From kasycz@geod.emr.ca Wed Jun 23 05:25:21 1993 Newsgroups: alt.culture.internet From: kasycz@geod.emr.ca (Raymond Kasycz) Subject: WAS: email shorthand (acronyms) Keywords: email shorthand acronyms Nntp-Posting-Host: control.geod.emr.ca Organization: Dept. of Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1993 18:12:33 GMT Ray K. writes: Originally from this dude... -------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 93 09:40:28 EST From: Paul Savage Subject: [*] report: internet acronyms update A corrected version and a few new ones. This report sholud replace the previous internet-acronyms in info-mac/report For those newcomers to the internet who are confused by terms such as IMHO, BTW and RTFM, the following is a list of acronyms that I chanced upon, and added to, that may help out. If you read the digest long enough you will probably come across all of these. Perhaps this list should be added to and then archived for future newcomers to the net. Please note some of the acronyms are for sayings in less than polite language but I didn't make them up, I'm just explaining them. BRB Be right back (often used on MUDS and talk sessions) BTSOOM Beats the s*** out of me BTW By the way FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition FWIW For what it's worth FYI For Your Information GR&D Grinning running & ducking IAE In any event IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer, also IANA... such as CPA IMCO In my considered opinion IMHO In my humble opinion IMO In my opinion IOW In other words MUD Multi user domain (or dungeon) NFW No f***ing way NRN No Reply Necessary OTOH On the other hand PITA Pain in the ass ROFL Rolling on floor laughing. RSN Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming] RTFM Read the f***ing manual (or message) SITD Still in the dark SNAFU Situation Normal, All F***ed Up SOL Sh** out of luck TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such As A Free Lunch TFE Too f***ing easy TIA Thanks In Advance (also AtDhVaAnNkCsE) TIC Tongue in cheek TLA Three Letter Acronym (such as this) Paul. paul.savage@carbon.chem.csiro.au ......................... Australian Science CSIRO, Division of Chemicals & Polymers .................. Australia's Future -- Ray Kasycz Geodetic Survey of Canada \ " the matrix looks good today but \ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada \ I'm gonna punch the simstim \ Internet: kasycz@geod.emr.ca \ and go check on Molly... " \