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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 92 13:02:17 EST
From: Dr. G. Paul Savage <paul.savage@carbon.chem.csiro.au>
Subject: internet acronyms
For those newcomers to the internet who are confused by terms such as IMHO,
BTW and RTFM, the following is a list of acronyms that I chanced upon that
may help out. If you read the digest long enough you will probably come
across all of these. Perhaps this list should be added to and then archived for
future newcomers to the net. Please not some of the acronyms are for sayings in
less than polite language but I didn't make them up, I'm just explaining them.
BTSOOM Beats the s*** out of me
BTW By the way
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For Your Information
GR&D Grinning running & ducking
IAE In any event
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer, also IANA... such as CPA
IMO In my opinion
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMCO In my considered opinion
IOW In other words
NFW No f***ing way
NRN No Reply Necessary
OTOH On the other hand
PITA Pain in the ass
ROFL Rolling on floor laughing.
RSN Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming]
RTFM Read the f***ing manual (or message)
SITD Still in the dark
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Than A Free Lunch
TIA Thanks In Advance (also AtDhVaAnNkCsE)
TIC Tongue in cheek
TLA Three Letter Acronym (such as this)
SNAFU Situation Normal, All F***ed Up
FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition
Paul //// scientia est potentia
Dr G P Savage *** Melbourne *** Australia *** paul@carbon.chem.csiro.au