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| AFAIK | Accept Free Advice, I'm Knowledgeable!!! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (AFAIK usually stands for 'As Far As I Know') |
| ASAP | Another Superficial Acronymic Promise |
Charlie (ASAP usually stands for As Soon As Possible) |
| AWOL | Are Warriors On Lunchbreak? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| BTW | Brain To Wander... |
Angela Brett (BTW usually stands for 'By The Way') |
| FWIW | Following Writing Is Waffle |
Angela Brett (FWIW usually stands for 'For What It's Worth') |
| IMHO | I 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 |
| LMAO | Likely Mildly Amused... Overexaggerating |
Angela Brett (LMAO usually stands for Laughing My A*se Off) Laughter |
| LOL | Lovely 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 |
| PDQ | Perform - Don't Question! |
Angela Brett (PDQ usually stands for Pretty Darn Quick) |
| ROFL | Raunchy 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 |
| RTFM | Reflects '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.' |
| YASA | Yet 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.' Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |