Date: Tue, 7 Jul 92 13:02:17 EST From: Dr. G. Paul Savage Subject: internet acronyms For those newcomers to the internet who are confused by terms such as IMHO, BTW and RTFM, the following is a list of acronyms that I chanced upon that may help out. If you read the digest long enough you will probably come across all of these. Perhaps this list should be added to and then archived for future newcomers to the net. Please not some of the acronyms are for sayings in less than polite language but I didn't make them up, I'm just explaining them. BTSOOM Beats the s*** out of me BTW By the way FWIW For what it's worth FYI For Your Information GR&D Grinning running & ducking IAE In any event IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer, also IANA... such as CPA IMO In my opinion IMHO In my humble opinion IMCO In my considered opinion IOW In other words NFW No f***ing way NRN No Reply Necessary OTOH On the other hand PITA Pain in the ass ROFL Rolling on floor laughing. RSN Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming] RTFM Read the f***ing manual (or message) SITD Still in the dark TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Than A Free Lunch TIA Thanks In Advance (also AtDhVaAnNkCsE) TIC Tongue in cheek TLA Three Letter Acronym (such as this) SNAFU Situation Normal, All F***ed Up FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition Paul //// scientia est potentia Dr G P Savage *** Melbourne *** Australia *** paul@carbon.chem.csiro.au