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Oliver Clarks Acronym Dictionary
Introduction
This is a dictionary for all you people who have been reading through an
email message or news article and suddenly come across a completely alien collection of letters.
These are not usually a spelling mistake (well it depends on whose message
it is!) but one of the many acronyms. Computer people love acronyms
(collections of letters which stand for a phrase) for instance PC, DOS,
RISCOS etc. and comms people are no exception allocating acronyms to every
day phrases just to make the "newbies" life more difficult! Of course once
you've mastered the acronyms there are still smilies :-) and plenty of
jargon to confuse you but these are beyond the scope of this guide. This is
not a complete list but I have put in most acronyms I have come across. The ones with a * by them are particularly popular and
used all the time.
Acronym List
- AFAIK/R/CR/CT
- *As Far As I Know/Recall/Can Recall/Can Tell
- ASAP
- As Soon As Possible
- ATM
- *At The Moment
- BCNU
- Be Seein' You
- (B)BFN
- (Bye) Bye For Now
- BICBW
- But I Could Be Wrong
- BS
- Bull Shit
- BTW
- *By The Way
- CUNT
- See You Next Time :-)
- DPAITNWL
- Disturbing People And Irritating The Neighbours With Laughter
- DYOH
- Do Your Own Homework
- FAQ
- *Frequently Asked Questions. (A list of FAQ and answers)
- FIIK
- Fucked If I Know
- FOAD
- Fuck Off And Die
- FWIW
- For What It's Worth
- FYI
- For Your Information
- IAC/E
- In Any Case/Event
- IANAL
- I Am Not A Lawyer
- IIRC(AID)
- *If I Recal Correctly (And I Do)
- IIRR
- If I Recall Rightly
- IM(H)O
- *In My (Humble) Opinion
- IMNSHO
- In My Not So Humble Opinion
- IMPOV
- In My Point Of View
- IOW
- In Other Words
- ISTR
- I Seem To Recall/Remeber
- IYHO
- In Your Humble Opinion
- IYKWIMAITYD
- If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do
- IYSWIM
- If You See What I Mean
- JIC
- Just In Case
- L8r
- Later
- LOL
- Laughing Out Loud
- MCIBTYC
- My Computer Is Better Than Your Computer
- M8
- Mate
- M80
- Matey
- NIMBY
- Not In My Back Yard
- NTDBWY
- Nice To Do Business With You
- OH
- Off Hand
- OIC
- Oh I See
- OTOH
- *On The Other Hand
- PDQ
- Pretty Damn Quick
- PMFBI
- Pardon Me For Butting In
- PMFJI
- Pardon Me For Jumping In
- POV
- Point Of View
- RL
- Real Life (i.e not on BBS or Internet)
- ROTFLMBOUMGCAACTO4M
- Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Bollocks Off Until My Girlfriend Came Along And Cut Them Off For Me
- ROTFL(MFHO)
- *Rolling On The Floor Laughing (My Fucking Head Off)
- RSN
- Real Soon Now
- RT(F)M
- *Read The (Fucking/Flipping) Manual
- SNAFU
- Situation Normal - All Fouled Up
- TBA
- To Be Announced
- TBH
- To Be Honest
- TDK
- The Dog's Knob (very good!)
- TIA
- Thanks In Advance
- TTFN
- Ta Ta For Now (Also - The Thread Following Newsreader)
- UL
- Urban Legend
- WDYCA(I)
- What Do You Call An (Irishman)- For use in joke echos
- WTF
- What The Fuck
- YA
- Yet Another
- YAFIANYGI
- You Asked For It And Now You Get It
- YKYBHTLWY
- You Know You've Been Hacking For Too Long When You
- YMMV
- Your Milage May Vary
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