| AAAAA |
Anonym Association Against Acronym Abuse |
| AAMOF |
As A Matter Of Fact |
| ACME |
A Company that Makes Everything |
| ACRONYM |
Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning |
| ACRONYM |
Abbreviation by CROping Names that Yield Meaning |
| AFAIC |
As Far As I am Concerned |
| AFAICR |
As Far As I Can Recall |
| AFAICT |
As Far As I Can Tell |
| AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
| AFAIR |
As Far As I Recall / Remember |
| AFK |
Away from Keyboard |
| AIUI |
As I Understand It |
| AKA |
Also Known As |
| ALAP |
As Late As Possible |
| AMAP |
As Much As Possible |
| AMOR |
Amusing Misuse of Resources |
| ANAIS |
Architecture Not Allowed In Source |
| ANFSCD |
And Now For Something Completely Different |
| ASAP |
As Soon As Possible |
| ATM |
At The Moment |
| AUT |
Application Under Test |
| AWOL |
Absent WithOut Leave |
| AYS |
Are You Sure |
| BAD |
Broken As Designed |
| BBIAB |
(I’ll) Be Back In A Bit |
| BBIAS |
Bye, Back In A Second |
| BBL |
Be Back Later |
| BFN |
Bye For Now |
| BIAB |
Back In A Bit |
| BOFH |
Bastard Operator From Hell |
| BOT |
Back On Topic |
| BRB |
Be Right Back |
| BTC |
Biting The Carpet |
| BTDT |
Been There, Done That |
| BTW |
By The Way |
| BWAM |
Because We Are Mean |
| CLI |
Clearly Less Intimidating |
| CMIIW |
Correct Me If I am Wrong |
| CU |
See You |
| CUL |
See You Later |
| CUL8TER |
See You Later |
| DAU |
Dümmster Anzunehmender User |
| DIE |
Duplication is Evil |
| DOE |
Depends On Experience |
| DRY |
Don’t repeat yourself |
| DSH |
Desperately Seeking Help |
| DTRT |
Do The Right Thing |
| DWIM |
Do What I Mean |
| EAFP |
Easier to Ask Forgiveness than Permission |
| EG |
Evil Grin |
| EMACS |
Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping |
| EMBI |
Excuse My Butting In |
| EOD |
End Of Discussion |
| EOT |
End Of Thread |
| ETLA |
Extended Three Letter Acronym |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FMTEYEWTK |
Far More Than Everything You Ever Wanted To Know |
| FTBFS |
Fails To Build From Source |
| FUBAB |
Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Belief |
| FUBAR |
Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition / Repair |
| FUD |
Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt |
| FWIW |
For What It’s Worth |
| FYI |
For Your Information |
| GABELN |
Gruppe Area Brett Echo Liste Newsgroup |
| GEFN |
Good Enough For Now |
| GFC |
Going For Coffee |
| GTG |
Good To Go |
| HAND |
Have A Nice Day |
| HF |
Have Fun |
| HTH |
Hope This Helps |
| HYCH |
Hope You Can Help |
| IAFNAB |
It’s A Feature, Not A Bug |
| IANACE |
I Am Not A Cygwin Expert |
| IANAL |
I Am Not A Lawyer |
| IAW |
In Accordance With |
| ICURYY |
I see you are too wise |
| IIRC |
If I Remember/Recall Correctly |
| IIRWIIR |
It Is Ready When It Is Ready |
| IIUC |
If I Understand Correctly |
| IKWUM |
I Know What You Mean |
| IKYABWAI |
I know You Are But What Am I? |
| IMAO |
In My Arrogant Opinion |
| IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
| IMO |
In My Opinion |
| IOTTMCO |
Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer |
| IOW |
In Other Words |
| IRL |
In Real Life |
| ISTM |
It Seems To Me |
| ISTR |
I Seem To Recall / Remember |
| ITP |
Intend / Intent To Package |
| ITYM |
I Think You Meant |
| IWFM |
It Works for Me |
| IYSWIM |
If You See What I Mean |
| JK |
Just Kidding |
| JSA |
Juristische StandardAntwort |
| KISS |
Keep It Simple and Stupid
|
| KISS |
Keep It Simple, Stupid!
|
| KUTGW |
Keep Up The Good Work |
| LISP |
Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses |
| LMFAO |
Laughing My Fucking Ass Off |
| LOL |
Laughing Out Loud |
| MEG |
Mega Evil Grin |
| MFG |
Mit Freundlichen Grüßen |
| MSFTEU |
Maximum Surprise For The End User |
| NB |
Nota bene |
| NEM |
Nothing Else Matters |
| NIH |
Not invented here |
| NNTR |
No Need To Reply |
| NOTA |
None Of The Above |
| NP |
No Problem |
| NRN |
No Reply Necessary |
| NSFW |
Not Safe For Work |
| NTK |
Need-To-Know |
| NTSC |
Never The Same Color |
| OAOO |
Once and Only Once |
| OHKO |
One Hit Knock Out |
| OIC |
Oh, I See |
| OMG |
Oh My God |
| OOTB |
Out Of The Box |
| OP |
Original Poster |
| OSF |
Oppose Sun Forever |
| OT |
Off Topic |
| OTOH |
On The Other Hand |
| OTT |
Over The Top |
| PCMCIA |
People Can’t Memorize Computer Industries Acronyms |
| PEBCAK |
Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard |
| PEBKAC |
Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair |
| PFE |
Proudly Found Elsewhere |
| PGA |
Patches Gratefully Accepted |
| PITA |
Pain In The Anatomy / Ass |
| PLONK |
Please Leave Our Newsgroup, Kid |
| PMJI |
Pardon Me for Jumping In |
| POS |
Piece Of Shit |
| POTS |
Plain Old Telephone System |
| PTC |
Patches Thoughtfully Considered |
| RAM |
Rarely Adequate Memory |
| RERO |
Release early, release often |
| RL |
Real Life |
| ROFL |
Roar Out From Laughing |
| ROTFL |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| ROTFLBTC |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing and Biting The Carpet |
| ROTFLMAO |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off |
| RSN |
Real Soon Now |
| RTFF |
Read The Fucking FAQ |
| RTFM |
Read The Flaming / Fucking Manual |
| RTM |
Read The Manual |
| SCNR |
Sorry, Could Not Resist |
| SEP |
Someone Else’s Problem |
| SFMJI |
Sorry For My Jumping In |
| SHTSI |
Somebody Had To Say It |
| SITD |
Still In The Dark |
| SNAFU |
Situation Normal All Fouled Up |
| SOA |
State Of the Art |
| SOTA |
State of the Art |
| SPAM |
Send Phenomenal Amounts of Mail |
| SSIA |
Subject Says It All |
| STFU |
Shut The Fuck Up |
| TANJ |
There Ain’t No Justice |
| TANSTAAFL |
There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
| TAS |
Tag Abuse Syndrome |
| TBD |
To Be Defined |
| TIA |
Thanks In Advance |
| TIMTOWTDI |
There Is More Than One Way To Do It |
| TINC |
There Is No Cabal! |
| TLA |
Three Letter Acronym |
| TMI |
Too Much Information |
| TMTOWTDI |
There’s More Than One Way To Do It |
| TNTC |
Too Numerous To Count |
| TOFU |
Text Over, Full-quote Under |
| TOT |
Totally Off-Topic |
| TRT |
The Right Thing |
| TTFN |
Ta-Ta For Now |
| TTM |
Time To Market |
| WAG |
Wild-Assed Guess |
| WCTS |
Without Consulting The Source |
| WFM |
Works For Me |
| WIP |
Work In Progress |
| WRT |
With Respect To |
| WTF |
What / Where / Who / Why The Fuck |
| WTH |
What / Where / Who / Why The Hell |
| WWW |
World Wide Waiting |
| WYGIWYNTYH |
What You Get Is What You Never Thought You Had |
| WYSBYGI |
What You See Before You Get It |
| WYSIWIS |
What You See Is What I See |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |
| Y2K |
Year 2000 |
| YABA |
Yet Another Bloody Acronym |
| YAFIYGI |
You asked for it, you got it |
| YAGNI |
You ain’t gonna need it |
| YAUN |
Yet Another Unix Nerd |
| YGWYPF |
You Get What You Pay For |
| YHTWFWYWTS |
You Have To Wait For What You Want To See |
| YMMD |
You Made My Day |
| YMMV |
Your Mileage May Vary |
| YOYO |
You’re On Your Own |