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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