ACRONYMS The purpose of this list is to provide you with explanations for many of those strange acronyms you see in ILink so you don't have to write a lot of "What does that mean?" messages. AA Alcoholics Anonymous AAA Travel club 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 BAMF Bad Assed Mother F- 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 CU See you CUL See you Later CUL8R See you Later DIIK Damned If I Know DILLIGAF? Does It Look Like I Give A F-? DL or D/L Download, transmit to you DTRT Do The Right Thing EOT End Of Thread (i.e., don't reply to this message) ES&D Eat S- and Die FISH First In, Still Here FITB Fill In The Blank_________ FUBAR F-ed Up Beyond All Repair FWIW For What It's Worth FYDITM F- You Directly In The Mouth FY&TSYRIO F- You And The Sysop You Rode In On FYI For Your Information G Grin (as in ) GAFIA Get Away From It All (as in drop out of ILink for a bit) GD&R Grinning, Ducking & Running GH Getting Hard (see GW) GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting GW Getting Wet (see GH) IC I See IDTT I'll Drink To That! IITYWIMIWHTKY If I tell you what it means, I will have to kill you IITYWIMWYBMAD If I tell you what it means, will you buy me a drink? ILTNMMAMOTC. HYCFAPMSFTJ I'd like to nominate Mike Meyer as moderator of that conference. Honestly you couldn't find a person more suited for the job. ILY I Love You IMAO In My Arrogant 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 IOW In Other Words IWBNI It Would Be Nice If IYFEG Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic KMYF Kiss Me You Fool L8R Later LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch & Then You Die. LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause LMAO Laughing My Ass Off LOL Laughing Out Loud MOTOS Member of the Opposite Sex MOTSS Member of the Same Sex NFW No Friggin Way OIC Oh, I See OOTC Obligatory On Topic Comment OTOH On The Other Hand PCYLIHOONL Please Cross Your Legs, I Have Only One Nail Left PITA Pain In The Ass PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In POSSLQ Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters POV Point Of View RE Regarding ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Side RSN Real Soon Now RTFM Read The F- Manual SMO Serious Mode On SMOff Serious Mode Off SNAFU Situation Normal: All F- Up SO Significant Other SOB Do you really need *me* to explain this one? SPAM SPiced hAM. Hormel's canned meat. ST-TNG Star Trek, The Next Generation ST-TOS Star Trek, The Original Series 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 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 TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN Ta-Ta For Now TTUL Talk (or Type) To You Later UL or U/L Upload, send to the BBS WFM Works For Me WOFTAM Waste Of Flaming Time and Money WRT With Regard To WTF What the F- WYGIWYPF What You Get Is What You Pay For WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get YMMV Your Mileage May Vary. Emoticons :) :-) :> Smiling, happy faces; don't take me too seriously ;) ;-) ;> Winking happy faces (something said tongue-in-cheek) B-) Above, but from a person wearing glasses 8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look :-( Sad or angry face :-P Tongue stuck out :D :-D Wider happy face (or mouth open too much) :-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) :-# Message concerning something that shouldn't have been said... :-$ Message indicating person is ill... :-& Message indicating person is angry... :-* Kiss... :-(=) Message from a person with big teeth. <:-) Dumb questions |-( Late night messages :^) From a person with a large nose :-{#} From a person with braces &:-) From a person with curly hair @:-) From a person with wavy hair #:-) From a person with matted hair :-|K- Formal message. ...---... S.O.S. @%&$%& You know what that means... 2B|^2B Message about Shakespeare (O--< A fishy message... ( } User is Alfred Hitchcock. @>--->---- A rose. (.)(.) Ms. Dos (^C)x(^C) Ms. Dos with "Cross Your Heart" Bra From adam Wed Sep 20 17:32:54 1995 To: adam Subject: Acronyms. THE CANONICAL ABBREVIATION/ACRONYM LIST Compiled by James Marshall Primary E-mail: 157763091@ucis.vill.edu Secondary E-mail: marshall@monet.vill.edu Alternate E-mail: jmarsh02@student.vill.edu Last Updated on Septmeber 16, 1995 Total abbr/acro count: 332 [Feel free to distribute it as you like! And remember, if you have any new abbreviations or acronyms of this type that I can add to this list, please e-mail me with them so that I can update my list!] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $0.02 Throwing in your two cents' worth AA Alcoholics Anonymous AAA Travel club AAAAA Travel club for alcoholics AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact ACRONYM Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning ADA Any Day Now AFAIK As Far As I Know AFK Away From Keyboard ASAP As Soon As Possible AWGTHTGTATA Are We Going To Have To Go Through ALL This Again? AWGTHTGTTA Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? AWHFY Are We Having Fun Yet? B4 Before B4N Bye for Now BAC By Any Chance BAD Broken As Designed BAMF Bad Assed Mother F---er BBFN Bye Bye For Now BBL Be Back Later BBR Burnt Beyond Repair BBS Bulletin Board System BCNU Be seein' you! (saying goodbye) BFI Brute Force and Ignorance BFN Bye For Now BION Believe It Or Not BIOYIOP Blow It Out Your I/O Port BK Because BMTIPG Brilliant Minds Think In Parallel Gutters BRB Be Right Back BRS Big Red Switch BS Bull S--- BTA But Then Again (in response to IOW) BTAIM Be That As It May BTOBD Be There Or Be Dead BTSOOM Beats The S--- Out Of Me BTW By The Way BWQ Buzz Word Quotient BYKT But You Knew That BYKTA But You Knew That Already CADET Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try CI$ Compu$erve Information Service CIS Compuserve Information System (tm) CMIIW Correct Me If I'm Wrong CO COnference CRPG Character (or computer) Role Playing Game CU See you CUL See you later CUL8R See you later CUL8TR See you later CYA Cover Your Ass CYL See You Later D/L Download, transmit to you DIIK Damned If I Know DILLIGAF Does It Look Like I Give A F---? DILLIGAFF Do I Look Like I Give a Flying F--- DL Download, transmit to you DLG Devilish Little Grin DNPM Darn Near P***ed Myself DOM Dirty Old Man DTP DeskTop Publishing DTRT Do The Right Thing DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly DWIMNWIS Do What I Mean, Not What I Say EOD End Of Discussion EOL End Of Lecture EOT End Of Thread (i.e., don't reply to this message) ES&D Eat S--- & Die ESAD Eat S--- And Die ESOSL Endless Snorts of Stupid Laughter ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym FAQ Frequently Asked Question FCFS First Come, First Served FDROTFL Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing FFRD Flying F--- in a Rolling Donut (I don't give a....) FISH First In, Still Here FITB Fill In The Blank FMH F--- Me Harder (usually an exclamation of disgust) FOAF Friend Of A Friend FOOBAR Variant of FUBAR FOS Freedom Of Speech; Full Of S--- FOTCL Falling Off The Chair Laughing FRED F---ing Ridiculous Electronic Device FTF Face To Face FTP File Transfer Protocol FUBAR F---ed Up Beyond All Repair FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt FURTB Full Up Ready To Burst (about hard disk drives!) FWIW For What It's Worth FY&TSYRIO F--- You & The Sysop You Rode In On FYA For Your Amusement FYDITM F--- You Directly In The Mouth FYI For Your Information G Grin (as in ) GA Go Ahead GAFIA Get Away From It All (as in drop out of ILink for a bit) GD&R Grinning, Ducking & Running GD&RF Grinning, Ducking & Running Fast! GD&RVVF Grinning, Ducking & Running Very Very Fast! GD&W Grinning, Ducking & Weaving GFR Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer) GGC Goo Goo Cluster (cause zits & intestinal blockage) GH Getting Hard (male) GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out; Garbage In, Gospel Out (people accepting blindly what the computer says) GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That GLG Goofy Little Grin GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting GMTA Great Minds Think Alike GOK God Only Knows GOTFIA Groaning On The Floor In Agony GOWI Get On With It GPF General Protection Fault; Go Puke, Fast! GW Getting Wet (female) HHOJ Ha Ha Only Joking HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding HHOS Ha Ha Only Serious HSIK How Should I Know HTFSIK How The F--- Should I Know IAAA I Am An Accountant IAAL I Am A Lawyer IAC In Any Case IAE In Any Event IANAA I Am Not An Accountant IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer IC I See IDTT I'll Drink To That! IHTFP I Hate This F---ing Place IIABDFI If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It IITYWIMIWHTKY If I Tell You What It Means, I Will Have To Kill You IITYWIMWYBMAD If I Tell You What It Means, Will You Buy Me A Drink? IITYWYBAD If I Tell You, Will You Buy Another Drink IITYWYBMAB If I Tell You, Will You Buy Me A Beer ILY I Love You IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion IMCDO In My Conceited Dogmatic Opinion IMCO In My Considered Opinion IME In My Experience IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion IMOBO In My Own Biased Opinion IMPOV In My Point Of View INPO In No Particular Order ISTR I Seem To Remember ITFA In The Final Analysis IOW In Other Words IWBNI It Would Be Nice If IYFEG Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group JAM Just A Moment JAS Just A Second JAWS Just Another Windows Shell JIC Just In Case JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic JTYWTK Just Thought You Wanted To Know KCBIWIYWI Keep Coming Back, It Works If You Work It KISS Keep It Simple Stupid KMA Kiss My A-- KMYF Kiss Me You Fool L8R Later LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch & Then You Die LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous (Thundering) Applause LMAO Laughing My Ass Off LMWIS Lick Me Where I Sweat LOL Laughing Out Loud LTMSH Laughing 'Til My sides Hurt MLA Multiple Letter Acronym MOF Matter Of Fact MORF Male Or Female MOS Member of the Opposite Sex MOTAS Member of the Appropriate Sex MOTH Humorous Collectibles Forum variation on Member of the Month MOTM Member Of The Month MOTOS Member Of The Opposite Sex MOTSS Member Of The Same Sex MS More S--- MSS Member of the Same Sex MUD Multi User Domain (or Dungeon) MUNG Mash Until No Good MYOB Mind Your Own Business NAVY Never Again Volunteer Yourself NBD No Big Deal NBL Not Bloody Likely NFG No F---ing Good NFW No F---ing Way NICBDAT Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes NIMBY Not In My Back Yard NINO Nothing In, Nothing Out NIMTO Not In My Term of Office NOYB None Of Your Business NPLU Not People Like Us NQA No Questions Asked NQOS Not Quite Our Sort NRN No Reply Necessary NSS No S---, Shylock NTIM Not That It Matters NTIMM Not That It Matters Much NUI Network User Identification OBTW Oh, By the Way OIC Oh, I See OOTC Obligatory On Topic Comment OTF On The Floor OTL Out To Lunch OTOH On The Other Hand OTTH On The Third Hand OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head PABG Pack A Big Gun PBM Play By Mail (Games) PCYLIHOONL Please Cross Your Legs, I Have Only One Nail Left PD Public Domain PDN Public Data Network PDQ Pretty Damn Quick PF&HOMW Printed, Framed & Hanging On My Wall PGY Post Graduate Year PGY-1, PGY-2 etc. used in PGY Med PhD Piled Higher and Deeper. PITA Pain In The Ass PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort PMBI Pardon My Butting In PMETC Pardon Me ETC. PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In PMJI Pardon My Jumping In PMYMHMMFSWGAD Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn POSSLQ Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters POV Point Of View PPN Programmer Project Number (currently known as UserID) PPPP Previous Paragraph was Polemical Position PTB Powers That Be PTO Patent and Trademark Office (US Govt) RE REgarding RFD Request For Discussion RHIP Rank Has Its Privileges RLCO Real Life COnference RNA Ring, No Answer ROFL Rolling On the Floor Laughing ROFLAHMSL Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides Laughing ROFLASC Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Scaring the Cat ROFLASTC Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat ROTBA Reality On The Blink Again ROTF Rolling On The Floor ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Side ROTFLMAAOBPO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass And Other Body Parts Off ROTFSTCLMAAOBPO Rolling On The Floor Scaring The Cat Laughing My Ass And Other Body Part Off ROTM Right On The Money RPG Role Playing Games RSN Real Soon Now RTFM Read The F---ing Manual SEC SECond, eg. Wait a sec SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym SIG Special Interest Group SITD Still In The Dark SMO Serious Mode On SMOP Small Matter Of Programming SMOFF Serious Mode OFF SNAFU Situation Normal: All F---ed Up SO Significant Other SOL S--- Out of Luck SOP Standing Operational Proceedures; Standard Operating Procedure SOS Same Old S--- SPAM SPiced hAM (Hormel's canned meat) SSDD Same S---, Different Day ST-TNG Star Trek, The Next Generation ST-TOS Star Trek, The Original Series STI / ST-TMP Star Trek, first movie / The Motion Picture STII / ST-WOK Star Trek, second movie / 'Wrath Of Khan' STIII / ST-SFS Star Trek, third movie / 'Search For Spock' STIV / ST-TVH Star Trek, fourth movie / 'The Voyage Home' STV / ST-TFF Star Trek, fifth movie / 'The Final Frontier' STVI / ST-TUC Star Trek, sixth movie / 'The Undiscovered Country' SUFID Screwing Up Face In Disgust SWAG Simple Wild Ass Guess SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed SYSOP SYStem OPerator SYT Sweet Young Thing TAF That's All, Folks! TAFN That's All For Now TANJ There Ain't No Justice TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TBYB Try Before You Buy TDM Too Damn Many TFE Too F---ing Easy TFS Three Finger Salute (Ctl-Alt-Del) TFTT Thanks For The Thought TGIF Thank God Its Friday TIA Thanks In Advance TIATLG Truly, I Am The Living God TIC Tongue In Cheek TINALO This Is Not A Legal Opinion TINAR This Is Not A Recommendation TIWTGLGG This Is Where The Goofy Little Grin Goes TJATAW Truth, Justice, And The American Way TLA Three Letter Acronym TLG The Living God TM Thread Mangler TN TelNet TNX Thanks (as in THanX) TPTB The Powers That Be TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks TSJD Texas Size Jelly Donut - official food of Texas sysops TSR Terminate and Stay Resident program; Totally Stupid Rules TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN Ta-Ta For Now TTL4N That's The Lot For Now TTUL Talk (or Type) To you Later TTYL Talk To You Later TYVM Thank You Very Much U/L Upload, send to the BBS UAE Unrecoverable Application Error (Bane of Windows' users!) UL Upload, send to the BBS UNCLE Unified Nuclear Coalition of Latvian Emigrants WAEF When All Else Fails WAMKSAM Why Are My Kids (or Kitties) Staring At Me? WFM Works For Me WIBAMU Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle WIMP Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing WIZOP Wizard Sysop (the primary forum administrator for a forum) WOA Work Of Art WOFTAM Waste Of Flaming Time And Money WRT With Regard To WTF What the F--- WTFDIK What the F--- Do I Know WTH What The Hell WWW World Wide Web WYGIWYPF What You Get Is What You Pay For WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get WYTYSYDG What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym YADS Yet Another DOS Shell YAFA Yet Another "Fine" Acronym YAP Yet Another Ploy YMMV Your Mileage May Vary; literally, "your experience may differ". ZNT ZiffNeT