Acronyms
AA Alcoholics Anonymous
AAA Travel Club (Duh!)
AAAAA Travel Club for Alcoholics
ADN Any Day Now
AFAIK As Far as I Know
AWGTHTGTTA? Are We Going to Have to Go Through This Again?
B4N Bye for Now
BAD Broken as Designed
BAMF Bad Assed Mother F*cker
BBR Burnt/Broken Beyond Repair
BBS Bulletin Board System
BIOYIOP Blow It Out Your I/O Port
BRB Be Right Back
BRS Big Red Switch
BTA But Then Again (in response to IOW)
BTW By The Way
BWQ Buzz Word Quotient
CI$ Compu$erve Information Service
CU See You (read it out loud)
CUL See You Later
CUL8R See You Later
DIIK Damned If I Know
DILLIGAF? Does It Look Like I Give A F*ck?
DL or D/L Download or obtain a file
DTP Desktop Publishing
DTRT Do the Right Thing
DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly
EOD End of Discussion
EOT End of Thread
ES&D Eat S*it and Die
ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym
FFRD Flying F*ck in a rolling donut (I don't give a ...)
FISH First In, Still Here
FITB Fill in the Blank: _________
FOAF Friend of a Friend
FOOBAR Variant of FUBAR (q.v.)
FOS Freedom of Speech. Also: Full of S*it
FRED F*cking Ridiculous Electronic Device
FUBAR F*cked Up Beyond All Repair/Reason
FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
FURTB Filled Up and Ready to Burst
FWIW For What It's Worth
FY&TSYRIO F*ck You and The Sysop You Rode In On
FYDITM F*ck You Directly in the Mouth
FYI For Your Information
G Grin (as in <G>)
GAFIA Get Away From It All
GD&R Grinning, Ducking and Running
GD&RF Grinning, Ducking and Running Fast!
GD&RVVF Grinning, Ducking and Running VERY VERY FAST!
GD&W Grinning, Ducking and Weaving
GFR Grim File Reaper
GH Getting Hard (see GW)
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GW Getting Wet (see GH)
HTFSIK How the F*ck Should I Know
IAC In Any Case
IAE In Any Event
IANAL I Am Not a Lawyer
IC I See
IDTT I'll Drink to That!
ILY I Love You
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMCO In My Considered Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IMOBO In My Own Biased Opinion
INPO In No Particular Order
IOU I Owe You
IOW In Other Words
IWBNI It Would Be Nice If...
IYFEG Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group
JIC Just In Case
JIT Just In Time
JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic
JTYWTK Just Thought You Wanted to Know
KMYF Kiss Me, You Fool
L8R Later
LAB&TYD Life's a Bitch and Then You Die
LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off
LMWIS Lick Me Where I Sweat
LOL Laughing Out Loud
MLA Multiple Letter Acronym
MOTAS Member of the Appropriate Sex
MOTOS Member of the Opposite Sex
MOTSS Member of the Same Sex
NFW No F*cking Way
NSS No S*it, Sherlock
OIC Oh, I See
OOTC Obligatory On Topic Comment
OTF On the Floor
OTOH On the Other Hand
OTTH On the Third Hand
PABG Pack a Big Gun
PITA Pain in the Ass
PLOKTA Press Lots of Keys to Abort
PMBI Pardon My Butting In
PMFBI Pardon me for butting in
POSSLQ Person of opposite sex sharing living quarters
POV Point of view
PTB Powers that be
RE Regarding
ROTFL Rolling on the Floor Laughing
ROTFLAHMS Rolling on the Floor Laughing and Holding My Side
RPG Role Playing Games
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFM Read the F*cking Manual
SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym
SIG Special Interest Group
SMO Serious Mode On
SMOff Serious Mode Off
SMOP Small Matter of Programming
SNAFU Situation Normal: All F*cked Up
SO Significant Other
SOB Son of a Bitch
SPAM SPiced hAM - Hormel's canned meat.
ST-DS9 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
ST-TNG Star Trek: The Next Generation
ST-TOS Star Trek: The Original Series
STI/ST-TMP Star Trek I, The Motion Picture
STII/ST-WOK Star Trek II, Wrath of Khan
STIII/ST-SFS Star Trek III, Search for Spock
STIV/ST-TVH Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home
STV/ST-TFF Star Trek V, The Final Frontier
STVI/ST-TUC Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country
STVII/ST-GEN Star Trek VII, Generations
STVIII/ST-FC Star Trek VIII, First Contact
SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed
SYSOP SYStem OPerator
TAFN That's All for Now
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
TDM Too Damn Many
TGIF Thank God Its Friday
TIA Thanks in Advance
TIATLG Truly, I Am the Living God
TLA Three Letter Acronym
TLG The Living God
TPTB The Powers That Be
TSJD Texas Size Jelly Donut
TSR Terminate and Stay Resident program
TTBOMK To The Best of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta-Ta For Now
TTL4N That's The Lot For Now
TTUL Talk to You Later
UAE Unrecoverable Application Error
UL or U/L Upload or send a file
WFM Works For Me
WIMP Windows, Icons, Mouse and Pointers
WOFTAM Waste of Flaming Time and Money
WRT With Regard To
WTF What the F*ck
WTFDIK What the F*ck Do I Know
WYGIWYPF What You Get Is What You Pay For
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
James Lin
linja@fasecon.econ.nyu.edu