Thanks!!!
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
To: boxweed@thebest.net <boxweed@thebest.net>; spridgets@autox.team.net
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 11:07 AM
Subject: NO LBC: Acronyms
>>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
>*****
>
>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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