[ Internet Jargon ] Maintained by Paul Schou.com, # - indicates explicit $0.02 Two cents' worth, giving an contribution on a subject & And & Comparitor AND ! Bang or Not if used before an expression (!here) | Bar or pipe || OR @ At or Operator (IRC) ? Question or conditional, Usage: conditional?if_true:if_false; (H) Hug (W) Wink 24/7 "Full time" all 24 hours in the day, and 7 days of a week 404 I have no clue (error message 404, address not found) 73s Best regards :) Smile add more )'s for bigger smiles Grin (add <> for bigger grins. <<>> a BIG BRIN) Smile A/S/L Age / Sex / Location AAA Any Advice Appreciated AAMOF As a Matter of Fact (Also AMOF) ACK Acknowledged (Sent in reply to a SYN) ADGR All Donations Gratefully Received ADN Any Day now AFAIAA As far as I am aware AFAICS As far as I can see AFAICT As far as I can tell AFAIK As far as I know AFAIR As far as I recall AFK Away from keyboard AGAN As good as new AI Artificial Intelligence AIM American Online Instant Messanger (http://aim.aol.com) AKA Also known as or in other words AMFYOYO #adios. motherfreeker, you're on your own AMOF As a matter of fact (Also AAMOF & MOF) ANAWFOS And now a word from our sponsor APMP Almost Peeing My Pants ASAP As Soon As Possible ASWG Ask Someone Who Gives ASWGAF #Ask Someone Who Gives A Fuck ATM At The Moment ATTN ATTENTION! ATWIASAATMAWMPTHTEATEAOMIHTPMP All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts. AWHFY Are we having fun yet? AWOL Absent without Leave AYT Are you there? AYLI As You Like It B Be B/C Because B4 Before B4N Bye for Now BAD Broken as Designed BAK Back at Keyboard BAR Beyond all Recognition, development: a short name for a test BAS #Big Ass Smile BAY Back At You BBIAF Be Back in a few BBL Be Back Later BBN Bye Bye Now BBR Burnt Beyond Repair BBS Bulletin Board System BBS Be Back Soon BCC Blind Carbon Copy BCF Be CareFul BCNU (I'll) Be Seeing You BEG Big Evil Grin BF Bloody Fool BF Boyfriend BFD #Big Fucking Deal BFD Big Freaking Deal BFN Bye For Now BG Big Grin BHD Bad Hair Day BIBO Beer In - Beer Out BIF Basic in Fact BIL brother-in-law BION Believe it or not BIOYA #Blow it out you're Ass BMOC Big man on campus BMTIPG Brilliant minds think in parallel gutters BOC But of course BOT Back on Topic BRB Be right back BS #Bull (bunch of) Shit BSF But Seriously Folks! BTA But then Again (in response to IOW) BTAIM Be that as it may BTDT Been There Done That BTDTGTT Been There, Done That Got the T-shirt BTDTGAS Been There Done That-Got a Shirt BTL Better Than Life BTOBD Be there or be dead BTSOOM #Beats the Shit out of Me BTW By the way BWL Bursting with laughter BWQ Buzz Word Quotient BY BusY BYBO Biting your butt off BYOB Bring your own bottle (booze) C See C&G Chuckle and Grin C4N Ciao for Now CAD Control-Alternate-Delete CADET Can't add, doesn't even try CB Call Back CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, Founders of WWW (http://www.cern.ch) CFD Call for discussion CGI Common Gateway Interface CICO Coffee In, Coffee Out CID Crying In Disgrace CIS Compuserve Information System CM Call Me CNP Continued in Next Post CO Conference CP Copy (File, or directory -r), Chat Post (a chat message) CPU Central Processing Unit CQ Is anyone there? (I seek you) CRAFT #Can't Remember a Fucking Thing CRBT Crying Real Big Tears CSG Chuckle, Snicker, Grin CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome CU See You CUL8R See you Later CYA See Ya! CYAL8R See You Later DAY Dreamed About You DBA Date of Arrival DELURK Posting for the first time (usually after a period of reading) LURKING Lurking is reading but not posting on the list (Atonym: delurking) DFG #Devilish Fucking Grin DGUTDJ Don't Give up the Day Job! DIR Directory Listing (see: LS) DIIK Darn if I know DILLIEGAF #Do I look like I even give a fuck DILLIGAF #Do I Look Like I Give a Fuck! DOM Document Object Model DKF Dreaded Koosh Flogger DL Download, to get a file D/L Download, to get a file DLTBBB Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite DOS Denial Of Service, Disk Operating System DQM Don't Quote Me DQMOT Don't Quote me on that/this DTRT Do The Right Thing DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly DWISNWID Do What I say, Not What I do DYJHIW Don't You just hate it when..... EG Evil Grin EMSG Email Message EOD End of Discussion EOF End of File EOT End Of Transmission / Tape ESAD #Eat Shit and Die ES&D #Eat Shit and Die ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym (see MLA) F2F Face to Face FAQ frequently Asked Questions FBAWGG Falling behind at work, gotta go FC Fingers Crossed FCFS First come, first served FEIYD For Ever in your Debt FIL Father-in-law FISH First In, Still Here FILO First In, Last Out FIFO First In, First Out (see: MKFIFO) FOAD #Fuck off and Die FOAF Friend of a friend FOCL Falls off Chair laughing FOO #Derivation of FU, development: a short name for a test FOOBAR #Derivation of FUBAR, development: a short name for a test FTBOMH From the Bottom of my Heart FTF Face to Face FTP File Transfer Protocol FU #Fucked up! FUBAR "Fixed" up beyond all recognition (also as FOOBAR or - as a filename: FOO.BAR) FUBAR #Fucked up beyond all Recognition FUD Fear, uncertainty, and doubt FURTB Full up ready to burst (about hard disk drives!) FWIW For what it's worth FYA For your Amusement FYI For your Information G Grin GA Go Ahead GAC Get A Clue GAG Get A Grip GAL Get A Life GB Good bye GBS Great big smile GDW Grin, Duck and Weave GF Girlfriend GFC gone for coffee GFN Gone For Now GFR Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer) GGL Giggle GGP gotta go pee! GIGO #Garbage In, Gospel Out (people accepting blindly what the computer says) GIGO Garbage in, Garbage Out GL Good Luck GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting GMBO Giggling my butt off GMTA Great Minds Think Alike GOTHIC reference towards "Medieval" or Vampire - mystical style GOWI Get on with it GPF General Protection Fault (Old UAE, New Name!) GPF #Go Puke, Fast! GR&D (RGAD) Grinning, Running, & Ducking GTSY Glad to see You GUI Graphical User Interface (Eye-Candy) H&K Hug and Kiss HAK Hugs & Kisses HABU Have a Better 'un...' HAGN Have a Good Night HAGU Have A Good 'un...' HAND Have a Nice Day HHIS Hanging Head in Shame HHOJ HA! HA! Only Joking! HICFOYFA Help! I can't figure out your freeking acronym HNG Horney Net Geek HSIK How Should I Know HTH Hope this helps HTML HyperText Markup Language HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTPS HyperText Transfer Protocol (Secured) HUB Head up Butt HWISTKT How was I supposed to know that? IAAA I am an accountant IAAL I am a lawyer IAC In any case IAE In any event IAH In All Honesty IANAA I am not an accountant IANAL I am not a lawyer... (BUT..) IAP Internet Access Provider IC I See ICBW I could be wrong ICQ I Seek You (one of the first IM programs, http://www.icq.com) ICYDK In case you didn't know IDK I Don't Know IGP I Gotta Pee IIABDFI If it ain't broke, don't fix it! IIDKB If I didn't know better IIR If I Recall (Remember) IIRC If I Recall / Remember correctly IIWY If I were you... IKWYM I know what you mean IM Instant Message IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion IMCO In my considered opinion IMT14U I'm the One For You IME In My Experience IMHO In my humble opinion [the speaker is never humble] IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion IMPOV In my point of view IMX In My eXperience IOW In other words IRC Internet Relay Chat (chat box) IRL In Real Life IRMC I Rest My Case! IRT In Reply To, In Regards To ISATOFTBT I'm sick and tired of this boring thread ISC I stand Corrected! ISO In Search Of ISP Internet Service Provider ISTM It seems to me ISTR I Seem To Recall... ISWYM I See What You Mean ITFA In the final analysis ITMT In The MeanTime ITRW In the Real World IWALU I Will Always Love You IWBNI If would Be Nice If IWFM It works for me IWW? I wonder why? IYDMMA If you don't mind me asking IYFEG Insert Your Favourite Ethnic Group IYKWIM If you know what I mean JAM Just a minute / moment JAS Just a second JAWS Just another Windows shell JFTR Just for the record JIC Just In Case JK Just Kidding JMO Just My Opinion JTF Just the fact JTLYK Just To Let You Know K Okay KISS Keep it simple, stupid KIT Keep in Touch KMA #Kiss My Ass KOC Kiss on Cheek (Also KOTC) KOL Kiss on Lips (Also KOTL) KOTC Kiss on The Cheek (Also KOC) KOTL Kiss on The Lips (Also KOL) L Laugh LAT Latitude L8R Later L8R G8R Later Gator L8RG8R Later Gator LABATYD #Life's a bs and then you die LD Dynamic Link-editor for object files LN Make hard or symbolic links to files LDR Long Distance Relationship (usually a euphemism for Internet based - on line - "relationship") LHM Lord Help Me LHO Laughing Head Off LHU Lord Help us LILO Last in, Last Out LMAO #Laughing My Ass Off LMBO Laughing My Butt Off LMFAO #Laughing My Fucking Ass Off LMSO Laughing My Socks Off LGOFF Log Off LOL Laughing Out Loud LOTFLOL Lying on the floor laughing out loud LS List files and directories LSHMBB Laughing So Hard My Belly is Bouncing LSHMBH Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts LSHTTARDML Laughing So Hard The Tears Are Running Down My Leg LTNS Long Time No See LTS Laughing To Self LUWAMH Love You With All My Heart LY Love Ya LGON Log On LON Longitude M/F Male or Female MKFIFO Make FIFO special file MKDIR Make directories MKFS Make (construct) a file system MKPASSWD Generate new password, optionally apply it to a user MKFILE Make (create) a file MKSTR Create an error message file by massaging C source files MKNOD Make a special file (block, character, or FIFO) MHBFY My heart bleeds for you MHOTY My Hat's off to you MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIL mother-in-law MLA Multiple Letter Acronym MOF Matter of Fact (Also AMOF) MOTAS Member of the Appropriate Sex MOTD Message of the Day MOTH Humorous Collectibles Forum variation on Member of the Month MOTM Member of the Month MOTOS Member(s) of the Opposite Sex MOTSS Member(s) of the Same Sex MPD Multiple Personality Disorder MSG Message MTF More To Follow MUD Multi-user Dungeon MYOB Mind your own business MV Move MORF Male or Female N/A Not Applicable NADT Not a Damn Thing NBD No Big Deal NBIF No basis in fact NC No Comment / Non-Consentual NFW #No Fucking Way! NFW No Freeking Way NG News Group NI Never / not important NIMBY Not in my back yard NINO Nothing in, nothing out NM Never Mind NOYB None Of Your Business NP No Problem NPD No Problem Dude NQA No Questions Asked NRE new relationship energy NRN No reply Necessary NTIM Not That It Matters NTIMM Not That It Matters Much NTOOT Nine times out of ten NUI Network User Identification NWIH No Way in Hell O/L On Line (as opposed to Real Life) OAO Over and Out OBTW Oh, By the Way OIC Oh, I see OIIRC Only In Internet Relay Chat (chat box) OL Old Lady OM Old Man OMG Oh My God OOTB Out of the blue or Out of the Box OS Operating System OTF On the Floor OTL Out To Lunch OTOH On The Other Hand OTP On The Phone OTTH On the third hand OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head OTW One True Way PABG Pack a Big Gun PBM Play by Mail (Games) PC PDA Public Displays of Affection PDA Public Display of Affection PDN Public Data Network PDQ Pretty darn Quick PDS Please don't shoot PISS Passive Ignorance Silence Strike (used against frequent flamers in newsgroups) PITA #Pain in the Ass PLOKTA Press Lots of keys to abort PLONK Messages from this person will be automatically deleted/ignored (used against frequent flamers in newsgroups) PLYSBAOTI-perverts like you shouldn't be allowed on the internet PM Private Message PMBI Pardon my butting in PMFBI Pardon Me for butting in PMFJI Pardon Me for jumping in POAHF Put on a happy face POOF Has left the chat room POSSLQ Person of Opposite Sex sharing living quarters POV Point Of View POV Point of view PPL People PPN Programmer Project Number; currently known as UserID PPPP Previous Paragraph was Polemical Position PS Post Script Q Question QSL Reply QSL Reply QSO Conversation QT Cutie QTAB Cute as a button QTP Cutie pie R Are RCI Rectal-Cranial Inversion RFD Request For Discussion RHIP Rank Has Its Privileges RL Real Life (relationship) RLCO Real Life COnference RNA Ring, No Answer ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLUTS Rolling on the floor laughing ...Unable to Speak ROTFLAPMP #ROTFL And Peeing My Pants ROTFLMAO #Rolling On The Floor Laughing (ROTFL) My Ass Off ROTFLMAOAY #Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off (ROTFLMAO) At You ROTFLMAOWTIME #Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off (ROTFLMAO) With Tears In My Eyes ROTFLMBO Rolling On The Floor Laughing (ROTFL) My Butt Off ROTFLUTS ROTFL Unable to Speak RPG Role Playing Games RPITA Royal pain in the ass RSF Right Said! Fred RSN Real Soon Now RST Reset (Used in network communications to reset a session) RTFM #Read the Fucking Manual RTFM Read the freeking manual (or message) RTI Real Time Interruption RTSM Read the Stupid Manual RUOK Are you OK? Re Regarding S smiling SE Smiling Ear to Ear SETE Smile Ear to Ear SFB Shit For Brains SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym SHID Slaps Head in Disgust SHID Slaps Head In Disgust SID So I do SIL sister-in-law SITD Still in the Dark SMOP Small Matter of Programming SNAFU #Situation Normal, All Fucked up! SNAFU Situation normal, all "fixed" up SNERT Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager SF Source Forge - Open free ware website www.sf.net SO Significant Other (husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.) SOH Sense Of Humor SOHF Sense of Humor Failure SOL #Shit out of luck SOL So out of luck SOP Standard Operating Procedures SORG (S/G) Straight or Gay? SOS #Same old shit SOS Same old stuff SOT Short of Time SOTMG Short Of Time Must Go SPAM Stupid Peoples Advertisement SQO Some Quantity Of SSDD Same shit, different day STB Simply the Best SUFID Screwing Up Face In Disgust SWAK Sealed with a Kiss SWL Screaming with Laughter SYS See You Soon SYSOP System Operator SYN Synchronization (used to describe initial contact in network communication) TA Thanks Again TAFN Thats all for Now TAL Thanks a Lot TANJ There Ain't No Justice TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TAT Turnaround time TBYB Try Before You Buy TC Telephone Call TCOB Taking Care of Business TCOY Take Care of yourself TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol TDM Too Damn Many TFTT Thanks For The Thought TGIF Thank God Its Friday THX Thanks TIA Thanks in Advance TIC Tongue in Cheek TILII Tell it like it is, also a thought provoking board game TLA Three Letter Acronym (now surpassed by MLA) TM Thread mangler TMTT Too Much to type TNSTAAFL There's no such thing as a free lunch TNT Till Next Time TNTL Trying Not To Laugh TNTPIMP Trying Not To Pee In My Pants TOY Thinking of you TPE Total Power Exchange TPTB The Powers That Be TRRHNTPIMP Trying Really Really Hard Not To Pee In My Pants TSJD Texas Size Jelly Donut TSR Terminate and stay resident program TSR Totally Stupid Rules TTFN Ta Ta For Now TTFS Try this for size TTL4N Thats the lot for now TTYL Talk To you Later TTYS Talk to you Soon TVHNTL Trying Very Hard Not To Laugh TY Thank you TYVM Thank you very much U You UAE Unrecoverable application error UL (U/L) Upload, send to the BBS UNCLE Unified Nuclear Coalition of Latvian Emigrants UNPC Un-politically Correct URL Universal Resource Locator UTC Coordinated Universal Time V/A Verbal Abuse VBG Very Big Grin VC Virtual Community VEG Very Evil Grin VGI Very Good Idea VICSS Voluntary, Informed Consentual, Safe and Sane W whatever W/ With W3C World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3.org) Historically CERN W/O Without WABOL What a bunch of losers WAEF When All Else Fails WAIDW What am I doing wrong? WAS #Wild Ass Guess WB Welcome Back WBS Write Back Soon WEG Wicked Evil Grin WHYD What have you done? WIITWD what it is that we do WIIWD what it is we do WIMP Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing (to describe Windows and other similar interfaces) WOA Work Of Art WOB Without Boyfriend WOFTAM Waste of Flaming time and money WOG Without Girlfriend WRT With Respect To WS or Warm Smile WTF #What/who the fuck WTF What/who the freak WTFDIK #What the fuck Do I Know WTFDIK What the freak Do I Know WTFRU #Who the fuck are you? WTFRU Who the freak are you? WTG Way To Go WTH What/Who The Hell WUASTC Wake up and smell the coffee WWJD What would Jesus do? WYGIWYPF What you get is what you pay for WYMM Will you Marry Me? WYSBYGI What you see before you get it WYSIWYG What you see is what you get WYSIWYW What you see is What you want (LaTeX) WizOp Wizard Sysop; the primary forum administrator for a forum XHNS eXtra Hot 'N Spicy YIM Yahoo Instant Messanger (http://messanger.yahoo.com) YADS Yet Another DOS Shell YBS You'll Be Sorry YG Young Gentleman YGTR You got that right YGWYPF You get what you pay for YL Young Lady YM Young Man YMMV your mileage may vary YOYO You're on your own YQW you're quite welcome YW you're welcome YWSYLS You win some, you lose some ZIAO Zoning in and out ^5 High Five