[The contents of this file is unsorted and unlikely to be fixed any time soon.] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% AFC Away From Chat AFK Away From Keyboard BBIAAH Be Back In About An Hour BTR best thing recently FNAR For No Apparent Reason HAND Have a Nice Day. HLAM Hey! Look at me! NQCBGT Not Quite Complete But Getting There NTTAWWT Not That There's Anything Wrong With That. STFU Shut The F* Up STFW Search The F*ing Web (see also RTFM and RTFF) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% HTH: Hope This Helps. Often accompanied by HAND: Have A Nice Day %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% "e.g." - "exemplis gratis" - "for example" "viz." - "videlicet" - "namely" %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% West Texas Guide to Computer Lingo: "Hard Drive" - Trying to climb a steep, muddy hill with 3 flat tires and pulling a trailer load of fertilizer. "Keyboard" - Place to hang your truck keys. "Window" - Place in the truck to hang your gun. "Floppy" - When you run out of Polygrip. "Modem" - How to get rid of your dandelions. "ROM" - Delicious when you mix it with coca cola. "Byte" - First word in a kiss-off phrase. "Reboot" - What you do when the first pair gets covered with barnyard stuff. "Network" - Activity meant to provide bait for your trout line. "Mouse" - Fuzzy, soft thing you stuff in your beer bottle in order to get a free case. "LAN" - To borrow as in,"Hey Delbert! LAN me yore truck." "Cursor" - What some guys do when they are mad at their wives/girlfriends. "Bit" - A wager as in "I bit you can't spit that watermelon seed across the porch longways." "Digital Control" - What yore fingers do on the TV remote. "Packet" - What you do to a suitcase or Wal-Mart bag before a trip. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% *ROTFLMFWAO* means Rolling on the floor laughing my fat white ass off. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Sysop System Operator; people who manage the BBS BRB Be right back BTW By the way CP Copy protection FUBAR "Fixed" up beyond all recognition FWIW For what it's worth FYI For your information GR&D Grinning, running, and ducking GR&DFC Grinning, running, and ducking for cover IAE In any event IMO In my opinion IMHO In my humble opinion IOW In other words LMAO Laughing my ass off LOL Laughed out loud OIC Oh, I see OTOH On the other hand PITA Pain in the ass ROF,L Rolling on floor, laughing RSN Real soon now RTFM Read the [fine] manual (or message) SNAFU Situation normal, al "fixed" up TIA Thanks in advance TSR Terminate and stay resident program WYSIWYG What you see is what you get ------------------------- *RBTLLAFAIC* - *runs back to lurkland as fast as I can* ------------------------- CHAT LINGO (when wanting to display what you are thinking or doing put it between these * *) AFAIK as far as I know LMHO laughing my head off AFK away from keyboard LOL laughing out loud ASAP as soon as possible LSHMBB laughing so hard my belly is bouncing BBL be back later LSHMBH laughing so hard my belly hurts BBS be back soon LTNS long time no see BEG big evil grin LTS laughing to self BF boy friend LUWAMH love you with all my heart BRB be right back LY love ya BTW by the way OIC oh, I see BWL bursting with laughter OL old lady(wife, girlfriend) C&G chuckle and grin OM old man(husband, boyfriend) CID crying in disgrace OTTOMH off the top of my head CNP continue in next post PDS please don't shoot CSG chuckle snicker grin PM private message CYA see ya PMFJI pardon me for jumping in CYAL8R see ya later PMP peed my pants DLTBBB don't let the bed bugs bite POAHF put on a happy face EG evil grin POOF I have left the chat EMSG email message QSL reply FYI for your information QSO conversation GF girl friend QT cutie GFN gone for now ROFL rolling on floor lauging GMBO giggling my butt off ROFLAPMP ...and peed my pants GMTA great minds think alike ROFLMAO ...my a$$ off GTSY glad to see you ROFLMAOAY ......at you H&K hug and kiss ROFLMAOWTIME .......with tears in my eyes HAGN have a good night ROFLUTS ...unable to speak HAG1 have a good one RTSM read the stupid manual HHIS hanging head in shame SETE smiling ear to ear IC I see SHID slaps head in disgust IGP I gotta pee SO significant other IMO in my opinion SWAK sealed with a kiss IMHO in my humble opinion SWL screaming with laghter IRL in real life SYS see you soon IWALY I will always love you TA thanks again JK just kidding TOY thinking of you JMO just my opinion TTFN ta ta for now JTLYK just to let you know TTYL talk to you later KIT keep in touch WB welcome back KMA kiss my a$$ WTH what/who the heck? KMB kiss my butt YBS you'll be sorry KOTC kiss on the cheek YG young gentleman KOTL kiss on the lips YL young lady L8R later YM young man L8R G8R later gator *G* giggle or grin LHM Lord help me *H* hug LHU Lord help us *K* kiss LMAO laughing my a$$ off *W* wink LMBO laughing my butt off --------------------------- AKA Also Known As FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FUBAR Fed Up Beyond All Recognition FWIW For What It's Worth IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean NTA Non-Technical Acronym OBTW Oh, by the way OK abbreviation of oll korrect (all correct) OTOH On The Other Hand PMJI Pardon My Jumping In (Another way for PMFJI) RTFM Read The F****** Manual (The above is the original, it was later modified to: Read The Fine Manual) PS Post Script RE Hi Again (same as re's) RTF Read The FAQ SOHF Sense Of Humor Failure SPAM Stupid Persons' AdvertiseMent TIA Thanks In Advance TPTB The Powers That Be TX Thanx WRT With Respect To WTF What/Who The F***? WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get YMMV Your Mileage May Vary YWIA You're welcome in advance *S* Sob BTW... LOL = Laughing out loud, or: Lots of laughter ROFL is also used as ROTFL as in Roll on *The* Floor Laughing =) -------------------------------------- In article <359e7079.116599572@news.sol.no>, Bjørn Bratli writes >>EMSG email message QSL reply >>FYI for your information QSO conversation >>KOTL kiss on the lips YL young lady >>L8R later YM young man / These are radio ham (originally morse code) slang, later adopted in CB radio, especially international single-sideband CB. FUBAR comes from Bell Telephone repairmen, as does SNAFU, and there was another one for minor damage. The first meant "<25% damage, <3days to repair." Situation Normal, All F***ed Up" meant "<50% damge, <7days to repair." F***ed Up Beyond All Repair meant ">50% damage, scrap & replace entire" Dave Bird -------------------------------------- I decided to tidy up the various posts on this subject of acronyms and make one or two adjustments: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) _____ ( _ ) | (_) | ___ _ __ _ ___ _ _ ___ ___ ___ | _ | /'___)( '__)/'_`\ /' _ `\( ) ( )/' _ ` _ `\/',__) | | | |( (___ | | ( (_) )| ( ) || (_) || ( ) ( ) |\__, \ (_) (_)`\____)(_) `\___/'(_) (_)`\__, |(_) (_) (_)(____/ ( )_| | `\___/' -cfbd- 22/6/98 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) AFAIK as far as I know AFK away from keyboard AKA Also Known As ASAP as soon as possible BBL be back later BBS be back soon BEG big evil grin BF boy friend BRB be right back BTW by the way BWL bursting with laughter C&G chuckle and grin CID crying in disgrace CNP continue in next post CSG chuckle snicker grin CYA see ya CYAL8R see ya later DLTBBB don't let the bed bugs bite EG evil grin EMSG email message FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Repair FWIW For What It's Worth FYI for your information GF girl friend GFN gone for now GMBO giggling my butt off GMTA great minds think alike GTSY glad to see you H&K hug and kiss HAGN have a good night HAG1 have a good one HHIS hanging head in shame IC I see IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean IGP I gotta pee IMO in my opinion IMHO in my humble opinion IRL in real life IWALY I will always love you JK just kidding JMO just my opinion JTLYK just to let you know KIT keep in touch KMA kiss my a$$ KMB kiss my butt KOTC kiss on the cheek KOTL kiss on the lips L8R later L8R G8R later gator LHM Lord help me LHU Lord help us LMAO laughing my a$$ off LMBO laughing my butt off LMHO laughing my head off LOL laughing out loud LSHMBB laughing so hard my belly is bouncing LSHMBH laughing so hard my belly hurts LTNS long time no see LTS laughing to self LUWAMH love you with all my heart LY love ya NETUA Nobody ever tells us anything NTA Non-Technical Acronym OBTW Oh, by the way OIC oh, I see OK abbreviation of oll korrect (all correct) OL old lady(wife, girlfriend) OM old man(husband, boyfriend) OTOH On The Other Hand OTTOMH off the top of my head PDS please don't shoot PM private message PMJI Pardon My Jumping In (Another way for PMFJI) PMFJI pardon me for jumping in PMP peed my pants POAHF put on a happy face POOF I have left the chat PS Post Script QSL reply QSO conversation QT cutie RE Hi Again (same as re's) ROFL rolling on floor laughing ROFLAPMP ...and peed my pants ROFLMAO ...my a$$ off ROFLMAOAY ......at you ROFLMAOWTIME .......with tears in my eyes ROFLUTS ...unable to speak ROTFL Roll on The Floor Laughing RTF Read The FAQ RTFM Read The F****** Manual (The above is the original, it was later modified to: Read The Fine Manual) RTSM read the stupid manual SETE smiling ear to ear SHID slaps head in disgust SNAFU Situation Normal, All F***ed Up SO significant other SOHF Sense Of Humor Failure SPAM Stupid Persons' AdvertiseMent SWAK sealed with a kiss SWL screaming with laghter SYS see you soon TA thanks again TIA Thanks In Advance TOY thinking of you TPTB The Powers That Be TTFN ta ta for now TTYL talk to you later TX Thanx WB welcome back WRT With Respect To WTF What/Who The F***? WTH what/who the heck? WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get YBS you'll be sorry YG young gentleman YL young lady YM young man YMMV Your Mileage May Vary YWIA You're welcome in advance *G* giggle or grin *H* hug *K* kiss *S* Sob *W* wink ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) Colin Douthwaite ----------------------------------------------------------------- LOL sometimes 'lots of luck' --used to drive me buggy trying to figure out what they were laughing about in some messages, like 'LOL finding one' (LoL is also 'lords of light' in alt.books.roger-zelazny but that's probably not important here...) sgt pinback %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% CET is Central European Time, which is the time in Sweden as well as in the Netherlands. GMT means Greenwich Mean Time (Now replaced by UTC) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% BTW: by the way DIY: do it yourself FAQ: frequently asked questions FYI: for your information IMHO: in my humble opinion IMO: in my opinion RTFF: read the fucking FAQ RTFM: read the fucking manual %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% AFAIK As Far As I Know AFK Away From Keyboard ANSI American National Standards Institute ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ATM At The Moment (or Asynchronous Transfer Mode, or possibly Automatic Teller Machine). BBFN Bye Bye For Now BFN Bye For Now BBS Bulletin Board Systems BIOYA Blow It Out Your A** BOFH B**tard Operator From Hell (here is the story of the BOFH. WARNING - You may find it offensive.) BRB Be Right Back BTDTGTS Been There, Done That, Got the T-Shirt BTSOOM Beats The S**t Out Of Me BTW By The Way CLI Command Line Interface CFV Call For Voting CRAFT Can't Remember A F**king Thing CUA Commonly Used Acronym(s) OR Common User Access DARFC Ducking And Running For Cover DETLA Double Extended Three Letter Abbreviation DH Dear Husband (also Dear Hubby, Duh Hubby and of course Dick Head) ESAD Eat S**t and Die ESADMF Eat S**t and Die Mother F**ker ETLA Extended Three Letter Abbreviation (ie more than three letters) FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers.) FETLA Further Extended Three Letta Acronym (ie it has five letters.) FLA Four/Five Letter Abbreviation (ETLA and DETLA are preferred since they are self-referential.) FOAD F**k Off And Die FTP File Transfer Protocol FTF Face-To-Face (as IRL) FU F**ked Up FUBAR F**ked Up Beyond All Recognition FUD (spreading) Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation FWIW For What it's Worth FYI For Your Information GAL Get A Life GR&D Grinning, Running, & Ducking (alternatively GD&R) GUI Graphical User Interface HAND Have A Nice Day HTH Hope This Helps HTML HyperText Markup Language HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol IAE In Any Event IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer (also IANAxxx, such as IANACPA) IC I see ICBW I Could Be Wrong IIRC If I Recall Correctly IMAO In My Arrogrant Opinion IME In My Experience IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion IOW In Other Words IRL In Real Life IRMFI I Reply Merely For Information ISP Internet Service Provider ISTR I Seem To Recall ISWYM I See What You Mean LART Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool LOL Laughing Out Loud MHBFY My Heart Bleeds For You MHOTY My Hat's Off To You MUD Multi-User Domain/Dungeon NFW No F**king Way NRN No Reply Necessary NYCTMI Now You Come To Mention It OIC Oh, I See! OOI Out Of Interest OOTB Out Of The Box (brand new) OTOH On The Other Hand OTTH On The Third Hand PDA Public Display of Affection PITA Pain In The Arse PDQ Pretty D**m(ed) Quick(ly) PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLMAO Rolling On the Floor, Laughing My A** Off RFC Request For Comment RSN Real Soon Now (can be meant sarcastically) RTFFAQ Read The F**king FAQ RTFM Read The F**king Manual SFAIAA So Far As I Am Aware SITD Still In The Dark SNAFU Situation Normal, All F**ked Up TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TIA Thanks In Advance TIC Tongue In Cheek TLA Three-Letter Acronym (such as this, see also ETLA and DETLA) TRSZ The Red Salamander Zaruga (Hey, he offered me chocolate :-) .) TTFN TaTta For Now TTYL Talk To You Later TYVM Thank You Very Much UCE Unsolicited Commerical E-mail URL Universal Resource Locator WTH What The Hell WTF What The F**k WWW World-Wide Web WYMM Will You Marry Me? (Currently restricted to alt.fan.pratchett AFAIK.) WYSIAYG What You See Is All You Get WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get YABSA Yet Another Bl**dy Stupid Acronym YMMV Your Mileage May Vary YKYHBxTLW You Know You Have Been x Too Long When (eg, YKYHBPDTLW - You Know You Have Been Playing Doom Too Long When...) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%