Acronyms; LOL and all the rest, what do they mean

[AKDrifter]

Another stupid question; what does LOL, IMHO and all the rest of the acronyms mean? I'm just trying to get a grip on(life), no I mean a grip on what's meant in some of the posts.

 

[Don M]

lol=laughing out loud

imho=in my humble opinion

otoh=on the other hand



there are more



Don~

 

[Shovelhead]

BTW= by the way

ROFLMAO= rolling on floor laughing my a** off

FWIW= for what it's worth

MHO= my humble opinion

 

[TxDieselKid]

my computer teacher taught us a new one...

In my computer we had to learn some very basic acs. and the one I had never heard of was... .



TTFN=Ta Ta For Now



Some others that will help you on this web site...

BOMB=Better Off Modified Baby!!!

 

[illflem]

Here's some of the common ones, there are thousands more



AAMOF as a matter of fact

BBFN bye bye for now

BFN bye for now

BTW by the way

BYKT but you knew that

CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong

EOL end of lecture

FAQ frequently asked question(s)

FITB fill in the blank

FWIW for what it's worth

FYI for your information

HTH hope this helps

IAC in any case

IAE in any event

IMCO in my considered opinion

IMHO in my humble opinion

IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion

IMO in my opinion

IOW in other words

LOL lots of luck or laughing out loud

MGB may God bless

MHOTY my hat's off to you

NRN no reply necessary

OIC oh, I see

OTOH on the other hand

RCH red c*** hair(unit of measure)

ROF rolling on the floor

ROFL rolling on the floor laughing

ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing

RSN real soon now

SITD still in the dark

TIA thanks in advance

TIC tongue in cheek

TTYL talk to you later

TYVM thank you very much

WYSIWYG what you see is what you get

YKYBNTLWYKT you know you've been on the net too long when you know all these



There are some acronyms that have different meanings depending on the field they are used such as TPS



Throttle Position Sensor

Technical Publication Software

Technical Publishing Software

Teleprocessing Services

Thermal Protection System

Trailer Park Slattern

Transaction Processing System

Transactions Per Second



Go here http://www3.sympatico.ca/dhaughey/ for ones used in automotive lingo

 

[Leon R]

WTGBTWAER

 

[BigFun]

OMG - Oh My God!

YGTBBSM - You got to be bu11$hiting me!

AMF - Adios My Friend (or somethin similar)

WTFO - What the ****, over?



Some of the colorful Sailor acronyms!

 

[JohnE]

<b>W</b>icked <b>E</b>vil <b>G</b>rin

Only see that one in chat rooms with mixed genders.



Don't forget the emoticons ;-P

 

[JR2]

the absolute best one I ever say was in Wired Magazine... it was a term that a computer help dest tech used to descirbe the problem his current caller was having...



PEBCAK.....



Problem exist between chair and keyboard



ROFLMAO

 

[The patriot]

WTF What the ... . fudge. Got to keep it PG rated.

Eric

 

[Scollins]

Some of my favorites: Certain 4 letter word replaced with "Fudge. "

FUBAR - Fudged Up Beyond All Recognition

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fudged Up

LFM - Lucky Fudging Me

JAFD - Just Another Fudging Day

RTFM - Read The Fudging Manual



For the IT crowd:

PEBKAC has already been shown, but I like:

ID10T (Tell someone to write "I", "D", "10", "T" as the error code. )

 

[Rotty]

PBAH

Pay Backs Are Hell

 

[Papa Joe]

SLBTM was popular with some of the oldies - sounds like bs to me.