The information superhighway has its own language. This appendix explains some of the lingo. Send corrections and suggestions to Bryan Kaplan (AOL screen name KaplanBry), of Cortex Software.
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<g> grin (a suffix to signify a joke)
<gd&r> grinning, ducking and running (a suffix to signify
a joke at someone's expense)
<vbg> very big grin
ADN Any Day Now
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AOL America OnLine
B4 Before
BBS Bulletin Board System
BCNU Be seein' you
BM Board Manager
BMUS Beem Me Up Scotty!
BO Back Off
BPS Bits Per Second (more correct than "baud")
BTL Between The Lines
BTW By The Way
CBU Carbon Based Unit (human)
CI$ Compuserve Information $ervice
CIS Compuserve Information Service
CPU Central Processing Unit (computer)
CU See you
CUL8R See you later
DGT Daughter
DH Dear Husband
DIIK Darned If I Know
DL Download
D/L DownLoad
ESAD Eat (Spam) And Die
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FITB Fill In The Blank
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FOTFL Falling On The Floor Laughing
FTBOMH From The Bottom Of My Heart
FU (Fouled) Up
FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
FWFN Farewell For Now
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYA For Your Amusement
FYI For Your Information
GA Go Ahead (your turn, usually in a conference)
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST Gee, I Wish That I had Said That
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike!
GUI Graphical user interface
HAND Have A Nice Day!
HD Hard Drive, or High Density
HHOK Ha Ha, Only Kidding
HHOS Ha Ha, Only Serious
HTH Hit The Hay (got to bed)
HTH Hope This Helps
IAE In Any Event
IC I see
IMBO In My Biased Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IOW In Other Words
ISO In Search Of
ITMSS I Take Myself So Seriously
KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid
KUTGA Keep Up The Good Work
L8R Later
LAN Local Area Network
LLAP Live Long And Prosper (StarTrek)
LMA Last Minute Addition
LOL Laugh Out Loud
LSTYD Life Stinks Then You Die
LTIS Laughing Till I'm Sick
MSG Message
MYOB Mind Your Own Business
O&O Over & Out
OIC Oh, I see
OTOH On The Other Hand
PD Public Domain
POB Pat On Back
POV Point Of View
ROFL Rolling On the Floor Laughing
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFM Read The (Fantastic) Manual
RTM Read The Manual
S/W Software or shareware
SBI So Be It
SBU Silicon Based Unit (computer, AKA CPU)
SO Significant Other
STBX Soon To Be Ex
SYSOP System Operator
TAFN That's All For Now
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch