ACRONYMS are frequently made up of the first letter of each word in a phrase, such as, Laughing Out Loud (LOL). Lots of Acronyms are used by the people on the Message Boards and in the Chats. It saves the time it would normally take to type the entire phrase. Besides, most of us aren't that good at typing, or spelling for that matter!

Here is a list of the most common ones (with a few others thrown in). Help yourself...

AFAICT As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
AIUI As I Understand It
AOL America OnLine
ATM At The Moment

B2W Back To Work
BAK Back At Keyboard
BBFN Bye Bye For Now
BBL Be Back Later
BEG Big Evil Grin
BFD Big Bleeping Deal!!!
BFN Bye, For Now
BG Big Grin
BIL Brother In Law
BRB Be Right Back
BRH Be Right Here
BTA But Then Again
BTDT Been There, Done That
BTFOOM Beats The Bleep Out Of Me
BTSOOM Beats The Bleep Out Of Me
BTW By The Way
BWG Big Wide Grin

CIS CompuServe Information Service
CP Copy Protection
CUL8R See You Later
CYA See Ya
CYAIH See Ya In Hell

DD Dear Daughter
DH Dear Husband
DS Dear Son
DW Dear Wife

EG Evil Grin
EOF End Of File
EOS End Of Story

F2F Face to Face
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FCS For Christ's Sake
FDROTFL Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing
FIL Father In Law
FM Fine Magic
FO Bleep Off
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FOTCL Falling Off The Chair Laughing
FUA Frequently Used Acronyms
FUBAR Bleeped Up Beyond All Recognition
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYEO For Your Eyes Only
FYI For Your Information

G Grin
GAL Get A Life
GDAWVVF Grinning, Ducking, And Walking Very, Very Fast GIYODS Get It Your Own Damn Self
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GR&D Grinning, Running and Ducking

HAND Have A Nice Day
HTH Hope This Helps.

IAE In Any Event
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
ICOCBWBIDI I Could, Of Course, Be Wrong. But I Doubt it.
IIRC If I Remember Correctly
IITYWTMWYBMAD If I Tell You What This Means Will You Buy Me A Drink?
ILY I Love You
IMCO In My Considered Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IMPO In My Pious Opinion
IMSHO In My So Humble Opinion
IOHO In Our Humble Opinion
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISTM It Seems To Me
ITC It's The Coolest
ITILY I Think I Love You
IUD Insert Usual Disclaimers
IYDM If You Don't Mind
IYDMMA If You Don't Mind Me Asking
IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
IYKWIMAITYD If You Know What I Mean And I hink You Do
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean

JFYI Just For Your Information

KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid / Sweetie
KWIM Know What I Mean?

LMHO Laughing My Head Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LOTI Laughing On The Inside
LZR Loser!

MIL Mother In Law
MSM My Sainted Mother
MSN Microsoft Network

NBD No Big Deal
NFW No Bleeping Way
NG News Group
NJTH Not Just Thinking Here
NOYB None Of Your Business
NP No Problem
NRN No Reply Necessary
NTYMI Now That You Mention It

OIC Oh, I See
OTFM Only The Facts, Ma'am
OTL Out To Lunch
OTOH On The Other Hand

PB Potty Break
PEKUSH Press Every Key Until Something Happens
PITA Pain In The Bleep
PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMJI Pardon My Jumping In
PPL People
PTMM Please Tell Me More
PWYP Practice What You Preach

R Are
RFI Request For Information
RIP Requiescat In Peace / Rest In Peace
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLASTC Rolling On Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat
ROFLMAO Rolling On Floor Laughing My Bleep Off
ROFLMBO Rolling On Floor Laughing My Butt Off
ROFLPMP Rolling On Floor Laughing, Bleeping My Pants ROTM Right On The Money
RS Real Soon
RSN Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming]
RSVP Répondez S'il Vous Plaît
RTFM Read The Bleeping Manual
RTFMSH Read The Bleeping Manual Bleep Head
RUMF? Are You Male or Female?

S Smile
SHIT Sure Happy It's Thursday
SIG Special Interest Group
SIL Son In Law
SITD Still In The Dark
SNAFU Situation Normal, All Bleeped Up
SO Significant Other
SOE Silly/Stupid Operator Error
SOL Sooner Or Later...
SOS Same Old Bleep
SOS Save Our Souls

TAFN That's All For Now
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TCOY Take Care Of Yourself
TGIF Thank God It’s Friday
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TLA Three Letter Acronym (such as this)
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTYL Talk To You Later
TVM Thanks Very Much
TWF That Was Fun
TY Thank You

U You

VBG Very Big Grin

WAYSAM Why Are You Staring At Me?
WB Welcome Back
WBS Write Back Soon
WGAS Who Gives A Bleep?
WRT With Respect To; (concerning)
WTF What / Where / Who The Bleep
WTG Way To Go
WYSIWYAG What You See Is What You Almost Get
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
WYWH Wish You Were Here

XXX Three or Many Kisses

YAFIYGI You Asked For It, You Got It
YDAGWYW You Don't Always Get What You Want
YGWYPF You Get What You Pay For
YHM You Have Mail
YMBJ You Must Be Joking
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
YSWUS Yea, Sure Whatever You Say!

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