Ok, OK, so I am not as savy as I should be, yes I watch MTV, yes I have an Ipod, Yes I know how to FDISK, but I am trouble keeping up with all the abbreviations;
Here's wot I know:
LOL (Laugh out Loud) - good one that, very funny.
GSOH - (Good state of Health) Hah, no guesses where that came from
IMHO - (In my Honest Opinion) That's a guess ??!
PITA - (Pain in the Ass) - just heard & figured out that one !!
Any other contributions ??
CrankShaft
humble opinion
also IIRC If I recall Correctly
A selected few:
ADN Any day now
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AKA Also Known As
ATB All The Best
ATM At The Moment
AWOL absent without leave ( not a valid excuse )
BAD Broken as Designed
BFN Bye For Now
BG Big Grin
BRB Be right back
BTA But then Again (in response to IOW)
BTS Better than S**T
BTSOOM Beats the S**T Out Of Me
BTW by the way
BURMA Be Upstairs Ready My Angel [circa 1940s]
BWQ Buzz Word Quotient
CU See you
CUL See you later
DCYWWASBE Don't clean your windows with a soft-boiled egg (ITMA, 1944)
DIM Does It Matter
ESAD Eat S... and Die
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FISH First In, Still Here
FITB Fill in the blank
FOAF Friend of A Friend
FTTB for the time being
FUBAR "Fixed" up beyond all recognition
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For your information
G Grin
GIGO Garbage in, Garbage Out
GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That
GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting
HSIK How Should I Know
HTH Hope This Helps
IAC In any case
IAE In any event
IANAL I am not a lawyer
IC I see
ICN I See Now
IGTTTA I'm Getting Tired Typing This Already :-)
IIRC If I Remember Correctly
IIRR If I Remember Right
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMCO In my considered opinion
IMHO In my humble opinion [the speaker is never humble]
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
IOW In other words
ISTM It Seems To Me
ISTR I Seem To Remember
ITMA It's that Man Again
IWAT It Would Appear That
IWBNI If would Be Nice If
IYDM If You Don't Mind
IYFEG Insert Your Favourite Ethnic Group
IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean
JFDI Just Do It
JIC Just in case
KWIM Know What I Mean
L8R Later (Sometimes Followed by Dude)
LD Long Distance
LOL Laughing out loud
LOMBARD Lots Of Money, But A Right Dick
MCIBTYC My Computer is Better Than Your Computer
MIBI May I Butt In
MIIBI Mind If I Butt In
MOTAS Member of the Appropriate Sex
MOTOS Member of the Opposite Sex
MOTSS Member of the Same Sex
MYOB Mind Your Own Business
NBD No Big Deal
NBFD No Big F***ing Deal
NFW No F...ing Way
NMTBS Nothing More To Be Said
NORWICH kNickers Off Ready When I Come Home [circa 1940s]
NOYB None Of Your Business
NRN No Reply Neccessary
NSS No S..., Shylock
ODF One Dead Finger (from typing all this in :)
OOO Out Of Order
OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment (used to drag a post on topic so as to avoid the moderator's bytestick)
OTL Out To Lunch
OTOH On the other hand
OTR Off The Record
PITA Pain In The...
PLOKTA Press Lots of keys to abort
POV Point of View
PTB Powers That Be
ROFL rolls on floor lauging
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFM Read the f...ing manual (or message)
SITD Still In The Dark
SNAFU Situation normal, all "fixed" up
SO Significant Other
SOOL Still Out Of Luck
STIT So That's It, Then
SWMBO She who must be obeyed
TAFN Thats all for Now
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TAAN They are all nails
TATITI That's All There Is To It
TBH to be honest
TDM Too Damn Many
TGIF Thank God Its Friday
TIA Thanks in anticipation/advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TINA there is no alternative
TMI too much information (typically of the unnecessary personal type)
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTL4N That's the lot for now
TTUL Talk to you later
TTYL Type To You Later
TVM Thanks very much.
TWIT That's What I Think
VFM value for money
WAW Why Ask Why?
WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if
WIIFM what's in it for me?
WIYR Where Is Your Reply?
WOA Work Of Art
WOFTAM Waste of Flaming time and money
WRT with respect/reference to
WTF What the F***
WTH What the H***
WYGIWYPF What you get is what you pay for
WYSBYGI What you see before you get it
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YHM You Have Mail
YMBK(J) You Must Be Kidding (Joking)
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary (I [liked it/didn't like it] but you [may/may not])
DCYWWASBE Don't clean your windows with a soft-boiled egg ???
I alwys do dat, wots e prob !
CrankShaft
crankshaft
Have you sussed out markiii's yet?
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