC - In any case
IAE - In any event
IAGW - In a good way
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IBALD - It's been a long day
IBM - Inadequate business management
IC - I see
ICBW - I could be wrong
ICQ - I seek you
ICYDK - In case you didn't know
IDGI - I don't get it
IDK - I don't know
IDTT - I'll drink to that!
IFU - I f'd up
IGP - I gotta pee
IIDKB - If I didn't know better
IIRC - If I remember correctly
IIWY - If I were you
IK - I know
IKWYM - I know what you mean
ILU - I love you
ILY - I love you
IM - Instant Message
IMAO - In my arrogant opinion
IMCO - In my considered opinion
IME - In my experience
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMNERHO - In my not even remotely humble opinion
IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion
INC - Including or Inclusive
INPO - In no particular order
IOH - I'm outta here
IOW - In other words
IPN - I'm posting naked
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRL - In real life
IRMC - I rest my case
IRO - In region of
IS - I'm sorry
ISC - I stand corrected
ISDN - It still does nothing
ISP - Internet Service Provider
ISTM - It seems to me
ISTR - I seem to recall
ISWYM - I see what you mean
ITRO - In the region of
ITRW - In the real world
IWALU - I will always love you
IWBNI - It would be nice if
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
IYO - In your opinion

J

J/K - Just kidding
J/P - Just playing
JAM - Just a minute
JASE - Just another system error
JAT - Just A thought
JAVA - Just another vague acronym
JFTR - Just for the record
JIC - Just in case
JMHO - Just my humble opinion
JMO - Just my opinion
JOKE - Just one kidding everyone
JOT - Just one thought
JTFM - Just the facts, mister/ma'am
JTLYK - Just to let you know
JTYWWTK - Just thought you would want to know

K

< K > - Kiss
KB - Kiss back
KISS - Keep it simple, stupid
KIT - Keep in touch
KMA - Kiss my ass
KMF - Kiss me, fool
KOC - Kiss on cheek
KWIM - Know what I mean?
KYPO - Keep your pants on

L

L8R - Later
L&ML - Lies and more lies
LAB&TYD - Life's a bitch and then you die
LHM - Lord help me
LHO - Laughing head off
LHU - Lord help us
LI - Laughing insanely or Laughing inside
LIS - Laughing in silence
LLTA - Lots and lots of thunderous applause
LMAO - Laughing my ass off
LMBO - Laughing my butt off
LMK - Let me know
LMOL - Laughing madly out loud
LMSO - Laughing my socks off
LOL - Laughing out loud
LSHISOTS - Laughing so hard I spat/spit on the screen
LSHTTARD - Laughing so hard the tears are running down
LTNS - Long time no see
LTNT - Long time no type
LTR - Long term relationship
LTS - Laughing to self
LY - Love you
LYK - Let you know
LYWAMH - Love you with all my heart

M

M/F? - Male or female?
M8 - Mate
MEGO - My eyes glaze over
MHBFY - My heart bleeds for you
MHOTY - My hat's off to you
MM - Mama Mia!
MMD - Make my day
MO - My opinion
MorF - Male or Female
MOTAS - Member of the appropriate sex
MOTD - Message of the day
MOTOS - Member of the opposite sex
MOTSS - Member of the same sex
M$ - A well-known software company
MSG - Message
MTBF - Mean time between failures
MTF - More to follow
MYOB - Mind your own business
MYW - Makes you wonder

N

N2M - Not too much
NADT - Not a darn thing
NALAYL - Not as long as you live
NBIF - No basis in fact
NC - No comment
ND - Nearly done
NE - Any
NFW - No f'ing way
NGAS - No one gives a s***
NIAMY - Not in a million years
NIFOC - Nude in front of the computer
NIICHI - Not if I can help it
NIMBY - Not in my back yard
NIYL - Not in your life
NM - Never mind
NMH - Not much here
NMJC - Nothing much, just chilling
NNTA - No need to answer
NOYB - None of your business
NOYL - Not on your life
NP - No problem
NRN - No reply necessary
NRN - Not right now
NRP - None real-time processor
NTOOT - Nine times out of ten
NTW - Not to worry
NWIH - No way in hell

O

OAO - Over and out
OBTW - Oh, by the way
OEM - Original equipment manufacturer
OIAM - One in a million
OIC - Oh, I see
OL - Old lady
OM - Old man
OMG - Oh my God
OOTB - Out of the box or Out of the blue
OOTC - Obligatory on topic comment
OPM - Other people's money
OT - Off topic
OTF - On the floor
OTOH - On the other hand
OTP - On the phone
OTT - Over the top
OTT - Off the topic
OTTH - On the third hand
OTTOMH - Off the top of my head
OYA - On your ass

P

PC - Politically correct
PD - Public domain
PDA - Public display of affection
PDQ - Pretty damn quick
PDS - Please don't shoot
PEBCAK - Problem exists between chair and keyboard
PEBKAC - Problem exists between keyboard and chair
PIMP - Peeing in my pants
PITA - Pain in the ass
PLZ - Please
PM - Private Message
PMFBI - Pardon me for butting in
PMFJI - Pardon me for jumping in
PMJI - Pardon my jumping in
POAHF - Put on a happy face
POS - Point of sale
POS - Pile/Piece of s***
POSSLQ - Person of opposite sex sharing living quarters
POTC - Peck on the cheek
POETS - P*ss off early, tomorrow's Saturday
POV - Point of view
PPL - People
PS - Post script
PU - That stinks

R

RE - Regarding
REHI - Hello again
RFD - Request for discussion
RHP - Read his/her post
RL - Real life
RMA - Return merchandise authorisation
RMA - Registered members' area
ROFL - Rolling on floor laughing
ROFLASTC - Rolling on floor laughing and scaring the cat
ROI - Return on investment
ROTF - Rolling on the floor
ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
ROTFLMAOAY - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off at you
ROTFUTS - Rolling on the floor unable to speak
RPG - Role-Playing Game
RPTS - Repost that s***/stuff
RSN - Real soon now (i.e. never)
RTFAQ - Read the FAQ
RTFM - Read the f'ing manual/message
RTM - Read the manual/message
RU? - Are you?
RU4R - Are you for real?
RUOK - Are you okay?

S

SARO - Smartass reply only
SAYL - Sorry about your luck
SB - Smiles back
SBPH - Should be posted here
SCNR - Sorry, could not resist
SETE - Smiling ear to ear
SHID - Slaps head in disgust
SITD - Still in the dark
SMO - Serious mode on or Safe Mode only
SMOff - Serious mode off
SNAFU - Situation normal, all f'd up
SNERT - Snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager
SNR - Signal-to-noise ratio
SO - Significant other
SOHF - Sense of humour failure
SOL - S*** out of luck
SOMY - Sick of me yet?
SOS - Same old s***/stuff
SOT - Short of time
SOTMG - Short of time, must go
SPAM - Spiced ham (unwanted advertising)
SRHI - So rumour has it
SSDD - Same s***, different day
STB - Simply the best
STFU - Shut the f* up
STFW - Search the f'ing web
SW - Shareware
SWAG - Scientific wild ass guess
SWAK - Sealed with a kiss
SWL - Screaming with Laughter
SWMBO - She who must be obeyed
SYL - See you later
SYS - See you soon
SYSADMIN - System Administator
SYSOP - System operator

T

TA - Thanks again
TAFN - That's all for now
TAL - Thanks a lot
TANJ - There ain't no justice
TANSTAAFL - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TARFU - Things are really f'd up
TAT - Turnaround time
TBA - To Be Announced
TBF - To be fair
TBH - To be honest
TBIB - The bitch/bastard is back
TC - Telephone call
TCO - Taken care of
TCOY - Take care of yourself
TDM - Too darn many
TEOTWAWKI - The end of the world as we know it
TFIF - Thank f*** it's Friday
TFS - Thanks for sharing
TGIF - Thank God it's Friday
TIA - Thanks in advance
TIAFI - Tried it and f'd it
TIC - Tongue in cheek
TID - Thread is deteriorating
TILII - Tell it like it is
TLA - Three letter acronym
TLC - Tender loving care
TLG - The living god
TMA - Take my advice
TMBCU - Till my bowels cramp up
TMF - Too much fun
TMTT - Too much to type
TNT - Till next time
TNTL - Trying not to laugh
TNX - Thanks
TNX 1.0E6 - Thanks a million (1.0E6 is exponential notation for one million)
TNXE6 - Thanks a million
TOY - Thinking of you
TPTB - The powers that be
TRD - Tears rolling/running down
TTBOMK - To the best of my knowledge
TTFN - Ta ta for now
TTFS - Try this for size
TTT - To the top or Time to twist
TTYL - Talk to you later
TW - Two weeks
TWBAR - That would be a riot
TWIS - That's what I said/stated
TX - Thanks
TYVM - Thank you very much

U

U2 - You too
UL - Until later
UL or U/L - Upload
unPC - unpolitically correct
UR - You are

V

VAR - Value-added reseller
VAT - Value-added tax
VBG - Very big grin
VC - Virtual community
VEG - Very evil grin
VGI - Very good idea
VR - Virtual reality
VWG - Very wicked grin

W

W8 - Wait
W8AM - Wait a minute
WABOL - What a bunch of losers
WAG' - Wild ass guess
WB - Welcome back
WBS - Write back soon
WDTM - What does that mean?
WE - Whatever or Weekend
WEG - Wicked evil grin
WFM - Works for me
WG - Wicked grin
WHYD - What have you done?
W/O - Without
WOB - Waste of bandwidth/brainpower
WOBTAM - Waste of both time and money
WRT - With regard to
WRUF? - Where are you from?
WTF - What the f'?
WTG - Way to go!
WTH - What the hell?
WTHDTM - What the hell does that mean?
WUF? - Where are you from?
WYGIWYPF - What you get is what you pay for
WYMM - Will you marry me?
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get

X

XHNS - eXtra hot n' spicy

Y

Y - Why?
YA - Yet another
YABA - Yet another bloody acronym
YBS - You'll be sorry
YGM - You've got mail
YGWYPF - You get what you pay for
YHBW - You had/have been warned
YKYBHTLW - You know you've been hacking too long when
YL - Young lady
YM - Young man
YMMV - Your mileage may vary
YMMVG - Your mileage may vary greatly
YOY - Why oh why
YTB - You're the best
YW - You're welcome
YWSYLS - You win some, you lose some
YYMV - Your yak may/moves vomit

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