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100% AFAIKAccept Free Advice, I'm Knowledgeable!!! Tony McCoy O'Grady (AFAIK usually stands for 'As Far As I Know')
100% ASAPAnother Superficial Acronymic Promise Charlie (ASAP usually stands for As Soon As Possible)
100% ASAP (2)Absolute Speeds _Are_ Possible! TMcCO'G - the query comes after a search for "SOONEST", so I presume it was a search for A S A P - As Soon As Possible.
Time
100% AWOLAre Warriors On Lunchbreak? Tony McCoy O'Grady
100% BTWBrain To Wander... Angela Brett (BTW usually stands for 'By The Way')
100% FWIWFollowing Writing Is Waffle Angela Brett (FWIW usually stands for 'For What It's Worth')
100% FWIW (2)Find Whether I'm Wrong Angela Brett (FWIW usually stands for 'For What It's Worth')
75% FYI[I] Feel You're Idiotic Tony McCoy O'Grady (FYI usually stands for 'For Your Information')
100% IMHOI Make Humungous Overstatements Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying: Let's subvert the accepted standard interpretations of some well known internet nyms, so that when we see them we can smile to ourself knowing that the writer is 'really' saying... (IMHO usually stands for In My Humble/Honest
100% LMAOLikely Mildly Amused... Overexaggerating Angela Brett (LMAO usually stands for Laughing My A*se Off)
Laughter
100% LOLLovely Orgiastic Lovemaking Tony McCoy O'Grady. Angela couldn't be bothered going to her bedroom for something, so Tony replied "When you marry things may change," to which Angela replied with a LOL (laughing out loud.) Tony responded with the new meaning for LOL. :)
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
75% LOL (2)Lovingly Ornamented Long-johns Tony McCoy O'Grady... Angela had mentioned having dophin and fairy ornaments on her drawers, so Tony responded by saying he wasn't interested in what she had on her underwear. When Angela said 'LOL' (meaning Laughing Out Loud) he responded with the new meaning for the acronym.
Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear
100% LOL (3)Little Old Lady Angela Brett, while comparing LOL with DOM (DIrty Old Man)
People & Relationships
100% PDQPerform - Don't Question! Angela Brett (PDQ usually stands for Pretty Darn Quick)
100% ROFLRaunchy Overlord Fell Lasciviously. Jeff Anonymous, when Tony said 'ROFL' on the forums, and Jeff thought he ought to supply a more original expansion for it than 'Rolling On Floor Laughing'.
Laughter
80% ROFL (2)Roundly Overjoyed (by) Fellow's Language Tony McCoy O'Grady, when he exclaimed 'ROFL' at something Jeff had said, and Jeff thought he ought to supply a more original expansion than 'Rolling On Floor Laughing'.
Laughter
100% ROFL (3)Retched Onto Floor Laughing Tony McCoy O'Grady, asking 'Have you ever laughed so much you were sick?' (ROFL usually stands for 'Rolling On Floor Laughing')
Laughter
80% ROFL (4)Regurgitated One's 'F'-ing Lunch! ;-) Tony McCoy O'Grady (see ROFL (3))
Laughter
100% RTFMReflects 'Teaching Fishing' Metaphor Angela Brett, when there was a discussion on the Cocoa-dev mailing list about whether RTFM (Read The F***ing Manual) responses are productive. Some people argued that it's better to show people where to look to find information rather than just giving the information, and one mentioned the saying, 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.'
100% YASAYet Another Silly Acronym Original author unknown... however when Angela first used it in an email, Tony suggested 'You Are So Apposite', 'You're A Saintly Anthony', and 'Youth And Sex Abound.' Angela then replied with 'You Are Self-praising Also.'
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