| < G > | Grin, or :-) |
| < VBG > | Very big grin, or :-)) or :-D |
| < VBEG > | Very big evil grin, or :-]] |
| < WINK > | Wink, or ;-) |
| < FROWN > | Frown, or :-( |
| AAMOF | As a matter of fact |
| AFAIK | As far as I know |
| AKA | Also known as |
| ASAP | As soon as possible |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information
Interchange (Pronounced "ask'-ee") |
| ASCII ART | Pictures done by only using the keyboard characters. Click to View |
| AYOR | At your own risk |
| BBL | Be back later |
| BIL | Brother in law |
| BIS | Back in a second |
| BRB | Be right back |
| BTSOOM | Beats the s*it out of me (Insert your favorite s-word) |
| BTW | By the way |
| DH | Dear husband |
| DIL | Daughter in law |
| DS | Dear spouse, or Dear sister |
| DW | Dear wife |
| EOD | End of discussion |
| EOT | End of thread |
| FAQ | Frequently asked questions file |
| FI | For instance |
| FIL | Father in law |
| FITB | Fill in the blank |
| FTF | Face to face |
| FTP | File transfer protocol |
| FW | Freeware |
| FWIW | For what it's worth |
| FYA | For your amusement |
| FYI | For your information |
| GMTA | Great minds think alike |
| IAE | In any event |
| IDK | I don't know |
| IRC | Internet Relay Chat (Like CB radioing with a keyboard) |
| IIRC | If I recall correctly |
| IMHO | In my humble opinion |
| IMNSHO | In my not so humble opinion |
| IMO | In my opinion |
| IOW | In other words |
| ISTR | I seem to remember |
| IYKWIM | If you know what I mean |
| KISS | Keep it simple, stupid |
| LJBF | Let's just be friends |
| LOL | Laughing out loud |
| MIL | Mother in law, or Military |
| MOTOS | Member of the opposite sex |
| MOTSS | Member of the same sex |
| MOTAS | Member of the appropriate sex |
| MRE | Meal Ready to Eat (Military field food) |
| ONNA | Oh no, not again |
| OT | Off topic. (Posting an off topic message.) |
| OTOH | On the other hand |
| PD | Public domain |
| PITA | Pain in the ass |
| PMFJI | Pardon me for jumping in |
| PMJI | Pardon my jumping in |
| POV | Point of view |
| ROTFL | Rolling on the floor laughing |
| ROTFLMAO | Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off |
| ROTFLMHO | Rolling on the floor laughing my head off |
| RSN | Real soon now |
| RTM | Read the manual |
| RTFM | Read the f*ing manual (Insert your favorite f-word) |
| SIL | Son in law, or Sister in law |
| SITD | Still in the dark |
| SPAM | Stupid person's advertisement |
| SUNBURN | Way beyond a TANgent (Not related to a discussion thread at all) |
| SW | Shareware |
| TAN | Tangent (to a discussion thread) |
| TANSTAAFL | There ain't no such thing as a free lunch |
| TEOLAWKI | The end of life as we know it |
| TEOTWAWKI | The end of the world as we know it. |
| TPTB | The powers that be |
| TIA | Thanks in advance |
| TLA | Three letter acronym |
| TSHTF | The s* hits the fan (Insert your favorite s-word) |
| TTFN | Ta ta for now (goodbye for now) |
| TTYL | Talk to you later |
| URL | Uniform resource locator (Web page address)
www.jrwhipple.com is a URL, http://www.jrwhipple.com is a fully qualified URL |
| WOMBAT | Waste Of Money, Brains And Time |
| WRT | With respect to |
| WTTM | Without thinking too much |
| WYSIWYG | What you see is what you get |
| Y2k | Year 2000 (The time after Dec. 31, 1999) |
| Y2k1 | Year 2001 |
| Y2k2 | Year 2002 |
| YMMV | Your mileage may vary (Your experiences/results may be different) |
| YWIA | You're welcome in advance |
