A ADN Any Day Now AFAIK As Far As I know AFJ April Fool's Joke AFK Away From the Keyboard AKA Also Known As ARE Acronym-Rich Environment ASAP As Soon As Possible ATYS Anything You Say A/S/L? Age/Sex/Location? B B4N Bye For Now BAK Back at the keyboard BBIAB Be Back In A Bit BBFN Bye Bye For Now BBL Be Back Later BCNU Be Seein' You BEG Big evil grin BFD Big f***ing deal BFI Brute Force and Ignorance BFN Bye for now BFU Bloody Fucking User BG Big grin BG BackGround BIOYIOP Blow it out your I/O port BL Belly laughing BOTEC Back-of-the-envelope calculation BRB Be Right Back BTA But then again... BTW By The Way BWTHDIK But what the heck do I know...? C CI$ Compuserve Information $ervice CU See You CUL,CYL See You Later CUL8ER See you later CYA Cover your ass CYO See you online D DBA Doing business as DFLA Disenhanced four-letter acronym (that is, a TLA) DIIK Damned If I Know DIKU Do I know you? DITYID Did I tell you I'm distressed? DQMOT Don't quote me on this E EG Evil grin EMFBI Excuse me for butting in EOM End of message EOT End of thread (meaning: end of discussion) ETA Estimated Time of Arrival ETLA Extended three-letter acronym (that is, an FLA) F F2F Face to face FAQ Frequently Asked Question FDROTFL Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing FISH First in, still here FITB Fill In The Blanks FLA Four-letter acronym FMTYEWTK Far more than you ever wanted to know FOAD F*** off and die (used during flaming) FOAF Friend Of A Friend FOD Finger Of Death FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing FOTCL Falling Off The Chair Laughing F2F Face-To-Face FUBAR F***ed up beyond all repair or recognition FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt FWIW For What It's Worth FYA For Your Amusement FYI For Your Information G G Grin (usally typed) GA Go Ahead GD&R Grinning, Ducking & Running (usually left end of a digging message) GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That GMTA Great minds think alike GOL Giggling out loud GROK As in "I GROK", means thorough understanding. GTRM Going to read mail H HAND Have a nice day HHOJ Ha Ha Only Joking HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding HHOS Ha Ha Only Serious HLAYK Here's Looking At You Kid (a parting) HTH Hope this helps I IAC In any case IAE In Any Event IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer IC I see ICOCBW I Could Of Course Be Wrong IHA I hate acronyms IIRC If I Remember Correctly ILU or ILY I love you IM Immediate message IMCO In My Considered Opinion IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion IOW In Other Words IPN I'm posting naked IRL In real life (that is, when not chatting) IWBNI It Would Be Nice If IYSWIM If you see what I mean J JAM Just A Minute JBOD Just a bunch of disks (like RAID, etc.) JIC Just in case JK Just kidding JOOTT Just One Of Those Things JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic K KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid KOTC Kiss on the cheek KWIM? Know what I mean? L L8R LATeR LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch & Then You Die. LD Later, dude LDR Long-distance relationship LLTA Lots and lots of thunderous applause LOL Laughing Out Loud LRF Little Rubber Feet (the little pads on the bottom of displays and other equipment) LTLYB Love To Love You Baby 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 M MEGO My Eyes Glaze Over MORF Male OR Female MorF Male or female MOSS Member of the same sex MOTOS Member of the opposite sex MUSM Miss you so much MYOB Mind Your Own Business N NBD No Big Deal NFG No f*****g good NFW No feasible way or no f*****g way NHOH Never Heard Of Him/Her NIFOC Naked in front of computer NP or N/P No Problem NRN No Reply Necessary NTYMI Now That You Mention It O OB, OBJ OBligatory Joke OGIMA Oh God Its Monday Again OIC Oh, I See O Over (to you) OLL Online love OO Over and Out OTF Off the floor OTOH On The Other Hand OTT Over The Top OTTOMH Off the top of my head P PANS Pretty awesome new stuff (as opposed to "POTS") 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 Ass PM Preventive Maintenance PMFJIB Pardon me for jumping in but... PMJI Pardon My Jumping In POM Phase Of the Moon ::POOF:: Goodbye (leaving the room) POS Piece of s**t POTS Plain old telephone service POV Point Of View PU That stinks! R RAD Raw, Unadulterated Dumbness RE Re-hello (hello again) or re-hi RL Real Life ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing ROR Raffing out roud (Engrish for "laughing out loud") ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off ROTFLMAOWPIMP Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off while peeing in my pants ROTFLMBO Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off ROTM Right On The Money RPG Role-playing games RSN Real Soon Now RTFM Read The *#@% Manual RYO Roll your own (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled yourself with tobacco and paper) S S4L Spam for life (what you may get when you become someone's customer or client) SEG S***-eating grin SF Surfer-friendly (low-graphics Web site) SIG Special Interest Group SITD Still In The Dark 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? STFW Search the f*****g Web STW Search the Web SUP What's Up? SWAG Stupid wild-a** guess SWEIN So What Else Is New? T TAFN That's All For Now TANJ There Ain't No Justice TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TFH Thread from hell (a discussion that just won't die and is often irrelevant to the purpose of the forum or group) TGIF Thank God it's Friday THX Thanks TIA Thanks In Advance (also aTdHvAaNnKcSe or advTHANKSance) TIC Tongue In Cheek TLA Three Letter Acronym TLK2UL8R Talk to you later TMI Too much information TNX 1.0E6 ThaNKS a million (also TNX1M) TOPCA Til our paths cross again (early Celtic chat term) TPTB The Powers That Be TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN Ta-Ta For Now TTT Thought that, too (when someone types in what you were about to type) TTYL Talk To You Later TTUL, TTYS Talk To You Soon TU Thank you U UAPITA You're a pain in the ass UOK? Are You OK? UW You're welcome V VBG Very big grin VBSEG Very big s***-eating grin W WDALYIC Who died and left you in charge? WFM Works for me WIBNI Wouldn't it be nice if WIP Work In Progress WRT With Respect To WT? What/who the ? WTFO What the F***! Over! WTG Way to go! WTGP? Want to go private? WTH What The hell WU? What's up? WUF? Where are you from? WYSIWYG What you see is what you get Y YA Yet Another YAFIYGI You Asked For It, You Got It YGBSM You gotta be s***tin' me! YMMV Your mileage may vary.