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Acronyms

Internet chat has developed its own set of acronyms. New ones are being added daily as people all around the world find ways to express themselves in a new way.

Acronym	Definition
<g>,[G] or [g]	Grin
[BG]	Big Grin
[EG] or [eg]	Evil Grin
^5	A High Five Slap
AFAICT	As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK	As Far As I Know
AFK	Away From the Keyboard
AIUI	As I Understand It
B4	Before
BAK	Back At Keyboard
BBL	Be Back Later
BCNU	By Seeing You
BRB	Be Right Back
BSF	But Seriously Folks
BTDT	Been There, Done That
BTW	By The Way
BWQ	Buzz word quotient
CUL	See you later
D/L	DownLoad
DYJHIW	Don't you just hate it when ...
EOF	End of file
ETLA	Extended three-letter acronym
F2F	Face to face
FAQ	Frequently asked question
FFS	For 4LW's sake
FOC	Free of charge
FUBAR	4LW up beyond all recognition
FWIW	For what it's worth
FYE	For your entertainment
FYI	For Your Information
GIGO	Garbage in garbage out
HTH	Hope that helps
IAE	In any event
IIRC	If I recall correctly
IME	In my experience
IMHO	In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO	In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO	In My Opinion
IOW	In other words
IRL	In Real Life
ISP	Internet service provider
ISTM	It seems to me
ISTR	I seem to recall
ITRO	In the region of ...
IYSWIM	If you see what I mean
JAM	Just a minute
KISS	Keep it simple, Stupid
L8R	Later
LOL	Laughing Out Loud
NP	No Problem
NRN	No reply necessary
OEM	Original equipment manufacturer
OTOH	On the other hand
OTT	Over the top
PD	Public domain
PPL	People
ROFL	Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROTFL	Rolls on the floor laughing
RSN	Real soon now
RTFAQ	Read the FAQ
RTFM	Read the fantastic manual [or message]
RTM	Read the manual [or message]
RWE	Real World Equivalent
SITD	Still in the dark
SNAFU	Situation normal, all 4LW up
SNR	Signal-to-noise ratio
[H\|S]WMBO	[He\|She] Who Must Be Obeyed
TAM	Tenner a month (account fee).
TIA	Thanks in advance
TLA	Three-letter acronym
TTFN	Ta ta for now
TTYL	Talk to you later
WYSIWYG	What You See Is What You Get
YMMV	Your mileage may vary

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