Internet and E-Mail Acronyms
Acronyms for everyday use!
Here is a short list of some common acronyms used on the internet.
You may come across these acronyms while surfing the web, visiting
bulletin boards, chatting online, or in your email. Wherever they
may be, you will most certainly feel a HUGE amount of confusion if
you aren't familiar with them. I remember the first time I had to
ask "I know this is probably a dumb question, but what does 'IMHO'
mean?" :) Anyways, in case you don't know, there are a lot of
acronym's floating around. Acronyms are abbreviations wherein a
phrase is named by the first letters of each word in the phrase,
like, AAMOF= As A Matter Of Fact. So, if you come across some
strange concoction of capital letters, you can bet it is an
acronym of some sort! And, if you can't find it here, you can
try the more comprehensive list of acronyms, which
lists more of the lesser used acronyms. So good luck in using
these acronyms... Remember, YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary)!
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A
- AAMOF = As A Matter Of Fact
- ADN = Any Day Now
- AFAIK = As Far As I Know
- AWGTHTGTTA = Are We Going To have To Go Through This Again?
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B
- BAC = By Any Chance
- BTW = By The Way
- BWG = Big Wide Grin, G = Grin, BG = Big Grin, etc
- BYKT = But You Knew That
- BAG Busting A Gut (laughing)
- BBFN = Bye Bye For Now
- BTSOOM = Beats The Stuffing Out Of Me
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C
- CMIIW = Correct Me If I'm Wrong
- CU L8R = See You Later
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D
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E
- EOD = End Of Discussion
- EOL = End Of Lecture
- EOT = End Of Thread
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F
- FITB = Fill In The Blank
- FOAF = Friend Of A Friend
- FOTCL = Falling Off The Chair Lauging
- FWIW = For What It's Worth
- FYEO = For Your Eyes Only
- FYI = For Your Information
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G/H
- G = grin
- GIGO = Garbage In, Garbage Out
- GOK = God Only Knows
- GOTFIA = Groaning On The Floor In Agony
- GR 8 = Great
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I
- IAC = In Any Case
- IAE = In Any Event
- IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
- IMNSHO = In My Not So Humble Opinion
- IOW = In Other Words
- IMPOV = In My Point Of View
- INPO = In No Particular Order
- ITSFWI = If The Shoe Fits
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J
- JOOC = Just Out Of Curiosity
- JK = Just Kidding
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K
- KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid
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L
- LOL = Laughing Out Loud
- LMAO = Laughing My A** Off
- LTNT = Long Time No Type
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M
- MORF = Male OR Female
- MOTOS = Member of the Opposite Sex
- MOTSS = Member Of The Same Sex
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N
- NBL = Not Bloody Likely
- NICBDAT = Nothing is Certain But Death And Taxes
- NIMBY = Not In My Back Yard
- NRN = No Reply Necessary
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O
- OIC = Oh! I See
- OTOH = On The Other Hand
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P
- PMJI = Pardon My Jumping In
- POV = Point Of View
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Q/R
- ROTFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
- ROTFLOL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
- ROTM = Right On The Money
- ROY G. BIV = Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
- RSN = Real Soon Now
- RTM = Read The Manual
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S
- SOP = Standard Operating Procedures
- SOW = Speaking Of Which
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TUV
- TAFN = That's All For Now
- TINSTAAFL = There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
- TIA = Thanks In Advance
- TRDMC = Tears Running Down My Cheeks
- TTBOMK = To The Best Of My Knowledge
- TTFN = Ta Ta For Now
- TTYL = Talk To You Later
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WX
- WRT = With Respect To
- WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get
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Y/Z
- YABA = Yet Another Bloody Acronym
- YAFA = Yet Another Fine Acronym
- YMBK = You Must Be Kidding
- YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary
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