(that’s “Stupid Fucking Acronyms”)

Not comprehensive, but close. At the bottom, you’ll find my favorite; one which, regretfully, I have yet to use, but it’s waiting there, latent.

To wit, the list:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

 AFAIK			As Far as I Know
 AFK			Away From Keyboard
 AIIC			As If I Care
 AISI			As I See It
 AKA			Also Known As
 ANFAWFOS		And Now a Word From Our Sponsor
 ASAP			As Soon As Possible
 ASAFP			As Soon As Freakin' Possible
 AYF			All Your Fault

B

 BAIK			Boy Am I Confused
 BAK			Back At Keyboard
 BF			Boy Friend
 BFN			Bye For Now
 BNF			Big Name Fan
 BNI			Batteries Not Included
 BOC			But Of Course
 BOF			Birds of a Feather (Special Interest Group)
 BOS			Big Orange Switch (Panic Button)
 BOT			Back on Topic
 BRB			Be Right Back
 BRS			Big Red Switch (Panic Button)
 BS			Bulls*
 BSEG			Big S* Eating A Grin
 BTDT			Been There, Done That
 BTFT			Been There, Fixed That
 BTFM			Beats the Funk out of Me
 BTW			By the way
 BUGS			Bloody User Generated Symptoms

C

 C&B			Crash & Burn
 CATCH			Come Again? That Can't Help!
 CE			Creative Editing
 CIAO			Goodbye
 COTFLGOHAHA		Crawling on the Floor Laughing Guts Out
 				and Having a Heart Attack
 CSY			Can't Stop Yawning
 CU			Cracking Up
 CUL			Catch You Later (Goodbye)
 CUL8R			See You Later
 CWYL			Chat With You Later
 CYA			Cover Your Ass
 CYA			See Ya

D

 D&C			Duck & Cover
 DBA			Doing Business As
 DBN			Doing Business Not
 DIAFYO			Did I Ask For Your Opinion
 DILLIGAFF		Do I look Like I give a Flying Figment?
 DITUIHIBMSL		Did I Tell You I Hate IBMs Lately
 DITUILIBMSL		Did I Tell You I Love IBMs Lately
 DNPM			Damn Near P*ed Myself

 DUCWIC			Do You See What I See?
 DUCWIM			Do You See What I Mean?
 DUHWIH			Do You Hear What I Hear?

E

 E2EG			Ear to Ear Grin
 EOD			End of Discussion
 EOL			End of Lecture
 ESAD			Eat S* And Die
 ESAL			Eat S* And Live
 ETLA			Enhanced TLA

F

 FAQ			Frequently Asked Questions
 FIGMO			Forget It, I've Got My Orders
 FIIN			F* if I Know
 FITB			Fill In the Blank
 FM			Fine Magic
 FOAD			F* off and Die
 FOAF			Friend of a Friend
 FOAFOAG			Father of a Friend of a Girlfriend
 FOAG			Father of a Girlfriend
 FOT			Full of Tripe
 FRZ			Freakin' Religious Zealot
 FTASB			Faster than a Speeding Bullet
 FTL			Faster than Light
 FUA			Frequently Used Acronyms
 FUBAR			Fouled Up (!) Beyond All Recognition
 				(or Repair)
 FUMTU			F*ed up More Than Usual
 FWIW			For what it's worth
 FYEO			For Your Eyes Only
 FYA			For Your Action
 FYI			For Your Information
 FYO			For Your Opinion

G

 GASP			Go Away, Silly Person!
 GD&R			Grinning, Ducking and Running
 GD&RVVF			Grinning, Ducking and Running Very Very Fast
 GF			Girl Friend
 GGN			Gotta Go Now
 GIGO			Garbage In, Garbage Out
 GIWIST			Gee I Wish I'd Said That
 GMTA			Great Minds Think Alike
 GOMF			Get Outta My Face
 GRUIT			Get Reay yoU Impudent Thing
 GTFOOMF			Get the F* Out of My Face

H

 HAND			Have A Nice Day
 HHO1/2K			Ha Ha Only Half Kidding
 HHOK			Ha Ha Only Kidding
 HOMPR			Hang On, Mobile Phone's Ringing
 HTH			Hope This Helps
 HWS(PEST)		Husband Wants Sex (Please Excuse Slow Typing)

I

 IAC			In Any Case
 IAE			In Any Event
 IANAL			I Am Not A Lawyer, also IANA... such as CPA
 IANALBIPOOTV		I Am Not A Lawyer, But I Play One On TV
 IARTPFWTSIOWIM		I am Repeating this Parrot fashion
                          without the slightest idea of what it Means
 IBC			Inadequate But Cute
 IBM			Inadequate But Marketable
 ICUR			I See You Are
 IDGABTT			It Don't Get Any Better Than This
 IDGAD			I Don't Give a Damn
 IDGAS			I Don't Give a S*
 IDTS			I Don't Think So
 IIRC			If I Remember Correctly
 IITYWTMWYBMAD		If I Tell You What This Means Will You
 				Buy Me A Drink?
 IITYWTMWYKM		If I Tell You What This Means, Will You Kiss ME?
 ILIWTPCT		I Love It When the Plan Comes Together
 ILSHIBAMF		I Laughed so Hard I Broke All my Furniture
 IMBO			In My Biased Opinion
 IMCO			In My Considered Opinion
 IMHO			In My Humble Opinion
 IMNSHO			In My Not So Humble Opinion
 IMO			In My Opinion
 IMVHO			In My Very Humble Opinion
 INPO			In No Particular Order
 IOW			In other words
 IRL			In Real Life
 IUD			Insert Usual Disclaimers

J

 JK			Just Kidding

K

 KISS			Keep It Simple Stupid
 KMA			Kiss my A*
 KWIM			Know What I Mean?

L

 L8R			Later
 LAGNAF			Lets All Get Naked and Fool Around
 LLTA			Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause
 LMFAO			Laughing My F* A* Off
 LMTTA			Leave Me the F* Alone
 LOL			Laughing Out Loud
 LTIP			Laughing Til I Puke

M

 MCBTY(SN)		My Computer is Better than Yours (So Nyerrr)
 MFG			More Friendly Garbage
 MHDC(A)			My Hard Drive Crashed (Again)
 MMIF			My Mouth Is Full
 MYOB			Mind Your Own Business

N

 NAA!			Not Another Acronym!
 NBD			No Big Deal
 NERD			National Establishment for Real Dorks
 NFA			No Flaming Allowed
 NFW			No F*ing Way
 NIMBY			Not in My Back Yard
 NJTH			Not Just Thinking Here
 NOMS			Not on MY System
 NRN			No Reply Necessary
 NTL			Nevertheless
 NUNP			No Users, No Problems

O

 OATUS			On a Totally Unrelated Subject
 OAUS			On a Related Subject
 OIC			Oh, I See
 ONNA			Oh No, Not Again
 ONNTA			Oh No, Not This Again
 OOSOOM			Out of Sight, Out of Mind
 OOTC			Obligatory On-Topic Comment
 OTFM			Only the Facts, Mam
 OTC			Over the Counter
 OTOH			On the other hand
 OTTOMH			Off the Top of My Head
 OTTOMHAROOB		Off the Top of My Head and Rolling Out of Bounds
 OTW			On the Whole
 OWTTE			Or Words to that Effect

P

 PBKAC			Problem Between Keyboard and Chair
 PFM			Pure Freaking Magic
 PITA			Pain In The Ass
 PMETC			Pardon Me, etc.
 PMYMHMMFSWGAD		Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me for
 				Someone Who Gives A Damn
 POQ			P* Off Quickly
 POQADCB			P* Off Quickly and Don't Come back
 POV			Point of View
 PPP			Petty Pet Peeve
 PTMM			Please Tell Me More

R

 ROFFNAR			Rolling on the Floor for no Apparent Reason
 ROFL			Rolling on Floor Laughing
 ROFLOL			Rolling on the Floor Laughing Out Loud
 ROFLMAO			Rolling on Floor Laughing My Ass Off
 ROFLOLBAG		Rolling on the Floor Laughing Out Loud Busting a Gut
 ROFPML			Rolling on the Floor P*ing Myself Laughing
 ROTBA			Reality on the Blink Again
 RSN			Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming]
 RTFI			Read the Friendly Instructions
 RTFM			Read the Freakin' manual!
 RTFMA			Read the Manual, Sir!

S

 SAR			Some Assembly Required
 SBCN			Sitting Behind the Computer, Naked
 SHM			S* Happens, Mate
 SICS			Sitting in Chair Snickering
 SIIN			S* if I Know
 SNAFU			Situation Normal: All Fouled (!) Up
 SITD			Still in the dark
 SO			Significant Other
 SOE			Silly/Stupid Operator Error
 SOL			Still Out of Luck (or something thereabouts )
 SOP			Standard Operational Procedure

T

 TANJ			There Aint No Justice -- Niven
 TANSTAAFL		There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free lunch
 TCB			Taking Care of Business
 TDMATBICPLY		This Doesn't Mean A Thing But It Confuses
 				People Like You
 TGAL			Think Globally, Act Locally
 TIA			Thanks In Advance (also AtDhVaAnNkCsE)
 TIC			Tongue in cheek
 TINALO			This is Not a Legal Opinion
 TINAR			This is Not a Recommendation
 TINWIS			That is Not What I Said
 TLA			Three Letter Acronym (such as this)
 TM			Trust Me
 TNOTVS			There's Nothing on Television, so...
 TPS(S)			This Program Sucks, (Severely)
 TPTB			The Powers That Be
 TRDMC			Tears Running Down My Cheeks
 TSOHF			Total Sense of Humor Failure
 TTBOMK			To the Best of My Knowledge
 TTFN			Ta Ta for Now
 TTM			To The Moderator
 TTYL			Talk To You Later
 TTYRS			Talk To You Real Soon
 TUFD			The User File Died

V

 VETLA			Very Enhanced TLA

W

 WAB			What, Another Bill
 WAMKSAM			Why are My Kitties (Kids) Staring at Me
 WB			Welcome Back
 WBS			Write Back Soon
 WDYMBT			What do You Mean by That
 WIBAMU			Well, I'll be a Monkey's Uncle
 WMMOWS			Wash My Mouth Out with Soap
 WTF			What the F*?
 WTG			Way To Go
 WTH			What the H*?
 WYLABOCTGWTR		Would You Like a Bowl of Cream to go
 				with That Remark?
 WYLASOMWTC		Would You Like a Saucer of Milk with that Comment?
 WYSIAWYG		What You See is Almost What You Get
 WYSIWYG			What You See Is What You Get
 WYSINWNWYG		What You See Is No Where Near What You Get
 WYSINWYG		What You See Is NOT What You Get
 WYPIWYG			What You Printed Is What You've Got
 WYTYSYDG		What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get

Y

 YAOTM			Yet Another Off-Topic Message
 YHGASPL			You Have Got A Serious Problem, Lad!
 YSWUS			Yea, Sure Whatever You Say!
 YMMV			Your Mileage may vary
 YSS			You Suck Severely
 YWSYLS			You win some, you lose some

...and
 YCSMD: you can suck my dick.

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