BBL - Be Back Later BFN - Bye For Now BRB - Be Right Back BTW - By The Way CAD - Control-Alternate-Delete or Computer Aided Design CIM - CompuServe Information Manager-The program CIS - CompuServe Information Service CP - Copy Protection FB - Files Busy FUBAR - "Fixed" Up Beyond All Recognition FWIW - For What It's Worth FYI - For Your Information g - grin - usually in brackets or angles or [g] gd&h - grinning, ducking and hiding gd&r - grinning, ducking and running gd&r,vvf - grinning, ducking and running, very very fast HSIK - How Should I Know IAE - In Any Event IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer INAL - I'm Not A Lawyer IMO - In My Opinion IMHO - In My Humble Opinion IOW - In Other Words JFYI - Just For Your Information LOL - Laughing Out Loud LMAO - Laughing My Off NBD - No Big Deal NOYB - None Of Your Business OIC - Oh, I See OTL - Out To Lunch OTOH - On The Other Hand PITA - Pain In The A** PMFJI - Pardon Me For Jumping In PMJI - Pardon My Jumping In PPN - Programmer Project Number; now known as ID# or UserId PTB - Powers That Be RNA - Ring, No Answer (communication or telephone term for a problem) ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing ROTF - Rolling On The Floor ROTF,L - Rolling On The Floor, Laughing RSN - Real Soon Now RTFM - Read The Fine Manual SL - Section Leader SNAFU - Situation Normal, All "fixed" Up Sysop - Systems Operator; person who manages a Forum TANJ - There Ain't No Justice TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TIA - Thanks In Advance TIC - Tongue In Cheek TPTB - The Powers That Be TSR - Terminate and Stay Resident (Computer Program) TTFN - Ta Ta For Now TTYL - Talk To You Later WizOp - Wizard Sysop; the primary Forum Administrator/Sysop WOA - Work Of Art WTH - What The H--- WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get http://www.whatis.com/chatterm.htm http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xdohnal/akronymy.txt