I don’t understand that internet jive
I always notice that many people end their e-mails or newsgroup postings with three or four letter words that I do not understand. So, I start questioning myself, is it because English is not my native language? Is it because my English vocabulary is poor? Is it because the writer made a spelling mistake? Well, It turns out that these are acronyms frequently used in e-mails, and especially in internet chats and Newsgroups. Here are some to get you started:
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
ASAP As soon as possible
BBL Be Back Later
BFO Blind flash of the obvious
BRB Be Right Back
BTDT Been there, done that
BTW By the way
CTRN Can't talk right now
DQMOT Don't quote me on this
F2F Face to face
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For your information
HTH Hope [this|that] helps
IIRC If I recall correctly
IM[H]O In my [humble] opinion
IMHCO In my humble but correct opinion
IOW In other words
JK Just kidding
KISS Keep it simple, stupid
LMK Let Me Know
LOL Laughing out loud
ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
NP No problem
OIC Oh, I see
OMG Oh my Gush
OTOH On the other hand
OTP On the phone
TIA Thanks in advance
TTYL Talk to you later
TX Thanks
YMMV Your millage may vary
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Filed in Interesting Stuff, Tips on 22 Jun 05 | Tags: internet
