These acronyms were collected from all over. To get on my list they had to be used in at least one conf. by three or more persons consistently over a period of time and be faster then typing the entire phrase. There is also a list of common computer abbreviations and key board key definitions. Enjoy. Mon 09-09-1991 18:35:54 DAN AAMOF = As A Matter Of Fact AFAIK = As Far As I Know AWGTHTGTTA = Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? Alternative form is AWGTHTGTATA (...Through ALL This Again?) BBFN = Bye Bye For Now BIOYIOP = Blow It Out Your Input Output Port BRB = Be Right Back (generally used on chat systems) BTA = But Then Again BTW = By The Way BYKT = But You Knew That BYKTA = But You Knew That Already CMIIW = Correct Me If I'm Wrong CYL = See You Later DNPM = Darn Near P***ed Myself EOD = End Of Discussion EOL = End Of Lecture ESOSL = Endless Snorts of Stupid Laughter FDROTFL = Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing FITB = Fill In The Blank.... FOTCL = Falling Off The Chair Laughing FWIW = For What It's Worth FYI = For Your Information GD&R = Grin, Duck & Run GOK = God Only Knows IAC = In Any Case IMCDO = In My Conceited Dogmatic Opinion. IMHO = In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO = In My Not So Humble Opinion IOW = In Other Words IITYWYBMAB = If I Tell You, Will You Buy Me A Beer IITYWYBAD = If I Tell You, Will You Buy Another Drink INPO = In No Particular Order KCBIWIYWI = Keep Coming Back, It Works If You Work It LLTA = Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause LOL = Laughing out loud LMAO = Laughing My A** Off MUNG = Mash Until No Good NICBDAT = Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes NIMBY = Not In My Backyard NIMTO = Not In My Term of Office NPLU = Not People Like Us NQOS = Not Quite Our Sort OIC = OH!, I See OTOH = On The Other Hand PGY = Post Graduate year PGY-1, PGY-2 etc. used in PGY Med. PMETC = Pardon Me Etc. PMYMHMMFSWGAD = Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn. PTO=Patent and Trademark Office (US Govt) ROFL = Rolling On Floor Laughing ROFLAHMSL = Rolling On Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides Laughing ROTBA = Reality On The Blink Again ROTFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROFLASTC (or ROFLASC) = Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat. Originated, I'm told by Pamela Dean, who types with a cat on her lap. ROTFLMAAOBPO = Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** And Other Body Parts Off ROY G. BIV = An acronym for the colors of the spectrum-- Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet RSN = Real Soon Now RTFM = Read The F**** Manual SWAG = Simple Wild A** Guess SYT = Sweet Young Thing TANJ = There Ain't No Justice TANSTAAFL = There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TIC = Tongue In Cheek TINALO = This Is Not A Legal Opinion TINAR = This Is Not A Recommendation TIWTGLGG = This Is Where The Goofy Little Grin Goes TJATAW = Truth, Justice, And The American Way TLA = Three Letter Acronym TRDMC = Tears Running Down My Cheeks TTBOMK = To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN = Ta Ta For Now TTYL = Talk To You Later TYVM = Thank You Very Much WAMKSAM = Why Are My Kids (or Kitties) Staring At Me? WIBAMU = Well I'll be a Monkey's Uncle WYSBYGI = What You See Before You Get It WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get YAP = Yet Another Ploy YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary Military BOHICA = Bend Over Here It Comes Again CATTAC = Chief Assistant To The Assistant Chief DILLIGAFF = Do I Look Like I Give A Flying @#$% FOAD = Fall Over And Die FUBAR = F***** beyond All Reconigition FUBB = F***** Beyond Belief HMFIC = Head M** F** in Charge HMFICC = Head M** F** in COMPLETE Charge KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid POETS = "Pass" On Everything, Tomorrow's Saturday POINTS = "Pass" On It Now, Tomorrow's Saturday REMF = Rear Echelon M** F** SNAFU = Situation Normal All F***** up SOP = Standing Operational Proceedures TLAM = Tomahawk Land-Air Missile...aka Cruise Missile TPTB = The Powers That Be Star Trek TGBOTG = The Great Bird Of The Galaxy (Gene Roddenberry, himself) LLAP = Live Long And Prosper YATI = Yet Another Trek Inconsistency LA - Laughing Aloud ST - Star Trek AAA - Amazingly Appropriate Abbreviation. FTL - Faster Than Light ILM - Industrial Light and Magic RPG - Role Playing Game SFX - Special Effect TAS - The Animated Series TFF - The Final Frontier (Star Trek 5) TNG - The Next Generation TMP - The Motion Picture (Star Trek 1) TOS - The Original Series TVH - The Voyage Home (Star Trek 4) UFP - United Federation of Planets YAP = Yet Another Ploy YAR - Yet Another Rumor FASA - FAntaSimulations Associates GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike IDIC - Infinite diversity in infinite combinations TSFS - The Search for Spock (Star Trek 3) TTFN - Ta Ta For Now TTYL - Talk To Ya Later TWOK - The Wrath of Kahn (Star Trek 2) YASQ - Yet Another Stupid Question YATI - Yet Another Trek Inconsistancy BOBW1 - Best of Both Worlds part 1 (Season Finale for third season) BOBW2 - Conclusion to Best of Both Worlds DQOTD - Dumb Question Of The Day ROBTA - Reality On the Blink Again CC Conference Coordinator CH Conference Host IMO In My Opinion L8R Later R/O Receiver Only ROTM Right On The Money SIG Special Interest Group TTFN Ta Ta For Now TTMS Talk (Type) To Me Soon TTYL(A) Talk (Type) To You Later (Alligator) In some of the Religion conferences, you might find the following: BAC Born Again Christian RBAC Radical Born Again Christian SO Significant Other (boy/girlfriend, spouse, lover, etc.) MOTOS Member of the Opposite Sex MOTSS Member of the Same Sex MOTAS Member of the Appropriate Sex PASA Pagan & Atheist Scum Alliance (formed to debate the Born Again Christians) In some of the technical conferences, you might find the following: AI Artificial Intelligence ANSI American National Standards Institute ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange BASIC Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (programming) BCD Binary Coded Decimal (programming) BIOS Basic Input Output System BPS Bits Per Second (communication) CAD Computer Aided Design CAE Computer Aided Engineering CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering (programming) CCITT Consultative Committee for International Telephony & Telegraphy CD-ROM Compact Disk-Read Only Memory CGA Color Graphics Adapter (screen) CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (memory) CPI Characters Per Inch (printer) CPL Characters Per Line (printer) CPS Characters Per Second (communication) CPU Central Processing Unit CRT Cathode Ray Tube (screen) DD Double Density (floppy disk) DEC Digital Equipment Corporation DES Data Encryption Standard DIF Device Input Format DIP Dual In-line Package (memory) DMA Direct Memory Access DS Double Sided (floppy disk) DV DESQview (multitasking program) EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter (screen) EMM Expanded Memory Manager (memory) EMS Expanded Memory Specification (memory) EOF End Of File EOL End Of Line EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (memory) ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface (hard disk) FAT File Allocation Table (disk) FCC Federal Communications Commission (communication) GUI Graphical User Interface (screen) HD High Density (floppy disk) HGC Hercules Graphics Card (screen) I/F Interface I/O Input/Output IDE Intergrated Drive Electronics (hard disk) KB Kilo Byte = 1,024 bytes LIM Lotus Intel Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification LPI Lines Per Inch (printer) MB Mega Byte = 1,048,576 bytes MDA Monochrome Display Adapter (screen) MFM Modified Frequency Modulation (hard disk) MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second MIS Management Information Systems MMU Memory Management Unit MNP Microcom Network Protocol (communication) MS Microsoft OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer POST Power On Self Test PROM Programmable Read Only Memory (memory) RAM Random Access Memory (memory) RLL Run Length Limited (hard disk) TPA Third Party Applications