110625 AAK Alive And Kicking AAR At Any Rate AAS Alive And Smiling ADN Any Day Now AFAIK As Far As I Know AFK Away From Keyboard AFN that's All For Now AOTA All Of The Above ASL Age/Sex/Location, used to ask personal info AV Avatar - Graphical representation of a person B/F Boyfriend (also shown as bf, B/F, or BF) B4 Before BAK Back At Keyboard BBL Be Back Later BBS Be Back Soon BCNU Be Seeing You. BEG Big Evil Grin BFN Bye For Now BMA Bite My A** BOFH Bastard Operator From Hell BR Best Regards BRB Be Right Back BRH Be Right Here BSEG Big S**t Eatin Grin BSOD Bad Sector of Death BTA But Then Again BTW BeTWeen you and me BTW By The Way CNP Continued in Next Post CP Chat Post CRS Can't Remember S**t CU See You CUL8R See You Later CUOL See You On Line CUS Can't Understand S**t CYA See Ya D/L, DL, d/l, dl Downloading DDSOS Different Day, Same Old S**t DEGT Don't Even Go There DIKU Do I Know You? DIS Did I Say EG Evil Grin EM E-Mail EMA E-mail Address EOT End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion) EZ or EZ easy (one of the really old ones) F2F Face To Face FAQ Frequently Asked Question FISH First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much) FITB Fill In The Blanks FOCL Falling Off Chair Laughing FTS F*** This S*** FU If you don't know this one, you shouldn't be on line FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition FUD Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt FWIW For What It's Worth FYI For Your Information G/F Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF) GA Go Ahead GAL Get A Life GFN Gone For Now GGOH Gotta Get Outta Here GMTA Great Minds Think Alike GR Gotta Run GR&D Grinning, Running, and Ducking. GTR Got To Run GTRM Going To Read Mail H&K Hugs and Kisses HAGD Have A Good Day HAGO Have A Good One HB Hurry Back HTH Hope That Helps IAC In Any Case IANAL I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion) IB I'm Back IC I See ICQ I Seek You. An internet chat program. IDK I Don't Know IDN I Don't kNow IDTS I Don't Think So ILU or ILY I Love You IM Instant Message IMHO In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion) IMO In My Opinion IOH I'm Out of Here IOW In Other Words IRL In Real Life ISTM It Seems To Me IYO In Your Opinion JAS Just A Second JIC Just In Case JK Just Kidding JMO Just My Opinion JW Just Wondering K or kk OK KIT Keep In Touch L8R Later LMAO Laughing My Ass Off LMFAO Laughing My F***(freaking) Ass Off LOL Laughing Out Loud LTNS Long Time No See LTS Laughing To ones Self LY I Love Ya. LYL Love You Lots MUG A new user, goes back to when the AV was a coffee mug. NE1 Anyone NFW No Feasible (or F***ing) Way NIMBY Not In My Back Yard NM Never Mind NP No Problem NRN No Response Necessary or Not Right Now NT No Thanks OBTW Oh, By The Way. OF Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while. OIC Oh, I See OJ or OK Only Joking or Only Kidding OL the Old Lady OM the Old Man OMG Oh My Gosh OT Off Topic OTE Over The Edge (beyond common sense or good taste) OTH Off The Hook: Something is really popular OTOH On The Other Hand OTOMH Off the Top of My Head OTR Off The Rack: something is outside the ordinary. OTW On The Way P911 My parents are in the room. PANS Pretty Awesome New Stuff PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Cards International Assoc PEBCAK Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard PITA Pain In The Ass PLZ Please PMJI Pardon Me for Jumping In POS Parents are looking Over my Shoulder. POTS Parents Over The Shoulder POTS Plain Old Telephone Service PPL People QT Cutie R/T Real Time (also: RT, or rt) RFC Request For Comments RL Real Life (as opposed to being online) RM Ready Made: pre-existing ROFL Rolling On Floor, Laughing ROTF Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied) RSN Real Soon Now RTFM Read The "Flippin" Manual RU aRe yoU? SEG Shit Eating Grin SH Same Here SMS Short Message Service SN Screen Name. SNAFU Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up SO Significant Other SOL Shit Out Of Luck SOS Same Old S**t (stuff) SOTA State Of The Art (latest technology) SPST Same Place, Same Time SSDD Same S**t, Different Day STR8 Straight (sex, or DSTR8 as in Damn Straight) STW Search The Web SY Sincerely Yours SYL See You Later TAFN That's All For Now TC Take Care TFH Thread From Hell TGIF Thank Goodness It's Friday THX Thanks! TIA Thanks In Advance TM Text Message TMI Too Much Information TNT Til Next Time TPS That's Pretty Stupid TPTB The Powers That Be TRDMF Tears Running Down My Face TS Tough S**t TSFY Tough S**t For You TTFN Ta-Ta For Now TTTT These Things Take Time TTYL Talk To You Later TY Thank You TYT Take Your Time TYVM Thank You Very Much US You Suck USA Until Sides Ache: Usually used with laughter "lolusa" UV Unpleasant Visual UW yoU're Welcome UY Up Yours VP Virtual Places a chat program VPPH Virtual Places Page Host WB Welcome Back WC WelCome WEG Wicked Evil Grin WEU What's Eating You? WFM Works For Me WIIFM What's In It For Me? WT? What The ...? or Who the ...? WTF What The F**K WTG Way To Go WTGP Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room) WWJD What Would Jesus Do? YAA Yet Another Acronym YBS You'll Be Sorry YL Young Lady YM Young Man YMMV Your Mileage May Vary YR Yea, Right. (sarcastic) YS You Stinker YVW You're Very Welcome YW You're Welcome (((xxx))) = giving xxx a virtual hug. ;-)~~~~~~~ = giving someone the raspberries. *s*, , = smile *g*, = grin *g*, = giggles *w*, = wink *k*, *K* = kiss xoxo = hugs and kisses \~/ = glass with a drink. (usually booze) \_/? = a cup of tea [_]> = Cup of coffee @@@ = Cookies ^5 = high five ?^ = What's Up? @--/-- = a rose :-) = smile ;-) = wink <:-| = curious :~) = cute :-( = sad 8-) = wears glasses :-} = embarrassed :-/ = perplexed, confused :,-( = or ;`-( = to cry :-< = pouting >:-( = angry 0:-) = angel :-| = bored or no opinion :-> = grin/mischievous | -) = dreaming :-O = shouting, or shocked :-o = talking, or surprised >:-|| = mad / angry :-D = big grin or laugh =:-O = scared :-x = keeping mouth shut :o) = smiles (w/nose) :-))))))) = lots of smiles ;-P = sticking tongue out :P = sticking tongue out #8-) = nerd, or or person with glasses and crew cut. &-( = crying !:-) = I have an idea ;-{ ) = person with a mustache ;-)~ = sexy tongue - or drunk ;~) = being cute c["] = coffee mug [_]> = another cup or mug :-> = grin/mischievous <:-| = curious |-| = sound asleep :-x = I'm keeping my mouth shut