Email Acronyms Explained

• AFAIC
  As Far As I'm Concerned
• AISI
  As I See It
• ANFAWFOS
  And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
• ANFAWFOWS
  And Now For A Word From Our WEB Sponsor
• AOL
  America Off Line
• ASAP
  As Soon As Possible
• ASAFP
  As Soon As Friggin Possible
• AWGTHTGTTA
  Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again
• AWGTHTGTTSA
  Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Shit Again
• B4
  Before
• BCNU
  Be Seeing You
• BFD
  Big F#cking Deal
• BK
  Bo Knows
• BNF
  Big Name Fan
• BOT
  Back On Topic
• BTSOOM
  Beats The Shit Out Of Me
• BT
  Byte This!
• BTW
  By The Way
• BTWBO
  Be There With Bells On
• CIAO
  Goodbye (Italyin Itlin Itlen Italian) :-)
• CIS
  CompuServe Information Service
• CMF
  Count My Fingers!
• CTC
  Choking The Chicken
• CUL
  Catch You Later/See You Later
• CUL8R
  See You Later
• CWYL
  Chat With You Later
• DBEYR
  Don't Believe Everything You Read
• DDD
  Direct Distance Dial
• DHYB
  Don't Hold Your Breath
• DILLIGAD
  Do I Look Like I Give A Damn
• DQYDJ
  Don't Quit You're Day Job
• DYSTSOTT
  Did You See The Size Of That Thing
• FE
  Fatal Error
• FTASB
  Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
• FTL
  Faster Than Light
• FUBAR
  F#cked Up Beyond All Repair -or- Any Recognition
• FUBB
  F#cked Up Beyond Belief
• FWIW
  For What It's Worth
• FYI
  For Your Information
• FYM
  For Your Misinformation
• GE
  GEnie Information Service
• GIGO
  Garbage In, Garbage Out
• GIWIST
  Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
• GR&D
  Grinning Running & Ducking
• HAK
  Hugs And Kisses
• HUYA
  Head Up Your A$$
• HHOK
  Ha Ha, Only Kidding
• HHO1/2K
  Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding
• HIOOC
  Help! I'm Out Of Coffee!
• HTH
  Hope This Helps
• HUA
  Heads Up, Ace
• IAC
  In Any Case
• IAE
  In Any Event
• IANAL
  I Am Not A Lawyer
• IANAC
  I Am Not A Crook
• IAO
  I Am Outtahere
• IBCNU
  I'll Be Seeing You
• IBTD
  I Beg To Differ
• IFABCTE
  I Found A Bug, Call The Exterminator
• IITYWTMWYKM
  If I Tell You What This Means Will You Kiss Me
• IITYWTMWYBMAD
  If I Tell You What This Means Will You Buy Me A Drink
• IITYWTMWYLMA
  If I Tell You What This Means Will You Leave Me Alone
• IIWM
  If It Were Me
• ILSHIBAMF
  I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture
• ILSHIBMS
  I Laughed So Hard I Broke My Stitches
• IMCO
  In My Considered Opinion
• IMHO
  In My Humble Opinion
• IMNSHO
  In My Not So Humble Opinion
• IMO
  In My Opinion
• INPO
  In No Particular Order
• IOW
  In Other Words
• ISP
  Internet Service Provider
• KISS
  Keep It Simple Stupid
• L8R
  Later
• LD
  Long Distance
• LDTTWA
  Let's Do The Time Warp Again
• LLTA
  Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause
• LOL
  Laughing Out Loud
• LSHHTCMS
  Laughed So Hard, Had To Change My Shorts
• LTIP
  Laughing Till I Puke
• MTFBWY
  May The Force Be With You
• NBFD
  No Big F#cking Deal
• NFW
  No F#cking Way
• NRN
  No Reply Necessary
• NYCFS
  New York City Finger Salute
• OAUS
  On An Unrelated Subject
• OATUS
  On A Totally Unrelated Subject
• OATIS
  On A Totally Irrelevant Subject
• OBTW
  Oh By The Way
• OI
  Operator Indisposed
• OMIK
  Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
• ONNA
  Oh No, Not Again
• ONNTA
  Oh No Not This Again
• OOTC
  Obligatory On Topic Comment
• OTOH
  On The Other Hand
• OTOOH
  On The Other Other Hand
• OTSH
  On The Same Hand
• OWTTE
  Or Words To That Effect
• OZ
  Australia
• PITA
  Pain In The A$$
• PMF
  Pull My Finger
• RBTL
  Read Between The Lines
• RML
  Read My Lips
• RMM
  Read My Mail
• ROTFL
  Rolling On The Floor Laughing
• ROTM
  Right On The Money
• RSN
  Real Soon Now
• RTFM
  Read The F#cking Manual
• SH
  Shit Happens
• SH2M
  Shit Happens To Me
• SITD
  Still In The Dark
• SOI
  Sit On It
• SOL
  Shit Outta Luck
• STM
  Spank The Monkey
• SysOp
  System Operator
• SYP
  Send Your Password
• TAFL
  Take A Flying Leap
• TANSTAAFL
  There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
• TDTM
  Talk Dirty To Me
• TFASB
  Time For A Sex Break
• TFN
  Thanks For Nothin'
• TGIF
  Thank God It's Friday
• TIA
  Thanks In Advance
• TIC
  Tongue In Cheek
• TISEC
  Tongue In Someone Else's Cheek
• TLA
  Three Letter Acronym (such as this)
• TM
  Trust Me
• TSR
  Terminate and Stay Resident
• TSR
  Totally Stuck in RAM
• TTFN
  Ta Ta For Now
• TTYL
  Talk To You Later
• TTYS
  Talk To You Soon
• TTYT
  Talk To You Tomorrow
• TTT
  That's The Ticket
• TWHAB
  This Won't Hurt A Bit
• VI
  Village Idiot
• WDIPME
  Where Did I Put My Excedrin
• WGAFS
  Who Gives A Flying Squat
• WIT
  Wordsmith In Training
• WMG
  Wheres My Glasses
• WTHDTIM
  What The Hell Do These Initials Mean
• WTSDS
  Where The Sun Don't Shine
• WWW
  World Wide Wait
• WYSIWYG
  What You See Is What You Get
• WYSIUWYW
  What You See Isn't Usually What You Want
• YGBK
  You Gotta Be Kiddin'
• <g>
  Grin
• <G>
  Big Grin
• <s>
  Little shit
• <S>
  Big shit
• <f>
  Little f#ck
• <F>
  Big f#ck
• <FU>
  ...obvious
• 4Q2
  ...also obvious!

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