Internet Acronyms


AAAA

    American Association Against Acronym Abuse

AAMOF

    As A Matter Of Fact

ACK

     Acknowledged

ASAP

    As Soon As Possible

AYK

     As You Know

B/C

    Because

B4

    Before

BBS

     Be Back Soon

BFFL

    Best Friends For Life

BGUTI

    Better Get Used To It

BOL

    Best Of Luck

C

    Cool

C&G

     Chuckle and Grin

CHEVROLET

    Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips

CO

    Conference

COD

    Cash On Delivery

COI

    Come On In

COO

    Come On Over

CUL / CUL8R / CUL8TR / CYL

    See You Later

CUS

    See You Soon

DIY

    Do It Yourself

DL

    Download

DOB

    Date Of Birth

DYTS

    Don't You Think So

EGBOK

    Everythin's Going To Be Okay

EMML

    E-mail Me Later

EOS

    End Of Story

ESP

    Especially

EZ

    Easy

F2F

    Face To Face

FAQ

    Frequently Asked Questions

FF

    French Fry

FIFO

    First In, First Out

FIL

    Father In Law

FPS

    For Pete's Sake

FTF

    Face To Face

FYE

    For Your Entertainment

FYEO

    For Your Eyes Only

FYG

    For Your Guidance

FYI

    For Your Information

G1

    Good One

G4U / G4Y / GFU / GFY

     Good For You

GA

    Go Ahead

GAC

    Get A Clue

GAFM

    Get Away From Me

GB

    God Bless

GBU / GBY

     God Bless You

GF

    Girl Friend

GJ

    Good Job

GL

    Good Luck

GM

    Good Morning

GMAB

    Give Me A Break

GN

    Good Night

GO

    Get Out

GOOH

    Get Out Of Here

GTG

    Got To Go

GTH

    Go To Hell

H&K

     Hug and Kiss

H2

    How To

H8

    Hate

HAGN

    Have A Good Night

HB2U

    Happy Birthday To You

HBTY

    Happy Birthday To You

HF

    Have Fun

HH

    Holding Hands

HIG

    How's it Going

HMP

    Help Me Please

HP

    Home Page

HSIK

    How Should I Know

HTH

     Happy To Help /    Hope That Helps /    Hope This Helps

HW

    Hardware

HYUNDAI

    Hope You Understand Nothing's Driveable And Inexpensive...

IAC

    In Any Case

IAE

    In Any Event

IAIYH

    It's All In Your Head

IBB

    I'll Be Back

IBM

    I Blame Microsoft

IDD

    Indeed

IDGI

    I Don't Get It

IDK

    I Don't Know

IDT

    I Don't Think

IDTS

    I Don't Think So

IFF

    If and only If

IK

    I Know

ILN

    It Looks Nice

ILU

    I Love You

ILY

    I Love You

IM

    Instant Message

IMO

    In My Opinion

IMPE

    In My Personal Experience /  In My Previous Experience

IMPOV

    In My Point Of View

IMS

    I Am Sorry /    I Must Say

IMU

    I Miss You

IOW

    In Other Words

ITA

    I Totally Agree

IYF

    It's Your Fault

IYO

     In Your Opinion

IYW

    If You Wish

J4F / JFF

    Just For Fun

JAM

    Just A Minute /    Just A Moment

JK

    Just Kidding

KHYF

    Know How You Feel

KISS

    Keep It Simple, Stupid

KIT

    Keep In Touch

KBD

    Keyboard

L8R

    Later

LAY

    Looking At You

LG

    Let's Go

LIFO

    Last In First Out

LMA

    Leave Me Alone

LMK

    Let Me Know

LMS

    Let Me See

LTNC / LTNS

    Long Time, No See

LY

    Love You

LZ

    Loser

LTR

    Later

M$

    MicroSoft

M8

    Mate

MGB

    May God Bless

MIASGB

    Make It A Short GoodBye

MIPS

    Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed /    Meaningless Information

Per Second /   Million Instructions Per Second

 

MOF

    Matter Of Fact

MP

    My Pleasure

MYOB

    Mind Your Own Business

N/A

     Not Acceptable /   Not Applicable /   Not Available

N/M

    Never Mind

NBD

    No Big Deal

NE1

    Anyone

NHOH

    Never Heard Of Her / Him

NICBDAT

    Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes

NK

    New Kid

NP

    No Problem

NPAA

 No Problem At All

NTG

    Not Too Good

NTL

    Nevertheless /    Nonetheless

NW

    Next Week /    No Way

OD

    Oh Dear /    Overdose

OEM

    Original Equipment Manufacturer

OMG

    Oh My God

OMW

    On My Way

OO

    Over and Out

OOI

    Out Of Interest

OOM

    Out Of Memory

OOP

    Out Of Production

OOS

    Out Of Sight

OOT

    Out Of Town

OS

    Operating System

OTD

    Out The Door

OTF

    On The Floor /    On The Phone

OTK

    Over The Knee

OTL

    Out To Lunch

OTW

    On The Way

PCB

    Please Call Back

PCMCIA

    People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms /    Personal

Computer Memory Card International Association

 

PDN

    Public Data Network

PG

    Pretty Good

PLS

    Please

PM

    Personal Message /    Private Mail /    Private Message

POV

    Point Of View

PS

    Photoshop / Postscript

PTM

    Please Tell Me

Q&A

    Questions & Answers

QSL

    Reply

QT

    Quiet

R

    Are

RA

    Research Assistant /    Resident Assistant

RFI

    Request For Information

RL

    Real Life

RNA

    Ring, No Answer

RT

    Real Time

RTFAQ

    Read The FAQ

RTI

    Real Time Interruption

RTM

    Read The Manual /    Read The Message

RTS

    Read The Screen

SB

    Smiles Back

SBB

    Stupid Beyond Belief

SCNR

    Sorry, Could Not Resist

SFSG

    So Far So Good

SIL

    Sister In Law /    Son In Law

SOT

    Short Of Time

SYL

    See You Later

SYS

    See You Soon

TA

    Thanks Again / Teach Assistant

TAF

    That's All, Folks

TBC

    To Be Continued

TBDL

    To Be Discussed Later

TBH

    To Be Honest

TC

    Take Care /    Telephone Call

TE

    The End

TFTT

    Thanks For The Tip

THNX / TNX / TX

    Thanks

TIE

    Take It Easy

TM

    Tomorrow /   Trust Me /   Thread Mangler

TN

    Telnet

TSIA

    Title Says It All

TTUL / TTYL

    Talk To You Later /YL

TYVM

    Thank You Very Much

U

    You

U/L

    Upload

U2

    You Too

UOK

    Are You Okay /    You Ok

UR

    You Are /    Your

URLCM

    You Are Welcome

VBEG

    Very Big Evil Grin

VC

    Virtual Community

VPN

    Virtual Private Network

VR

    Virtual Reality

VT

    Virtual Time

W/O

    Without

WAD

    Without A Doubt

WAM

    Wait A Minute

WAN

    Wide Area Network

WB

    Welcome Back

WBS

    Write Back Soon

WDYT

    What Do You Think

WDYW

    What Do You Want

WGO

    What's Going On

WOA

    Work Of Art

WOL

    Way Of Life /    Win Or Lose

WRT

    With Regard To /   With Respect To

WTH

    What The Hell

WU

    What's Up

WWW

    World Wide Web

WYP

    What's Your Point

XYZ

    Examine Your Zipper

Y

    Why

Y2K

    Year 2000

YAS

    Young And Stupid

YD

    Yesterday /    You're Dead

YGM

    You've Got Mail

YOYO

    You're On Your Own

YR

    Yeah Right

YW

    You're Welcome

 

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