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boffin92
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Internet Forum (and other relevant) Acronyms!

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Just to help the tech-savvy confuse the non-tech savvy more. And for the non-tech savvie to understand the tech savvy more, lol...

 

Thought this might be useful, rather than googling anything you don't happen to understand all the time, bookmarking this thread and going to it may be easier. Could also be stickied (up to mods of course). Hope it helps.


 

ADN - Any day now

 

AFAIK - As far as I know    

 

AFK - Away from the keyboard    

 

AKA - Also known as    

 

B4N - Bye for now    

 

BAM* - Bad assed m*****f***** :No-no:

 

BBL - Be back later

 

BBR - Burnt beyond repair    

 

B*D - Big f****** deal :No-no:  

 

BI*D - Built-in s*** detector :No-no:      

 

BRB - Be right back    

 

BSOD - Blue screen of death (Microsoft OSs)

 

BTA - But then again

 

BTW - By the way  

 

CU - See you

 

CUL - See you later

 

CUL8R - See you later

 

DIIK - Damned if I know

 

DILLIGA* - Does it look like I give a f*** :No-no:

 

DIY - Do it yourself

 

DL or D/L - Download

 

DTP - DeskTop publishing

 

DTRT - Do the right thing        

 

EOT - End of thread            

 

F*RD - Flying f*** in a rolling donut :No-no:

 

FOAF - Friend of a friend    

 

FOMCL - Fell off my chair laughing    

 

FPS - First person shooter


FRED - F****** ridiculous electronic device :No-no:

 

FTL - For the loss

 

FTTT - From time to time

 

*UBAR - F***** up beyond all repair :No-no:

 

FTW - For the win

 

FWIW - For what it's worth  

 

FYI - For your information                   

 

G*Y - Good for you..........or Go f*** yourself - depending on context :No-no:          

 

GLGH - Good luck and good hunting

 

GMTA - Great minds think alike    

 

HIIK - Hell if I know        

 

IAC - In any case            

 

IC - I see

 

IDTT - I'll drink to that

 

IETF - Internet engineering task force                

 

ILY - I love you                

 

IMO - In my opinion    

 

INPO - In no particular order

 

IOW - In other words            

 

JIC - Just in case            

 

L8R - Later        

 

LMAO - Laughing my arse off    

 

LOL - Laughing out loud                

 

N*W - No f****** way :No-no:      

 

N*S - No s***, Sherlock :No-no: 

 

OIC - Oh I see        

 

OTF - On the floor

 

OTOH - On the other hand            

 

PITA - Pain in the arse    

 

PMBI - Pardon my butting in    

 

PO* - Piece of s*** :No-no:  

 

POV - Point of view

 

PTB - Powers that be    

 

ROFL - Rolling on floor laughing

 

ROFLMAO - Rolling on floor laughing my arse off    

 

RPG - Role playing games    

 

RT*M - Read the f****** manual :No-no:

 

SO* - Son of a b**** :No-no:

 

SPAM - Junk email                                            

 

TAFN - That's all for now

 

TAFT - That's a frightening thought                

 

TDM - Team death match

 

T*I - Thank f*** it's :No-no:

 

TGIF - Thank god its Friday

 

TIA - Thanks in advance                

 

TPTB - The powers that be            

 

TTFN - Ta-Ta for now    

 

TTUL - Talk to you later    

 

UL or U/L - Upload    

 

WFM - Works for me

 

WRT - With regard to

 

WT* - What the f*** :No-no:

 

WT*DIK - What the f*** do I know :No-no:

 

WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get


 

Feel free to add any others that not here, just list however many you have in the same manner in your post. :smileyhappy:


 

 

Message Edited by boffin92 on 02-12-2008 11:30 PM
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AstroZombie1
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Re: Internet Forum (and other relevant) Acronyms!

IETF - Internet engineering task force

 

:smileyindifferent: 


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TRUESTARRR
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Re: Internet Forum (and other relevant) Acronyms!

thanks boffin nice to know

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Mulletino
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Re: Internet Forum (and other relevant) Acronyms!

Why isn't PEBKAC on the list?
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solidpython
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Message 5 of 31 (619 Views)

Re: Internet Forum (and other relevant) Acronyms!


AstroZombie1 wrote:

IETF - Internet engineering task force

 

:smileyindifferent: 


My thoughts exactly!

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boffin92
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Message 6 of 31 (587 Views)

Re: Internet Forum (and other relevant) Acronyms!

New thought!

 

If anyone has a few suggestions that are missing, just PM me them and their meaning and I'll pop them in a second list inside this thread (or I could possibly ask a mod to let me add them to the original post).

 

:smileyhappy:

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Re: Internet Forum (and other relevant) Acronyms!

Nice list Boffin! :smileyhappy:
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FeXy79
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Re: Internet Forum (and other relevant) Acronyms!

RTM - Read the Manual, no need to swear :smileytongue:

NSFW - Not safe for work

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Kermit1970
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Message 9 of 31 (564 Views)

Re: Internet Forum (and other relevant) Acronyms!

For those who want to start a war

RTFM - Read The Flaming Manual

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Re: Internet Forum (and other relevant) Acronyms!

PDNLTTIYDNHTDS

Please Do Not Listen To This If You Do Not Have To Do So :smileyvery-happy:

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