the not so ultimate acronyms for not so geek peeps

shavonne clements
By shavonne clements

cronym - Meaning

AFAIK - As far as I know
AFK - Away from keyboard
AKA - Also know as
ASAP - As soon as possible
B4 - Before
BAK - Back at keyboard
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be Back Soon
BCNU - Be seeing you
BFN - Bye for now
BRB - Be Right Back
BTDT - Been There Done That
BTSOOM
BTW - By the Way
BYOH - Bat you onna head
CFV - Call for votes
CU - See you
CUL - See you Later
CUL8R - See you later
DYJHIW - Don't you just hate it when...
EG - Evil grin
ETLA - Extended three letter acronym
F2F - Face to face
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question
FFS - For Foobars Sake
FUBAR - Foobared up beyond all recognition
FOAD - Foobar off and Die
FWIW - For what it's worth
FYA - For your amusement
FYI - For your information
G - Grin
GA - Go ahead
GBH - Great back hug
GBH&K - Great back hug & kiss
GR&D - Grinning, running & ducking
H - Hug
HB - Hug back
HH - Holding hands
HHOJ/K - Ha Ha, Only Joking/Kidding
HHOS - Ha Ha, Only Serious
HIWTH - Hate it when that happens
IAE - In any event
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IBN - I'm Buck Naked!
IDK - I don't know
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion
IOW - In other words
IRL - In Real Life
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
JAM - Just a Minute
JASE - Just another system error
J/K - Just kidding
K - Kiss
KB - Kiss back
KOTC - Kiss on the cheek
L8R - Later
L - Laugh
LMAO - Laughing my a** off
LOL - Laughs Out Loud
LYLAB/S - Love You Like A Brother/Sister
MORF - Male or female
MOTAS - Members of the appropriate sex
MOTOS - Members of the opposite sex
MOTSS - Members of the same sex
MUD - Multi User Dungeon
NIFOC - Naked in Front of Computer
NFW - No foobaring way
NRN - No reply necessary
OBTW - Oh, by the way
OIC - Oh, I see
OTOH - On the other hand
OTT - Over the Top
PD - Public domain
PMJI - Pardon me, Jumping in (when you interrupt a conversation)
PMFJI - Pardon me for jumping in (same as above)
PITA - Pain in the a**
POTC - Peck on the cheek
REHI - Hello again
RFD - Request for discussion
ROTFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing (also ROFL)
ROTFLMAO - Roll on the floor laughing my a** off
RSN - Real soon now
RTFM - Read The Foobaring Manual
RUOK - Are you OK?
S - Smile
SB - Smiles back
SITD - Still in the dark
SNAFU - Situation normal, all foobared up
SO - Significant other
SOL - Stuff outta luck (not us)
STFU - Shut the Foobar Up
SW - Shareware
SYL - See you later
TANSTAAFL - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TARFU - Things are really foobared up
TGIF - Thank God it's Friday
TIA - Thanks in advance
TIC - Tongue in cheek
TLA - Three letter acronym
TNX - Thanks
TNX 1.0E6 - Thanks a million
TTFN - Ta Ta for Now
TTYL - Talk to You Later
VEG - Very evil grin
VES - Very evil smile
VWG - Very wicked grin
VWS - Very wicked smile
W - Wink
WG - Wicked grin
WRT - With regard to (also with respect to)
WTF - What the Foobar?
WTH - What the hell
WTHDTM - What the hell does that mean
YKYBOTLW - You know you've been on-line too long when...

*foo bar -Foo ..and also foobar comes from the military expression
fubr Which stands for F-up Beyond Recognition

GN peeps!

By Tsardoz• 21 Jun 2007 09:57
Tsardoz

I hope you have all of those memorised Shavonne... you'll be tested later!

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Someone's had too much to think!

By shreeya• 21 Jun 2007 09:56
shreeya

GTK - Good To Know

By shavonne clements• 21 Jun 2007 09:01
shavonne clements

VWG Muffy.

By mufy• 21 Jun 2007 08:57
mufy

TLTRF---too long to read full

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By anonymous• 21 Jun 2007 01:05
anonymous

Shavonne add some more

http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/chat_acronyms.php?A

By e46M3• 21 Jun 2007 01:02
e46M3

Wow shavonne, did you actually type all this stuff out! Thanks for the lesson, I admit I'm clueless when it comes to most of this terminology.

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