TeleConference/UseNet Acronym List v1.0 By sUMsDos [BTW] AAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact ACRONYM Generic acronym. ADN Any Day Now AFAIK As Far As I Know AFK Away From Keyboard ASAP As Soon As Possible ATSL Along the same line AWGTHTGTTA? Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? BAC By Any Chance BACG "Ball & Chain" Grin BAG Blatently Arrogant Grin BBG Big Big Grin BCNU Be Seeing You BEG Big Evil Grin BENG Big Evil Nasty Grin BESPG Bacheler's Eobiential Science Project Grin BG BIG grin BHIELL Big Huge Insane Evil Lunatic Laugh BILGE Big Insane Lunatic Grin, Extrafactual BILOS Bastard Issue, Loins Of Stopgap BK Because BNF Big name fan BOL Beginning of Lecture BOS Big Orange Switch BRB Be Right Back BRB Big Red Button BRS Big Red Switch BSEG Big Shit Eating Grin BTSOOM Beats The Shit Out Of Me BTW By The Way CCITT Can't Conceive Intelligent Thoughts Today CMIIW Correct Me If I'm Wrong COBOL Computer Operator's Band Of Losers Computer Operator's Band Of Losers Completely Overblown, Bloated, Obselete Language CUL See You Later CUL8R See You Later CUL8RALEG8R See You Later, Al E Gator CYA Cover Your Ass CYA See 'Ya DAG Duh... and Grinning DBA Doing Business As DBN Doing Business, NOT DIIK Damned If I Know DILLIGAFF Do I Look Like I Give a Flying Fuck DLG Devilish Little Grin DNPM Darn Near P'd Myself DOM Dirty Old Man DWIM Do What I Mean E2EG Ear to Ear Grin ELG Exceptionally Large Grin EMSL Evil Mad Scientist Laugh EOD End Of Discussion EOL End Of Lecture ER Hello ERG Escherian Recursive Grin ESAD Eat Shit And Die ESAL Eat Shit And Live FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FITB Fill In The Blank.... FMH Fuck Me Harder FOAF Friend Of A Friend FOBL Fell outta bed laughing FOCL Fell outta chair laughing FOMC Falling Off My Chair FOMCROFL Fell Off My Chair Rolling On Floor Laughing! FUBAR Fucked up beyond all repair FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition FWIW For What It's Worth FYI For Your Information FYIO For Your Information Only G bigger grin g grin GCOS God's Chosen Operating System GD&R Grinning, Ducking and Running GD&RVFVF Grinning, Ducking and Running, Very Far, Very Fast GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out Garbage In, Gospel Out GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That GLG Goofy Little Grin GO PRI Send Private Mail GR 8 Great HARDEEHAR Here's a really dumb everyday euphemism hardly anyone reads. HENG Huge Evil Nasty Grin HHOK Ha, Ha Only Kidding HHOS Ha, Ha Only Serious HLVB Hasta la Vista Baby IAC In Any Case IAE In Any Event IANAC I am not a crook IANAL I Am Not a Lawyer IANALBIPOOTV I Am Not A Lawyer, But I Play One On TV IAW In Accordance With IBARFT It's been a real fun time. IBC Inadequate, But Cute IBM Inadequate, but Marketable Inferior But Marketable It's Better Manually Insidious Black Magic It's Been Malfunctioning ILIWTPCT I Love It When The Plan Comes Together. IMCO In my considered opinion IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO In MY Not So Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion IMVHO In My Very Humble Opinion INNEWATOK INquiring NErd WAnts TO Know IOW In Other Words IWBNI It Would Be Nice If IYFEG Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group JAWS Jabbering Amateur Wickedly Silenced JIC Just In Case JK Just Kidding KHYF Know how you feel KISS Keep It Simple Stupid KMA Kiss my Ass L8A Later L8R Later LAG Lunatic Asylum Grin LAY Laughing At You LING Lexicological Imperialist Nyah-nyah Grin LISP Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parentheses LLAP Live Long and Prosper LMFAO Laughing My FAce Off LOL Laughing Out Loud LOLAH Laughing Out Loud And Hard LOTUS Let Only The Users Suffer LSHIHTRDMC Laughing So Hard I Have Tears Running Down My Cheeks. LSHIP Laughing So Hard I Puked LSL Loud Screaming Laughter LTMSH Laughing 'Til My sides Hurt LTNT Long time, no type MACINTOSH Machine Always Crashes; If Not, The Operating System Hangs MAG Machiavellian Anathematic Grin MEGO My Eyes Glaze Over MIPS Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed NATITIRI Not Attempting To Imply That It's Really Important NBD No Big Deal NBL Not Bloody Likely NERD National Establishment for Real Dorks NFGAA No Freaking Grin At All NFS Nightmare File System NIMBY Not in My Back Yard NRN No Reply Necessary NTL Nevertheless (Nonetheless) NTSC Never The Same Color NTYMI Now that you mention it OAS On another subject OIC OH!, I See OTC Over The Counter OTOH On The Other Hand OTTOMH Off the Top of My Head OTTOMHAROOB Off the Top of My Head and Rolling Out of Bounds PAG Psychoanalytical Grin PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms PEG Pious Ecclesiastical Grin PERL Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister PITA Pain In The Ass PMETC Pardon Me etc. PMJI Pardon My Jumping In PMYMHMMFSWGAD Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn. PNS Pretty Neat Stuff POV Point Of View RAVE Retch And Vomit Explosively RBEGH Really Big Evil Grin Here RL Real Life ROFL Rolling on the Floor, Laughing ROFLMAO *WMP Same beginning *Wet my pants! ROLF Rolling on Linoleum Fucking ROTBA Reality On The Blink Again ROTFFNAR Rolling On The Floor For No Apparent Reason ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off ROTFLMHO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Head Off ROTFLOL Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud ROTFLOLVH Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud Very Hard ROTFLSHIWMP Rolling on the floor, laughing so hard I wet my pants! ROTFTTPOF Rolling On The Floor Trying To Put Out Flames ROTM Right On The Money RSN Real Soon Now RTFAQ Read The FAQ RTFM Read The Fucking Manual SITD Still in the dark SNAFU Situation Normal: All Fucked Up SNORK Sarcastic Noise Of Recursive Keck SO Significant Other SOL Shit Out of Luck SOP Standing Operational Proceedures SOW Speaking of which SYT Sweet Young Thing TANJ There Ain't No Justice TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TCB Taking care of business TCBY Taking care of business, Ya'll TCCIC Take Care Cuz I Care TIA Thanks In Advance TIC Tongue in cheek TINALO This is not a legal opinion TINAR This is not a recommendation TOBAL There oughta be a law TOBG This oughta be good TPTB The Powers That Be TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks. TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN Ta Ta For Now TTMS Talk (TYPE) Me Soon TTYL Talk (or Type) To You Later TTYRS Talk To You Real Soon? TYS Told Ya So TYVM Thank you very much UTC Under The Counter UTT Under The Table VBG Very Big Grin WIBAMU Well I'll be a Monkey's Uncle WIBNI Wouldn't It Be Nice If WSTYSYDG What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get WYTYSYDG What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get XBG Xtra Big Grin YAFA Yet Another Fucking Abbreviation YIG Yes, I'm Grinning YMMV Your Milage May Vary! YWSYLS You win some, you lose some