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Abbreviations Used On The Internet

  • AFAIC - As Far As I'm Concerned
  • AISI - As I See It
  • ANFAWFOS - And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
  • ANFAWFOWS - And Now For A Word From Our WEB Sponsor
  • AOL - A******s On Line
  • ASAP - As Soon As Possible
  • ASAFP - As Soon As F**king Possible
  • AWGTHTGTTA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again
  • AWGTHTGTTSA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This S**t Again
  • B4 - Before
  • BCNU - Be Seeing You
  • BFD - Big F**king Deal
  • BK - Bo Knows
  • BNF - Big Name Fan
  • BOT - Back On Topic
  • BTSOOM - Beats The S**t Out Of Me
  • BT - Byte This!
  • BTW - By The Way
  • BTWBO - Be There With Bells On
  • CIAO - Goodbye
  • CIS - CompuServe Information Service
  • CMF - Count My Fingers!
  • CTC - Choking The Chicken
  • CUL - Catch You Later/See You Later
  • CUL8R - See You Later
  • CWYL - Chat With You Later
  • DBEYR - Don't Believe Everything You Read
  • DDD - Direct Distance Dial
  • DHYB - Don't Hold Your Breath
  • DILLIGAD - Do I Look Like I Give A Damn
  • DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A F**k
  • DQYDJ - Don't Quit You're Day Job
  • DYSTSOTT - Did You See The Size Of That Thing
  • FE - Fatal Error
  • FTASB - Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
  • FTL - Faster Than Light
  • FUBAR - F**ked Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition
  • FUBB - F**ked Up Beyond Belief
  • FWIW - For What It's Worth
  • FYI - For Your Information
  • FYM - For Your Misinformation
  • GE - GEnie Information Service
  • GEE - No, GTE
  • GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out
  • GIWIST - Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
  • GR&D - Grinning, Running and Ducking
  • HAK - Hugs And Kisses
  • HUYA - Head Up Your A**
  • HHOK - Ha Ha, Only Kidding
  • HHO1/2K - Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding
  • HIOOC - Help! I'm Out Of Coffee!
  • HTH - Hope This Helps
  • HUA - Heads Up, Ace
  • IAC - In Any Case
  • IAE - In Any Event
  • IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
  • IANAC - I Am Not A Crook
  • IAO - I Am Outtahere
  • IBCNU - I'll Be Seeing You
  • IBTD - I Beg To Differ
  • IFABCTE - I Found A Bug, Call The Exterminator
  • IITYWTMWYKM - If I Tell You What This Means Will You Kiss Me
  • IITYWTMWYBMAD - If I Tell You What This Means Will You Buy Me A Drink
  • IITYWTMWYLMA - If I Tell You What This Means Will You Leave Me Alone
  • IIWM - If It Were Me
  • ILSHIBAMF - I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture
  • ILSHIBMS - I Laughed So Hard I Broke My Stitches
  • IMCO - In My Considered Opinion
  • IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
  • IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
  • IMO - In My Opinion
  • INPO - In No Particular Order
  • IOW - In Other Words
  • ISP - Internet Service Provider
  • KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
  • L8R - Later
  • LD - Long Distance
  • LDTTWA - Let's Do The Time Warp Again
  • LL&P - Live Long And Prosper
  • LLTA - Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause
  • LMAO - Laugh My A** Off
  • LOL - Laughing Out Loud
  • LSHHTCMS - Laughed So Hard, Had To Change My Shorts
  • LTIP - Laughing Till I Puke
  • MTFBWY - May The Force Be With You
  • MTSBWY - May The Schwartz Be With You (Space Balls)
  • NBFD - No Big F**king Deal
  • NFW - No F**king Way
  • NRN - No Reply Necessary
  • NYCFS - New York City Finger Salute
  • OAUS - On An Unrelated Subject
  • OATUS - On A Totally Unrelated Subject
  • OATIS - On A Totally Irrelevant Subject
  • OBTW - Oh, By The Way
  • OI - Operator Indisposed
  • OMIK - Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
  • ONNA - Oh No, Not Again
  • ONNTA - Oh No Not This Again
  • OOTC - Obligatory On Topic Comment
  • OTOH - On The Other Hand
  • OTOOH - On The Other Other Hand
  • OTSH - On The Same Hand
  • OWTTE - Or Words To That Effect
  • OZ - Australia
  • PITA - Pain In The A**
  • PMF - Pull My Finger
  • PMSL - P'd Myself Laughing
  • RBTL - Read Between The Lines
  • RML - Read My Lips
  • RMM - Read My Mail
  • ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
  • ROFLMFAO - Rolling On Floor, Laughing My F**king A** Off
  • ROTM - Right On The Money
  • RSN - Real Soon Now
  • RTFM - Read The F**king Manual/Message
  • SH - S**t Happens
  • SH2M - S**t Happens To Me
  • SITD - Still In The Dark
  • SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled/F**ked Up
  • SOI - Sit On It
  • SOI&R - Sit On It and Rotate
  • SOL - S**t Outta Luck
  • STM - Spank The Monkey
  • SysOp - System Operator
  • SYP - Send Your Password
  • TAFL - Take A Flying Leap
  • TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Than A Free Lunch
  • TDTM - Talk Dirty To Me
  • TFASB - Time For A Sex Break
  • TFN - Thanks For Nothin'
  • TIA - Thanks In Advance
  • TIC - Tongue In Cheek
  • TISEC - Tongue In Someone Else's Cheek
  • TLA - Three Letter Acronym (such as this)
  • TM - Trust Me
  • TSR - Terminate and Stay Resident
  • TSR - Totally Stuck in RAM
  • TTT - That's The Ticket
  • TWHAB - This Won't Hurt A Bit
  • URL - Uniform Resource Locator (official name for the address of a webpage)
  • VI - Village Idiot
  • WDIPME - Where Did I Put My Excedrin
  • WGAFS - Who Gives A Flying Squat
  • WIT - Wordsmith In Training
  • WMG - Where's My Glasses
  • WTHDTIM - What The Hell Do These Initials Mean
  • WTSDS - Where The Sun Don't Shine
  • WEB - World Wide Wait
  • WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
  • WYSIUWYW - What You See Isn't Usually What You Want
  • WWW - World Wide Web
  • YGBK - You Gotta Be Kiddin'


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