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Virgin Media

• AUP Acceptable Use Policy
• BY blueyonder
• CInet Cable Internet (blueyonder’s old name)
• CEO Chief Executive Officer
• CM Cable Modem
• CS Customer Services
• CSR Customer Services Representitive
• FU or F/U Follow Up
• HSI High Speed Internet (via CableModem)
• SU Surf Unlimited (DialUp)
• TW Telewest
• NG Newsgroup
• VM Virgin Media

Misc

• <g> Grin, Grinning
• <gd&r> Grin, Duck & Run
• <weg> Wide Evil Grin
• 10Q Thank You

A

• AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact (very rare)
• ADN Any Day Now
• AFAIK As Far As I Know
• AISI As I See It
• AIUI As I Understand It
• ASAP As Soon As Possible
• ATSL Along The Same Line

B

• BAC By Any Chance
• BAG Busting A Gut (Laughing)
• BBIAB Be Back In A Bit
• BBIAM Be Back In A Minute
• BBFN Bye Bye For Now
• BBL Be Back Later
• BCNU Be Seeing You
• BFGWST Big Fat Grin With Sharp Teeth
• BFHD Big Fat Hairy Deal (a la Garfield the Cat) (very rare)
• BICBW But I Could Be Wrong
• BIOYIOP Blow It Out Your Input Output Port
• BNF Big Name Fan
• BOT Back On Topic
• BRB Be Right Back (generally used on chat systems)
• BTA But Then Again
• BTHOM Beats the hell outta me!
• BTSOOM Beats The [Stuffing] Out Of Me
• BTW By The Way (very common)
• BWG Big Wide Grin
• BYKT But You Knew That
• BYKTA But You Knew That Already

C

• CMIIW Correct Me If I’m Wrong
• C|N<K Coffee Through Nose To Keyboard
• CUL See You Later / Catch you later (common)
• CUL8R See You Later
• CWYL Chat With You Later
• CYA Cover Your A**
• CYL See You Later

D

• DIIK Darned If I Know
• DLG Devilish Little Grin
• DNPM Darn Near P’ed Myself
• DOM Dirty Old Man
• DTRT Do The Right Thing

E

• EMFBI Excuse Me For Butting In
• EOD End Of Discussion
• EOL End Of Lecture
• EOT End Of Thread
• ESOSL Endless Snorts of Stupid Laughter

F

• FAQ Frequently Asked Question(s)
• FDROTFL Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing
• FIMD Foot-In-Mouth Disease (Open mouth, insert foot, echo internationally)
• FISH First In, Still Here
• FITB Fill In The Blank
• FLA Four Letter Acronym
• FOAD Fall Over and Die, or more commonly as, F*** Off and Die
• FOAF Friend of A Friend
• FOTCL Falling Off The Chair Laughing
• FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
• FTL(T) Faster Than Light (Travel)
• FWIW For What It’s Worth
• FYEO For Your Eyes Only
• FYI For Your Information (common)

G

• GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
• GIWIST Gee, I Wish I’d Said That
• GLG Goofy Little Grin
• GLAGH Good Luck and Good Hunting
• GOTFIA Groaning On The Floor In Agony
• GR8 Great

H

• HAND Have A Nice Day
• HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding
• HTH Hope That Helps!
• HHTYAY Happy Holidays to You and Yours

I

• IAC In Any Case (uncommon)
• IAE In Any Event
• IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
• ICOCBW I Could, Of Course, Be Wrong
• IIRC If I Recall Correctly
• IIRR If I Remember Right
• IME In My Experience
• IMHO In My Humble Opinion (very common), also, In My Honest Opinion
• IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
• IMO In My Opinion (common)
• IMV In My View
• INPO In No Particular Order
• IOW In Other Words
• ISBAB I Should Have Bought a Book
• ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits, Wear It
• ITYM I Think You Mean(t)
• IWBNI If Would Be Nice If
• IYSWIM If You See What I Mean

J

• JOOC Just Out Of Curiosity

K

• KHYF Know How You Feel
• KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid (uncommon)
• KISS Keep It Short & Simple (polite var.)

L

• L8R Later
• LLAP Live Long and Prosper
• LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause
• LMAO Laughing My A** [arm?] Off
• LOL Laughing Out Loud
• LTMSH Laughing ‘Til My Sides Hurt
• LTNT Long Time, No Type
• LTIP Laughing ‘Til I Puke

M

• MLA Multiple Letter Acronyms
• MORF Male Or Female
• MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex
• MOTOS Member Of The Opposite Sex
• MOTSS Member Of The Same Sex
• MUNG Mash Until No Good
• MYOB Mind Your Own Business (common)

N

• NBL Not Bl**dy Likely
• NICBDAT Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes
• NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
• NIMTO Not In My Term Of Office
• NFW No [*CENSORED*] Way!!
• NIH Not Invented Here (Very common at Microsoft)
• NOMW Not On My Watch
• NPLU Not People Like Us
• NQOS Not Quite Our Sort
• NRN No Reply Necessary
• NTYMI Now That You Mention It

O

• OAS On Another Subject
• OAUS On An Unrelated Subject
• OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject
• OIC Oh! I See
• OJ Obligatory Joke (common in comedy areas)
• OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment
• OOTD One Of These/ Those Days
• OT1H On The One Hand
• OTOH On The Other Hand (common)
• OTOOH On The Other Other Hand (rare)
• ONNA Oh No, Not Again (uncommon)
• ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again
• OWTTE Or Words To That Effect (uncommon)

P

• PF&HOMW Printed, Framed & Hanging On My Wall
• PITA Pain In The A**
• PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In
• PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
• PMJI Pardon My Jumping In
• PPP Petty Pet Peeve
• POSSLQ Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
• POV Point Of View
• PTB Powers That Be

R

• ROFLAHMSL Rolling On Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides Laughing
• ROFLASTC Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat.
• ROTBA Reality On The Blink Again
• ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing (common in comedy areas)
• ROTFLAHMS Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides (ditto)
• ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off (ditto)
• ROTM Right On The Money
• RSN Real Soon Now
• RTFM Read the *Fine* Manual (common)
• RYFM Read Your <FRIENDLY> manual (common)

S

• SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym
• SICS Sitting In Chair Snickering
• SITD Still In The dark
• SOI Stunk On Ice

T

• TAFN That’s All For Now
• TANJ There Ain’t No Justice (Larry Niven)
• TANSTAAFL There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (Robert Heinlein)
• TDM Too Damn Many
• TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally
• TIA Thanks In Advance
• TIC Tongue In Cheek
• TINALO This Is Not A Legal Opinion
• TINAR This Is Not A Recommendation
• TINWIS That Is Not What I Said
• TIWTGLGG This Is Where The Goofy Little Grin Goes
• TJATAW Truth, Justice, And The American Way
• TLA Three Letter Acronym
• TOBAL There Oughta Be A Law
• TOBG This Oughta Be Good
• TPTB The Powers That Be
• TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks
• TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
• TTFN Ta-Ta For Now (very common)
• TTYL Talk/Type To You Later (very common)
• TYVM Thank You Very Much

W

• WAMKSAM Why Are My Kids (or Kitties) Staring At Me?
• WAW Why Ask Why?
• WDYMBT What Do (or Did) You Mean By That?
• WGAS Who Gives A [*CENSORED*]?!
• WIBAMU Well I’ll be a Monkey’s Uncle
• WIMP Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing (to describe Windows & other similar interfaces)
• WMMOWS Wash My Mouth Out With Soap!
• WRT With Respect To
• WTF What The Flip
• WTH What the Heck
• WYGIWYPF What You Get Is What You Pay For
• WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
• WYTYSYDG What You Thought You Saw, You Didn’t Get
• WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It

Y

• YABA Yet Another Bl**dy Acronym
• YAFA Yet Another “Fine” Abbreviation
• YAOTM Yet Another Off-Topic Message
• YMBK(J) You Must Be Kidding (Joking)
• YGLT You’re Gonna Love This
• YMMV Your Mileage May Vary