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Re: Off topic: The Complete Internet Acronyms List
YF - You forgot -
YM - You mean
HTH - Hope This Helps
brb - Be right Back
BBL - Be Back Later
IMNsHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
NFI - No Fucking Idea
TTYL - Talk To You Later
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On Tue, 13 May 1997, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> I've decided to compose the complete list of every possible and useful acronym for use over the Net (on the IRC, talk, e-mail, Usenet, etc.) . It should contain every English phrase that was used more than two times
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> I'm posting it here for verifications, corrections and suggestions before I'll decide what to do with it once it is finallized, (more or less).
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> So here it is in alphabetical order. Enjoy and comments are well accepted.
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> Shlomi Fish
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> 24h/d - 24 hours a day
> 7d/w - 7 days a week
> AAMOF - As a matter of fact
> ACAW - As clear as water
> AFAIC - As far as I'm concerned
> AFAIK - As far as I know
> AFAIR - As far as I recall/remember
> AIAS - As I always say
> AIIBK - As it is better known
> ARAIS - As ridiculus as it sounds
> ASAP - As soon as possible
> AUAIS - As unbelievable as it sounds
> AYPGBN - As you probably guess by now
> aka - Also known as
> ala - As long as
> bka - Better known as
> BTW - By the way
> CTTOI - Come to think of it
> DCUWCY - Don't call us. We'll call you.
> EIE - Enough is enough
> FAIC - For all I care
> FBOFW - For better or for worse
> FGS - For God's Sake
> FuM - Furthermore
> FYI - For your information
> GIMW - God is my witness
> HH - Holding hands
> IBYP - I beg your pardon
> IIDKB - If I didn't know better
> IINM - If I'm not mistaken
> IIWY - If I were you
> IMHO - In my humble opinion
> IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion
> IMO - In my opinion
> ITKO - It's the kind of ...
> ITSTT - It's too soon to tell
> IWIWY - I wish I were you
> IWPITW - I wouldn't put it this/that way
> mcka - More commonly known as
> MO - Moreoever
> MOL - More or less
> MOTN - More often than not
> ntm - Not to mention
> NOYC - Non of your concern
> oka - otherwise known as
> PITW - Put it this way
> RFC - Request for comments
> RFQ - Request for quotations
> RHI - Romour has it
> RTFM - Read the **** manual
> s.c. - so-called
> TBH - To be honest
> TBS - To be specific
> TGTBT - Too good to be true
> TNOYB - That's non of your business
> TNOYFB - That's non of your **** business
> TNOYGDB - That's non of your god **** business
> TNOYGDMFB - Thats non of your god **** **** **** business
> TNOYC - That's non of your concern
> UAISB - Unlike anything I've seen before
> UAYSB - Unlike anything you've seen before
> UIM - Unless I'm mistaken
> WIM - Whatever it means
> WTI - Whatever that is
> WWIGF - What wouldn't I give for
> YHNI - You have no idea
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> Idioms and common expressions:
> CASAS - Call a spade a spade
> HIFTGV - Heard it from the grapevine
> OIBM - Once in a blue moon
> SBTB - Saved by the bell
> TMTOWTSAC- There's more than one way to skin a cat
> TSMGO - The show must go on
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--
Nir Soffer AKA ScorpioS, scorpios@cs.huji.ac.il .
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~scorpios/
Justice, n.:
A decision in your favor.
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