31 December 2003
The Dictionary
Who knows what all those acronyms mean? Now you do.
To add a definition, email them to me.
ACRs and DEFs pertaining to the ROF are CLT.
- 10Q
- Thank You (Ten Q)
- AFAIC
- As Far As I’m Concerned
- AFAIK
- As Far As I Know
- AFK
- Away From Keyboard
- AKA
- Also Known As
- ASAP
- As Soon As Possible
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- B/C
- Because
- BAK
- Back At Keyboard
- BBL
- Be Back Later
- BFD
- Big F***ing Deal!
- BFN
- Bye For Now
- BFO
- Blinding Flash of the Obvious
- Blog
- Web log
- BO
- Buffer (Brain) Overload
- BOHICA
- Bend Over, Here It Comes Again!
- BOKYAG
- Bend Over and Kiss Your Ass Goodbye
- BRB
- Be Right Back
- BTDT
- Been There — Done That
- BTSOOM
- Beats the sh** out of me
- BTW
- By The Way
- CMIIW
- Correct Me If I’m Wrong
- CU
- See You
- CUL8R
- See You Later
- CYA
- See ya (also — Cover Your Ass)
- DITYID
- Did I Tell You I’m Distressed?
- Down-timer
- A person born prior to 1631 (See Up-timer)
- FAQ
- Frequently Asked Question
- FC
- Fingers Crossed
- FCFS
- First Come First Served
- FHNWFM
- Faint Heart Never Won Fair Maiden
- FMV
- Full Motion Video
- FUBAR
- F***ed Up Beyond All Redemption
- FUCT
- Failed Under Continuous Testing
- FWIW
- For What It’s Worth
- FYI
- For Your Information
- GMTA
- Great Minds Think Alike
- GR&D
- Grinning, Running, & Ducking
- GTRM
- Going To Read Mail
- HSIK
- How Should I Know?
- HTH
- Happy To Help
- HTH
- Hope This Helps
- IAE
- In Any Event
- IANA_
- I am not a ______
- IANAL
- I am not a lawyer
- IBK
- Idiot Behind Keyboard
- IIRC
- If I Recall Correctly
- ILF
- I’ll Look Forward
- IMCO
- In My Considered Opinion
- IMHO
- In My Humble Opinion
- IMNSHO
- In My Not So Humble Opinion
- IMO
- In My Opinion
- IOTL
- In Our Time Line
- IOW
- In Other Words
- IRC
- Internet Relay Chat
- IRL
- In Real Life
- IYKWIM
- If You Know What I Mean
- J/K
- Just Kidding
- JFYI
- Just For Your Information
- L8R
- Later
- LMAO
- Laughing My Ass Off.
- LMKOAP
- Let Me Know Of Any Problems
- LOEL
- Laughing Out Extremely Loud
- LOL
- Laughing Out Loud
- MIL-TFD-41
- Make It Like The F***ing Drawing For Once
- ML
- Mailing List
- MMP
- More Money, Please
- NBD
- No Big Deal
- NFW
- No F***ing Way
- NOYB
- None Of Your Business
- NRN
- No Reply Necessary
- NTM
- Not To Mention
- OIC
- Oh, I See!
- OOH
- Out Of Hand
- OOTB
- Out Of The Box
- OTL
- Our Time Line
- Out To Lunch
- OTOH
- On The Other Hand
- PITA
- Pain In The Ass
- PMFJI
- Pardon Me For Jumping In
- PMJI
- Pardon My Jumping In
- POV
- Point Of View
- PTB
- Powers That Be
- PU
- That Stinks!
- ROF
- Ring of Fire
- ROTF
- Rolling On The Floor
- ROTFL
- Rolling On The Floor, Laughing
- ROTFLMAO
- Rolling On The Floor, Laughing My Ass Off
- ROTFLOL
- Rolling On The Floor, Laughing Out Loud
- ROTFLWMP
- Rolling On The Floor, Wetting My Pants
- RPG
- Rocket Propelled Grenade
- Role Playing Game
- RSN
- Real Soon Now
- RTFM
- Read The F***ing Manual
- SEP
- Someone Else’s Problem
- SITD
- Still In The Dark
- SLAP
- Sounds Like A Plan
- SNAFU
- Situation Normal — All F***ed Up
- Snerk
- To give away story elements in advance.
- Snerk collar
- fictional device to stop snerking
- SOL
- Smiling Out Loud
- SWMBO
- She Who Must Be Obeyed
- TANJ
- There Ain’t No Justice
- TANSTAAFL
- There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
- TBH
- To Be Honest
- TIA
- Thanks In Advance
- TIC
- Tongue In Cheek
- TLTBT
- Too Ludicrous To Be True!
- TPTB
- The Powers That Be
- TTFN
- Ta Ta For Now
- TTYL
- Talk To You Later
- Tnx
- Thanks
- Up-timer
- A person who came through the Ring of Fire from the year 2000
- WIC
- Where I’m Concerned
- WOA
- Work Of Art
- WOB
- Waste of Bandwidth
- WRT
- With Respect To
- WTH
- Who/what/why the hell? Also {WTF}.
- WYSIWYG
- What You See Is What You Get
- YMMV
- Your Mileage May Vary