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