A rather comprehensive list of common abbreviations used online.
read more| ADN | Any Day Now |
| AFK | Away From the Keyboard |
| AFN | that's All For Now |
| a/s/l | Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information) |
| AV | Avatar - Graphical representation of a person chatting. |
| BBL | Be Back Later |
| BFN | Bye For Now |
| BR | Best Regards |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| BRH | Be Right Here |
| BTW | By The Way |
| CU | See You |
| CUL8R | See You Later |
| CUOL | See You On Line |
| CYA | See You - (as in "See you later) |
| DIS | Did I Say |
| DL -or d/l | Download... or downloading. |
| EG | Evil Grin |
| EOT | End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion) |
| F2F | Face To Face |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Question |
| FISH | First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much) |
| FOCL | Falling Off Chair - Laughing |
| FUBAR | "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition |
| FUD | Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt |
| FWIW | For What It's Worth |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| GA | Go Ahead |
| GAL | Get A Life |
| gest | Gesture - a combination text / audio / video file played in VP Chat rooms |
| GR | Gotta Run |
| GTRM | Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email) |
| IAC | In Any Case |
| I ANAL (or IANAL) | I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion) |
| IC | I See |
| ILU or ILY | I Love You |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion (IMO = In My Opinion) |
| IOH | I'm Out of Here |
| IOW | In Other Words |
| IRL | In Real Life |
| JIC | Just In Case |
| K -or- kk | O.K. |
| JK -or- j/k | Just Kidding |
| L8R | Later |
| LMAO -or- LMFAO | Laughing My (F'ing) Ass Off |
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
| mug | Person chatting in VP rooms using their browser (IE, Netscape)... instead of the download client program. |
| NFW | No Feasible (or F***ing) Way |
| NP | No Problem |
| NRN | No Response Necessary |
| OIC | Oh, I See |
| OJ or OK | Only Joking or Only Kidding |
| OTOH | On The Other Hand ... |
| OTMH | Off the Top of My Head ... |
| OTW | On The Way (used when someone is sending a file) |
| PANS | Pretty Awesome New Stuff (often referring to computer technology) |
| PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association |
| PCMCIA | People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang) |
| PEBCAK | Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard |
| PITA | Pain In The Ass |
| POTS | Plain Old Telephone Service |
| ROFL | Rolling On Floor, Laughing |
| ROTF | Rolling On The Floor - (refers to someone laughing very hard) |
| ROTFLMAO | Rolling On The Floor, Laughing My Ass Off |
| RSN | Real Soon Now |
| RTFM | Read The "Flippin" Manual, (esponse to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.) |
| SEG | Shit Eating Grin |
| SNAFU | Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up |
| SOL | Shit Out Of Luck |
| SOTA | State Of The Art (latest technology) |
| SY | Sincerely Yours |
| SYL | See You Later |
| TAFN | That's All For Now |
| TFH | Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups) |
| TGIF | Thank Goodness It's Friday |
| THX | Thanks! |
| TNT | Til Next Time |
| TPTB | The Powers That Be |
| TTFN | Ta-Ta For Now |
| TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| TY | Thank You |
| VPPH | Virtual Places Page Host. (Others now using software on their own servers to talk to VP clients in the same manner that Excite once did) |
| VN | Very Nice |
| WC | Welcome... as in "You are Welcome" |
| WEU | What's Eating You? |
| WFM | Works For Me |
| WT? | What The ...? or Who the ...? |
| WTGP? | Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room) |
| YW | You're Welcome |