Forum and Chat Room Abbreviations Guide

[zachig]

Hi guys!!!

I'm willing to make a FULL list of all common and mostly used Abbreviations that are used in Forums and Chat Rooms.

Here's my list:

10Q - Thank You
10x - Thanks
A/S/L - Age/Sex/Location
AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AFAIR - As Far As I Recall
AFAIU - As Far As I Understand
AFD - Away From Desktop
AFICR - As Far As I Can Recall
AFK - Away From Keyboard
AFU - All F**ked Up
AFW - Away From Window
AIU - As I Understand
AIUI - As I Understand It
AKA - Also Known As
ASAIC - As Soon As I Can
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ATM - At The Moment
AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave
AYBABTU - All Your Bases Are Belong To Us
B/C - Because
B/S - Bull****
B/W – Between
BB – Bye Bye
BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be Back Soon
BBT - Be Back Tomorrow
BFD - Big F**king Deal
BFN - Bye For Now
BG - Bad Game
BIAB - Back In A Bit
BIAF - Back In A Few
BIALW - Back In A Little While
BIAS - Back In A Second
BIAW - Back In A While
BJ - Bad Job
BOATILAS - Bend Over And Take It Like A Slut
BOFH - ******* Operator From Hell
BOGAHICA - Bend Over, Grab Ankles, Here It Comes Again
BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again
BSOD- Blue Screen Of Death
BTDT - Been There, Done That
BTTH – Boot To The Head
BTW - By The Way
BRB - Be Right Back
BRT - Be Right There
CFG – Config
CM - Clan Match
CMIIW - Correct Me If I'm Wrong
CNP - Continued [in my] Next Post
COB - Close Of Business [day]
CTD - Crash To Desktop
CU - See You
CUL8R - See You Later
CYA – See You Around, See You All
D/L – Download
DIT - Damn It
DIY - Do It Yourself
DKDC - Don't Know, Don't Care
DMI - Don't Mention It
DSTM - Don't Shoot The Messenger
DTRT - Do The Right Thing
DTWT - Do The Wrong Thing
DWIM - Do What I Mean
EG - Evil Grin
EM – Eat Me
EMSG - Email Message
EOB - End Of Business [day]
EOD - End Of Discussion
EOL - End Of Life
ETLA - Extended Three Letter Acronym
EWAG - Experienced Wild-Ass Guess
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FCFS - First Come First Served
FCM - Friendly Clan Match
FGS - For God Sake
FIGJAM - F**k I'm Good, Just Ask Me
FIIK – F**ked If I Know
FIIR - F**ked If I Remember
FM – F**king Magic
FOAD - Fall Over And Die
FPS - Frame Per Second, First Person Shooter
FSDO - For Some Definition Of
FSVO - For Some Value Of
FTFM - F**k The F**kin' Manual!
FTW - For The Win
FU - F**k You
FUBAR - Fed Up Beyond All Recognition
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
FYI - For Your Information
FWIW - For or What It's Worth
G - Grin
G/C - Garbage Collect
GAC - Get A Clue
GAL - Get A Life
GB - Good Bye
GFYS - Go F**k Yourself
GG - Good Game
GGA - Good Game All
GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out
GJ - Good Job
GJT - Good Job, Team
GL - Good Luck
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GTFO - Get The F**k Out
GTG, G2G - Got To Go
HAGO - Have a good one
HAND - Have A Nice Day
HHIS - Hanging Head In Shame
HICA - Here It Comes Again
HM - Help Me, Him
HS - Head Shot
HTH - Hope This Helps
IAC - In Any Case
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
IC - I See
ICBW - I Could Be Wrong
ICCL - I Couldn't Care Less
IDK - I Don’t Know
IHAFC - I Haven't A F**king Clue
IHBW - I Have Been Wrong
IHNFC - I Have No F**king Clue
IIANM - If I Am Not Mistaken
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
IIUC if - I Understand Correctly
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
IOW - In Other Words
IRL - In Real Life
ISAGN - I See A Great Need
ISTM - It Seems To Me
ISTR - I Seem To Recall
ITYM - I Think You Mean
IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean
IYSS - If You Say So
IWBNI - It Would Be Nice If
J/K - Just Kidding
JIC - Just In Case
JMO - Just My Opinion
JTLYK - Just To Let You Know
KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid
KITA - Kick In The Ass
KMA - Kiss My Ass
KNF - Kernel Normal Form
L8R - Later
LAN -Local Area Network
LART - Loser/Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool (ie, hammer)
LJBF- Let's Just Be Friends
LMAO - Laughing My As* Off
LMFAO - Laughing My F**king As* Off
LMSO - Laughing My Socks Off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LTNS - Long Time No See
LTR – Later
LTRM8 – Later, mate
MAOWTP - Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh
MIA - Missing In Action
MOTAS - Member Of The Appropriate Sex
MOTOS - Member Of The Opposite Sex
MOTSS - Member Of The Same Sex
MTF - more to follow
MYOB - mind your own business
N/M - Never Mind
N1 - Nice One
NA - Not Available
NBD - No Big Deal
NE1 - Anyone
NFC - No F**king Clue
NFI - No F**king Idea
NFW - No F**king Way
NIH - Not Invented Here
NMF - Not My Fault
NMP - Not My Problem
n00b/nub - Newbie/Newcommer
NOYB - None Of Your Business
NOYFB - None Of Your F**king Business
NP - No Problem
NR - Next Round
NRFPT - Not Ready For Prime Time
NRN - No Reply Necessary
NS - Nice Shot
NTA - Non-Technical Acronym
NVM - Never Mind
NW - No Way (or North West) NFW makes it clear
OIC - Oh, I See
OJ - Orange Jumper/Orange Juice (newcommer)
OK - Abbreviation Of Oll Korrect (all correct)
OMG - Oh My God
OMW - On My Way
OT - Off Topic
OTL - Out To Lunch
OTOH - On The Other Hand
OTT - Over The Top
OTTOMH - Off The Top Of My Head
PCW - Practice Clan War
PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
PFO - Please F**k Off
PFY - Pimply Faced Youth
PITA - Pain In The Ass
PKSP - Pound Keys And Spew Profanity
PLZ – Please
PM - Private Message
PME - Private Message Me
PMJI - Pardon My Jumping In
PNG - Persona Non Grate
PNP - Plug And Pray
POC - Point Of Contact
POLA - Principle Of Least Astonishment
POS - Piece Of ****
PPL - Pretty Please
PS - Post Script, Priority Seating
PTV - Parental Tunnel Vision
QED - Quod Erat Demonstrandum
RE - Hi Again (same as re's)RMA - Return Merchandise Authorization
RFC - Request For Comments
RIP - Rest In Peace
RL - Real Life
RLC - Rod Length Check
ROFL - Rolling on Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROFLMFAO - Rolling on Floor Laughing My F**king Ass Off etc etc
RP - Responsible Person
RSN - Real Soon Now
RTFB - Read The F**king Book
RTFC - Read The F**king Code
RTFD - Read The F**king Documentation
RTFM - Read The F**king Manual
RTFS - Read The F**king Source
SCNR - Sorry, Could Not Resist
SEP- Someone Else's Problem
SFA - Sweet F**k All
SHID - Slaps Head In Disgust
SIMCA - Sitting In My Chair Amused
SK or SPK - Spawn kill
SMLSFB - So Many Losers, So Few Bullets
SMOP - Simple Matter Of Programming
SN - Snick Around
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F**ked Up
SNERT - Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager
SNMP - Sorry, Not My Problem
SNR - Signal To Noise Ratio
SO - Significant Other
SOB - Son Of a Bit**
SOHF - Sense Of Humor Failure
SOL - **** Out [of] Luck
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SPAM - Stupid Persons' Advertisement
SSIA - Subject Says It All
STFA - Search The F**king Archives
STFU - Shut The F**k Up
SUBICTA - Shut Up Before I Call The Administrator
SUS - Stupid User Syndrome
SWAG - Silly, Wild-Assed Guess
SWAHBI - Silly, Wild-Assed Hare-Brained Idea
SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed
SYS - See You Soon
TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBA – To Be Announced
TBC - To Be Continued
TBD - To Be [Decided,Determined,Done]
TBOMK - The Best Of My Knowledge
THX - Thanks
THNX - Thanks
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TINC - There Is No Cabal
TK - Team Kill
TLA - Three Letter Acronym
TLB - Translation Look-aside Buffer
TMA - Too Many Abbreviations
TMI - Too Much Information
TOEFL - Test Of English As A Foreign Language
TPTB - The Powers That Be
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTYL - Talk To You Later
TWIAVBP - The World Is A Very Big Place
TY - Thank You
TYT - Take Your Time
TYVM - Thank You Very Much
U/L - Upload
UTSL - Use The Source, Luke
VEG - Very Evil Grin
W/ - With
W/O - Without
WAG - Wild-Ass Guess
WANDA - Why All Newbies Do Asking?
WB - Welcome Back
WFM - Works For Me
WGLS - Were Gonna’ Lose
WIBNI - Wouldn't It Be Nice If
WIP - Work In Progress
WOFTAM - Waste Of F**king Time And Money
WOMBAT - Waste Of Money, Brain And Time WB - Welcome Back
WRT - With Respect To
WTF - What The F**k?
WTG - Way To Go
WTH - What The Hell
WWJD - What Would Jesus Do?
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
YALIMO - You Are Lame, In My Opinion
YHBT - You Have Been Trolled
YHL - You Have Lost
YKWIM - You Know What I Mean
YMA - Your Momma's Ass
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
YW - You're Welcome
YWIA - You're Welcome In Advance


Feel free to add yours and I'll try to keep it updated as much as I can...:wink:

Scott, if possible, make it a "sticky", as I think it might be useful for some if not most of us...:mrgreen:

[Coolest-Tech]

Nice!

I also vote this to be sticky!

P.S. Can I add this to my forum? Or did you copyright it? :twisted:

[zachig]

Nice!

I also vote this to be sticky!

P.S. Can I add this to my forum? Or did you copyright it? :twisted:
THX!!! :grin: Feel free to use it, I don't think there is any copyright on these abbrevations...:lol:

Oh...BTW...here's another one: CUL8R - See You Later...:wink: (I'll add it now...)

[Johnie]

Another GREAT IDEA from GREAT MAN! Thanks Zachig...they may surely come handy when talking to some Geeks...:mrgreen: :-D :wink:

[mousiness]

aww man guys wait i remeber this website that you type in what abbreviation you wanna know what it means and it gives it to you ill give it to you guys when i remember it, ah here it is...

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

[Tank]

*added to the first post*

[zachig]

WOW!!! WOW!!! WOW!!! :mrgreen:

Thanks a lot, Tank!!! :wink:

I'll surely go through the VERY LONG list you've posted and add the ones that are missing from my list...it might take some time...as you've posted a pretty long list, ya know...:lol:

[Gray]

Nice list copy tank. At least it is fairly close to compleation.

My question is what in the hell happened to our list that we were building here in the forums about 2 months ago or less?

I added a lot of expletives to it. lol.

O well.

[zachig]

Nice list copy tank. At least it is fairly close to compleation.

My question is what in the hell happened to our list that we were building here in the forums about 2 months ago or less?

I added a lot of expletives to it. lol.

O well.

Thanks Gray, I don't know about your list, but feel free to add here yours (if you can find something more to add...:wink:)

Anyway...I'm still working on Tank's long list to add it to mine, or to be more accurate, add mine to his list...:lol:

[pym]

Nice list copy tank. At least it is fairly close to compleation.

My question is what in the hell happened to our list that we were building here in the forums about 2 months ago or less?

I added a lot of expletives to it. lol.

O well.

I believe Grey is talking about the thread I started way back to try and create a similar list.
Take a look here and see if you can find any Abbreviations that were not mentioned here and exist in this thread...
http://www.bjorn3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6243&highlight=dictionary

;)

[zachig]

I believe Grey is talking about the thread I started way back to try and create a similar list.
Take a look here and see if you can find any Abbreviations that were not mentioned here and exist in this thread...
http://www.bjorn3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6243&highlight=dictionary

;)

Thanks, I'll look into it later on...:wink:

[zachig]

LIST UPDATED, with both pym and Tank abbrevations...:mrgreen:

[Gray]

Excellant PYM. Thats the one.
There are a few to add there. We should combine the 2. Perhaps I will find the time to get a few more togeather.

[Xero (1)ne]

:shock:(in russian)
NIIOMTPLABOPA
RMBETZHELBETRAB
SBOMONIMONKON
OTDTEKHSTROMONT

in english:Laboratory for Shuttering, Reinforcement, Concrete and Ferroconcrete Operations for Composite-monolithic and Monolithic Constructions of the Department of Technology of Building Assembly Operations of the Scientific Research Institute of the Organization for Building Mechanization and Technical Aid of the Academy of Building and Architecture of the USSR.

not for use in chat, but its a dam long abbreviation:lol:

[PP Mguire]

FTW-For the win

[zachig]

Thanks for your contirbution, PP Mguire!!! You acronym has been added to the list...:wink:

[Dude@13]

Holy crap that's a lot of abbreviations! Great job I can't even think of another... wait how about G2G- got to go?

[zachig]

Holy crap that's a lot of abbreviations! Great job I can't even think of another
THANKS! :grin:

... wait how about G2G- got to go?
It's already there...you probably missed it...look again and see for yourself! ;-)

[Dude@13]

:redface: Yeah sorry 'bout that. I was looking at the top for a number after G. My bad, but still, great list

[ManicMouse]

Why create a list if the Internet is drowning in acronym lists.

Here's one of the better ones: http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm :wink:

[zachig]

:redface: Yeah sorry 'bout that. I was looking at the top for a number after G. My bad, but still, great list
THX! ;-)

[westy87]

Id like to see a post where some 1 uses just those abbreviations. And like, a few sentences that make sense :)

[Joco]

This is great! I am really bad at this kind of abreviations so this helps alot. Thx!!!

[zachig]

This is great! I am really bad at this kind of abreviations so this helps alot. Thx!!!
You're welcome!!! :icon_tiphat: Feel free to use them here in the forums. I must admit that I'm not using most of them, but it's always like to have a good reference in case you see an accronym you are not familiar with...;-)

[Santino11447]

I've never even heard of half of them.

Great list........will come in handy.

[zachig]

I've never even heard of half of them.

Great list........will come in handy.
Thanks!!! :icon_tiphat:

I also haven't heard about most of them ;-), but it's always useful when you're facing an accronym over the forums that you're not familiar with...:lol:

[donpm]

HMIC

Head mother@&*ker in charge.;-)

[3991vhtes]

Wow, great guide. When I'm like "brb afk", my friend is like "WTF"

I'll just link him here ;)