Sayonara Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 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?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rebel Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I had a slighter different interpretion of WTF PHILet's go with mine so younger member's parents continue to view us as an educational resource. And for you parents of teenagers who are reading this, we want you to know that certain vulgar words like ****, ****, ***** and **** will automatically be blanked out, replaced by asterisks in the actual post. You can't protect your children from all of the internet's vulgarity, but you can rest assured they won't get that **** here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 sr-special relativity gr-general relativity bh-black hole qm-quantum mechanics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 OP = original post/point, or original poster (took me ages to work that out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 GD = General Discussion ;p RTFM = Read The Freakin Manual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 ITT- in this thread. dont see this one as much as some of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 IANAL = I am not a lawyer 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 6, 2006 Author Share Posted May 6, 2006 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". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drochaid Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 FOC = free of charge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herpguy Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herpguy Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 http://www.aim.com/acronyms.adp?aolp=0#r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed84c Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 merg. somebody explain what BIKINI is an acorym for, in terms of British Military Defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwimac Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquid Nitrogen Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 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. OHT: Over Head Transmission BFN: Bye for Now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devrimci_kürt Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 IMO - in my opinion Please feel free to add relevant acronyms or query the meaning of any I have missed off. addition IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Watson_Miami FL Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 GOD = Grateful On Delivery DATE = dimensional aspects of time eternal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 GOD = Grateful On Delivery DATE = dimensional aspects of time eternal Umm, the title of the thread is Common Acronyms, reaffirmed in post #13. I submit that one hit on Google between them (zero, if we exclude your use of the term) does not qualify. (Soon to have additional hits once this page is crawled, but I trust the point is clear) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewmon Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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