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Three Letter Acronyms

With many Internet Service Providers charging by the hour, and with telephone charges being as high as they are, TLA's have become increasingly popular. They save time typing, therefore saving costly charges.

This list may not be all of them (some have been omitted on purpose!) but it will give you a head start.

<G> Grin
AFAICT As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
AIUI As I Understand It
B4 Before
BAK Back At Keyboard
BBL Be Back Later
BCNU Be Seeing You
BRB Be Right Back
BSF But Seriously Folks
BTDT Been There, Done That
BTSOOM Beats The **** Out Of Me
BTW By The Way
BWQ Buzz Word Quotient
CLM Career Limiting Move
CUL See You Later
DWIM Do What I Mean
DWISNWID Do What I Say Not What I Do
DYJHIW Don’t You Just Hate It When
EOF End Of File
ESAD *Insult*
ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym
F2F Face To Face
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FGS For Goodness Sake
FOAD *Insult*
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FOC Free Of Charge
FUBAR ‘Messed’ Up Beyond All Recognition
FWIW For What It’s Worth
FYA For Your Amusement
FYE For Your Entertainment
FYI For Your Information
GA Go Ahead
GAL Get A Life
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GR&D Grinning, Running And Ducking
HHOJ Ha Ha, Only Joking
HHOS Ha Ha, Only Serious
IAE In Any Event
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IME In My Experience
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
ISTM It Seems To Me
ISTR I Seem To Recall
ITRO In The Region Of
ITRW In The Real World
IWBNI It Would Be Nice If
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean
JAM Just A Minute
KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid
L8R Later
LOL Laugh Out Loud
MORF Male Or Female?
MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex
MOTOS Member Of The Opposite Sex
MOTSS Member Of The Same Sex
MUG Multi User Game
NALOPKT Not A Lot Of People Know That
NIFOC Nude In Front Of Computer
NRN No Reply Necessary
NWM No Way Man!
OAO Over And Out
OBTW Oh, By The Way
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OIC Oh, I See
OMG Oh My God!
OTOH On The Other Hand
OTT Over The Top
PD Public Domain
PITA Pain In The ‘Bottom’
POD Piece Of Data
RFD Request For Discussion
ROFL Rolls On Floor Laughing
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFAQ Read The FAQ
RTFM Read The Flipping Manual
RUOK Are You Ok
SITD Still In The Dark
SMOP Small Matter Of Programming
SNAFU Situation Normal, All ‘Messed’ Up
SNR Signal To Noise Ratio
SO Significant Other
STFU Shut *** **** Up
TANSTAAFL There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TCB Trouble Came Back
TDM Too Damn Many
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TLA Three Letter Acronym
TNX Thanks
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTYL Talk To You Later
TVM Thanks Very Much
UBD User Brain Damage
VC Virtual Community
VR Virtual Reality
WIBNI Would Be Nice If
WRT With Regard To
WTH What The Hell
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym
YHM You Have Mail

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