Night Owl 6/Night Owl's Shareware - PDSI-006 - Night Owl Corp (1990).iso/033a/acronym.zip/ACRONYM.BLT

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@X00@X4F                                   ACRONYMS                                    @X0F
Multiple Letter Acronym's are to be found throughout the electronic
mail/forum world to the eternal confusion of novices!

They are not designed to confuse you, merely a necessity for busy people
with 'hunt and peck' typing skills.

             @X0EB4N             @X0ABye for Now
             @X03BAD             @X09Broken as Designed
             @X0EBAMF            @X0ABad Assed Mother F.......
             @X03BBS             @X09Bulletin Board System
             @X0EBRB             @X0ABe right back
             @X03BBR             @X09Burnt Beyond Repair
             @X0EBRS             @X0ABig Red Switch
             @X03BTA             @X09But then Again (in response to IOW)
             @X0EBTW             @X0ABy the way
             @X03BWQ             @X09Buzz Word Quotient
             @X0ECIS             @X0ACompuserve Information System <tm>
             @X03CU              @X09See you
             @X0ECUL8R           @X0ASee you later
             @X03DL or D/L       @X09Download, transmit to you
             @X0EDTRT            @X0ADo The Right Thing
             @X03DWIMC           @X09Do What I Mean, Correctly
             @X0EETLA            @X0AExtended Three Letter Acronym
             @X03ESAD            @X09Eat S... and Die
             @X0EFFRD            @X0AFlying F... in a rolling donut
                             (I don't give a FF in a RD)
             @X03FISH            @X09First In, Still Here
             @X0EFOAF            @X0AFriend of A Friend
             @X03FRED            @X09F...... Ridiculous Electronic Device
             @X0EFUBAR           @X0A"Fixed" up beyond all recognition
             @X03FURTB           @X09Full up ready to burst (about hard disk drives!)
             @X0EFWIW            @X0AFor what it's worth
             @X03FYI             @X09For your information
             @X0EGDW             @X0AGrin, Duck and Weave
             @X03GFR             @X09Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer)
             @X0EGIGO            @X0AGarbage in, Garbage Out
             @X03GIGO            @X09Garbage In, Gospel Out
                             (people accepting blindly what the computer says)
             @X0EGLGH            @X0AGood Luck and Good Hunting
             @X03GR&D            @X09Grinning, running, and ducking
             @X0EIAE             @X0AIn any event
             @X03IMAO            @X09In My Arrogant Opinion
             @X0EIMHO            @X0AIn my humble opinion
             @X03IMO             @X09In my opinion
             @X0EIOW             @X0AIn other words
             @X03IWBNI           @X09If would Be Nice If
             @X0EIYFEG           @X0AInsert Your Favourite Ethnic Group
             @X03MLA             @X09Multiple Letter Acronym
             @X0EMOTAS           @X0AMember of the Appropriate Sex
             @X03MOTOS           @X09Member of the Opposite Sex
             @X0EMOTSS           @X0AMember of the Same Sex
             @X03NFW             @X09No F...ing Way
             @X0ENSS             @X0ANo S..., Shylock
             @X03OIC             @X09Oh, I see
             @X0EOTOH            @X0AOn the other hand
             @X03PITA            @X09Pain in the ...
             @X0EPLOKTA          @X0APress Lots of keys to abort
             @X03POSSLQ          @X09Person of Opposite Sex sharing living quarters
             @X0EPMFBI           @X0APardon Me for butting in
             @X03ROF,L           @X09Rolling on floor, laughing
             @X0ERPG             @X0ARole Playing Games
             @X03RSN             @X09Real soon now
             @X0ERTFM            @X0ARead the f...ing manual (or message)
             @X03SFLA            @X09Stupid Four Letter Acronym
             @X0ESMOP            @X0ASmall Matter of Programming
             @X03SNAFU           @X09Situation normal, all "fixed" up
             @X0ESO              @X0ASignificant Other
             @X03SWMBO           @X09She who must be obeyed
             @X0ETAFN            @X0AThats all for Now
             @X03TDM             @X09Too Damn Many
             @X0ETGIF            @X0AThank God Its Friday
             @X03TIA             @X09Thanks in advance
             @X0ETLA             @X0AThree Letter Acronym (now surpassed by MLA)
             @X03TTL4N           @X09Thats the lot for now
             @X0ETTFN            @X0ATa Ta For Now
             @X03UL or U/L       @X09Upload, send to the BBS
             @X0EWIMP            @X0AWindows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing
                             (to describe Windows & other similar interfaces)
             @X03WOFTAM          @X09Waste of Flaming time and money
             @X0EWYGIWYPF        @X0AWhat you get is what you pay for
             @X03WYSBYGI         @X09What you see before you get it
             @X0EWYSIWYG         @X0AWhat you see is what you get
             @X03YABA            @X09Yet Another Bloody Acronym

             @X0ESysop           @X0ASystem Operator, person who runs the BBS/Forum


@X4F                            SPECIALISED ACRONYMS                               @X0F
There are specialised ones for particular echos/forums,  I'm sure you'll
get the idea from the list below from the Star Trek forums that use the
following.....

    @X03ST-TOS          @X09Star Trek, The Original Series
    @X0EST-TNG          @X0AStar Trek, The Next Generation
    @X03STI/ST-TMP      @X09Star Trek, first movie/The Motion Picture
    @X0ESTII/ST-WOK     @X0AStar Trek, second movie/'Wrath of Khan'
    @X03STIII/ST-SFS    @X09Star Trek, third movie/'Search for Spock'
    @X0ESTIV/ST-TVH     @X0AStar Trek, fourth movie/'The Voyage Home'
    @X03STV/ST-TFF      @X09Star Trek, fifth movie/'The Final Frontier'
    @X0ESTVI/ST-TUC     @X0AStar Trek, sixth movie/'The Undiscovered Country'

@X4F                                  EMOTICONS                                    @X0F
Emoticons are symbols to denote emotions.  Sometimes it is just a word
inside < > brackets for example...

     @X0E<g>@X0F or @X0E<grin>@X0F   To mark a joke or sarcastic comment
     @X03<sigh>@X0F

A very popular emoticon is:
                @X0E:)              @X09a smile@X0F

These emoticons are particularly used by the Japanese but there is no
reason why they should not get worldwide use.....

                @X0E^^              @X0Ahappiness
                @X03^^;             @X09embarrasment
                @X0E;;              @X0Asadness
                @X03--              @X09when it's the occasion to bow

@X07Compiled by Peter Deegan (CIS 100033,141) as part of an article for the
Sydney PC User Group in Australia.
@XFF