Acronyms

 

The following is a list of common computer acronyms.

These are the ones used in Chat and Messages.

If you want the technical acronyms, try the Babel Site.

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

 

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AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact
AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
AIIGAF As If I Give A F*ck
AISA As I See It
AMF Adios Mother F*cker(s)
ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different
AOL A**holes On Line
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ATM At The Moment
AWGTHTGTTSA Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Sh*t Again

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B4 Before
BA Bad A**
BAK Back At Keyboard
BAS Big A** Smile
BBL Be Back Later
BBS Be Back Soon / Bulletin Board System
BCNU Be Seeing You
BEG Big Evil Grin
BF Boy Friend
BFD Big F*cking Deal
BFN Bye For Now
BG Big Grin
BIBO Beer In, Beer Out
BINGO Boy, I Never Go Outside
BIOYA Blow It Out Your A**
BITM But In The Meantime
BM Bite Me
BOHICA Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
BOT Back On (Off) Topic
BRB Be Right Back
BRS Big Red Switch
BS Bull Sh*t
BT Bite This
BTDTGTTS Been There, Done That, Got the T-Shirt
BTL Bigger (Better) Than Life
BTSOOM Beats The Sh*t Out Of Me
BTW By The Way
BTWBO Be There With Bells On
BWL Bursting With Laughter
BZ Busy

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C&G Chuckle and Grin
CFN Ciao For Now
CBD Complete Body Dysfunction
CFD Call For Discussion
CGYT Cat Got Your Tongue
CIAO Goodbye (Italian)
CICO Coffee In, Coffee Out
CID Crying In Disgrace
CMF Count(ing) My Fingers!
CNP Continued (in my) Next Post
COZ Because
CPFM Can't Play, Field Muddy
CRAFT Can't Remember A F*cking Thing
CRBT Crying Real Big Tears
CRS Can't Remember Shit
CSG Chuckle Snicker Grin
CTC Choking The Chicken
CU See You
CUA Commonly Used Acronym(s)
CUL Catch You Later / See You Later
CUL8R See You Later
CUZ Because
CWOT Complete Waste Of Time
CWYL Chat With You Later
CYA See You / Cover Your Ass
CYAL8R See You Later
CYH Consider Yourself Hugged

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DAMIFINO Damn If I Know
DARFC Ducking And Running For Cover
DBEYR Don't Believe Everything You Read
DDD Doing (the) Dirty Deed
DH Dear Husband / D*ck Head
DHYB Don't Hold Your Breath
DILLIGAD Do I Look Like I Give A Damn
DILLIGAF Do I look like I Give A F*ck?
DIY Do It Yourself
DLTBBB Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
DOME Do Me / Drinks On Me
DOX Documentation
DQYDJ Don't Quit You're Day Job
DYK Do You Know
DYSTSOTT Did You See The Size Of That Thing

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EAK Eating At Keyboard
EG Evil Grin
EMFJI Excuse Me For Jumping In
EMSG Email Message
EOD End Of Discussion
EOT End Of Transmission
ESAD Eat Sh*t And Die
ESADMF Eat Sh*t And Die Mother F*cker
EZ Easy

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F2F Face To Face / Flesh To Flesh
FAI Frequently Argued Issue(s)
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FBOW For Better Or Worse
FC Fingers Crossed
FIL Father-In-Law
FIMH Forever In My Heart
FMCP Field Muddy, Can't Play
FOAD F*ck Off And Die
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FOCL Falling Off Chair Laughing
FTBOMH From The Bottom Of My Heart
FTF Face To Face
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FU F*ck You / F*cked Up
FUBAR F*cked Up Beyond All Repair
FUBB F*cked Up Beyond Belief
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYA For Your Amusement
FYI For Your Information

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GAFL Get A F*cking Life
GAL Get A Life
GAWD God (or) Any Worthy Deity
GBTW Get Back To Work
GD&R Grinning, Ducking & Running
GF Girl Friend
GFB Going For Beer
GFC Going For Coffee
GFETE Grinning From Ear To Ear
GFI Go For It
GG Gotta' Go
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST Gee, I Wish I Said That
GMAFB Give Me A F*cking Break
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GR&D Grinning Running & Ducking
GRMBL Grumble
GRLZ Girls
GTG Got To Go
GTSY Glad To See You
GUI Graphical User Interface

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H&K Hug(s) & Kiss(es)
HABU Have A Better 'Un
HAGD Have A Great Day
HAGN Have A Good Night
HAGU Have A Good 'Un
HAK Hugs And Kisses
HAND Have A Nice Day
HHIS Hanging Head In Shame
HHO1/2K Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding
HHOK Ha Ha only kidding
HIOOC Help! I'm Out Of Coffee
HTH Hope This Helps
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
HUA Heads Up, Ace
HUB Head Up Butt
HUYA Head Up Your A**

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IAC In Any Case
IAE In Any Event
IMNAC I Am Not A Crook
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
IANAP I Am Not A Pervert
IAO I Am Outtahere
IBCNU I'll Be Seeing You
IBTD I Beg To Differ
IC I See
ICBW I Could Be Wrong
ICU I See You
IDGI I Don't Get It
IGP I Gotta' Pee
IIRC If I Recall 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
IITYWTMWYLMA If I Tell You What This Means Will You Leave Me Alone
IIWM If It Were Me
ILSHIBMS I Laughed So Hard I Broke My Stitches
IM Instant Message
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMCO In My Considered Opinion
IMHO In My Humble (Honest) Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IMPE In My Previous (Personal) Experience
INPO In No Particular Order
IOTTMCO Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer
IOW In Other Words
IRA Internet Related Acronyms
IRL  In Real Life
ISDN It Still Does Nothing
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISTR I Seem To Recall
ISWYM I See What You Mean
IWALU I Will Always Love You
IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean

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J/K Just Kidding
JIC Just In Case
JMO Just My Opinion
JTLYK Just To Let You Know

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KISS Keep It Simple Stupid
KIT Keep In Touch
KOC Kiss On Cheek
KOL Kiss On Lips

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L8R Later
L8RG8R Later 'Gater
LAGNAF Let's All Get Naked And F*ck
LD Long Distance
LDTTWA Let's Do The Time Warp Again
LHM Lord Help Me
LHO Laughing Head Off
LHU Lord Help US
LL Lotta' Love / Little Lady
LLTA Lots (and) Lots (of) Thunderous Applause
LMAO Laughing My A** Off
LMSO Laughing My Socks Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LSHHTCMS Laughed So Hard, Had To Change My Shorts
LSHMBIB Laughing So Hard My Belly Is Bouncing
LSHMBH Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts
LSHTARDML Laughing So The Tears Are Running Down My Leg
LTIP Laughing Till I Puke (Pee)
LTNS Long Time No See
LTNT Long Time No Talk
LY Love You
LYWAMH Love You With All My Heart

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MHB4U My Heart Bleeds For You
MHO2U My Hat's Off To You
MIL Mother-In-Law
MMBL Mumble
MorF Male or Female
MTCW My Two Cents Worth
MTF More To Follow
MTFBWY May The Force Be With You
MUD Multi-User Domain (Dungeon)

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N/A Not Applicable
NADT Not A Darn Thing
NBD No Big Deal
NBFD No Big F*cking Deal
NC No Comment
NFW No F*cking Way
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NRN No Reply Necessary
NYCFS New York City Finger Salute

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OATIS On A Totally Irrelevant Subject
OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject
OAUS On An Unrelated Subject
OB Obligatory
OBTW Oh By The Way
OI Operator Indisposed
OIC Oh, I See
OL Old Lady
OM Old Man
OMIK Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
ONNA Oh No, Not Again
ONNTA Oh No Not This Again
OOBE Out Of Body Experience
OOTB Out Of The Box
OOTC Obligatory On Topic Comment
OTOH On The Other Hand
OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head
OWTTE Or Words To That Effect
OZ Australia

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PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PDA Public Display (of) Affection
PDQ Pretty Damn Quick
PDS Please Don't Shoot
PEBKAC Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
PFM Pure F*cking Magic
PITA Pain In The A**
PLS Please
PM Private Message
PMBT Past My Bed Time
PMF Pull My Finger
PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMP Peed My Pants

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QSL Reply
QSO Conversation
QT Cutie

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R&D Research And Development
R&P Rape And Pillage
TBTL Read Between The Lines
RFC Request For Comment
RML Read My Lips
RMM Read(ing) My Mail
ROFL Rolling On (the) Floor Laughing
ROFLAPMP Rolling On (the) Floor Laughing And Peeing My Pants
ROFLMAO Rolling On (the) Floor Laughing My A** Off
ROFLMAOAY Rolling On (the) Floor Laughing My A** Off At You
ROFLMAOTNTPMP Rolling On (the) Floor Laughing My A** Off, Trying Not To Pee My Pants
ROFLMAOWTIME Rolling On (the) Floor Laughing My A** Off With Tears In My Eyes
ROFLUTS Rolling On (the) Floor Laughing Unable To Speak
ROTM Right On The Money
RSI Repetitive Stress Injury
RSN Real Soon Now
RTDOX Read The Documentation
RTFFAQ Read The F*cking FAQ
RTFM Read The F*cking Manual (Message)

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S&D Search And Destroy
SAPFU Surpasses All Previous F*ck-Ups
SBD Silent But Deadly
SCNR Sorry, Could Not Resist
SETE Smiling Ear To Ear
SH Sh*t Happens
SH2M Sh*t Happens To Me
SHID Slaps Head In Disgust
SHTSI Somebody Had To Say It
SITD Still In The Dark
SNAFU Situation (Status) Normal, All F*cked Up
SNERT Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager
SO Significant Other
SOL Sh*t Outta' Luck
SOS Same Old Sh*t
SOT Short Of Time
SOTMG Short Of Time Must Go
SWAK Sealed With A Kiss
SWAG Scientific Wild A** Guess
SWL Screaming With Laughter
SYS See You Soon
SYSOP System Operator

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T&A T*ts And A**
TA Thanks Again
TAFL Take A Flying Leap
TAFN That's All For Now
TANSTAFL There Ain't No Such Than As (a) Free Lunch
TBT Talking By Typing
TCOY Take Care Of Yourself
TDTM Talk Dirty To Me
TFASB Time For A Sex Break
TFN Thanks For Nothing
THX Thanks
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TILII Tell It Like It Is
TISEC Tongue In Someone Else's Cheek
TLA Three Letter Acronym
TM Trust Me
TNT Till Next Time
TOY Thinking Of You
TPTB The Powers That Be
TSR Terminate (and) Stay Resident
TSWC Tell Someone Who Cares
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTT That's The Ticket
TTYL Talk To You Later
TTYL8R Talk To You Later
TWIMC To Whom It May Concern
TY Thank You
TYVM Thank You Very Much

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UCE Unsolicited Commercial E-mail
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USE

Un Solicited Email

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VI Village Idiot

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W/ With
W/O Without
WAD Working As Designed
WAG Wild A** Guess
WB Welcome Back
WGAFS Who Gives A Flying Squat
WIDLIO When In Doubt, Leave It Out
WIBLI Wouldn't It Be Lovely If
WMG Where's My Glasses
WRT With Regard To
WTFRU Who The F*ck Are You
WTF What The F*ck
WTG Way To Go
WTH What The Hell
WTHDTIM What The Hell Do These Initials Mean
WTSDS Where The Sun Don't Shine
WYMM Will You Marry Me
WYSITWIRL What You See Is Totally Worthless In Real Life
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get

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XOXOXO Hugs And Kisses

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YA Yet Another
YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym
YAFIYGI You Asked For It, You Got It
YBS You'll Be Sorry
YG Young Gentleman (girl)
YGBK You Gotta' Be Kidding
YGIAGAM Your Guess Is As Good As Mine
YL Young Lady
YM Young Man
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary

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ZZZZZ Sleeping

 

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