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...

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

[Coolest-Tech]

Nice!

I also vote this to be sticky!

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

[zachig]

Nice!

I also vote this to be sticky!

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

THX!!! Feel free to use it, I don't think there is any copyright on these abbrevations...

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

[Johnie]

Another GREAT IDEA from GREAT MAN! Thanks Zachig...they may surely come handy when talking to some Geeks...

[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*

[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!

... wait how about G2G- got to go?

It's already there...you probably missed it...look again and see for yourself!

[Dude@13]

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

[zachig]

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