Forum Abreviations for Newbies

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

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 **** 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?