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@TEOTD   [TOP]

At The End Of The Day

14AA41

One for All and All for One

2B or not 2B

To Be Or Not To Be

2NITE

Tonight

411

it means: info

4ever

Forever

86

Out Of or Over

A/S/L   [TOP]

Age/Sex/Location

AAAAA

American Association Against Acronym Abuse

AAF

As A Friend

AAK

Asleep At Keyboard

AAMOF

As A Matter Of Fact

AAMOI

As A Matter Of Interest

AAR

At Any Rate

AAR8

At Any Rate

AAS

Alive And Smiling

AATK

Always At The Keyboard

AAYF

As Always, Your Friend

AB

Ass Backwards

ABITHIWTIDB

A bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush

ABT2

About To

ACD

Alt Control Delete

ACE

Access Control Entry

ACK

Acknowledgement

ADAD

Another Day Another Dollar

ADBB

All Done Bye Bye

ADIH

Another Day In Hell

ADIP

Another Day In Paradise

ADR

Address

AEAP

As Early As Possible

AFAGAY

A Friend As Good As You

AFAHMASP

A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted

AFAIC

As Far As I'm Concerned

AFAICS

As Far As I Can See

AFAICT

As far As I can Tell

AFAIK

As Far As I Know

AFAIU

As Far As I Understand

AFAIUI

As Far As I Understand It

AFAP

As Far As Possible

AFAYC

As Far As You're Concerned

AFC

Away From Computer

AFDN

Any F***ing Day Now

AFIAA

As Far As I Am Aware

AFINIAFI

A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed

AFK

Away From Keyboard

AFZ

Acronym free zone

AGKWE

And God Knows What Else

AIAMU

And I'm A Monkey's Uncle

AIH

As It Happens

AIMB

As I Mentioned Before

AIMP

Always In My Prayers

AISE

As I Said Earlier

AISI

As I See It

AKA or a.k.a.

Also Known As

ALAP

As Late As Possible

ALOL

Actually Laughing Out Loud

ALTG

Act Locally, Think Globally

AMAP

As Many As Possible

AMBW

All My Best Wishes

AML

All My Love

AND

Any day now

ANFAWFOWS

And Now For A Word Word From Our Web Sponsor

ANFSCD

And Now For Something Completely Different

AOAS

All Of A Sudden

AOB

Abuse Of Bandwidth

AP

Apple Pie

ASAFP

As Soon As "Friggin" Possible

ASAP

As Soon As Possible

ASL

Age/Sex/Location

ASLMH

Age/Sex/Location/Music/Hobbies

ATST

At The Same Time

ATW

All the Web or Around the Web

AWGTHTGTTA

Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again

AWGTHTGTTSA

Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Sh** Again

AWOL

Absent Without Leave

AYK

As You Know

AYSOS

Are You Stupid Or Something

AYTMTB

And You're Telling Me This Because?

B/C   [TOP]

Because

B4

Before

B4N

Bye For Now

B4U

Before You

B4YKI

Before You Know It

BAG

Bursting A Gut

BAK

Back At my Keyboard

BAU

Business As Usual

BB4N

Bye-Bye for Now

BBBG

Bye Bye Be Good

BBFBBM

Body By Fisher, Brains By Mattel

BBFN

Bye-Bye for Now

BBIAB

Be Back In A Bit

BBIAF

Be Back In A Few

BBIAS

Be Back In A Sec

BBIAW

Be Back In A While

BBL

Be Back Later

BBN

Bye Bye Now

BBSD

Be Back Soon Darling

BBSL

Be Back Sooner or Later

BBT

Be Back Tomorrow

BCBS

Big Company, Big School

BCNU

Be Seein' You

BCOZ

Because

BD

Big Deal

BDC

Big Dumb Company or Big Dot Com

BDN

Big Damn Number

BEOS

Nudge

BFD

Big F***ing Deal

BFF

Best Friends Forever

BFN

Bye For Now

BHOF

Bald Headed Old Fart

BIF

Basis In Fact or Before I Forget

BIOYN

Blow it Out Your Nose

BITD

Back In The Day

BKA

Better Known As

BM

Byte Me

BMOTA

Byte Me On The Ass

BNF

Big Name Fan

BOHICA

Bend Over Here It Comes Again

BR

Bathroom

BRB

Be Right Back

BRT

Be Right There

BS

Big Smile

BSF

But Seriously, Folks

BT

Byte This

BTA

But Then Again or Before The Attacks

BTDT

Been There Done That

BTDTGTS

Been There, Done That, Got The T-shirt

BTHOOM

Beats The Heck Out Of Me

BTSOOM

Beats The Sh** Out Of Me

BTW

By The Way

BTWBO

Be There With Bells On

BW

Best Wishes

BWDIK

But What Do I Know?

BWO

Black, White or Other

BYKT

But you Knew That

C/P   [TOP]

Cross Post

CB

Chat brat

CFV

Call For Vote

CIAO

Goodbye (in Italian)

CID

Consider It Done

CIS

CompuServe Information Service

CMF

Count My Fingers

CMIW

Correct Me if I'm Wrong

COB

Close Of Business

CofS

Church of Scientology

C-P

Sleepy

CRAFT

Can't Remember A F***ing Thing

CRAP

Cheap Redundant Assorted Products

CRAT

Can't Remember A Thing

CRAWS

Can't Remember Anything Worth A Sh**

CRTLA

Can't Remember the Three-Letter Acronym

CSL

Can't Stop Laughing

C-T

City

CTC

Choking The Chicken

CU

See You

CUL

See You Later

CUL8ER

See You Later

CUL8R

See You Later

CUNS

See You In School!

CWYL

Chat With You Later

CY

Calm Yourself

CYA

Cover Your Ass

CYL

See You Later

CYT

See You Tomorrow

DARFC   [TOP]

Ducking And Running For Cover

DBEYR

Don't Believe Everything You Read

DD

Due Diligence

DDD

Direct Distance Dial

DETI

Don't Even Think It

DF

Dear Friend

DGA

Don't Go Anywhere

DGT

Don't Go There

DH

Dear Hubby or Husband

DHYB

Don't Hold Your Breath

DIKU

Do I Know You

DILLIGAD

Do I Look Like I Give A Damn

DILLIGAS

Do I Look Like I Give A Sh**

DIY

Do It Yourself

DKDC

Don't Know Don't Care

DL

Download

DLTM

Don't Lie To Me

DMI

Don't Mention It

DNC

Does Not Compute

DQYDJ

Don't Quit Your Day Job

DRIB

Don't Read If Busy

DUST

Did You See That?

DWYM

Does What You Mean

DYJHIW

Don't You Just Hate it When...

DYOFDW

Do Your Own F***ing Dirty Work

DYSTSOTT

Did You See The Size Of That Thing

E123   [TOP]

Easy as One, Two, Three

EAK

Eating at Keyboard

EG

Evil Grin

EL

Evil Laugh

EM?

Excuse Me?

EOD

End Of Day

EOM

End Of Message

ESO

Equipment Smarter than Operator

EULA

End-User License Agreement

EWI

E-mailing While Intoxicated

EZ

Easy

F2F   [TOP]

Face-to-Face

FAB

Features Attributes Benefits

FAQL

Frequently Asked Questions List

FAWC

For Anyone Who Cares

FBKS

Failure Between Keyboard and Seat

FE

Fatal Error

FF

Friends Forever

FF&PN

Fresh Fields and Pastures New

FISH

First in, Still Here

FITB

Fill in the Blanks

FO

F*** Off

FOAF

Friend Of A Friend

FOC

Free of Charge

FOFL

Falling on Floor Laughing

FRED

F*#king Ridiculous Electronic Device

FTASB

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

FTL

Faster Than Light

FTTB

For The Time Being

FUBAR

F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition

FUBB

F***ed Up Beyond Belief

FUD

Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation

FWD

Forward

FWIW

For What It's Worth

FYA

For Your Amusement

FYI

For Your Information

FYIFV

F*#k You I'm Fully Vested

FYM

For Your Misinformation

GA   [TOP]

Go Ahead

GAL

Get A Life

GALGAL

Give A Little Get A Little

GBH

Great Big Hug

GD&R

Grinning, Ducking and Running

GG

Good Game (or) Gotta Go

GGN

Gotta Go Now

GIGO

Garbage In, Garbage Out

GIWIST

Gee, I Wish I'd Said That

GL

Good Luck

GLYASDI

God Loves You And So Do I

GMTA

Great Minds Think Alike

GMTFT

Great Minds Think For Themselves

GNBLFY

Got Nothing But Love For You

GOK

God Only Knows

GR&D

Grinning Running And Ducking

GR8

Great

GRRRR

it means Growling

GSOAS

Go Sit On A Snake

GTG

Got To Go

GTGB

Got To Go, Bye

GTGP

Got To Go Pee

GTH

Go To Hell

GTSY

Glad To See Ya

GYPO

Get Your Pants Off

HAGD   [TOP]

Have a Great Day

HAGO

Have A Good One

HAK

Hugs And Kisses

HAND

Have a Nice Day

HB

Hurry Back

HD

Hold

HF

Hello, Friend

HHO1/2K

Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding

HHOJ

Ha-Ha, Only Joking

HHOK

Ha Ha, Only Kidding

HHOS

Ha-Ha, Only Being Serious

HHTYAY

Happy Holidays To You And Yours

HIH

Hope It Helps

HIOOC

Help! I'm Out Of Coffee

HOHA

HOllywood HAcker

HTH

Hope This (or That) Helps

HUA

Heads Up Ace

HUGZ

Hugs

HUYA

Head Up Your A**

I 1-D-R   [TOP]

I Wonder

IAC

In Any Case

IAC

In Any Case

IAE

In Any Event

IAITS

It's All In The Subject

IANAC

I Am Not A Crook

IANAE

I Am Not an Expert

IANAL

I Am Not A Lawyer

IAT

I Am Tired

IBRB

I Will Be Right Back

IBT

In Between Technology

IBTD

I Beg To Differ

IC

In Character

ICBW

I Could Be Wrong

ID10T

Idiot

IDGAF

I Don't Give A F***

IDGI

I Don't Get It

IDK

I Don't Know

IDKY

I Don't Know You

I-D-L

Ideal

IDM

It Does Not Matter

IDST

I Didn't Say That

IDTS

I Don't Think So

IEF

It's Esther's Fault

IFAB

I Found A Bug

IFU

I F***ed Up

IGGP

I Gotta Go Pee

IGTP

I Get The Point

IHAIM

I Have Another Instant Message

IHNO

I Have No Opinion

IHTFP

I Have Truly Found Paradise or I Hate This F***in Place

IIIO

Intel Inside, Idiot Outside

IIMAD

If It Makes An(y) Difference

IIR

If I Remember or If I Recall

IIRC

If I Remember Correctly or If I Recall Correctly

IIWM

If It Were Me

ILICISCOMK

I Laughed, I Cried, I Spat/Spilt Coffee/Crumbs/Coke On My Keyboard

ILU

I Love You

ILY

I Love You

IM

Instant Messaging

IMHO

In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO

In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMO

In My Opinion

IMS

I Am Sorry

INMP

It's Not My Problem

INNW

If Not Now, When

INPO

In No Particular Order

IOH

I'm Outta Here

IOW

In Other Words

IRL

In Real Life

ISS

I Said So

ISTM

It Seems to Me

ISTR

I Seem To Remember

ISWYM

I See What You Mean

ITM

In The Money

IUM

If You Must

IYKWIM

If You Know What I Mean

IYKWIMAITYD

If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do

IYO

In Your Opinion

IYSS

If You Say So

IYSWIM

If You See What I Mean

J/C   [TOP]

Just Checking

J/K

Just Kidding!

J/W

Just Wondering

JAD

Just Another day

JAFO

Just Another F***ing Onlooker

JAM

Just a Minute

JK

Just Kidding

JM2C

Just My 2 Cents

JOOTT

Just One Of Those Things

JT