richard
Cool as a Cucumber
Here is a list I found if it works that is
AKA Also Known As, I.E. an alias.
AFAICS As Far As I Can See.
AFAIK As Far As I Know.
AIUI As I Understand It.
APEBTKATC A Problem Exists Between The Keyboard And The Chair. What's between the keyboard and the chair? The user (see LUSER).
ATM At The Moment.
ATM Automatic Teller Machine - Cash Till in the UK.
BICBW But I Could Be Wrong. (What? Me? Wrong? Never!!!)
BISTR But I Seem To Recall.
BIY Bodge It Yourself, similar to DIY, but worse quality!
BS Bull Sh*t.
BTDTGTTS Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt.
BTW By The Way...
CPP Cross Posting Pillock - one who posts to many inappropriate newsgroups.
D&RFC or
DARFV Ducks and Runs For Cover. Said something annoying, controversial or perhaps a bad joke and expects retaliation, abuse or flames or groans to start immediately!
DIY Do It Yourself - Home "Improvements" - e.g. putting up shelves etc.
E&OE (EAOE) Errors and Omissions Excepted - AFAIK, this means, This is true as far as we know but we're not liable for anything that we've missed out or got wrong.
FA F' All - nothing, none.
FAQ(s) Frequently Asked Question(s).
FFS For F's Sake. Exasperation.
FOAD F' Off And Die! "Go away", but with more feeling!
FOC Free Of Charge.
FOOBAR (or Foo Bar), an alternative way of spelling the FUBAR, although it is not an acronym, it means the same!
FSVO For Some Value Of... E.g. That's Clever, FSVO Clever; implying perhaps the exact opposite, e.g. stupid.
FUBAR F'ed Up Beyond All Recognition. I think this phrase also originated in the military.
FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt - usually someone spreading dire warnings of perilous happenings, in order to try to sell you something that will "save" you from the thing that is never realistically going to happen.
FWIW For What It's Worth...
GD&RFC or GDARFC Grins, Ducks and Runs For Cover. Said something annoying, controversial or probably a bad joke and expects retaliation, abuse or flames or groans to start immediately, even though it was definitely meant to be funny.
HAND Have A Nice Day - sometimes not intended as a polite sign off but instead as a contemptuous one - you have to look at the tone of the communication to tell.
HTH Hope This Helps, Hope That Helped, Hope To Help and similar.
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer, and yet I am going to make a legal pronouncement - don't bet your life, house, career, or indeed anything at all on its accuracy.
IC I See.
ICBW I Could Be Wrong. (What? Me? Wrong? Never!!!)
IIRC If I Recall Correctly.
IKWYM I Know What You Mean.
IMHO In My Humble Opinion.
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion, meaning either I know what I'm talking about, or I'm big headed or self important ;-)
IMO In My Opinion.
IRL In Real Life - i.e. that boring work time, social life, shopping, traveling etc. that stops you being on line...
IRTA I Read That As...
ISTR I Seem To Recall.
ISWYM I See What You Mean.
ITYM I Think You Mean.
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean.
LART LUSER Attitude Readjustment Tool, e.g. a Hammer or a Clue-By-Four. Typically used in a computer support department, as in "I'm going to give that Luser a good Lart-ing with a Clue-by-four". See this link.
LOL Laugh Out Loud - i.e. that was funny.
MIL Mother In Law.
NIN Normal In Norfolk. As in "It's weird behavior, but hey, they're only yokels and don't know better" sort of thing.
O1/2 (O.5, O0.5) Other Half. Partner. Husband. Wife. etc.
OFFS Oh For F's Sake. Exasperation.
OIC Oh! I See.
OTOH On The Other Hand...
PEBKAC (A) Problem Exists Between the Keyboard and the Chair. What's between the keyboard and the chair? The user (see LUSER). Variant of APEBTKATC.
PITA Pain in the Arse.
POV Point Of View. The way someone looks at a situation, their attitude, approach etc.
PTB (the) Powers That Be. The boss, bosses or whoever's in charge.
ROTFL Roll on the floor Laughing - i.e. that was funny.
ROTFLMAO Roll on the floor Laughing My Ass Off - i.e. that was extremely funny!
ROTFLSCOMN Roll on the floor Laughing Spewing Coffee Out My Nose- i.e. that was extremely funny and I was drinking coffee whilst I read it and now I need to clean the monitor/mouse/keyboard/other...
RTFM Read The F'-ing (or Friendly) Manual. You did read the manual, consult the help, read the FAQ etc before asking your question didn't you?
SFA Sweet F' All - nothing, none.
SFAA So Far As A
SFAICS So Far As I Can See.
SNAFU Systems Normal: All F'ed Up. I think this phrase originated in the military.
SO Significant Other. e.g. Partner, Wife, Fianc?e, Husband etc.
SOAB Son Of A Bitch. In case you didn't know, that's an insult!
STFU Shut The F' Up.
STFN Search the F'ing Net. The question that you've asked could be quickly answered if you'd just spent a little time using a search engine to search the net/web.
STFW Search the F'ing Web, as above.
SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed. See SO or VSO.
TANSTAAFL There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch - i.e. you don't get something for nothing. (variant of TINSTAAFL).
TFTD Thought For The Day (as made famous on BBC Radio 4's Today program).
TINSTAAFL There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch - i.e. you don't get something for nothing.
TIA Thanks In Advance.
TLA Three Letter Abbreviation. TLA is itself a TLA IYSWIM!
TMI Too Much Information. E.g. You've just grossed me out with information about your latest operation.
TOD The Other Day
TPTB The Powers That Be. The boss, bosses or whoever's in charge.
TTFN Ta Ta For Now, in other words, goodbye.
TVM Ta/Thanks Very Much.
TVP Textured Vegetable Protein. Commonly Soya "mince" or similar.
TYVM Thank You Very Much.
VSO Very Significant Other, e.g. Partner, Wife, Fianc?e, Husband etc.
WOMBAT Waste Of Money, Brains and Time.
WTF What the F' - i.e. "What on earth?" or similar, but with more feeling!
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary, meaning your experience may be different
cheers
richard
AKA Also Known As, I.E. an alias.
AFAICS As Far As I Can See.
AFAIK As Far As I Know.
AIUI As I Understand It.
APEBTKATC A Problem Exists Between The Keyboard And The Chair. What's between the keyboard and the chair? The user (see LUSER).
ATM At The Moment.
ATM Automatic Teller Machine - Cash Till in the UK.
BICBW But I Could Be Wrong. (What? Me? Wrong? Never!!!)
BISTR But I Seem To Recall.
BIY Bodge It Yourself, similar to DIY, but worse quality!
BS Bull Sh*t.
BTDTGTTS Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt.
BTW By The Way...
CPP Cross Posting Pillock - one who posts to many inappropriate newsgroups.
D&RFC or
DARFV Ducks and Runs For Cover. Said something annoying, controversial or perhaps a bad joke and expects retaliation, abuse or flames or groans to start immediately!
DIY Do It Yourself - Home "Improvements" - e.g. putting up shelves etc.
E&OE (EAOE) Errors and Omissions Excepted - AFAIK, this means, This is true as far as we know but we're not liable for anything that we've missed out or got wrong.
FA F' All - nothing, none.
FAQ(s) Frequently Asked Question(s).
FFS For F's Sake. Exasperation.
FOAD F' Off And Die! "Go away", but with more feeling!
FOC Free Of Charge.
FOOBAR (or Foo Bar), an alternative way of spelling the FUBAR, although it is not an acronym, it means the same!
FSVO For Some Value Of... E.g. That's Clever, FSVO Clever; implying perhaps the exact opposite, e.g. stupid.
FUBAR F'ed Up Beyond All Recognition. I think this phrase also originated in the military.
FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt - usually someone spreading dire warnings of perilous happenings, in order to try to sell you something that will "save" you from the thing that is never realistically going to happen.
FWIW For What It's Worth...
GD&RFC or GDARFC Grins, Ducks and Runs For Cover. Said something annoying, controversial or probably a bad joke and expects retaliation, abuse or flames or groans to start immediately, even though it was definitely meant to be funny.
HAND Have A Nice Day - sometimes not intended as a polite sign off but instead as a contemptuous one - you have to look at the tone of the communication to tell.
HTH Hope This Helps, Hope That Helped, Hope To Help and similar.
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer, and yet I am going to make a legal pronouncement - don't bet your life, house, career, or indeed anything at all on its accuracy.
IC I See.
ICBW I Could Be Wrong. (What? Me? Wrong? Never!!!)
IIRC If I Recall Correctly.
IKWYM I Know What You Mean.
IMHO In My Humble Opinion.
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion, meaning either I know what I'm talking about, or I'm big headed or self important ;-)
IMO In My Opinion.
IRL In Real Life - i.e. that boring work time, social life, shopping, traveling etc. that stops you being on line...
IRTA I Read That As...
ISTR I Seem To Recall.
ISWYM I See What You Mean.
ITYM I Think You Mean.
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean.
LART LUSER Attitude Readjustment Tool, e.g. a Hammer or a Clue-By-Four. Typically used in a computer support department, as in "I'm going to give that Luser a good Lart-ing with a Clue-by-four". See this link.
LOL Laugh Out Loud - i.e. that was funny.
MIL Mother In Law.
NIN Normal In Norfolk. As in "It's weird behavior, but hey, they're only yokels and don't know better" sort of thing.
O1/2 (O.5, O0.5) Other Half. Partner. Husband. Wife. etc.
OFFS Oh For F's Sake. Exasperation.
OIC Oh! I See.
OTOH On The Other Hand...
PEBKAC (A) Problem Exists Between the Keyboard and the Chair. What's between the keyboard and the chair? The user (see LUSER). Variant of APEBTKATC.
PITA Pain in the Arse.
POV Point Of View. The way someone looks at a situation, their attitude, approach etc.
PTB (the) Powers That Be. The boss, bosses or whoever's in charge.
ROTFL Roll on the floor Laughing - i.e. that was funny.
ROTFLMAO Roll on the floor Laughing My Ass Off - i.e. that was extremely funny!
ROTFLSCOMN Roll on the floor Laughing Spewing Coffee Out My Nose- i.e. that was extremely funny and I was drinking coffee whilst I read it and now I need to clean the monitor/mouse/keyboard/other...
RTFM Read The F'-ing (or Friendly) Manual. You did read the manual, consult the help, read the FAQ etc before asking your question didn't you?
SFA Sweet F' All - nothing, none.
SFAA So Far As A
SFAICS So Far As I Can See.
SNAFU Systems Normal: All F'ed Up. I think this phrase originated in the military.
SO Significant Other. e.g. Partner, Wife, Fianc?e, Husband etc.
SOAB Son Of A Bitch. In case you didn't know, that's an insult!
STFU Shut The F' Up.
STFN Search the F'ing Net. The question that you've asked could be quickly answered if you'd just spent a little time using a search engine to search the net/web.
STFW Search the F'ing Web, as above.
SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed. See SO or VSO.
TANSTAAFL There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch - i.e. you don't get something for nothing. (variant of TINSTAAFL).
TFTD Thought For The Day (as made famous on BBC Radio 4's Today program).
TINSTAAFL There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch - i.e. you don't get something for nothing.
TIA Thanks In Advance.
TLA Three Letter Abbreviation. TLA is itself a TLA IYSWIM!
TMI Too Much Information. E.g. You've just grossed me out with information about your latest operation.
TOD The Other Day
TPTB The Powers That Be. The boss, bosses or whoever's in charge.
TTFN Ta Ta For Now, in other words, goodbye.
TVM Ta/Thanks Very Much.
TVP Textured Vegetable Protein. Commonly Soya "mince" or similar.
TYVM Thank You Very Much.
VSO Very Significant Other, e.g. Partner, Wife, Fianc?e, Husband etc.
WOMBAT Waste Of Money, Brains and Time.
WTF What the F' - i.e. "What on earth?" or similar, but with more feeling!
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary, meaning your experience may be different
cheers
richard