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210Q	thank you
310X	thanks
41337	elite ("leet")
5224	today, tomorrow, forever
631337	elite ("eleet")
74TW	for the win
8A/S/L	age/sex/location
9AAMOF	as a matter of fact
10ABD	all but dissertation
11AC	audible chuckle
12ADD	attention deficit disorder
13ADHD	attention deficit (and) hyperactivity disorder
14ADN	any day now
15ADOS	attention deficit ... oh, shiny!
16AEAP	as early as possible
17AFAIAC	as far as I am concerned
18AFAIC	as far as I'm concerned
19AFAICR	as far as I can {recall,remember}
20AFAICS	as far as I can see
21AFAICT	as far as I can tell
22AFAIK	as far as I know
23AFAIR	as far as I {recall,remember}
24AFAIU	as far as I understand
25AFD	away from desktop
26AFK	away from keyboard
27AFW	away from window
28AGM	annual general meeting
29AINEC	and it's not even close
30AISE	as I see it
31AIU	as I understand
32AIUI	as I understand it
33AKA	also known as
34AM	ante meridiem
35AMOL	a mountain of love
36ASAIC	as soon as I can
37ASAP	as soon as possible
38ASL	age/sex/location
39ATEOTD	at the end of the day
40ATM	at the moment
41ATM	{automated,automatic} teller machine
42ATW	around the world
43AWK	Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan
44AWOL	absent without official leave
45AYBABTU	all your base are belong to us
46AYF	all your fault
47AYOR	at your own risk
48AYT	are you there
49B&	banned
50B/C	because
51B/W	bandwidth
52B/W	between
53BAI	goodbye
54BAK	back at keyboard
55BBIAB	be back in a bit
56BBL	[I'll] be back later
57BBR	burnt beyond repair
58BBS	be back soon
59BBT	be back tomorrow
60BCNU	be seeing you
61BCNUL8R	be seeing you later
62BCP	best current practice
63BF	best friend
64BF	boyfriend
65BFF	best {friend,friends} forever
66BIAB	back in a bit
67BIAF	back in a few
68BIALW	back in a little while
69BIAS	back in a second
70BIAW	back in a while
71BNYA	burned now you are
72BOC	but of course
73BOFH	bastard operator from hell
74BOT	back on topic
75BRB	[I'll] be right back
76BSD	booze, sex, drugs
77BTDT	been there, done that
78BTFT	been there, fixed that
79BTTH	boot to the head
80BTW	by the way
81BYOB	bring your own {beer,booze}
82CC	credit card
83CEO	chief executive officer
84CFV	call for votes
85CFY	calling for you
86CG	center of gravity
87CHANOPS	channel operator status
88CMIIW	correct me if I'm wrong
89CNP	continued [in my] next post
90COB	close of business [day]
91COTS	commercial off-the-shelf
92CPC	cost per click
93CPE	customer premises equipment
94CTN	can't talk now
95CU	see you
96CUL	see you later
97CYA	see ya
98CYA	see you around
99CYE	check your email
100D/B/A	doing business as
101D/L	download
102DBA	doing business as
103DBEYR	don't believe everything you read
104DIAFYO	did I ask for your opinion?
105DIY	do it yourself
106DKDC	don't know, don't care
107DM	dungeon master
108DMZ	demilitarized zone
109DND	do not disturb
110DOA	dead on arrival
111DRY	don't repeat yourself
112DSTM	don't shoot the messenger
113DTRT	do the right thing
114DTWT	do the wrong thing
115DWIM	do what I mean
116DYK	do you know?
117ECR	electronic cash register
118EDS	eternal downward spiral
119EFT	electronic funds transfer
120EG	evil grin
121EIE	enough is enough
122EMSG	email message
123EOB	end of business [day]
124EOD	end of {day,discussion}
125EOL	end of life
126EOM	end of message
127EOS	end of story
128ETA	edited to add
129ETA	estimated time of arrival
130ETLA	extended three letter acronym
131ETR	early to rise
132EWAG	experienced wild-ass guess
133EZ	easy
134EZPZ	easy-peasy
135F9	fine
136FAQ	frequently asked question
137FBOW	for better or worse
138FCFS	first come, first served
139FCOL	for crying out loud
140FFS	free for shipping
141FITB	fill in the blank
142FNO	for nerds only
143FNO	from now on
144FOC	free of charge
145FPS	first person shooter
146FPS	frames per second
147FSDO	for some definition of
148FSVO	for some value of
149FTBFS	fails to build from source
150FTFY	fixed that for you
151FTHOI	for the {heck,hell} of it
152FTL	faster than light
153FTL	for the loss
154FTTT	from time to time
155FTW	for the win
156FUD	fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt
157FWIW	for what it's worth
158FYEO	for your eyes only
159FYI	for your information
160G	grin
161G/C	garbage collect
162G2G	got to go
163G2K	good to know
164GA	go ahead
165GAC	get a clue
166GAL	get a life
167GBTW	get back to work
168GF	girlfriend
169GFU	good for you
170GFY	good for you
171GG	good game
172GGA	good game all
173GGP	good game partner
174GGWP	good game, well played
175GIGO	garbage in, garbage out
176GIYF	Google is your friend
177GJ	good job
178GL	good luck
179GLHF	good luck, have fun
180GLINE	global kill line
181GLWT	good luck with that
182GM	game master
183GMT	Greenwich mean time
184GMTA	great minds think alike
185GOK	God only knows
186GOWI	get on with it
187GPS	global positioning system
188GR8	great
189GTG	got to go
190GTH	go to hell
191GTSY	{glad,good} to see you
192GWS	get well soon
193H8	hate
194HAND	have a nice day
195HE	how embarrasing
196HF	have fun
197HHIS	hanging head in shame
198HHOS	ha ha, only serious
199HICA	here it comes again
200HNY	happy new year
201HOAS	hold on a second
202HOPS	half-operator status
203HTH	hope this helps
204IAC	in any case
205IAE	in any event
206IANAL	I am not a lawyer
207IAW	in another window
208IAWTC	I agree with this comment
209IAWTP	I agree with this post
210IAY	I adore you
211IB	I'm back
212IC	I see
213ICBW	I could be {worse,wrong}
214ICCL	I couldn't care less
215ICUR	I see you are
216ICYMI	in case you missed it
217IDC	I don't care
218IDGI	I don't get it
219IDGW	in a good way
220IDI	I doubt it
221IDIFTL	I did it for the lulz
222IDK	I don't know
223IDRC	I don't really care
224IDTS	I don't think so
225IDTT	I drink to that
226IHBW	I have been wrong
227IIANM	if I am not mistaken
228IIRC	if I {recall,remember} correctly
229IIUC	if I understand correctly
230IKR	I know, right?
231IKWYM	I know what you mean
232ILU	I love you
233ILY	I love you
234IMAO	in my arrogant opinion
235IMBO	in my biased opinion
236IMCO	in my considered opinion
237IMHO	in my humble opinion
238IMNSHO	in my not so humble opinion
239IMO	in my opinion
240INB4	in before
241INPO	in no particular order
242IOW	in other words
243IPML	I pissed myself laughing
244IQ	intelligence quotient
245IRCOP	Internet relay chat {operator,operators}
246IRCOPS	Internet relay chat operator status
247IRL	in real life
248IRT	in real time
249IRT	in regards to
250ISAGN	I see a great need
251ISBN	International Standard Book Number
252ISTM	it seems to me
253ISTR	I seem to {recall,remember}
254ITC	in this {channel,chat}
255ITT	in this thread
256ITYM	I think you mean
257IUD	insert usual disclaimers
258IUSS	if you say so
259IW	it's worse
260IWBNI	it would be nice if
261IYD	in your dreams
262IYKWIM	if you know what I mean
263IYSS	if you say so
264IYSWIM	if you see what I mean
265J/K	just kidding
266JAM	just a minute
267JAS	just a second
268JFK	John Fitzgerald Kennedy
269JFTR	just for the record
270JFYI	just for your information
271JGI	just Google it
272JGI	just got it
273JHD	just hit delete
274JIC	just in case
275JJA	just joking around
276JK	just kidding
277JMO	just my opinion
278JSYK	just so you know
279JTLYK	just to let you know
280JW	just wondering
281KISS	keep it simple, stupid
282KITA	kick in the ass
283KK	okay, okay
284KLINE	kill line
285KMA	keep me advised
286KMA	keep moving ahead
287KMA	kill me already
288KNF	kernel normal form
289KOS	kill on sight
290KTHX	okay, thanks
291KTHXBAI	okay, thanks. Goodbye.
292KWIM	know what I mean?
293L8	late
294L8R	later
295LART	luser attitude readjustment tool
296LBNL	last but not least
297LGTM	looks good to me
298LJBF	let's just be friends
299LMAO	laughing my ass off
300LMC	let me check
301LMGTFY	let me google that for you
302LMHO	laughing my head off
303LMK	let me know
304LMNO	laughing my nuts off
305LMSO	laughing my socks off
306LOIC	low orbit ion cannon
307LOL	laughing out loud
308LP	long playing [record]
309LTNS	long time no see
310LWYL	laugh with you later
311M8	mate
312MAD	mutually assured destruction
313MFW	my face when
314MIA	missing in action
315MMB	message me back
316MO	modus operandi
317MOTAS	member of the appropriate sex
318MOTOS	member of the opposite sex
319MOTSS	member of the same sex
320MTF	more to follow
321MYOB	mind your own business
322N/A	not {applicable,available}
323N/M	never mind
324NAFAIK	not as far as I know
325NBD	no big deal
326NE1	anyone
327NEDM	not even Doom music
328NFA	no flaming allowed
329NIFOC	naked in front of computer
330NIH	not invented here
331NIMBY	not in my backyard
332NM	never mind
333NMF	not my fault
334NMP	not my problem
335NMU	not much, you?
336NOM	no offence meant
337NOOB	newbie
338NORP	normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person
339NOYB	none of your business
340NP	no problem
341NPC	non-player character
342NRFPT	not ready for prime time
343NRN	no reply necessary
344NRN	not right now
345NSFW	not suitable for work
346NTN	no thanks needed
347NUNP	no users, no problems
348NVM	never mind
349NW	no way
350NXT	next
351NYPA	not your personal army
352O2W	off to work
353OAO	over and out
354OBV	obviously
355OBVS	obviously
356ODTW	others do the work (cf. "otdw source")
357OFC	of course
358OH	other half
359OIC	oh, I see
360OMG	oh my God
361OMW	on my way
362ONNA	oh no, not again
363ONNTA	oh no, not this again
364OOB	out of bounds
365OOC	out of curiosity
366OOI	out of interest
367OOSOOM	out of sight, out of mind
368OPS	operator status
369OPS	operators
370ORITE	oh, right
371OT	off topic
372OTL	out to lunch
373OTOH	on the other hand
374OTP	one true pairing
375OTS	off the shelf
376OTT	over the top
377OTTOMH	off the top of my head
378OWTTE	or words to that effect
379PC	player character
380PC	politically correct
381PCB	polychlorinated biphenyl(s)
382PD	police department
383PDA	public display of affection
384PDQ	pretty darn quick
385PDS	please don't shout
386PEBCAK	problem exists between chair and keyboard
387PEBKAC	problem exists between keyboard and chair
388PFI	pay for inclusion
389PFY	pimply faced youth
390PHB	pointy haired boss
391PIN	personal identification number
392PITA	pain in the ass
393PITR	{parent,parents} in the room
394PKSP	pound keys and spew profanity
395PM	post meridiem
396PMFI	problem magically fixed itself
397PMFJI	pardon me for jumping in
398PMSL	pissing myself laughing
399PNG	persona non grata
400PNP	plug and pray
401POC	point of contact
402POC	proof of concept
403POLA	principle of least astonishment
404POLS	principle of least surprise
405POS	point of sale
406POV	point of view
407PPL	people
408PPL	pretty please
409PPP	petty pet peeve
410PR	public relations
411PTV	parental tunnel vision
412QED	quod erat demonstrandum
413QFT	quoted for truth
414RA	residential advisor
415RFC	request for comments
416RFD	request for discussion
417RFE	request for enhancements
418RIP	rest in peace
419RL	real life
420RLC	rod length check
421RMS	Richard Matthew Stallman
422ROFL	rolling on floor laughing
423ROFLMAO	rolling on floor laughing my ass off
424ROI	return on investment
425ROTFL	rolling on the floor laughing
426RP	responsible person
427RR	railroad
428RSI	repetitive strain injury
429RSN	real soon now
430RSVP	respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please")
431S/T	self titled
432SAR	search and rescue
433SAR	some assembly required
434SCNR	sorry, could not resist
435SEP	someone else's problem
436SERP	search engine results page
437SFAICT	so far as I can tell
438SHID	slaps head in disgust
439SIMCA	sitting in my chair amused
440SITD	still in the dark
441SMH	shaking my head
442SMLSFB	so many losers, so few bullets
443SMOP	simple matter of programming
444SNERT	snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager
445SNMP	sorry, not my problem
446SO	significant other
447SOB	son of [a] bitch
448SOP	standard operating procedure
449SRS	serious
450SRSLY	seriously
451SSIA	subject says it all
452SSTO	single stage to orbit
453STW	search the web
454SUS	stupid user syndrome
455SUX	sucks
456SUX2BU	sucks to be you
457SWAG	silly, wild-assed guess
458SWAHBI	silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea
459SWMBO	she who must be obeyed
460SYS	see you soon
461TA	teaching assistant
462TANSTAAFL	there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
463TBA	to be announced
464TBC	to be continued
465TBD	to be {decided,determined,done}
466TBH	to be honest
467TBOMK	the best of my knowledge
468TCB	taking care of business
469TCO	taken care of
470TCO	total cost of ownership
471TFOA	things falling off aircraft
472TGIF	thank goodness it's Friday
473THNX	thanks
474THX	thanks
475TIA	thanks in advance
476TIAVP	this is a volunteer project
477TIC	tonque in cheek
478TIL	today I learned
479TINC	there is no cabal
480TINLA	this is not legal advice
481TINWIS	this is not what I said
482TJM	that's just me
483TLA	three letter acronym
484TLA	true love always
485TLC	tender loving care
486TLDR	too long, didn't read
487TM	trademark
488TM	trust me
489TMA	too many abbreviations
490TMG	too much government
491TMI	too much information
492TMJ	temporomandibular joint
493TMK	to my knowledge
494TMTOWTDI	there's more than one way to do it
495TNF	The NetBSD Foundation
496TOC	table of contents
497TOCTOU	time of check to time of use
498TOEFL	test of english as a foreign language
499TOH	to other half
500TP	toilet paper
501TPTB	the powers that be
502TRT	the right thing
503TTBOMK	to the best of my knowledge
504TTFN	ta ta for now
505TTM	to the moderator
506TTT	thought that too
507TTYL	talk to you later
508TTYS	talk to you soon
509TWAIN	thing without an interesting name
510TWDT	the whole damn thing
511TWIAVBP	the world is a very big place
512TY	thank you
513TYVM	thank you very much
514U/L	upload
515UGT	universal greeting time
516UR	your
517UR	{you're, you are}
518UTSL	use the source, Luke
519VCR	video cassette recorder
520VEG	very evil grin
521VIP	very important person
522W/	with
523W/E	whatever
524W/O	without
525W8	wait
526WAFWOT	what a foolish waste of time
527WAG	wild-ass guess
528WB	welcome back
529WCPGW	what could possibly go wrong
530WDYMBT	what do you mean by that
531WELC	working effectively with legacy code
532WFH	working from home
533WFM	works for me
534WIBNI	wouldn't it be nice if
535WIP	work in progress
536WMNC	watch me not care
537WOMBAT	waste of money, brain, and time
538WRT	with respect to
539WTB	{waiting,want,willing} to buy
540WTF	where's the food
541WTG	way to go
542WTH	{what,when,where,who,why} the hell
543WTS	{waiting,want,willing} to sell
544WTT	{waiting,want,willing} to trade
545WWJD	what would Jesus do?
546YAGNI	you ain't gonna need it
547YALIMO	you are lame, in my opinion
548YAOTM	yet another off-topic message
549YCTAT	you can't troll a troll
550YGM	you got mail
551YHBT	you have been trolled
552YHL	you have lost
553YKWIM	you know what I mean
554YMMV	your mileage may vary
555YOLO	you only live once
556YW	you're welcome
557YWSYLS	you win some, you lose some
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