lol=laughing out loud
lmao – laughing me a.ss off
omg = oh my god
idk= i dont know
brb=be right back
bak=back at keyboard
rotflmao= rolling on the floor laughing my a.ss off
bay=back at ya
kma=kiss my a.ss
bbl= be back later
$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/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
ANAWFOS – And Now A Word From Our Sponsor
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?
AWOL – Absent WithOut Leave
AYT? – Are You There?
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 ***
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 Switch
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&G – Chuckle and Grin
C/O – Care Of
CAB – Cheap *** Bastard/*****
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 ***
CYAL8R – See You Later
CYL – See You Later
CYM – Check Your Mail
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?
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
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 > – 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
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
< 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
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 > – Kiss
KB – Kiss Back
KISS – Keep It Simple, Stupid
KIT – Keep In Touch
KMA – Kiss My ***
KMF – Kiss Me, Fool
KOC – Kiss On Cheek
KWIM – Know What I Mean?
KYPO – Keep Your Pants On
L8R – Later
L&ML – Lies and More Lies
LAB&TYD – Life’s A ***** 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 *** 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/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
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
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 ***
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 ***
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
QT – Cutie
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 *** Off
ROTFLMAOAY – Rolling On The Floor Laughing My *** 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?
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 *** 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
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 *****/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
U2 – You too
UL – Until Later
UL or U/L – Upload
unPC – unPolitically Correct
UR – You are
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
W8 – Wait
W8AM – Wait A Minute
WABOL – What A Bunch Of Losers
WAG – Wild *** 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
XHNS – eXtra Hot N’ Spicy
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
ZIAO – Zoning In And Out