C

CRS- Can't Remember S**t

CU- See You - also posted as cya

CUL8R - See You Later

CUOL - See You On Line

CYA - See Ya



D

DEGT - Don't Even Go There (I don't want to talk about it)

DIKU- Do I Know You?

DIS- Did I Say

D/L, DL, d/l, dl- Downloading, or Download it.

DH- Dear Husband ie

DW- Dear Wife


E

EG- Evil Grin

EM- E-Mail

EMA- E-mail Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address)

EOT- End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)

ez or EZ - easy


F

F2F- Face To Face

FAQ- Frequently Asked Question

FITB- Fill In The Blanks

Flame - to insult someone. Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message board.

FOCL - Falling Off Chair - Laughing

Forum - - What todays message boards are called. Often using php as defining language to quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or page)

FUBAR - "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition

FUD - Computer Slang - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

FWIW - For What It's Worth

FYI - For Your Information


G

*G* - Giggle
GA - Go Ahead

GAL - Get A Life

g/f - Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)

GFN - Gone For Now

GGOH - Gotta Get Outta Here

GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike

GR- Gotta Run

GR&D- Grinning, Running, and Ducking.

GTR- Got To Run

GTRM- Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)



H

*H* - Hug

H&K - Hugs and Kisses

Hack - person who breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room.

HAGD - Have A Good Day

HAGO - Have A Good One

HB - Hurry Back

Hosts - Refers to the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior.

HTH - Hope That Helps



I

IAC- In Any Case

IB- I'm Back

IC - I See

IDN - I Don't kNow

IDK - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Don't Know

IDTS- I Don't Think So

ICQ - I Seek You.

ILU or ILY - I Love You

IM - Instant Message

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)

IMO - In My Opinion

IOH - I'm Out of Here

IOW - In Other Words

IRL - In Real Life

IYO - In Your Opinion



J

JAS - Just A Second

JIC - Just In Case

JK - Just Kidding

JMO - Just My Opinion

JW - Just Wondering



K

*K* - Kiss

k, K, or kk - O. K.

KIT - Keep In Touch



L

L8R - Later

LMAO - Laughing My A** Off

LFFAO - Laughing My F***(freak)ing A** Off

LOL - Laughing Out Loud

LTNS - Long Time No See

LTS - Laughing To ones Self

LY - I Love Ya.

LYL- Love You Lots


M

Mang - Slang for "good brother" or just "Man".



N

NE1 - Anyone

Newbie - refers to a person who is new to an area or technology. Also seen as nube, nooby, nubie, nb, etc.

NFW - No Feasible (or F***ing) Way

NFG - No Funkin Good

NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard

nm, or NM - Never Mind

NP, np - No Problem

NRN - No Response Necessary

NT - No Thanks


O

OBTW - Oh, By The Way.

OIC - Oh, I See

OF - Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while.

OJ or OK - Only Joking or Only Kidding

OL - the Old Lady

OM - the Old Man

OMG- Oh My Gosh (although it's usually used with the Lords name in place of "gosh")

OT - Off Topic

OTW - On The Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's "On the way"



P

P911 - My parents are in the room. P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words either drop the subject, or watch the language.

PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association

PCMCIA - People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)

PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard

PITA - Pain In The A**

PLZ -  Please

POTS- Plain Old Telephone Service

POS - Parents are looking Over my Shoulder.

PPL- People



Q

QT- Cutie



R

ROFL - Rolling On Floor, Laughing

ROTF - Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied)

ROTFLMAO- Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off

ROTFLMFAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My F(***ing) A** Off

RSN- Real Soon Now

r/t - Real Time (also: RT, or rt)

RTFM - Read The "Flippin" Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)

RU - aRe yoU?



S

SH - Same Here

SMS - Short Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and the Internet)

SN - Screen Name

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up

SO - Significant Other

SOL - Sh** Out Of Luck

SOS - Same Old S**t (stuff)

SOTA - State Of The Art (latest technology)

SPST - Same Place, Same Time

STR8 - Straight (can refer to sex, or DSTR8 as in D**n Straight)

STW - Search The Web

SY - Sincerely Yours

SYL - See You Later



T

TAFN - That's All For Now

TC - Take Care

TFH - Thread From He** (a topic or discussion that won't stop )

TGIF - Thank Goodness It's Friday

THX - Thanks!

TIA - Thanks In Advance

TM - Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)

TMI - Too Much Info. (information)

TNT - 'Til Next Time

TPS - That's Pretty Stupid

TPTB- The Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the people that are running the chat room or server)

TRDMF - Tears Running Down My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness.

TTFN - Ta-Ta For Now

TTTT - These Things Take Time

TTYL- Talk To You Later

TY - Thank You

TYT - Take Your Time

TYVM - Thank You Very Much


W

*W* - Wink

WB - Welcome Back (you say this when someone returns to a chat room)

WC- WelCome

WEG - Wicked Evil Grin

WEU - What's Eating You?

WFM - Works For Me

WIIFM - What's In It For Me?

WTG - Way To Go

WTH - What/Who The Heck

WTF - What The F**K

WT? - What The ...? or Who the ...?

WTGP? - Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)

WWJD - What Would Jesus Do?



Y

YAA - Yet Another Acronym

YBS - You'll Be Sorry

YL - Young Lady

YM - Young Man

YVW- You're Very Welcome

YW - You're Welcome

Managers Helping Managers ©