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Subject:Summary of Abbreviations From:"Tran, Hung Q" <HTran -at- SCAGOPS3 -dot- TELECOM -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Tue, 14 Mar 1995 11:14:00 EST
Hi everyone,
Thanks to all who responded to my query last week regarding the above. Here
is a summarised list of what I have collected so far, for your information,
especially for those who are new to the net like I am:
IMHO In my humble/honest opinion
IMO In my opinion
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IMAO In my arrogant opinion
FWIW For what it's worth
BTW By the way
OBTW Oh, by the way
RTM Read the manual
RTFM Read the f**king manual
TTFN Tata for now
TIA Thanks in advance
ROTF Rolling on the floor
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
LOL Laughing out loud
AFAICS As far as I can see
OTOH On the other hand
TRMOAS That reminds me of a story
BRB Be right back
HHOK Ha ha only kidding
HHOS Ha ha only serious
RSN Real soon now
WTF Who the f**k ?
WTH What the hell ?
Regards,
Hung Tran
htran -at- scagops3 -dot- telecom -dot- com -dot- au
