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I have come accross a few abreviations over the years which I did not know at the time. A few below some of you may not know (sheer poetry):
Abbreviation - Meaning
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell
BFN - Bye For Now
BTW - By The Way
FAQ(s) - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FTR - For The Record
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (not only a forum abbreviation)
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information
HTH - Hope This Helps (or Helped)
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IME - In My Experience
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
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
NP - No Problem
OP - Original Poster
OT - Off Topic
OTOH - On The Other Hand
PEBKC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair
PITA - Pain In The A
ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing
RTFM - Read The [Flipping] Manual!
RTM – Read The Manual
SSIA - Subject Says It All
STFW - Search The [Flipping] Web!
TBH - To Be Honest
TIC - Tongue In Cheek
TY - Thank You
WAG - Wild-A* Guess
WFM - Works For Me
WRT - With Respect To
WTF - What the F^&* ?
YGM - You Got Mail
Feel Free to add any 😉 ahh also MTFU - Man the F%^& up
FTW - For the win
OMG - Oh My God
OMFG - you know what the f stands for!!
WRT the OP TBH WTF, AFAICT and FWIW STFW for more abreviations, OTOH NP FWIW this thread had me ROFL. TY and BFN
not DWTKT...
And on here:
MTFU
IGMC
WGAS
perhaps it might be best to explain the abbreviation 😉
Whats PSA mean in reference to a good priced deal in a shop or site?
FFS!
Public Service Announcement - had me stumped for a while.
Here's one from a football forum I frequent:
HBAYT - aimed at new female forum members - How Big are Your T*ts
couple I've only ever seen on here
ROT - rule of thumb
YMMV - your mileage may vary (i think)
1 from work, pebcak alternative
picnic - problem in chair not in computer
[url= http://www.acronymslist.com/ ]acronyms list.com a handy resource which has a list of 40,000 or so :-p[/url]
why the need to abbreviate, slow at typing or something ?
Kev
YMMV - your mileage may vary
PSA = Please see attached?
MTFU = Man The **** Up
IGMC = I'll Get My Coat
WGAS = Who Gives A Shit?
UTFS - its search button related.
LIGAF
I scratched my head and had to google it when someone on here advised me to GAFL. Obviously I hadn't been spending enough time on the internet!
oh and I am amused to see a sprinkling of 'WT for OSMM' type abbreviations in thread titles.
GHTKHSRD (from another forum) = give him the kicking he so richly deserves
FFS for ****s sake
Sorry but for years I thought LOL was 'lots of love'. Can I start a campaign to reclaim it?
Go on try it.... I dare you ....
LOL should be replaced by MAS (Mildly Amused Smirk). Much more accurate.
GIRFUY
Get
It
Right
F*cking
Up
You
OT - Off Topic
or OT - On Topic
YMYV - your money, your vote.
PMSL - Piss myself laughing
LM(F)AO - Laughing my (F) arse off
Here's a useful one for those who surreptitiously come on here whilst they should be busy doing office stuff - NSFW. Do Not follow a link with this in whilst you're at your desk. YHBW!
What the **** does WTF mean?