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Frequently used acronyms

While surfing the web and participating in online discussions (USENET, mailing lists, forums etc.) you're likely to come across a wide variety of acronyms, some more polite than others (just remember to grow a thick skin), not all of which have immediately obvious meanings.

The table below enumerates the ones that I know of - or at least those that I can think of right now... Obviously, if you can think of some that are frequently used and that have been omitted here then please do let me know.

AFAICS As Far As I Can See
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
AIUI As I Understand It
BTDTGTTS Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt
BTW By The Way
ESAD Eat Sh*t And Die
FOAD F**k Off And Die
FUBAR F**ked Up Beyond All Recognition
FUD (to spread) Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information
GIYF Google Is Your Friend
HAND Have A Nice Day
HTH Hope This Helps
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IIUC If I Understand Correctly
IME In My Experience
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
JFTR Just For The Record
LMAO Laughing My Arse Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
OOTB Out Of The Box
OTOH On The Other Hand
PDNFTT Please Do Not Feed The Troll
PEBCAK See PEBKAC
PEBKAC Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
POV Point Of View
ROTF Rolling On The Floor
ROTFLMAO = ROTF LMAO
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFM Read The F**king Manual
SNAFU Situation Normal, All F**ked Up
STFW Search The F**king Web
TIA Thanks In Advance
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTYTT To Tell You The Truth
WTF What/Why/Who/Where/When The F**k???
YADATROT Yet Another Desperate Attempt To Remain On-Topic (*)
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary

(*) − RIP Norman De Forest, we'll miss you!
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