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#1 27 March 2005 - 01:52 PM Sayonara³ 


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You may have seen various acronyms used on the forums and wondered what they stood for. This non-exhaustive list is to clarify their meanings:


IOW - in other words

IMO - in my opinion

IMHO - in my humble/honest opinion

IIRC - if I remember correctly

AFAIK - as far as I know

ATM - at the moment (also "atinymonkey" on this site in particular)

POV - point of view


Please feel free to add relevant acronyms or query the meaning of any I have missed off.
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#2 27 March 2005 - 03:08 PM Phi for All 


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BTW = By the way

J/K = Just kidding

OTOH = On the other hand

PM = Personal Message

IRC = Internet Relay Chat

LOL = Laughing out loud

ROFL = Rolling on the floor laughing

WTF = Where's THAT from?!? :D
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#3 27 March 2005 - 03:54 PM dave 


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Some common IRC ones:

BRB - Be Right Back

BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit

AFK - Away From Keyboard

Also, a very useful one for the CS forums is RTFM - Read The Fine manual :-p
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#4 27 March 2005 - 04:36 PM The Rebel 


Meson
Here's a couple more FYI

AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
AFAIC - As Far As I'm Concerned
AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
BAK - Back At Keyboard
BBL - Be Back Later
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FYA - For Your Amusement
FYI - For Your Information
GTG - Got To Go
ISP - Internet Service Provider
LMAO - Laughing My Arse Off
L8R - Later
OIC - Oh I See
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TY - Thank You
WB - Welcome Back
YW - Your Welcome

I had a slighter different interpretion of WTF PHI
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#5 27 March 2005 - 05:15 PM Phi for All 


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The Rebel said:

I had a slighter different interpretion of WTF PHI
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#6 27 March 2005 - 07:00 PM ydoaPs 


just lost the game
idk=i don't know

lolly roffles=lol+rofl (not an acronym, but dave's sig proves that some don't know it's meaning)
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#7 28 March 2005 - 05:57 PM 5614 


Genius
FTL = faster than light

Units:
c = speed of light
m = mass
n = newtons (measure of weight)
kg = kilogram (measure of mass)
Δ = delta, change in
e.g it is 10C outside and warms up to 25C, Δtemperature or change in temperature is 15C
G = giga, thousand million
M = mega, 1,000,000,000
m = milli, thousandth
µ = micro, millionth
n = nano, 0.000 000 001
p = pico, 0.000 000 000 001
M, n, p, depends on if you are going by long (billion means a million millions) or short (billion means only a thousand millions) scale.
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#8 28 March 2005 - 06:12 PM ydoaPs 


just lost the game
sr-special relativity
gr-general relativity
bh-black hole
qm-quantum mechanics
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#9 28 March 2005 - 08:19 PM Dak 


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OP = original post/point, or original poster (took me ages to work that out)
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#10 30 March 2005 - 07:35 AM YT2095 


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GD = General Discussion ;p

RTFM = Read The Freakin Manual
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#11 8 April 2005 - 06:35 PM Callipygous 


Organism
ITT- in this thread. dont see this one as much as some of the others.
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#12 14 June 2005 - 07:10 PM Dak 


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IANAL = I am not a lawyer
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#13 6 May 2006 - 03:33 PM Sayonara³ 


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Can I remind all users that this thread is for common acronyms, which one is likely to come across on these forums and which may affect the meaning of posts. It is meant to be a resource.

It's not for any old junk like "IAGTRNSL - I am going to Raymond's Now, Speak Later".
The Dictionary is not a technical resource.
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#14 6 May 2006 - 05:23 PM drochaid 


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#15 6 May 2006 - 06:25 PM herpguy 


Molecule
Some users here at SFN:
IMM-In My Memory
AP-AzurePhoenix (I think)
YDOAPS-Yourdadonapogos

I have refered to insane_alien as IA, but that one really isn't official.
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#16 19 June 2006 - 02:16 PM herpguy 


Molecule
http://www.aim.com/a...ms.adp?aolp=0#r
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#17 10 July 2006 - 09:20 PM ed84c 


Organism
merg.

somebody explain what BIKINI is an acorym for, in terms of British Military Defence.
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#18 10 July 2006 - 10:38 PM Dak 


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According to wp, it's not an accronym, it's a code-word.

according to here, it was randomly chosen as a code-word by a computer.

not that it's a common accronym :-p
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#19 28 November 2006 - 08:45 AM kiwimac 


Lepton
ISTM= It seems to me
Tanstaafl=There ain't no such thing as a free lunch <---Heinleinism
YEC = Young Earth Creationist.
TE = Theological Evolutionist
OEC = Old earth Creationist
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#20 10 January 2007 - 12:39 PM carol 


Baryon
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AFK - Away From Keyboard
AISB - As I Said Before
AKA - Also Known As
BBL - Be Back Later
BCNU - Be Seeing You
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
CUL8R - See You Later
CYA - See Ya/You
FYI - For Your Information
HTH - Hope this Helps
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
LMAO - Laughing my Ass off
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
NP - No Problem
ONNA - Oh No, Not Again
OTOH - On The Other Hand
OTTOMH –Off The Top Of My Head
ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
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