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- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 92 13:02:17 EST
- From: Dr. G. Paul Savage <paul.savage@carbon.chem.csiro.au>
- Subject: internet acronyms
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- For those newcomers to the internet who are confused by terms such as IMHO,
- BTW and RTFM, the following is a list of acronyms that I chanced upon that
- may help out. If you read the digest long enough you will probably come
- across all of these. Perhaps this list should be added to and then archived for
- future newcomers to the net. Please not some of the acronyms are for sayings in
- less than polite language but I didn't make them up, I'm just explaining them.
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- BTSOOM Beats the s*** out of me
- BTW By the way
- FWIW For what it's worth
- FYI For Your Information
- GR&D Grinning running & ducking
- IAE In any event
- IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer, also IANA... such as CPA
- IMO In my opinion
- IMHO In my humble opinion
- IMCO In my considered opinion
- IOW In other words
- NFW No f***ing way
- NRN No Reply Necessary
- OTOH On the other hand
- PITA Pain in the ass
- ROFL Rolling on floor laughing.
- RSN Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming]
- RTFM Read the f***ing manual (or message)
- SITD Still in the dark
- TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Than A Free Lunch
- TIA Thanks In Advance (also AtDhVaAnNkCsE)
- TIC Tongue in cheek
- TLA Three Letter Acronym (such as this)
- SNAFU Situation Normal, All F***ed Up
- FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition
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- Paul //// scientia est potentia
- Dr G P Savage *** Melbourne *** Australia *** paul@carbon.chem.csiro.au
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