wtf-words.txt

AFAIC as far as I'm concerned
AFAICR as far as I can recall
AFAICT as far as I can tell
AFAIK as far as I know
AFAIR as far as I recall
AFAIU as far as I understand
AFD away from desktop
AFK away from keyboard
AFU all fucked up
AFW away from window
AIU as I understand
AIUI as I understand it
AKA also known as
ASAIC as soon as I can
ASAP as soon as possible
ATM at the moment
AWOL absent without official leave
AYBABTU all your base are belong to us
AYT are you there
B/C because
B/S bullshit
B/W between
BBIAB be back in a bit
BBL [I'll] be back later
BBQ barbacue
BBS be back soon
BBT be back tomorrow
BFD big fucking deal
BIAB back in a bit
BIAF back in a few
BIALW back in a little while
BIAS back in a second
BIAW back in a while
BOATILAS bend over and take it like a slut
BOFH bastard operator from hell
BOGAHICA bend over, grab ankles, here it comes again
BOHICA bend over here it comes again
BRB [I'll] be right back
BS bullshit
BTDT been there, done that
BTTH boot to the head
BTW by the way
CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong
CNP continued [in my] next post
COB close of business [day]
COTS commercial off-the-shelf
CYA see you around
D/L download
DIY do it yourself
DKDC don't know, don't care
DSTM don't shoot the messenger
DTRT do the right thing
DTWT do the wrong thing
DWIM do what I mean
EG evil grin
EMSG email message
EOB end of business [day]
EOD end of discussion
EOL end of life
ETLA extended three letter acronym
EWAG experienced wild-ass guess
FAQ frequently asked question
FCFS first come first served
FIGJAM fuck I'm good, just ask me
FIIK fuck[ed] if I know
FIIR fuck[ed] if I remember
FM fucking magic
FOAD fall over and die
FSDO for some definition of
FSVO for some value of
FTFM fuck the fuckin' manual!
FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition
FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt
FWIW for what it's worth
FYI for your information
G grin
G/C garbage collect
GAC get a clue
GAL get a life
GIGO garbage in, garbage out
GMTA great minds think alike
GTFO get the fuck out
GTG got to go
HAND have a nice day
HHIS hanging head in shame
HICA here it comes again
HTH hope this helps
IAC in any case
IANADD I am not a Debian developer
IANAL I am not a lawyer
IC I see
ICBW I could be wrong
ICCL I couldn't care less
IDGAF I don't give a fuck
IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue
IHBW I have been wrong
IHNFC I have no fucking clue
IIANM if I am not mistaken
IIRC if I recall correctly
IIUC if I understand correctly
IMAO in my arrogant opinion
IMCO in my considered opinion
IMHO in my humble opinion
IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion
IMO in my opinion
IOW in other words
IRL in real life
ISAGN I see a great need
ISTM it seems to me
ISTR I seem to recall
ITYM I think you mean
IWBNI it would be nice if
IYSS if you say so
J/K just kidding
JHD just hit ``delete''
JIC just in case
JK just kidding
JMO just my opinion
JTLYK just to let you know
KISS keep it simple, stupid
KITA kick in the ass
KNF kernel normal form
L8R later
LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer)
LBNL last but not least
LJBF let's just be friends
LMAO laughing my ass off
LMSO laughing my socks off
LOL laughing out loud
LTNS long time no see
MIA missing in action
MOTAS member of the appropriate sex
MOTOS member of the opposite sex
MOTSS member of the same sex
MTF more to follow
MYOB mind your own business
N/M never mind
NBD no big deal
NFC no fucking clue
NFI no fucking idea
NFW no fucking way
NIH not invented here
NIMB not in my backyard
NIMBY not in my backyard
NMF not my fault
NMP not my problem
NOYB none of your business
NOYFB none of your fucking business
NP no problem
NRFPT not ready for prime time
NRN no reply necessary
NSFW not safe for work
OIC oh, I see
OMG oh, my god
OT off topic
OTL out to lunch
OTOH on the other hand
OTT over the top
OTTOMH off the top of my head
PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair
PFO please fuck off
PFY pimply faced youth
PITA pain in the ass
PKSP pound keys and spew profanity
PNG persona non grata
PNP plug and pray
POC point of contact
POLA principle of least astonishment
POLS principle of least surprise
POS piece of shit
PPL pretty please
PTV parental tunnel vision
QED quod erat demonstrandum
RFC request for comments
RIP rest in peace
RL real life
RLC rod length check
ROFL rolling on floor laughing
ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off
ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing
RP responsible person
RSN real soon now
RTFB read the fine/fucking book
RTFC read the fine/fucking code
RTFD read the fine/fucking documentation
RTFM read the fine/fucking manual
RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page
RTFS read the fine/fucking source
SCNR sorry, could not resist
SEP someone else's problem
SFA sweet fuck all
SHID slaps head in disgust
SIMCA sitting in my chair amused
SIYH sooner if you help
SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets
SMOP simple matter of programming
SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up
SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager
SNMP sorry, not my problem
SNR signal to noise ratio
SO significant other
SOB son of [a] bitch
SOL shit out [of] luck
SOP standard operating procedure
SSIA subject says it all
STFA search the fucking archives
STFU shut the fuck up
STFW search the fucking web
SUS stupid user syndrome
SWAG silly, wild-assed guess
SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea
SWMBO she who must be obeyed
TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TBC to be continued
TBD to be {decided,determined,done}
TBOMK the best of my knowledge
THNX thanks
THX thanks
TIA thanks in advance
TINASOTODP this is not a statement of the official Debian position
TINC there is no cabal
TINLA this is not legal advice
TLA three letter acronym
TLB translation lookaside buffer
TMA too many abbreviations
TMI too much information
TNF The NetBSD Foundation
TOEFL test of english as a foreign language
TPTB the powers that be
TRT the right thing
TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge
TTFN ta ta for now
TTYL talk to you later
TWIAVBP the world is a very big place
TY thank you
TYVM thank you very much
U/L upload
UTSL use the source, Luke
VEG very evil grin
W/ with
W/O without
WAG wild-ass guess
WB welcome back
WFM works for me
WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if
WIP work in progress
WIR when it's ready
WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money
WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time
WRT with respect to
WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck
WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell
WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion
YHBT you have been trolled
YHL you have lost
YKWIM you know what I mean
YMA yo momma's ass
YMMV your mileage may vary
YW you're welcome
3WHS three-way handshake
ABI application binary interface
ACL access control list
ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
ADC analog [to] digital converter
ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
AGP accelerated graphics port
AM amplitude modulation
AMI alternate mark inversion
ANSI american national standards institute
AP access point
API application programming interface
APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller
ARP address resolution protocol
ARQ automatic repeat request
AS autonomous system
ASCII american standard code for information interchange
ASN autonomous system number
AT advanced technology
ATA advanced technology attachment
ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
ATX advanced technology extended
BEDO burst extended data output
BER basic encoding rules
BER bit error rate
BGP border gateway protocol
BIOS basic input/output system
BLOB binary large object
BPS bits per second
BSD berkeley software distribution
CAD computer-aided design
CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
CCD charge coupled device
CD compact disc
CDDA compact disc digital audio
CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
CER canonical encoding rules
CGA color graphics array
CGI common gateway interface
CHS cylinder/head/sector
CIDR classless inter-domain routing
CIS contact image sensor
CLI command line interface
CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
CMYK cyan magenta yellow black
COFF common object file format
COW copy-on-write
CPU central processing unit
CRLF carriage return line feed
CRT cathode ray tube
CSMA carrier sense multiple access
CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
CSS cascading style sheets
CTS clear to send
CVS concurrent versions system
DAC digital [to] analog converter
DCE data control equipment
DCE distributed computing environment
DCT discrete cosine transform
DD Debian developer
DDC display data channel
DDPO Debian developer's package overview (http://qa.debian.org/developer.php)
DDR double data rate
DDWG digital display working group
DER distinguished encoding rules
DFT discrete fourier transform
DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
DIFS distributed inter-frame space
DLE data link escape
DMA direct memory access
DNS domain name system
DOS denial of service
DPCM differential pulse code modulation
DPI dots per inch
DRAM dynamic random access memory
DSL digital subscriber line
DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
DTD document type definition
DTE data terminal equipment
DTE dumb terminal emulator
DVD digital versatile disc
DVI digital visual interface
E-XER extended XML encoding rules
ECP enhanced capability port
EDID extended display identification data
EDO extended data out
EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
EFM eight to fourteen modulation
EGA enhanced graphics array
EGP exterior gateway protocol
EISA extended industry standard architecture
ELF executable and linking format
EPP enhanced parallel port
EPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood
EPROM erasable programmable read only memory
ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
FAT file allocation table
FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
FCS frame check sequence
FDDI fiber distributed data interface
FFS {for fuck's sake, fast file system}
FHSS frequency hop spread spectrum
FIR fast infrared
FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
FM frequency modulation
FPM fast page mode
FQDN fully qualified domain name
FTBFS fails to build from source
FTP file transfer protocol
GC garbage collector
GCR group-coded recording
GIF graphics interchange format
GIYF google is your friend
GNU GNU's not unix
GPL GNU general public license
GPU graphics processing unit
GRE generic routing encapsulation
GUI graphics user interface
HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection
HTML hyper-text markup language
HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
I2O intelligent input/output
IANA internet assigned number authority
IC integrated circuit
ICB internet citizen's band
ICMP internet control message protocol
IDE integrated drive electronics
IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
IEC international electrotechnical commission
IEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers
IESG internet engineering steering group
IETF internet engineering task force
IGP interior gateway protocol
IKE internet key exchange
IMAP internet mail access protocol
INCITS international committee on information technology standards
IO input/output
IOCTL input/output control
IP internet protocol
IPC interprocess communication
IPNG internet protocol, next generation
IPSEC internet protocol security
IRC internet relay chat
IRQ interrupt request
IRTF internet research task force
ISA industry standard architecture
ISDN integrated services digital network
ISI inter-symbol interference
ISM industrial, scientific and medical
ISN initial serial number
ISO international standards organization
ISOC internet society
ISP internet service provider
JFGI just fucking google it
JPEG joint photographic experts group
KVA kernel virtual address
LAN local area network
LBA logical block addressing
LCD liquid crystal display
LCP link control protocol
LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
LED light emitting diode
LGPL GNU lesser general public license
LIR local internet registry
LLC logical link control
LRC longitudinal redundancy check
LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
LUN logical unit number
LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
MAC medium access control
MBR master boot record
MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
MFM modified frequency modulation
MIDI musical instrument digital interface
MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions
MIPS million instructions per second
MMU memory management unit
MOTU masters of the universe (Ubuntu developer)
MPEG moving picture experts group
MPL Mozilla public license
MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
MSF minutes seconds frames
MSS maximum segment size
MTA mail transfer agent
MTU maximum transmission unit
MUA mail user agent
MWE module width encoding
NAT network address translation
NAV network allocation vector
NCP network control protocol
NFS network file system
NIC network interface card
NIS network information service
NMU Non-maintainer upload
NRZ non-return to zero
NUMA non uniform memory access
OCL object constraint language
OCR optical character recognition
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
OSF open software foundation
OSI open systems interconnection
OTP one time password
PAM pluggable authentication modules
PAM pulse amplitude modulation
PAT port address translation
PAX portable archive exchange
PC personal computer
PCI peripheral component interconnect
PCM pulse code modulation
PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
PDP page descriptor page
PDU protocol data unit
PER packed encoding rules
PERL practical extraction [and] report language
PGP pretty good privacy
PIC programmable interrupt controller
PID process id
PIN personal identification number
PIO programmed input/output
PLL phase locked loop
PMT photo-multiplier tube
PNG portable network graphics
POP post office protocol
POSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix
POST power on self test
POTS plain old telephone system
PPP point-to-point protocol
PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM
PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet
PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
PROM programmable read only memory
PSTN public switched telephone network
PTE page table entry
PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
PTP page table page
PWM pulse width modulation
QOS quality of service
RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
RAM random access memory
RCS revision control system
RFC request for comments
RFS request for sponsorship
RGB red green blue
RIP routing information protocol
RIR regional internet registry
RISC reduced instruction set computing
RLE run length encoding
RLL run length limited
ROM read only memory
RPM revolutions per minute
RTF rich text format
RTS request to send
RTSL read the source, Luke (open source programming)
RTSL real-time shading language (Stanford University)
RTSL real-time systems laboratory
RTT round time trip
S/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface
SACD super audio compact disc
SAM serial access memory
SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
SATA serial advanced technology attachment
SCSI small computer system interface
SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
SIFS short inter-frame space
SIP session initiation protocol
SIR slow infrared
SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
SMP symmetric multiprocessing
SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
SNMP simple network management protocol
SPD serial presence detect
SRAM static random access memory
SRU stable release update
SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
SSH secure shell
SSL secure sockets layer
STP shielded twisted pair
SVGA super video graphics array
TCL tool command language
TCP transmission control protocol
TDD test driven development
TFT thin film transistor
TIFF tagged image file format
TLA top level aggregator
TLB transition lookaside buffer
TLD top level domain
TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
TR token ring
TTL time to live
TTY teletype
TZ time zone
UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
UC uncacheable
UDO ultra density optical (storage)
UDP user datagram protocol
UFS unix file system
UML unified modeling language
UPS uninterruptible power supply
URI uniform resource identifier
URL uniform resource locator
USART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
USB universal serial bus
USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
UTP unshielded twisted pair
UTSL use the source, Luke (open source programming)
UUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol
VAX virtual address extension
VCM virtual channel memory
VESA video electronics standards association
VGA video graphics array
VLAN virtual local area network
VLSM variable length subnetting mask
VM virtual memory
VPN virtual private network
VRAM video random access memory
WAN wide area network
WAP wireless application protocol
WLAN wireless local area network
WRAM window random access memory
WWW world wide web
XER XML encoding rules
XGA extended graphics array
XML extensible markup language
XSL extensible stylesheet language
XT extended technology
ZFOD zero-filled on demand
TBH to be honest
FTW for the win