404 I haven't a clue
ADN
Any day now AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
ARE Acronym-rich
environment
ASAP As soon as possible
A/S/L? Age/sex/location? B4N Bye for now
BAK Back
at the keyboard
BAS Big a** smile
BBIAB Be back in a bit
BBL Be back later
BBN Bye bye now
BBS Be back soon
BEG Big evil grin
BF Boy friend
BFD Big f***ing deal
BFN Bye for now
BG Big grin
BIBO Beer in, beer out
BIOYIOP Blow it out your
I/O port
BL Belly laughing
BMGWL Busting my gut with laughter
BOTEC Back-of-the-envelope calculation
BRB Be right back
BTA But then again... BTDT Been there, done that
BTW By the way
BWL Bursting
with laughter
BWTHDIK But
what the heck do I know...?
CICO Coffee in, coffee out
C&G Chuckle and grin
CNP Continued in next post
CRB Come right back
CRBT Crying real big tears
CU See you
CUL See you later
CUL8ER See you later
CYA See ya
CYA Cover your a**
CYO See you online
DBA Doing business as
DFLA Disenhanced
four-letter acronym (that is, a TLA)
DL Dead link
DLTBBB Don't let the bed bugs bite
DIKU Do I know you?
DITYID Did I tell you I'm distressed?
DOM Dirty
old man
DOS Dozing off soon
DQMOT Don't quote me on this
DTRT Do the right thing
DWB Don't write back
EG Evil grin
EMFBI Excuse me for butting in
EMSG E-mail message
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NRN
No response necessary
OIC
Oh, I see
OLL
Online love
OMG
Oh my goodness OTF Off the floor
EOM End of message
EOT End of thread (meaning: end of discussion)
ETLA Extended three-letter acronym
F2F Face to face
FAQ Frequently-ask question(s)
FC Fingers crossed
FISH First in,still here
FLA Four-letter acronym
FMTYEWTK Far more than you ever wanted to know
FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing
FTBOMH From the bottom of my heart
FUBAR F***ed up beyond all repair or recognition
FUD Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For your information
G Grin
GA Go ahead
GAL Get a life
GIGO Garbage in, garbage out
GD&R Grinning, ducking, and running
GF Girlfriend
GFN Gone for now
GGP Gotta go pee
GIWIST Gee, I wish I'd said that
GL Good luck
GMAB Give me a break
GMTA Great minds think alike
GOL Giggling out loud
GTRM Going
to read mail
GTSY Glad to see you
H&K Hug and kiss
HAGN Have a good night
HAND Have a nice day
HHIS Hanging head in shame
HIG How's it going
HT Hi there
HTH Hope this helps
HUB Head up butt
IAC In any case
IAE In any event
IANAL I am not a lawyer (but) IC I see
IGP I gotta pee
IHA I hate acronyms
IHU I hear you
IIRC If I recall/remember
ILU or ILY I love you
IM Immediate message
IMCO In my considered opinion IMHO In my humble opinion
IMing Chatting with someone online usually while doing other things such as playing trivia or other interactive game
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
IMS I am sorry
IOW In other words
IPN I'm posting naked IRL In real life (that is, when not chatting)
ITIGBS I think I'm going to be sick
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TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TCOY Take care of yourself IWALU
I will always love you
IYSWIM
If you see what I mean
J4G
Just for grins
JBOD
Just a bunch of disks (like redundant array of independent disks, etc.)
JIC
Just in case
JK
Just kidding
JMO
Just my opinion
JTLYK
Just to let you know
KISS
Keep it simple stupid
KIT
Keep in touch
KOTC
Kiss on the cheek
KOTL
Kiss on the lips
KWIM?
Know what I mean?
L8R
Later
L8R G8R
Later gator
LD
Later, dude
LDR Long-distance
relationship
LHO
Laughing head off
LLTA
Lots and lots of thunderous applause
LMAO
Laughing my a** off
LMSO
Laughing my socks off
LOL
Laughing out loud
LRF
Little Rubber Feet (the little pads on the bottom of displays and other
equipment)
LSHMBH
Laughing so hard my belly hurts
LTM
Laugh to myself
LTNS
Long time no see
LTR
Long-term relationship
LULAB
Love you like a brother
LULAS
Love you like a sister
LUWAMH
Love you with all my heart
LY
Love ya
LY4E Love
ya forever
MorF
Male or female
MOSS
Member of the same sex MOTOS
Member of the opposite sex
MTF
More to follow
MUSM
Miss you so much
MM
Mental moment (thinking)
NADT
Not a darn thing
NFW
No freaking way
NIFOC
Naked in front of computer
NP
or N/P
No problem
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OTOH On
the other hand
OTTOMH
Off the top of my head
PANS
Pretty awesome new stuff (as opposed to "POTS")
PAW
Parents are watching
PCMCIA
People can't master computer industry acronyms
PDA
Public display of affection
PEBCAK
Problem exists between chair and keyboard
PIBKAC
Problem is between keyboard and chair
PITA
Pain in the a**
PM
Private message
PMFJIB
Pardon me for jumping in but...
POAHF
Put on a happy face
::POOF:: Goodbye
(leaving the room)
POTS
Plain old telephone service
PU
That stinks!
QT
Cutie
RL
Real life (that is, when not chatting)
ROR
Raffing out roud (Engrish for "laughing out loud")
ROTFL
Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO
Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off
ROTFLMBO
Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off
RPG
Role-playing games
RSN
Real soon now
b Real time
RTFM
Read the flipping manual
RYO
Roll your own (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled
yourself with tobacco and paper)
S^ S'up -
what's up
S4L
Spam for life (what you may get when you become someone's customer or
client)
SHCOON
Shoot hot coffee out of nose
SEG
S***-eating grin
SETE
Smiling ear to ear
SF
Surfer-friendly (low-graphics Web site)
SHID
Slaps head in disgust
SNAFU
Situation normal, all f***ed up
SO
Significant other
SOL
Smilling out loud or sh*t out of luck
SOMY
Sick of me yet?
SOT
Short on time
SOTMG
Short on time must go
STFW
Search the flipping Web
STW
Search the Web
SU
Shut up
SUAKM
Shut up and kiss me
SUP
What's up
SWAG
Stupid wild-a** guess
SWAK
Sealed with a kiss
SWL
Screaming with laughter
SYS
See you soon
TA
Thanks again
TAFN
That's all for now
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