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via my wonderful, yet Visual Basic-programming ;-) husband, John
AFK - Away From Keyboard - Means the individual will be off-line and unable to read or reply to messages
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Electronic Bulletin Board System
BFN - Bye For Now
BG - Big Grin
BRB - Be Right Back - Usually used during real-time chats
BTW - By The Way
CAD - Control-Alternate-Delete or Computer Aided Design
CIM - CompuServe Information Manager-The program
CIS - CompuServe Information Service
CO - Conference (real-time) On-line conversation
CP - Copy Protection
EG - Evil Grin
EMOK - Email OK - Readers are free to send private mail
F2F - Face to Face - An in-person (v. cyber) meeting
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s) - FAQs--text documents--are
regularly posted throughout UseNet on specific topic areas
FB - Files Busy
FUBAR - "Fixed" Up Beyond All Recognition
FWIW - For What It's Worth - This acronym is used to modify or tone down the abrasive opinion one is about to issue
FYI - For Your Information
G - Grin - usually in brackets or angles <g> or [g] - Cyberfolk are a happy lot who also laugh aloud and roll on the floor in delight. See LOL and ROFL below.
GA - Go Ahead - Prompts someone to "speak up" during interactive chat
GD&R - Grinning, Ducking and Running - Wits who make really bad puns feel compelled to flee the listener's imaginary punch. If the pun is atrocious, they start GD&R,VVF (very very fast).
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
HSIK - How Should I Know
IAE - In Any Event
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer - Writers remind readers that on-line opinions are personal, not legal
INAL - I'm Not A Lawyer
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion - The self-confident writer uses IMO (In My Opinion) or IMNSHO (In My Not So Humble Opinion).
IMPO - In My Personal Opinion
IMX - In My eXperience (Also IME)
IOW - In Other Words
IRC - Internet Relay Chat - The live-chat area on the Net
JFYI - Just For Your Information
LMAO - Laughing My <ahem> Off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
NBD - No Big Deal
NOYB - None Of Your Business
OIC - Oh, I see!
OTL - Out To Lunch
OTOH - On The Other Hand
PIQ - the Party (or Person) In Question - You know who you are!
PITA - Not a Middle Eastern bread, but a Pain In The A**
PMFJI or PMJI - Pardon Me For Jumping In or Pardon My Jumping In - Used before sticking one's two cents into others' conversation
PMS - It's the same in any language
POV - Point Of View
PPN - Programmer Project Number; now known as ID# or UserId
PTB - Powers That Be - Usually refers to network management or any governing authority
RL - Real Life (v. cyber-life) - A distinction which becomes increasingly important the longer one surfs the Net
RNA - Ring, No Answer - Communication or telephone term for a problem
ROFL - Rolling On Floor, Laughing - Really giddy
types may find themselves
ROFLMAO (Rolling On Floor, Laughing My A** Off)
RSN - Real Soon Now - A direct descendent of "The check is in the mail"
RTD or RTM or RTFM/RTFD - Read The Documentation, Read The Manual, or (when really annoyed) Read The Fricking Manual/Documentation
S - Smile
SO - Significant Other
SYSOP - SYStem OPerator - The chief administrator of a message board. May be known as SIGOP (SIGnal OPerator) or WIZOP
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All "fixed" Up
3-D - Three Dimensional, i.e., real life
TANJ - There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBH - To Be Honest
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TIC - Tongue In Cheek
TPTB - The Powers That Be - A nice way of referring to those darned authorities
TSR - Terminate and Stay Resident (Computer Program)
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTYL - Talk To You Later
2-D - Two Dimensional - Refers to cyber reality
VBG - Very Big Grin
WEG - Wide Evil Grin
WOA - Work Of Art
WRT - With Regard To
WTH - What The H---
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary - Used to indicated that you know others' experiences may differ from yours
You missed BCNU - "Be Seeing You" (say the letters fast) [Rik Brooks]
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