| AAAAA |
American Association Against Acronym Abuse |
| AAK |
Asleep At Keyboard / Alive and Kicking |
| AAMOF |
As A Matter Of Fact |
| AAMOI |
As A Matter of Interest |
| AAR/AAR8 |
At Any Rate |
| AAS |
Alive And Smiling |
| AATK |
Always At The Keyboard |
| AAYF |
As Always, Your Friend |
| AB |
A** Backwards |
| ABITHIWTITB |
A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush |
| ABT2 |
About To |
| ACD |
Alt-Ctrl-Delete |
| ACK |
Acknowledge |
| ADAD |
Another Day, Another Dollar |
| ADBB |
All Done. Bye Bye! |
| ADIH |
Another Day in Hell |
| ADIP |
Another Day In Paradise |
| ADN |
Any Day Now |
| ADR |
Address |
| AEAP |
As Early As Possible |
| AFAGAY |
A Friend As Good As You |
| AFAHMASP |
A Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted |
| AFAIC |
As Far As I'm Concerned |
| AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
| AFAICT |
As Far As I Can Tell |
| AFAP |
As Far As Possible |
| AFC |
Away From Computer |
| AFDN |
Any F**ing Day Now |
| AFGO |
Another F**ing Growth Opportunity |
| AFK |
Away From Keyboard |
| AFPOE |
A Fresh Pair Of Eyes |
| AFN |
All For Now |
| AFZ |
Acronym Free Zone |
| AGKWE |
And God Knows What Else |
| AIAMU |
And I'm A Monkey's Uncle |
| AIH |
As It Happens... |
| AIMB |
As I Mentioned Before |
| AIMP |
Always in My Prayers |
| AISB |
As I Said Before |
| AISE |
As I Said Earlier |
| AISI |
As I See It |
| AKA |
Also Known As |
| ALAP |
As Late As Possible |
| ALOTBSOL |
Always Look On The Bright Side of Life (Thanks, Brian.) |
| ALTG |
Act Locally, Think Globally |
| AMAP |
As Many As Possible |
| AMBW |
All My Best Wishes |
| AML |
All My Love |
| ADN |
Any Day Now |
| ANFSCD |
And Now For Something Completely Different |
| AOAS |
All Of A Sudden |
| AOB |
Abuse of Bandwidth |
| AON |
Apropos of Nothing |
| AOTA |
All of the Above |
| ARE |
Acronym-Rich Environment |
| ASAP |
As Soon As Possible |
| A/S/L? |
Age/Sex/Location? |
| ATST |
At The Same Time |
| ATM |
At The Moment |
| ATW |
All The Web |
| AWLTP |
Avoiding Work Like The Plague |
| AWOL |
Absent Without Leave |
| AYC |
Aren't You Clever / Cheeky |
| AYCE |
All You Can Eat |
| AYK |
As You Know |
| AYSOS |
Are You Stupid Or Something |
| AYTMTB |
And You're Telling Me This Because...? |
| B4 |
Before |
| B4N |
Bye for now |
| B4U |
Before You |
| B4YKI |
Before You Know It |
| B/C |
Because |
| B |
Back |
| BAG |
Busting A Gut / Big A** Grin |
| BAK |
Back at the Keyboard |
| BAS |
Big A** Smile |
| BAU |
Business As Usual |
| BB |
Be Back |
| BB4N |
Bye-Bye for Now |
| BBIAB |
Be Back in a Bit |
| BBIAF |
Be Back In A Flash |
| BBL |
Be Back Later |
| BBN |
Bye Bye Now |
| BBS |
Be Back Soon |
| BBT |
Be Back Tomorrow |
| BC |
Because |
| BCBS |
Big Company, Big School |
| BCNU |
Be Seein' You |
| BD |
Big Deal |
| BDC |
Big Dumb Company or Big Dot Com |
| BEG |
Big Evil Grin |
| BF |
Boyfriend / Best Friend |
| BFD |
Big f***ing deal |
| BFF |
Best Friends Forever |
| BFN |
Bye For Now |
| BFO |
Blinding Flash of the Obvious |
| BG |
Big Grin |
| BHAG |
Big Hairy Audacious Goal |
| BHOF |
Bald Headed Old Fart |
| BIBO |
Beer In, Beer Out |
| BICBW |
But I Could Be Wrong |
| BIF |
Before I Forget / Basis In Fact |
| BION |
Believe It Or Not |
| BIOYIOP |
Blow It Out Your I/O Port |
| BITD |
Back In the Day |
| BKA |
Better Known As |
| BL |
Belly Laughing |
| BMA |
Bite My A** |
| BMG |
Be My Guest |
| BMGWL |
Busting My Gut with Laughter |
| BNDN |
Been Nowhere, Done Nothing |
| BOCTAAE |
But Of Course There Are Always Exceptions |
| boot |
Kick out of the chat room |
| BOTEC |
Back-of-the-envelope Calculation |
| BOTOH |
But On The Other Hand |
| BPLM |
Big Person, Little Mind |
| BR |
Bathroom / Best Regards |
| BRB |
Be Right Back |
| BRH |
Be Right Here |
| BRT |
Be Right There |
| BSBD&NE |
Book Smart, Brain Dead & No Experience |
| BSAAW |
Big Smile and a Wink |
| BSEG |
Big S**t-Eating Grin |
| BSF |
But Seriously, Folks |
| BTA |
But Then Again... |
| BTDT |
Been There, Done That |
| BTHOOM |
Beats The Heck Out of Me |
| BTW |
By the way |
| BTWBO |
Be There With Bells On |
| BW |
Best Wishes |
| BWL |
Bursting with Laughter |
| BWO |
Black, White or Other? |
| BWTHDIK |
But What the Heck do I Know...? |
| BYKT |
But You Knew That |
| BYOA |
Bring Your Own Advil |
| C&G |
Chuckle and grin |
| C-P |
Sleepy |
| C/S |
Change of Subject |
| C/P |
Crosspost |
| C/T |
City |
| CAAC |
Cool As A Cucumber |
| CB |
Coffee Break / Chat Break |
| CBB |
Can't Be Bothered |
| CFN |
Ciao For Now |
| CICO |
Coffee In, Coffee Out |
| CID |
Consider It Done |
| CFV |
Call For Vote |
| CMF |
Count My Fingers |
| CMIW |
Correct Me if I'm Wrong |
| CMU |
Crack Me Up |
| CNP |
Continued in Next Post |
| COB |
Close of Business |
| COS |
Change of Subject |
| CRAFT |
Can't Remember a F***ing Thing |
| CRAP |
Cheap Redundant Assorted Products |
| CRAT |
Can't Remember a Thing |
| CRB |
Come Right Back |
| CRBT |
Crying Real Big Tears |
| CRS |
Can't Remember Stuff |
| CRTLA |
Can't Remember the Three-Letter Acronym |
| CSL |
Can't Stop Laughing |
| CTA |
Call To Action |
| CTC |
Care to Chat? |
| CTRN |
Can't Talk Right Now |
| CU |
See You |
| CUATU |
See You Around the Universe? |
| CUL / CUL8ER |
See You Later |
| CUNS |
See You in School |
| CUOL |
See You Online |
| CWYL |
Chat With You Later |
| CY |
Calm Yourself |
| CYA |
See Ya or Cover your ass |
| CYL |
See You Later |
| CYM |
Check Your Mail |
| CYO |
See You Online |
| CYT |
See You Tomorrow |
| DAMHIKT |
Don't Ask Me How I Know That |
| DBA |
Doing Business As |
| DBEYR |
Don't Believe Everything You Read |
| DD |
Due Diligence |
| DDSOS |
Different Day, Same Old S**t |
| DEGT |
Don't Even Go There |
| DETI |
Don't Even Think It |
| DF |
Dear Friend |
| DFLA |
Disenhanced Four-letter Acronym (that is, a TLA) |
| DGA |
Don't Go Anywhere |
| DGT |
Don't Go There |
| DH |
Dear Hubby (Husband) |
| DHTB |
Don't Have The Bandwidth |
| DHYB |
Don't Hold Your Breath |
| DIC |
Drunk In Charge |
| DILLIGAD |
Do I Look Like I Give a Damn? |
| DIKU |
Do I Know You? |
| DITR |
Dancing In the Rain |
| DITYID |
Did I Tell You I'm Distressed? |
| DIY |
Do It Yourself |
| DKDC |
Don't Know Don't Care |
| DL |
Dead Link / Download |
| DLTBBB |
Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite |
| DLTM |
Don't Lie To Me |
| DMI |
Don't Mention It |
| DNC |
Does Not Compute |
| DOE |
Depends On Experience |
| DOM |
Dirty Old Man |
| DORD |
Department of Redundancy Department |
| DOS |
Dozing off Soon |
| DP |
Domestic Partner |
| DQMOT |
Don't Quote Me on This |
| DQYDJ |
Don't Quit Your Day Job |
| DRIB |
Don't Read if Busy |
| DTRT |
Do the Right Thing |
| DUI |
Driving (a PC) Under the Influence |
| DUST |
Did You See That? |
| DWB |
Don't Write Back |
| DWBH |
Don't Worry Be Happy |
| DWI |
Driving (a PC) While Intoxicated |
| DWS |
Driving (a PC) While Stupid |
| DWWWI |
Surfing the World Wide Web While Intoxicated |
| DWYM |
Does What You Mean |
| DYOH |
Do Your Own Homework |
| DYSTSOTT |
Did You See the Size of That Thing? |
| E123 |
Easy as 1, 2, 3 |
| EAK |
Eating at Keyboard |
| EFT |
Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EG |
Evil Grin |
| EL |
Evil Laugh |
| EM |
Excuse Me |
| EMA |
Email Address |
| EMFBI |
Excuse Me For Butting In |
| EMI |
Excuse My Ignorance |
| EML |
Email Me Later |
| EMRTW |
Evil Monkeys Rule The World |
| EMSG |
Email message |
| EOB |
End of Business |
| EOD |
End Of Day |
| EOM |
End of Message |
| EOT |
End of Thread (meaning end of discussion) |
| ESEMED |
Every Second, Every Minute, Every Day |
| ESO |
Equipment Smarter than Operator |
| ESP |
Extrasensory Perception |
| ETA |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
| ETLA |
Extended Three-letter Acronym (that is, an FLA) |
| EWI |
Emailing While Intoxicated |
| EZ |
Easy |
| F2F |
Face-to-Face |
| FAB |
Features Attributes Benefits |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FAQL |
Frequently Asked Questions List |
| FAWC |
For Anyone Who Cares |
| FBI |
F***ing Brilliant Idea. Or, you know, the FBI. |
| FBKS |
Failure Between Keyboard and Seat |
| FC |
Fingers crossed |
| FE |
Fatal Error |
| FF |
Friends Forever |
| FF&PN |
Fresh Fields & Pastures New |
| FGDAI |
Fuhgedabouit, aka Forger About It |
| FISH |
First In, Still Here |
| FITB |
Fill In The Blanks |
| FLA |
Four-letter Acronym |
| FMTYEWTK |
Far More Than You Ever Wanted To Know |
| FOAF |
Friend Of A Friend |
| FOC |
Free of Charge |
| FOCL |
Falling Off Chair Laughing |
| FOFL |
Falling On the Floor Laughing |
| FOMCL |
Falling Off My Chair Laughing |
| FORD |
Fixed Or Repaired Daily |
| FRED |
F***ing Ridiculous Electronic Device |
| FSR |
For Some Reason |
| FTASB |
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet |
| FTBOMH |
From The Bottom Of My Heart |
| FTF |
For the Fun of It |
| FTL |
Faster Than Light |
| FTLOG |
For The Love of God |
| FTR |
For The Record |
| FTTB |
For The Time Being |
| FTW |
For The Win |
| FUBAR |
F***ed up Beyond All Repair or Recognition |
| FU |
You can guess. / For You |
| FUD |
Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt |
| FWB |
Friends With Benefits |
| FWD |
Forward |
| FWIW |
For What It's Worth |
| FYA |
For Your Amusement |
| FYE |
For Your Edification |
| FYI |
For your information |
| FYLTGE |
From Your Lips to God's Ears |
| FYM |
For Your Misinformation |
| FYSIGTBABR |
Fasten Your Seatbelts -- It's Going To Be A Bumpy Ride |
| G2G |
Got To Go / Good to Go |
| G2GLYS |
Good To Go, Love Ya So |
| G |
Grin |
| GA |
Go Ahead |
| GAL |
Get A Life |
| GALGAL |
Give A Little, Get A Little |
| GAP |
Got a Pic? |
| GAS |
Got a Second |
| GBG |
Great Big Grin |
| GBTW |
Get Back To Work |
| GD&R |
Grinning, ducking, and running |
| GF |
Girlfriend |
| GFC |
Going For Coffee |
| GFETE |
Grinning From Ear To Ear |
| GFI |
Go For It |
| GFN |
Gone For Now |
| GFTD |
Gone For The Day |
| GG |
Good Game |
| GGM |
Gotta Go Now |
| GGOH |
Gotta Get Out of Here |
| GGP |
Gotta Go Pee |
| GIGO |
Garbage In, Garbage Out |
| GIWIST |
Gee, I wish I'd Said That |
| GL |
Good Luck |
| GM |
Good Morning |
| GMAB |
Give Me A Break |
| GMTA |
Great Minds Think Alike |
| GNSD |
Good Night, Sweet Dreams |
| GOI |
Get Over It |
| GOK |
God Only Knows |
| GOL |
Giggling Out Loud |
| GOYHH |
Get Off Your High Horse |
| GR |
Gotta Run |
| GR8 |
Great |
| GR&D |
Grinning, Running and Ducking |
| GRA |
Go Right Ahead |
| GTG |
Got To Go / Good to Go |
| GTGB |
Got to Go, Bye |
| GTM |
Giggle To Myself |
| GTR |
Got to Run |
| GTRM |
Going to Read Mail |
| GTSY |
Glad to See You |
| GUD |
Geographically Undesirable |
| GW |
Good Work |
| GWS |
Get Well Soon |
| H&K |
Hugs and Kisses |
| H/O |
Hold On |
| H/P |
Hold Please |
| HAGD |
Have a Good Day |
| HAGN |
Have a Good Night |
| HAGO |
Have a Good One |
| HAK |
Hugs and Kisses |
| HAND |
Have a nice day |
| H4XXOR |
Hacker |
| HB |
Hurry Back |
| HBB |
Hip Beyond Belief |
| HCC |
Holy Computer Crap |
| HD |
Hold |
| HF |
Have Fun |
| HHIS |
Hanging Head in Shame |
| HHOK |
Ha ha, Only Kidding |
| HHTYAY |
Happy Holidays to You and Yours |
| HIG |
How's Tt Going? |
| HIH |
Hope It Helps |
| HIOOC |
Help, I'm Out Of Coffee! |
| HSIK |
How Should I Know? |
| HITAKS |
Hang In There And Keep Smiling |
| HNTI |
How Nice That Is |
| HNTW |
How Nice That Was |
| HSIK |
How Should I Know? |
| HT |
Hi There |
| HTH |
Hope This / That Helps |
| HTNOTH |
Hit The Nail On The Head |
| HUA |
Heads Up Ace |
| HUB |
Head up butt |
| HUYA |
Head Up Your A** |
| HWGA |
Hear We Go Again |
| I1DR |
I Wonder |
| IAC |
In Any Case |
| IAE |
In Any Event |
| IAITS |
It's All In The Subject |
| IANAC |
I Am Not A Crook |
| IANADBIPOOTV |
I Am Not A Doctor -- But I Play One On TV |
| IANAL |
I Am Not a Lawyer (but) |
| IAT |
I Am Tired |
| IAW |
I Agree With |
| IB |
I'm Back |
| IBIWISI |
I'll Believe It When I See It |
| IBTD |
I Beg To Differ |
| IBT |
In Between Technology |
| IBTL |
In Before The Lock |
| IC |
I See / In Character |
| ICBW |
I Could Be Wrong |
| ICQ |
I Seek You. Also an application, ICQ. |
| IDC |
I Don't Care |
| IDGI |
I Don't Get It |
| IDK |
I Don't Know |
| IDM |
It Doesn't Matter |
| IDST |
I Didn't Say That |
| IDTS |
I Don't Think So |
| IFAB |
I Found A Bug |
| IGP |
I Gotta Pee |
| IGTP |
I Get The Point |
| IHA |
I Hate Acronyms |
| IHAIM |
I Have Another IM |
| IHNO |
I Have No Opinion |
| IHTFP |
I Have Truly Found Paradise |
| IHU |
I Hear You |
| IIRC |
If I Recall/Remember/Recollect Correctly |
| IIWM |
If It Were Me |
| IKALOPLT |
I Know a Lot of People Like That |
| ILA |
I Love Acronyms |
| ILU or ILY |
I Love You |
| IM |
Immediate /Instant message |
| IMAO |
In My Arrogant Opinion |
| IMCO |
In My Considered Opinion |
| IMHEIUO |
In My High Exalted Informed Unassailable Opinion |
| IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
| IMing |
Chatting with someone online, usually using instant messaging software |
| IMNERHO |
In My Never Even Remotely Humble Opinion |
| IMNSHO |
In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| IMO |
In My Opinion |
| IMS |
I Am Sorry |
| INMP |
It's Not My Problem |
| INNW |
If Not Now, When? |
| INPO |
In No Particular Order |
| IOH |
I'm Out of Here |
| IOUD |
Inside, Outside, Upside Down |
| IOW |
In Other Words |
| IPN |
I'm Posting Naked |
| IRL |
In Real Life (that is, when not chatting) |
| ISTM |
It Seems To Me |
| ISTR |
I Seem To Remember |
| ISWYM |
I See What You Mean |
| ISYALS |
I'll Send You a Letter Soon |
| ITIGBS |
I Think I'm Going to Be Sick |
| ITM |
In The Money |
| IWALU |
I Will Always Love You |
| IYSWIM |
If You See What I Mean |
| ISWYM |
I See What You Mean |
| IYD |
In Your Dreams |
| IYM |
If You Must |
| IYKWIM |
If You Know What I Mean |
| IYO |
In Your Opinion |
| IYSS |
If You Say So |
| IFSWIM |
If You See What I Mean |
| J2LYK |
Just To Let You Know |
| J4G |
Just for grins |
| JAS |
Just A Second |
| JAD |
Just Another Day |
| JAM |
Just a Minute |
| JAS |
Just a Second |
| JBOD |
Just a Bunch of Disks (like redundant array of independent disks, etc.) |
| JC |
Just Checking |
| JDI |
Just Do It |
| JIC |
Just in Case |
| JJ |
Just Joking |
| JK |
Just kidding |
| JM2C |
Just My 2 Cents |
| JMO |
Just My Opinion |
| JOOTT |
Just One of Those Things |
| JP |
Just Playing |
| JSU |
Just Shut Up |
| JT |
Just Teasing |
| JTLYK |
Just To Let You Know |
| JW |
Just Wondering |
| k |
ok |
| KBD |
Keyboard |
| KEWL |
Cool |
| KIA |
Killed In Action |
| KIR |
Keep It Real |
| KISS |
Keep It Simple Stupid |
| KIT |
Keep in Touch |
| KK |
Kiss Kiss |
| KMA |
Kiss My A** |
| KMP |
Keep Me Posted |
| KOTC |
Kiss on the Cheek |
| KOTL |
Kiss on the Lips |
| KPC |
Keeping Parents Clueless |
| KUTGW |
Keep Up the Good Work |
| KWIM |
Know What I Mean? |
| L8R |
Later |
| L8R G8R |
Later Gator |
| LAQ |
Lame A** Quote |
| LD |
Later, Dude |
| LDR |
Long Distance Relationship |
| LFTI |
Looking Forward To It |
| LHO |
Laughing Head Off |
| LIFO |
Last In, First Out |
| LIS |
Laughing in Silence |
| LLTA |
Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause |
| LMAO |
Laughing My A** Off |
| LMIRL |
Let's Meet In Real Life |
| LMK |
Let Me Know |
| LMSO |
Laughing My Socks Off |
| LMTCB |
Left Message To Call Back |
| LOL |
Laughing Out Loud / Lots of Luck |
| LOLA |
Laughing Out Loud Again |
| LONH |
Lights On, Nobody Home |
| LOPSOD |
Long On Promises, Short On Delivery |
| LOU |
Laughing Over You |
| LRF |
Little Rubber Feet (the little pads on the bottom of displays and other equipment) |
| LSHMBH |
Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts |
| LSV |
Language, Sex, Violence |
| LTC |
Laugh 'til I Cry |
| LTM |
Laughing To Myself |
| LTNS |
Long Time, No See |
| LTR |
Long-term Relationship |
| LTS |
Laughing To (one's) Self |
| LULU |
Locally Undesirable Land Use |
| LULAB |
Love You Like a Brother |
| LULAS |
Love You Like a Sister |
| LUWAMH |
Love You With All My Heart |
| LWR |
Launch When Ready |
| LY |
Love Ya |
| LYL |
Love Ya Lots |
| LYLB |
Love Ya, Later, Bye |
| LYLAS / LYLASB |
Love Ya Like a Sister/Brother |
| LY4E |
Love Ya Forever |
| M/F |
Male or Female? |
| M4C |
Meet For Coffee? |
| M8 |
Mate |
| MA |
Mature Audience |
| MAYA |
Most Advanced Yet Accessible |
| MB |
Message Board |
| MBN |
Must Be Nice |
| MFD/MFP |
Multifunction Device / Peripheral |
| MHOTY |
My Hat's Off To You |
| MIA |
Missing In Action |
| MIHYAP |
May I Have Your Attention Please |
| MITIN |
More Information Than I Needed |
| MKOP |
My Kind Of Place |
| MOMPL |
One Moment Please |
| MOP |
Moment Please |
| MOSS |
Member Of The Same Sex |
| MOTOS |
Member Of The Opposite Sex |
| MSG |
Message |
| MSMD |
Monkey See, Monkey Do |
| MTBF |
Mean Time Before Failure |
| MTCW |
My Two Cents Worth |
| MTF |
More To Follow |
| MTFBWY |
May The Force Be With You |
| MTLA |
My True Love Always |
| MUBAR |
Messed Up Beyond All Recognition |
| MUSM |
Miss You So Much |
| MYOB |
Mind Your Own Business |
| N/A |
Not Applicable |
| N/M |
Nothing Much |
| N/T |
No Text |
| N1 |
Nice One |
| N2M |
Not Too Much / Not To Mention |
| NAB |
Not A Blonde |
| NADT |
Not A Darn Thing |
| NBD |
No Big Deal |
| NBIF |
No Basis In Fact |
| NCG |
New College Graduate |
| NE |
Any |
| NE1 |
Anyone |
| N2H |
Need To Have |
| NFG |
No F***ing Good |
| NFW |
No Feasible Way / no F***ing Way |
| NG |
New Game? |
| NIFOC |
Naked In Front Of Computer |
| NIM |
No Internal Message |
| NIMBY |
Not In My Back Yard |
| NIMJD |
Not In My Job Description |
| NIMQ |
Not In My Queue |
| NIMY |
Never In a Million Years |
| NISM |
Need I Say More? |
| NM |
Never mind / Nothing Much |
| NMH |
Not Much Here |
| NMP |
Not My Problem |
| NMTE |
Now More Than Ever |
| NN |
Not Now |
| NOFI |
No Offense Intended |
| NOYB |
None Of Your Business |
| NP or N/P |
No Problem |
| NRG |
Energy |
| NRN |
No Response Necessary |
| NSFW |
Not Safe For Work |
| NTK |
Nice to Know |
| NTYMI |
Now That You Mentioned It |
| NUB |
New Person to the Game/Site. "noob" |
| NVM |
Nevermind |
| NW |
No Way |
| NWR |
Not Work Related |
| NYC |
Not Your Concern / New York City. (We love New York.) |
| OAO |
Over And Out |
| OAUS |
On An Unrelated Subject |
| OBE |
Overcome By Events |
| OBTW |
Oh, By The Way |
| OC |
Original Character |
| ODTAA |
One Darn Thing After Another |
| OF |
Old Fart |
| OH |
Off Hand |
| OIC |
Oh, I See |
| OJ/OK |
Only Joking/Kidding or OK |
| OL |
Old Lady |
| OLL |
Online Love |
| OM |
Old Man |
| OMDB |
Over My Dead Body |
| OMG |
Oh My God / Gosh |
| OMIK |
Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard |
| ONID |
Oh No, I Didn't |
| ONNA |
Oh No, Not Again |
| OOAK |
One Of A Kind |
| OOC |
Out Of Control / Out of Character |
| OOF |
Out Of Facility |
| OOI |
Out Of Interest |
| OOO |
Out Of Office |
| OOTB |
Out Of The Blue / Box |
| ORLY |
Oh Really? |
| OSIF |
Oh S**t, I Forgot! |
| OT |
Off Topic |
| OTE |
Over The Edge |
| OTF |
Off The Floor |
| OTH |
Off The Hook |
| OTL |
Out To Lunch |
| OTOH |
On The Other Hand |
| OTOMH |
Off The Top Of My Head |
| OTP |
On The Phone |
| OTT |
Over The Top |
| OTR |
Off The Rack |
| OTW |
Off The Wall |
| OWTTE |
Or Words To That Effect |
| OZ |
Australia |
| P&C |
Private and Confidential |
| P2C2E |
Process Too Complex Too Explain |
| P2P |
Person To Person / Peer To Peer |
| P911 |
Parents in the room |
| PAL |
Parents Are Listening |
| PANS |
Pretty Awesome New Stuff (as opposed to "POTS") |
| PAW |
Parents Are Watching |
| PBB |
Parents Behind Back |
| PBEM |
Play By Email |
| PCMCIA |
People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms |
| PD |
Public Domain |
| PDQ |
Pretty Darn Quick |
| PDA |
Public Display of Affection |
| PEBCAK |
Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard |
| PFA |
Please Find Attached / Pulled From A** |
| PHB |
Pointy Haired Boss |
| PIBKAC |
Problem Is Between Keyboard and Chair |
| PICNIC |
Problem In Chair, Not In Computer |
| PITA |
Pain In The A** |
| PLS / PLZ |
Please |
| PM |
Private / Personal Message |
| PMFJIB |
Pardon Me for Jumping In But.... |
| PMIGBOM |
Put Mind In Gear Before Opening Mouth |
| PND |
Possibly, Not Definitely |
| POAHF |
Put On a Happy Face |
| PO |
Piss Off |
| POAK |
Passed Out At Keyboard |
| POC |
Point Of Contact |
| PONA |
Person Of No Account |
| POOF |
Goodbye (leaving the chat) |
| POS |
Parents Over Shoulder / Point of Sale |
| POSC |
Piece Of S**t Computer |
| POTS |
Plain Old Telephone Service / Parent Over the Shoulder |
| POV |
Point of View |
| PP / PPL |
People |
| PS |
Post Script |
| PSO |
Product Superior To Operator |
| PTH |
Prime Tanning Hours |
| PTP |
Pardon The Pun |
| PU |
That stinks! |
| PWN |
Own, as in dominate in online gaming |
| QA |
Needs more work / there's a bug / stuck in testing |
| QL |
Quit Laughing |
| QOTD |
Quote Of The Day |
| QQ |
Quick Question |
| QS |
Quit Scrolling |
| QT |
Cutie |
| R&D |
Research & Development |
| R&R |
Rest & Relaxation |
| RAT |
Remotely Activated Trojan |
| RB@Y |
Right Back At You / Ya |
| RBTL |
Read Between The Lines |
| RC |
Remote Control |
| RE |
(In) Regards To / Regards |
| RFC |
Request for Comments |
| RFD |
Request For Discussion |
| RGR |
Roger, aka OK |
| RL |
Real Life |
| RLF |
Real Life Friend |
| RN |
Right Now |
| ROR |
Raffing Out Roud (Engrish for "Laughing Out Loud") |
| ROTFL |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| ROTFLMAO |
Rolling On The floor Laughing My A** Off |
| ROTFLMBO |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Butt Off |
| ROTM |
Right On The Money |
| RPG |
Role-Playing Games |
| RSN |
Real Soon Now |
| RRR |
Ha ha hah -- aka LOL |
| RT |
Realtime |
| RTBS |
Reason To Be Single |
| RTK |
Return To Keyboard |
| RTFAQ |
Read The FAQ |
| RTFM |
Read The F***ing Manual |
| RTFQ |
Read The F***ing Manual |
| RTM |
Read The Manual |
| RU |
Are You |
| RUNTS |
Are You Nuts? |
| RUOK |
Are You Okay? |
| RUSOS |
Are You SOS (in trouble)? |
| RUSOL |
Are You SOL (out of luck)? |
| RUT |
Are You There? |
| RX |
Regards |
| RYO |
Roll Your Own (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled yourself with tobacco and paper) |
| S^ |
S'up - what's up |
| S2R |
Send To Receive |
| S4L |
Spam For Life (what you may get when you become someone's customer or client) |
| SBTA |
Sorry, Being Thick Again |
| SBUG |
Small But Unaudacious Goal |
| SCNR |
Sorry, Could Not Resist |
| SHCOON |
Shoot Hot Coffee Out Of Nose |
| SEG |
S**t-Eating Grin |
| SEP |
Someone Else's Problem |
| SETE |
Smiling Ear To Ear |
| SF |
Surfer-Friendly (low-graphics Web site) / Science Fiction |
| SFAIAA |
So-Far As I Am Aware |
| SFX |
Sound Effects |
| SH |
Same Here / S**t Happens |
| SHID |
Slaps Head In Disgust |
| SHMILY |
See How Much I Love You? |
| SIC |
Spelling Is Correct |
| SICL |
Sitting In Chair Laughing |
| SIT |
Stay In Touch |
| SITCOM |
Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage |
| SITD |
Still In The Dark |
| SLAP |
Sounds Like A Plan |
| SLAW |
Sounds Like A Winner |
| SLT |
Something Like That |
| SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
| SMEM |
Send Me Email |
| SMH |
Shaking My Head |
| SMIM |
Send Me an Instant Message |
| SMOP |
Small Matter Of Programming |
| SMS |
Short Messge Service -- text messaging on cellphones |
| SNAFU |
Situation Normal, All F***ed Up |
| SNAG |
Sensitive New Age Guy |
| SO |
Significant Other |
| SOB |
Stressed Out Bigtime / Son-of-a-b***h |
| SOGOP |
S**t Or Get Off the Pot |
| SOH |
Sense of Humor |
| SOHF |
Sense of Humor Failure |
| SOL |
Smilling Out Loud / Sh*t Out of Luck |
| SOMY |
Sick of Me Yet? |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
| SOS |
Help! (the International Morse Code Distress signal.) / Same Old S**t |
| SOT |
Short On Time |
| SOTA |
State Of The Art |
| SOTMG |
Short On Time, Must Go |
| SOW |
Speaking Of Which |
| SPST |
Same Place, Same Time |
| SRO |
Standing Room Only |
| SSDD |
Same S**t, Different Day |
| STD |
Seal The Deal |
| STFW |
Search The F*****g Web |
| STR8 |
Straight |
| STS |
So To Speak |
| STW |
Search the Web |
| STYS |
Speak To You Soon |
| SU |
Shut Up |
| SUAKM |
Shut up and kiss me |
| SUL |
Snooze You Lose |
| SUP |
What's Up? |
| SWAG |
Stupid Wild-A** Guess / Software And Giveaways |
| SWAK |
Sealed With A Kiss |
| SWDYT |
So What Do You Think? |
| SWIM |
See What I Mean? |
| SWIS |
See What I'm Saying ? |
| SWL |
Screaming with laughter |
| SY |
Sincerely Yours |
| SYL |
See You Later |
| SYS |
See You Soon |
| T@YL |
Talk at You Later |
| TA |
Thanks Again |
| TAFN |
That's All For Now |
| TANSTAAFL |
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
| TBA |
To Be Announced |
| TBC |
To Be Continued |
| TBH |
To Be Honest |
| TC |
Take Care |
| TCB |
Trouble Came Back |
| TCOY |
Take Care Of Yourself |
| TDM |
Too Darn Many |
| TFH |
Thread from Hell (a discussion that just won't die and is often irrelevant to the purpose of the forum or group) |
| TFN |
Thanks For Nothing / Til Further Notice |
| TFX |
Traffic |
| TGIF |
Thank God it's Friday |
| THX / TXS / THKS |
Thanks |
| TIA |
Thanks In Advance (used if you post a question and are expecting a helpful reply) |
| TIC |
Tongue In Cheek |
| TILII |
Tell It Like It Ss |
| TLA |
Three-Letter Acronym |
| TLK2UL8R |
Talk To You Later |
| TMI |
Too Much Information |
| TMK |
To My Knowledge |
| TNA |
Temporarily Not Available |
| TNT |
Till Next Time / Explosive |
| TOBG |
This Oughta Be Good |
| TOM |
Tomorrow |
| TOPCA |
Til Our Paths Cross Again (early Celtic chat term) |
| TOT |
Tons Of Time |
| TOY |
Thinking of You |
| TP |
Team Player / Toilet Paper |
| TPS |
That's Pretty Stupid |
| TPTB |
The Powers That Be |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| TRDMF |
Tears Running Down My Face |
| TS |
Tough S**t |
| TTFN |
Ta-Ta For Now |
| TTG |
Time To Go |
| TTS |
Text To Speech |
| TTT |
Thought That, Too (when someone types in what you were about to type) / That's The Ticket! / To The Top |
| TTTT |
These Things Take Time |
| TTUL / TTYL |
Talk To You Later |
| TU / TY |
Thank You |
| TWI |
That Was Interesting |
| TWIHMC |
To Whom It May Concern |
| TXS / TY |
Thanks |
| TYVM |
Thank You Very Much |
| U |
You |
| U2 |
You Too |
| UAPITA |
You're a pain in the ass |
| UNPC |
Unpolitically Correct |
| UN |
User Name |
| UOK |
Are You OK? |
| UPOD |
Under Promise Over Deliver |
| UR |
You Are |
| URPITA |
You Are a PITA |
| URWS |
You Are Wise |
| USP |
Unique Selling Proposition |
| UT |
You There? |
| UV |
Unpleasant Visual |
| UW |
You're Welcome |
| VBG |
Very Big Grin |
| VBS |
Very Big Smile |
| VBSEG |
Very Big S***-Eating Grin |
| VC |
Venture Capital |
| VEG |
Very Evil Grin / Vegetable |
| VFM |
Value For Money |
| VI |
Village Idiot |
| VR |
Virtual Reality |
| VM |
Voice Mail |
| VSF |
Very Sad Face |
| W/E |
Whatever |
| W/O |
Without |
| WAD |
Without A Doubt |
| WAEF |
When All Else Fails |
| WAG |
Wild A** Guess |
| WAI |
What An Idiot |
| WAYD |
What Are You Doing? |
| WB |
Welcome Back / Write Back |
| WBS |
Write Back Soon |
| WC |
Welcome / Who Cares |
| WDALYIC |
Who Died and Left You in Charge? |
| WDR |
With Due Respect |
| WDYS |
What Did You Say? |
| WDYT |
What Did You Think? |
| WEG |
Wicked Evil Grin |
| WEU |
What's Eating You? |
| WF |
Way Fun |
| WFM |
Works For Me |
| WIBNI |
Wouldn't It Be Nice If |
| WIIFM |
What's In It For Me? |
| WIP |
Work In Process |
| WIT |
Wordsmith In Training |
| WITW |
What In The World? |
| WIU |
Wrap It Up |
| WKF |
Well Known Fact |
| WOG |
Wise Old Guy |
| WOMBAT |
Waste Of Money, Brains And Time |
| WOP |
Without Papers |
| WOTD |
Word Of The Day |
| WRT |
With Regards To? |
| WT? |
What / Who The ? |
| WTB |
Want To Buy |
| WTF |
What The F**k? |
| WTFO |
What The F***! Over! |
| WTG |
Way To Go! |
| WTGP |
Want To Go Private? |
| WTH |
What The Heck? |
| WTMI |
Way Too Much Information |
| WTDDS |
Where The Sun Don't Shine |
| WTTTM |
Without Thinking Too Much |
| WU |
What's Up? |
| WUF |
Where (are) You From? |
| WX |
Weather |
| WYCM |
Will You Call Me? |
| WYP |
What's Your Problem? |
| WYRN |
What's Your Real Name? |
| WYS |
Whatever You Say |
| WYSITWIRL |
What You See Is Totally Worthless In Real Life! |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |
| WYT |
Whatever You Think |
| WYWH |
Wish You Were Here |
| XME |
Excuse Me |
| XOXO |
Hugs and Kisses |
| YAA |
Yet Another Acronym |
| YBS |
You'll Be Sorry |
| YCT |
Your Comment To... |
| YDKM |
You Don't Know Me |
| YGBSM / YGBKM |
You Gotta Be S***tin' / Kidding Me! |
| YGLT |
You're Gonna Love This |
| YGTI |
You Get The Idea |
| YHM |
You Have Mail |
| YIU |
Yes, I Understand |
| YKW |
You Know What? |
| YKWIM |
You Know What I Mean |
| YMMV |
Your Mileage May Vary |
| YNK |
You Never Know |
| YOYO |
You're On Your Own |
| YR |
Yeah, Right. |
| YSYD |
Yeah, Sure You Do |
| YTTT |
You Telling The Truth? |
| YVW |
You're Very Welcome |
| YW |
You're Welcome |
| YWIA |
You're Welcome In Advance |
| ZZZ |
Sleeping, Bored, Tired |
| @TEOTD |
At The End Of The Day |
| ^URS |
Up Yours |
| <3 |
A heart |
| 14AA41 |
One For All and All For One (in case you're a Musketeer) |
| 2BZ4UQT |
Too Busy For You, Cutey |
| 2G2B4G |
Too Good To Be Forgotten |
| 2G2BT |
Too Good To Be True |
| 2NITE |
Tonight |
| 301 |
Redirect |
| 4EAE |
Forever and Ever |
| 4ever |
Forever |
| 4ner |
Foreigner |
| 403 |
Forbidden |
| 404 |
I Haven't A Clue |
| 411 |
Info/Data |
| 5FS |
5 Finger Salute |
| 86 / 86ed |
Out Of / Over |
| 911 |
Help |
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