>I've been wondering what some of these acronyms (like LOL and YMMV)
>that are used frequently on the List meant, but never got around to
asking. Is
>there anyplace one can look these up?
These are shorthand and abbreviations used in e-mail messages (from the
files of "Did you know, or even care?" type odds and ends collected over
the last several years):
ACRONYMS
AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact
ADN Any Day Now
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AMF Goodbye! (Adios [My Friend])
AS (On) Another Subject
ATSL Along The Same Line
AWGTHTGTTA? Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?
B4N Bye For Now
BAD Broken As Designed
BAMF Bad [A] [My Friend]
BBR Burnt Beyond Recognition
BBS Bulletin Board System
BCNU Be seeing you
BNF Big Name Fan
BRB (I'll) Be Right Back
BRS Big Red Switch
BTA But Then Again
BTW By The Way
BWQ BuzzWord Quotient
CU See You
CUL See You Later
CUL8R See You Later
CYA Cover Your [A]
DIIK Damned If I know
DTRT Do The Right Thing
DWIMC Do What I Mean Correctly
ESAD Eat [Sugar] And Die
ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FISH First In, Still Here
FITB Fill In The Blank
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FRED [Frigging] Ridiculous Electronic Device
FUBAR [Fouled] Up Beyond All Recognition (or repair)
FURTB Full Up Ready To Burst (regarding a hard drive)
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYBITS [Fool] You, Buddy, I'm The Sysop.
FYI For Your Information
<G> Grin
GA Go Ahead (or, 'I'm done, it's your turn to talk')
<GD&R> Grinning, Ducking & Running (placed at end of a nasty
message)
GDW Grin, Duck, and Weave
GFR Grim File Reaper
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIGO Garbage In, Gospel Out (believing everything from
computers)
GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That
GLAGH Good Luck And Good Hunting
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
HHTYAY Happy Holidays to You and Yours
HWMBO He Who Must Be Obeyed
IAE In Any Event
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
IC I See
IITYWISWYBMAD If I Tell You What It Says, Will You Buy Me A Drink
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMCO In My Considered Opinion
IMHO In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IOW In Other Words
ISBAB I Should've Bought A Book
ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits, Wear It
IWBNI It Would Be Nice If
JIC Just In Case
JITNOT Just In The Nick Of Time
KHYF (I) Know How You Feel
L8R Later...
LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch & Then You Die
LTNT Long Time, No Type
MLA Multi Letter Acronym
MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex
MOTOS Member Of The Opposite Sex
MOTSS Member Of The Same Sex
NBFD No Big [Frigging] Deal
NFW No [FrigginG] Way
NTYMI Now That You Mention It
OFTPATHIRIO Oh [Fool] This Place And The Horse It Rode In On
OIC Oh, I See
OTOH On The Other Hand
PFM Pure [Frigging] Magic
PITA Pain In The [A]
PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In
POSSLQ Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
POV Point Of View
PPTSPAHS Please Pass The Salt, Pepper And Hot Sauce
<ROTF> Rolling On The Floor
<ROTFL> Rolling On The Floor Laughing
<ROTFLMAO> Rolling On The Floor Laughing My [A] Off
RPG Role Playing Game
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFM Read The [Fine] Manual (or message)
<SG> Sheepish Grin
SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym
SMOP Small Matter Of Programming
SNAFU Situation Normal, All [Fouled] Up
SO Significant Other
SOW Speaking Of Which
SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed
SYSOP System Operator
TAFN That's All For Now
TARFU Things Are Really [Fouled] Up
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TDM Too Damn Many
TFTHAOT Thanks For The Help Ahead Of Time
TGIF Thank God It's Friday
TIA Thanks In Advance
TLA Three Letter Acronym
TOBAL There Oughta Be A Law
TOBG This Oughta Be Good
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTL4N That's The Lot For Now
TTUL Talk To You Later
TTYL Talk To You Later
TTYL8R Talk To You Later
WIMP Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointing
WOFTAM Waste Of [Frigging] Time And Money
WTF What The [F]
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
YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym
YDKWTFIGODY You Don't Know What [F] Is Going On, Do You
YJDKDY You Just Don't Know, Do Ya
YGLT You're Gonna Love This
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
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EMOTICONS (Emotion Icons)
:) The original smiley face, "I'm Happy"
:( The original frown
:-) Smiling, happy face; don't take me too seriously
B-) Above, but poster wears glasses or sunglasses
8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look
#:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
:-( Sad or angry face
>:-( Even angrier face
@= Flame about nuclear war, power or weapons follows
mushroom cloud)
;-) Winking happy face (something said tongue-in-cheek)
:-P Tongue stuck out
:-b Same as previous
:-B Buck-toothed smile
:-D Wider happy face (or mouth open too much)
:-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
#:-o Same as previous
:-)## Person with a beard
@:-)## Person with a beard and a turban
(:-) Messages dealing with bicycle helmets
<:-) Dumb questions
oo "Somebody's head-lights are on" messages
O>-<|= Messages of interest to women
;-) Wink ( take this message with a grain of salt)
|-( Late night messages
:^) Messages teasing people about their noses
:-{#} Messages teasing people about their braces
(:-# Message concerning something that shouldn't have been
said
(:-$ Message indicating person is ill
(:-& Message indicating person is angry
(:-* Kiss
(:-( Message indicating person is VERY sad
(:^( Message concerning people with broken noses
(:<) Message concerning blabber mouths
:-(=) Message about people with big teeth.
&:-) Message from a person with curly hair
@:-) Message from a person with wavy hair
?-( Message about people with a black eye
b-) Message about a pirate
*:* Message about fuzzy things
*:** Message about fuzzy people with a fuzzy mustache
%-) Message about people with broken glasses
+<:-| Message from a monk/nun
{0-) Message from cyclops
(:-D Message concerning another blabber mouth
(:-|K- Formal message
B-) Message from Batman
@%&$%& You know what that means
||*( Handshake offered
||*) Handshake accepted
>< >< Message about/to someone wearing argyle socks
:-)<><////> Message about someone wearing a striped tie
2B|^2B Message about Shakespeare
=|:-)## Message about Uncle Sam
>:-{ Message about Dracula
\:-) Message about Gumby
(-_-) Secret smile
<{:-)} Message in a bottle
<:-)<<| Message from a space rocket
(:-... Heart-breaking message
<<<(:-) Message from a hat sales-man
(O--< A fishy message
(8-) Message from a four-eyes
(:>-< Message from a thief: hands up!
<I==I) A message on four wheels
:^{ User wears a mustache
:*) Another person wearing a mustache
{ User is Alfred Hitchcock
@>--->---- A rose
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