$0.02 Throwing in your two cents' worth AAMOF As a matter of fact (very rare) ADN Any Day Now AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned AFAIK As far as I know AFK Away From Keyboard AISI As I See It aka also known as AMF Goodbye (Adios Mutha-......) ANFAWFOS And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different... APA Amateur Press Association AS On Another Subject ASAFP As Soon As Friggin' Possible ASAP As Soon As Possible ATSL Along The Same Line AWGTHTGTATA Are We Going To Have To Go Through ALL This Again? AWGTHTGTTA Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? AWHFY Are we having fun yet? AYOR At Your Own Risk B4 Before B4N Bye for Now BAD Broken as Designed BBIAB Be Back In A Bit BBL Be Back Later BBR Burnt Beyond Repair BBS Bulletin Board System BCNU Be seein' you! (saying goodbye) BFHD Big fat hairy deal (a la Garfield the Cat) (very rare) BFN Bye For Now BION Believe it or not BMTIPG Brilliant minds think in parallel gutters BNF Backus-Naur-Form BNF Big Name Fan BOT Back On Topic BRB Be right back (typically used when leaving briefly during a conference) BRS Big Red Switch BTA But then Again (in response to IOW) BTAIM Be that as it may BTHOM Beats the hell outta me! BTOBD Be there or be dead BTSOOM Beats the S**t Out Of Me BTW By the way BTWBO Be There With Bells On BWQ Buzz Word Quotient CADET Can't add, doesn't even try CIS Compuserve Information System (tm) CI$ (same as above) CO Conference CP Copy Protection CPU Central Processor Unit CRPG Character (or computer) Role Playing Game CRT Cathode Ray Tube CU See you CU2 see you too CUL Catch You Later CUL See You Later CUL8R See You Later (bis später) CWYL Chat With You Later CYA Cover Your A*** DIIK Damned If I know DIIK Darn if I know DILLIGAD Do I Look Like I Give A Darn?! DILLIGAF Do I Look Like I Give A F*** DL or D/L Download (transmit to you) DTRT Do The Right Thing DV DesqView DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly DWIMNWIS Do What I Mean, Not What I Say EBNF extended Backus-Naur-Form EOD End Of Discussion EOF End Of File EOL End Of Lecture EOT End of Thread ESAD Eat S... and Die ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym FAQ FAQ = Frequently asked questions FB Files Busy FCFS First come, first served FD Floppy Disk FD FrontDoor FDC Floppy Drive Controller FDD Floppy Disk Drive FFRD Flying freep in a rolling donut (I don't give a...) FIAWOL Fandom Is A Way Of Life FIJAGH Fandom Is Just A Goddamn Hobby FISH First In, Still Here FITB Fill In The Blank FOAF Friend of A Friend FRED Flaming Ridiculous Electronic Device FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet FTF Face to Face FTL Faster Than Light FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Repair FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Repair FUBAR Fouled up beyond all recognition (also as FOOBAR or - as a filename: FOO.BAR FUBB Fouled Up Beyond Belief FUD Fear, uncertainty, and doubt FURTB Full up ready to burst (about hard disk drives!) FWIW For What It's Worth FYI For Your Information (zu Deiner Information) g,d&r grinning, ducking, and running g,d&rf Grinning, ducking and running FAST! g,d&rvvf Grinning, ducking and running VERY VERY FAST GA Go Ahead GD&R Grinning, Ducking & Running GDW Grin, Duck and Weave GFR Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer) GGC Goo Goo Cluster (cause zits & intestinal blockage) GIGO Garbage in, Garbage Out GIGO Garbage In, Gospel Out (people accepting blindly what the computer says) GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting GMAFB Give me a freeping break GMTA Great minds think alike GNU gnu not unix GO get off GOWI Get on with it GPF General Protection Fault (aka "Illegal Operation") GP,F Go Puke, Fast! GUI graphical user interface HAK Hugs And Kisses HD Hard Disk HDC Hard Disk Controller HDD Hard Disk Drive HHO 1/2 K Ha, Ha, Only Half Kidding HHOK Ha, Ha, Only Kidding HHTYAY Happy Holidays to You and Yours HSIK How Should I Know (sometime HTFSIK) HTH Hope this Helps! HUA Heads Up, Ace IAAA I am an accountant IAAL I am a lawyer IANAA I am not an accountant IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer IAC In any case IAE In any event IBTD I Beg To Differ IC I see IIABDFI If it ain't broke, don't fix it. IITYWIMWYBMAD If I Tell You What It Means Will You Buy Me A Drink? IITYWTMWYKM If I Tell You What This Means Will You Kiss Me? IIWM If It Were Me ILSHIBAMF I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture! IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion IMCO In My Considered Opinion IME In My Experience IMHO In my humble opinion IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion IMPOV In my point of view INPO In No Particular Order IOU I owe you... IOW In Other Words IRL In real life ISBAB I Should have Bought A Book ISR interrupt service routine ITFA In the final analysis ITMSS I take myself so seriously ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits, Wear It IWBNI If would Be Nice If JAM Just a moment JAS Just a second JAWS Just another Windows shell JIC Just In Case JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic KBD Keyboard KHYF Know How You Feel KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid L8R Later LABATYD Life's a bitch and then you die LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch & Then You Die. LAGNAF Let's All Get Naked And F***ed LD Long Distance lib Library LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause LMAO Laughing My Arm Off LOL Laughing Out Loud LTNT Long Time, No Type MC machine code MLA Multiple Letter Acronym MOF Matter Of Fact MOTAS Member of the Appropriate Sex MOTOS Member of the Opposite Sex MOTSS Member of the Same Sex MOTM Member of the Month MSC Microsoft C Msg Message MTBF Mean Time Between Failure MTFBWY May The Force Be With You MYOB Mind Your Own Business n/a not applicable NAVY Never Again Volunteer Yourself NBD No Big Deal NBFD No Big F***ing Deal NFG No Freeping Good NFI No Friggin' Idea NFW No Freeping Way NFW No Friggin' Way!! NIH Not Invented Here NIMBY Not In My Back Yard NINO Nothing in, nothing out NINO No Input, No Output NOYB None Of Your Business NQA No Questions Asked NTIM Not That It Matters NTIMM Not That It Matters Much NTW Not to Worry NTYMI Now that you mention it NUI Network User Identification OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject OAUS On An Unrelated Subject obj Object OBTW Oh, By The Way Ofs Offset OFTPATHIRIO Oh F*** This Place And The Horse It Rode In On! OIC Oh, I see ONNA Oh No, Not Again ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment op Operator OTF On the Floor OTL Out To Lunch OTOH On the other hand OTOOH On The Other Other Hand OTTH On the third hand OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head OWTTE Or Words To That Effect OZ Australia PABG Packing a Big Gun PDN Public Data Network PFM Pure F***ing Magic PITA Pain in the Anatomy PITA Pain In The A*** PLOKTA Press Lots of keys to abort PMBI Pardon my butting in PMFBI Pardon Me for butting in PMIGBOM Put Mind In Gear, Before Opening Mouth PMJI Pardon my Jumping in POSSLQ Person of Opposite Sex sharing living quarters POTS Plain Old Telephone Service POV Point Of View PPN Programmer Project Number; currently known as UserID PGP Petty Good Provacy PPPP Previous Paragraph was Polemical Position PPTSPAHS Please Pass The Salt, Pepper And Hot Sauce proc Procedure PS postscript Ptr Pointer QP Quick Pascal RAEBNC Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment RFD Request For Discussion RHIP Rank Has Its Privileges RLCO Real Life COnference RNA Ring, No Answer ROFL Rolling on floor, laughing ROF,L Rolling on floor, laughing ROFLASTC Rolling On Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat! ROFLGO Rolling On Floor Laughing Guts Out! ROFLMAO Rolling On Floor Laughing My A*** Off ROTF Rolling On The Floor ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A*** Off ROTFLTC Rolling on the floor, licking the glue RPG Role Playing Games RRQ Return Receipt Request RTFF Read The F***ing FAQ RTFM Read That *Fine* Manual RTFM Read the "friendly" manual (or message) RTFM Read The Flaming Manual! RTFM Read The Freaking Manual! RTFM Read The Friendly Manual RTFM Read The Friggin' Manual! RTFM Read The F***ing Manual! RTFMA Read The Friggin' Manual, Again RTL run time library RTWFQ Read The Whole Friggin' Question RYFM Read Your Friendly Manual RYFM Read Your Friggin' Manual! RYFM Read Your Fucking Manual! RYS Read Your Screen SAPFU Surpassing All Previous 'Foul' Ups SCNR Sorry, couldn't resist Seg Segment SF Science Fiction or Speculative Fantasy SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym SICS Sitting In Chair Snickering SLM See last mail SMOP Small Matter of Programming SNAFU Situation normal, all fouled up SNAFU Situation normal, all fucked up SO Significant Other SOGOTP Sh*t or get off the pot SOI Stunk On Ice SOL Sh*t Out of Luck SOOL Sh*t Out of Luck SOS Same old Stuff SOW Speaking of which SSDD Same stuff, different day SUFID Screwing Up Face In Disgust SWAG Super Wild A*** Guess SWMBO She who must be obeyed Sysop System Operator TAF That's All, Folks ! TAFN Thats all for Now TANJ There Ain't No Justice TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TARFU Things Are _Really_ Fouled Up TBYB Try Before You Buy TDM Too Darn Many TFS Three Finger Salute (Ctrl-Alt-Del) TFTHAOT Thanx For The Help Ahead Of Time TFTT Thanks For The Thought TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally THANX Thanks TGIF Thank God Its Friday THX Thanks TIA Thanks in advance TIC Tongue In Cheek TINWIS That Is Not What I Said TLA Three Letter Acronym (now surpassed by MLA) TM Thread mangler TNSTAAFL There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TNX Thanks TOBAL There Oughta Be A Law TOBG This Oughta Be Good TOT Turbo Object Toolkit, Nachfolger von TTT TP Turbo-Pascal TPTB The Powers That Be TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks TSR Terminate and stay resident program TSR Totally Stupid Rules TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN Ta Ta For Now TTL4N Thats the lot for now TTUL Talk To You Later TTYAWFN Talk To You A While From Now TTYL Talk To You Later TV Turbo-Vision TYCLO Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off (Quit Shouting) UAE Unrecoverable application error (now GPF) UL or U/L Upload UNCLE Unified Nuclear Coalition of Latvian Emigrants w/o without WAEF When All Else Fails WAG Wild A*** Guess WDYMBT What Do (or Did) You Mean By That? WE Wochenende WGAS Who Gives A S**t?! WIBAMU Well, I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle WIMP Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing (to describe Windows and other similar interfaces) WizOp Wizard Sysop; the primary forum administrator for a forum WMMOWS Wash My Mouth Out With Soap! WNOHGB Where No One Has Gone Before WOA Work Of Art WOFTAM Waste of Flaming time and money WT Without Thinking WTF What The F*** WTFDIK What the F*** Do I Know WTFZDN What The F*** Zit Doin' Now? WTH What the Heck WTTM Without Thinking Too Much WYLABOCTGWTR Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go With That Remark? WYLASOMWTC Would You Like A Saucer Of Milk With That Comment? WYSBYGI What you see before you get it WYSIWYG What you see is what you get WYGIWYPF What you get is what you pay for YADS Yet Another DOS Shell YAOTM Yet Another Off-Topic Message YAxxx Yet Another xxx YGLT You're Gonna Love This ... ZNT Ziffnet grin big grin (etc.) big grin evil grin impish grin devilish grin smiling big smile (etc.) [s] smiling sarcastically grinning, ducking & running An important part of a message One part of the message contains a questionable item clearing your throat just before saying something controversial word/name/phrase probably contains a spelling error : that's its eyes - that's its nose ) that's its smiling lower lip Together :-) Famous and less famous smileys: ------------------------------- :-) or :) midget Smile :> " " :-) )-: Masking theatrical comments :/) Not funny ;-) Wink (or wink and a smile) ;) midget Wink ;> " " :-))) reeeel happy, big smile :-> Alternate happy face :-( Unhappy ;-( crying :-c Real unhappy :-C Unbelieving (jaw dropped) :-< Forlorn ;-C Sardonic incredulity :-} Crooked Smile :-i Semi-Smiley :-7 User after a wry statement (@ @) You're kidding! :-" Pursing lips :-v Just another face (speaking) profiled from the side :-V Shout :-O " :-Q Raucher :-w Speak with forked tongue :-W Shout with forked tongue :-r Bleahhh (sticking tongue out) :-f " :-p " :-1 Smirks :-, " <:-O Eeek! :-* Oooops (covering mouth with hand) :-T keeping a straight face (tight-lipped) :-D said with a smile :-P " " " " :-y " " " " :-| Disgusted :'-( Shedding a tear :~-( " " " :~(~~~ crying :-).... drool :-)~~~ another drool |-) getting tired :-D big mouth :~) yummee - lick lips :-? Licking your lips :-8 Talking out both sides of your mouth <:-) For dumb questions :-# Censored o= A burning candle for flames -= A doused candle to end a flame 8 Infinity .-) User has one eye :-: User is mutant :<) For those with hairy lips :^{ For those with mustaches 8-) Smile with glasses :*) Smile with moustache 8*) Smile with glasses and moustache B*) Smile with Moustache and Designer Sunglasses! :<)= For those with beards too :-=) Older user with mustache :-#| User with bushy mustache ::-) User wears glasses 8:-) Glasses on forehead B-| User is wearing cheap sunglasses P-) Pirate :-{ Count Dracula =|:-)= Uncle Sam 7:) Reagan :~i Smoking :~j (and smiling) :/i No smoking :-I It's something, but I don't know what.... :-x Kiss kiss :-B Drooling (or overbite) ):-) :-) :-) Loud guffaw :-J Tongue-in-cheek comments :*) Clowning around (:-) Msgs dealing with bicycle helmets @= Warning about nuclear war OO Headlights on msg :_) I used to be a boxer, but it really got my nose out of joint B-) Smiling and wearing glasses or sunglasses (or a message from Batman) 8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look #:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair :-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) #:-o Same as previous |-( Late night messages :^) Messages teasing people about their noses :-{#} Messages teasing people about their braces (:-$ Message indicating person is ill... (:-& Message indicating person is angry... (:-( Message indicating person is VERY sad... (:^( Message concerning people with broken noses (:<) Message concerning blabber mouths :-(=) Message about people with big teeth &:-) Message from a person with curly hair @:-) Message from a person with wavy hair ?-( Message about people with a black eye *:* Message about fuzzy things *:** Message about fuzzy things with fuzzy mustaches %-) Message about people with broken glasses +<:-| Message from a monk/nun... {0-) Message from cyclops... (:-|K- Formal message. ...---... S.O.S. @%&$%& You know what that means... ||*( Handshake offered (giving) ||*) Handshake accepted (taking) <&&> Message concerning rubber chickens >< >< Message about/to someone wearing argyle socks 2B|^2B Message about Shakespeare (-_-) Secret smile <{:-)} Message in a bottle... <:-)<<| Message from a space rocket... (:-... Heart-breaking message... <<<<(:-) Message from a hat sales-man... (O--< A fishy message... (:>-< Message from a thief: hands up! --->---- A rose. ..|._ Opposite of a rose (.)(.) Ms. Dos &;-P A suave guy on the make, who keeps advertising...just in case. *;-~i A lady replying to the guy by closing both eyes & puffing nonchalantly on her cigarette. |-( Nightmare. |-) A good dream! Or a face looking into bright sunlight. O:-) Angel >:-) Devil >;-) Devilish Wink C=:-) Chef :-)## Guy with a Beard >-) Oriental Smiling Face ;-)} Corporate-type guy (see the necktie?) &B-]} Another corporate-type with aviator glasses, wavy hair & tie. O!O a MALE moon (visualize someone bending over, naked) O^O a FEMALE moon :*) I'm drunk *<|:-) I'm Santa Claus :-))) I'm overweight [:-) I'm wearing a walkman :-o User singing national anthem :-* User just ate a sour pickle :-s User after a BIZARRE comment -:-) User sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T :%)% User has acne :n) User with funny-looking right nose :u) User with funny-looking left nose '-) User only has a left eye, which is closed (-: User is left-handed (-) User needing a haircut (:I Egghead {:-) Smiley with its hair parted in the middle +:-) Smiley priest +{:) Pope (Papist) =:-) Smiley punk-rocker #-) partied all night %-\ hungover :-| man playing an harmonica O:-) for those innocent souls =:-) from a hosehead :-)8 well dressed 8:-) from a little girl :-)-{8 from a big girl :x( habe a code in by dose 8:] from a gorilla (:)-) scuba diver (-:|:-) Siamese twins {:V sounds like a duck %+{ from the loser of a fight d :-) hats off to your great idea d:) happy boy with cap d:-) message about baseball q:-) for those who wear their caps backwards :-$ put your money where your mouth is