COMMON WEB ACRONYMS

Note: Hope this will help some newcomers =)<~~~me smiling (looks just like me)

AAMOF (as a matter of fact),BFN (Bye for now), BTW (by the way), FAQ (frequently asked question/s), FUBAR (F____ed up beyond recognition/repair), FYI (for your information), HTH (hope this helps),IAE (in any event), IMO (in my opinion), LOL (laugh out loud), MGB (may God bless), MHOTY (my hat's off to you), NRN (no reply necessary), OIC (oh I see), OTOH (on the other hand), ROFL (rolling on floor laughing), SITD (still in the dark), TIA (thanks in advance), TIC (tongue in cheek), TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it), TTYL (talk to ya later).

~~Not an acronym, but if somebody calls you a "mushroom" it means you are being kept in the dark and fed a pile of...well...you know.

So...BFN...HAGD (have a good day!) =)

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), January 12, 2000

Answers

Dee,

You forgot a common one seen here:

TSHTF

"The sh*t hits the fan."

I'm sure more will be added as the day goes on.

Take care!

Peace,

Don

-- Shimoda (enlighten@me.com), January 12, 2000.

Thanks for adding on Don. I am hoping people will add onto this list. Hey...I'm still waiting for my blue feather. I think I will add one...SWFMBF =)

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), January 12, 2000.

And my favorite,
INY2KBIAPWSBATCDATY2000
It's not a Y2K bug, it's a problem with the
software being able to calculate dates after
the year 2000.

FWIW

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), January 12, 2000.

Forgot this one for newbies...OT (Off topic) =)

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), January 12, 2000.

OK, since we're on the subject, could somebody tell me what PPT means (usually seen in relation to the stock market)? People in power ties?

-- Thinman (thinman38@hotmail.com), January 12, 2000.

Don't forget the one most computer geeks would like to use often at work but can't - RTFM (read the f___ing manual).

-- Coder (Coder@Work.Now), January 12, 2000.

Don't forget the one that answers about 95% of the world's computer questions - RTFM (read the f___ing manual).

-- Coder (Coder@Work.Now), January 12, 2000.

Arghhh! Sorry about that. Just so this isn't a useless post, PPT = plunge protection team.

Coder

-- Coder (Coder@Work.Now), January 12, 2000.

Which USED to translate to Greenspun, Rubin and what ever his name was, basically Treasury, Fed Reserve Bank.their goal is/was to make sure that the Dow or NASD market CLOSES were within the realms of "NOT A CRASH!!!!"

Chuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), January 12, 2000.

TANSTAAFL There aint no such thing as a free lunch =)

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), January 12, 2000.

FWIW=for what it's worth. And, thanks Coder. I was racking my brain yesterday trying to remember the PPT. I think Chuck Harder calls them 'plunge doctors' or something like that. Kyle

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 12, 2000.

Which USED to translate to Greenspun, Rubin ... That would be GreenspAn, not GreenspUn.

-- Dancr (addy.available@my.webpage), February 01, 2000.

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

http://www.csunet.net/chat_acronyms.html

-- Postman (ringstwice@lw.ays), February 01, 2000.

Here's a nice one for those of you newbies with some serious time on your hands.

It's an HTML document of over 2 megs, so it will take some time to load on your browser. But it contains an A - Z listing of almost all jargon and abbreviations used by "hackers" ( AKA computer users. This project was started over a decade ago).

-- Die Fledermaus (shadow@alliance.org), February 01, 2000.

From: Y2K, ` la Carte by Dancr (pic), near Monterey, California

The Hacker Jargon file linked in the previous post is a good implementation for printing out at your end for reading offline. A more bitesize implementation can be viewed online at:

Hacker Jargon

-- Dancr (addy.available@my.webpage), February 01, 2000.