The Newbie Anthropologist

Appendix 5

Christian Wach

October 17, 2012

Acronyms

¶ 1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 learn/faq #31, from jdally, 2637 chars, Jul 11 11:50 95
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Acronyms

¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 Here are a few of the most common acronyms...

¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 AFAIAA - As Far As I Am Aware
AFAICR - As Far As I Can Recall
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AIUI - As I Understand It
APU - As Per Usual (APFU - As Per Fersplunking Usual)
ATM - At The Moment
BTDT (GTTS) - Been There Done That (Got The T-Shirt...)
BTW - By The Way
EOF - End Of File
ESAD - Eat Shromvulkund And Die (sort-of!)
ETLA - Extended TLA
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information
{G} - Grin
HHOJ - Ha-Ha, Only Joking
HTML - Hyper-Text Markup Language
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
ISTM - It Seems To Me
ISTR - I Seem To Recall
IYSWIM - If You See What I Mean
MUD - Multi-User Dungeon
MUG - Multi-User Game
NTIAAO - Not That I Am Aware Of
OLR - Off-Line Reader
OTOH - On The Other Hand
POETS - Perambulate Off Early, Tomorrow's Saturday [-ish :-) ]
RFC - Request For Comment
ROFL - Rolls On Floor Laughing
RSN - Real Soon Now
RTFM - Read The Fersplunking Manual
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fersplunked Up
SO - Significant Other (Spouse, Partner, Girlfriend/Boyfriend)
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TLA - Three Letter Acronym
TPTB - The Powers That Be (Cix staff, Government etc)
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now (Also BFN - Bye For Now)
TVM - Thanks Very Much
YHM - You Have Mail