| A | |||
| AFAIC | As Far As I'm Concerned | AFAIK | As Far As I Know |
| AFK | Away From Keyboard | AIESATDA | All I Ever See Are These Darn Acronyms |
| AISI | As I See It | AKA | Also Known As |
| ANFAWFOS | And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor | aol | America On Line (ISP) |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible | AWGTHTGTTA | Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again |
| AYR | As You Requested | AYRRRS | Are You Really Really Really Sure? |
| AYWWWS | Are You Weally Weally WEALLY Sure? (Elmer Fudd) | ||
| B | |||
| B4N | Bye For Now | BAK | Back At Keyboard |
| BBL | Be Back Later | BBN | Bye Bye Now |
| BBS | Be Back Soon | BCNU | Be Seeing You |
| BEG | Big Evil Grin | BF | Boy Friend |
| BG | Big Grin | BRB | Be Right Back |
| BTA | But Then Again | BTW | By The Way |
| BWL | Bursting With Laughter | ||
| C | |||
| CADTMPI | Complex Acronyms to Make People Feel Inadequate | C&G | Chuckle and Grin |
| CCF | Crippled Computer Fingers | CID | Crying In Disgrace |
| CNP... | Continued in Next Post | COC | Cream On Cream (fabric) |
| CP | Chat Post | CSG | Chuckle Snicker Grin |
| CU | See You | CUL8R | See You Later |
| CW | Cathedral Window (quilt pattern) | CYA | See Ya |
| CYAL8R | See You Later | ||
| D | |||
| DB | Dear Brother | DBIL | Dear Brother-In-Law |
| DD | Dear Daughter | DFIL | Dear Father-In-Law |
| DGIF | D*** Glad It's Friday | DH | Dear Husband, Darling Husband or D***** Husband (depending on mood) |
| DDIL | Dear Daughter-In-Law | DIL | Daughter-In-Law |
| DLTBBB | Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite | DMIL | Dear Mother-In-Law |
| DSIL | Dear Son-In-Law or Dear Sister-In-Law | DW | Dear Wife, Darling Wife or D***** Wife (depending on mood) |
| DWR | Double Wedding Ring (quilt pattern) | DYHSBTD | Don't You Have Something Better To Do? |
| DX | Design Exchange | ||
| E | |||
| EG | Evil Grin | EMSG | Email Message |
| EOM | End Of Message | ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival |
| ETD | Estimated Time of Departure | ||
| F | |||
| F2F | Face To Face | FAQ | Frequently Asked Question(s) |
| FIL | Father-In-Law (also DFIL) | FISH | First In, Still Here |
| FOAF | Friend Of A Friend | FOBL | Fell Outta' Bed Laughing |
| FOCL | Fell Outta' Chair Laughing | FWIW | For What It's Worth |
| FYI | For Your Information | ||
| G | |||
| *g* | Giggle | G | Grin |
| GF | Girl Friend | GFN | Gone For Now |
| GIGO | Garbage In, Garbage Out | GLGH | Good Luck and Good Hunting |
| GMBO | Giggling My Butt Off | GMTA | Great Minds Think Alike |
| GR&D | Grinning, Running and Ducking | GTSY | Glad To See You |
| H | |||
| *H* | Hug | H&K | Hug and Kiss |
| HABU | Have A Better 'Un | HAGN | Have A Good Night |
| HAGU | Have A Good 'Un | HHIS | Hanging Head in Shame |
| HIFOTFAIR | Help! I've Fallen On The Floor And I'm Rolling! | HWMBO | He Who Must Be Obeyed |
| I | |||
| IAE | In Any Event | IC | I See |
| IGP | I Gotta Pee | IMAO | In My Arrogant Opinion |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion | IMNSHO | In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| IMO | In My Opinion | IO | Insignificant Other |
| IOW | In Other Words | IRL | In Real Life |
| IWALU | I Will Always Love You | IWBNI | It Would Be Nice If |
| J | |||
| JM2CW | Just My Two Cents Worth | JMO | Just My Opinion |
| JMTCW | Just My Two Cents Worth | JTLYK | Just To Let You Know |
| K | |||
| *K* | Kiss | KIT | Keep In Touch |
| KOC | Kiss On Cheek | KOL | Kiss On Lips |
| L | |||
| L8R | Later | L8R G8R | Later 'Gater |
| LHM | Lord Help Me | LHO | Laughing Head Off |
| LHU | Lord Help Us | LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
| LOLLOL | Little Old Lady Laughing Out Loud | LSHISOTS | Laughing So Hard, I Spit On The Screen |
| LSHMBB | Laughing So Hard My Belly is Bouncing | LSHMBH | Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts |
| LTNS | Long Time No See | LTS | Laughing To Self |
| LUWAMH | Love You With All My Heart | LY | Love Ya |
| M | |||
| M2CW | My Two Cents Worth | MIL | Mother-In-Law (also DMIL) |
| MOATYO | Mind Of A Ten Year Old | ||
| N | |||
| NCATT | No Comment At This Time | NFP | No Flames Please |
| NFW | No Fine Way | NIP | Nothing In Particular |
| NOOMP | No Oxygen On My Planet | NOTE | Not Of This Earth |
| NPN | Nine Patch News | NRN | No Reply Necessary |
| NTTRN | No Time To Reply Now | ||
| O | |||
| OIC | Oh, I See | OL | Old Lady (wife, girlfriend) |
| OM | Old Man (husband, boyfriend) | OTOH | On The Other Hand |
| OTTOMH | Off The Top of My Head | ||
| P | |||
| PDS | Please Don't Shoot | PIP | Present(s) In Progress |
| PITA | Pain In The Ass | PM | Private Message |
| PMFJI | Pardon Me For Jumping In | PMP | Peed My Pants |
| POAHF | Put On A Happy Face | Poof | Has left the chat room |
| Q | |||
| QB | QuiltBee | QN | QuiltNet |
| QSL | Reply | QSO | Conversation |
| QT | Cutie | Q-X | Quilt Exchange |
| R | |||
| ROFFNPR | Rolling On the Floor For No Particular Reason | ROFL | Rolling On the Floor Laughing |
| ROFLAPMP | Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Peeing My Pants | ROFLH | Rolling On the Floor Laughing Hard |
| ROFLMAO | Rolling On the Floor Laughing My A** Off | ROFLMAOAY | Rolling On the Floor Laughing My A** Off At You |
| ROFLMAOWTIME | Rolling On the Floor Laughing With Tears In My Eyes | ROFLOL | Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud |
| ROFLUTS | Rolling On the Floor Laughing Unable to Speak | RSN | Real Soon Now |
| RTFM | Read The Fine/F****** Manual (depending on the mood) | RTSM | Read The Stupid Manual! |
| S | |||
| SETE | Smiling Ear To Ear | SHID | Slaps Head In Disgust |
| SIL | Sister-In-Law | SITD | Still In The Dark |
| SNAFU | Situation Normal, All F***** Up | SO | Significant Other |
| SSDD | Same Sh** Different Day | SWAK | Sealed With A Kiss |
| SWL | Screaming With Laughter | SWMBO | She Who Must Be Obeyed |
| SYS | See You Soon | ||
| T | |||
| TA | Thanks Again | TAFN | That's All For Now |
| TGIF | Thank God It's Friday or Toes Go In First (for blondes) | TIA | Thanks In Advance (also aTdHvAaNnKcSe) |
| TIC | Tongue In Cheek | TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
| TOT | Tone On Tone (fabric) | TOY | Thinking Of You |
| TTFN | Ta Ta For Now | TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| U | |||
| UFO | Unfinished Object(s) | USO | Unstarted Object(s) |
| V | |||
| VBG | Very Big Grin | ||
| W | |||
| *W* | Wink | WB | Welcome Back |
| WIP | Work In Progress | WOW | White On White (fabric) |
| WYPFIWYG | What You Pay For Is What You Get | WRT | With Respect To |
| WTH | What/Who The Heck | WYGIWYPF | What You Get Is What You Pay For |
| WYS | Watch Your Step | WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get |
| X | |||
| XOXO | Kisses and Hugs | ||
| Y | |||
| YBS | You'll Be Sorry | YDD | Yabba Dabba Doo |
| YG | Young Gentleman | YKYAQW | You Know You're A Quilter When..... |
| YL | Young Lady | YM | Young Man |
| YMMV | Your Mileage May Vary | ||
| # | |||
| 2F4W | Too Funny For Words | ||
Emoticons are smiles and other facial features created from various symbols available on the keyboard. These have been made in an attempt to convey feeling and emotion via the internet.
| :) or (: | Smile | ;) or (; | Wink and a Smile |
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| TUC | The Ultimate Chatlist! |
| AFK | Away from keyboard |
| AKA | Also know as |
| AOL | America On Line |
| ASAP | As soon as possible |
| ATM | At the moment |
| B4 | Before |
| BAK | Back at keyboard |
| BBL | Be back later |
| BCNU | Be seeing you |
| BFH | Big f---ing hammer |
| BFN | Bye for now |
| BRB | Be right back |
| BTSOOM | Beats the s--- out of me |
| BTTH | Boot to the head |
| BTW | By the way |
| BYOH | Bat you onna head |
| CFV | Call for votes |
| CU | See you |
| CUL | See you later |
| CUL8R | See you later |
| DFL | Dead f---ing last |
| DYJHIW | Don't you just hate it when... |
| eg | Evil grin |
| ETLA | Extended three letter acronym |
| F2F | Face to face (also meeting in person) |
| FAQ | Frequently asked questions |
| FUBAR | F---ed up beyone all recognition |
| FWIW | For what it's worth |
| FYA | For your amusement |
| FYI | For your information |
| g | Grin |
| GA | Go ahead |
| gbh | Great back hug |
| gbh&k | Great back hug & kiss |
| gr&d | Grinning, running & ducking |
| h | Hug |
| hb | Hug back |
| hh | Holding hands |
| HHOJ | Ha ha only joking |
| HHOK | Ha ha only kidding |
| HHOS | Ha ha only serious |
| HIWTH | Hate it when that happens |
| IAE | In any event |
| IANAL | I am not a lawyer |
| IDK | I don't know |
| IMHO | In my humble opinion |
| IMnerHO | In my not even remotely humble opinion |
| IMnsHO | In my not so humble opinion |
| IMO | In my opinion |
| IOW | In other words |
| IRL | In real life |
| IYKWIM | If you know what I mean |
| JASE | Just another system error |
| J/K | Just kidding (can also stand for joking) |
| k | Kiss |
| kb | Kiss back |
| kotc | Kiss on the cheek |
| l8r | Later |
| l | Laugh |
| li | Laughing inside |
| lis | Laughing in silence |
| lmao | Laughing my ass off |
| lmbo | Laughing my butt off |
| lol | Laugh out loud |
| MORF | Male or female |
| MOTAS | Members of the appropriate sex |
| MOTOS | Members of the opposite sex |
| MOTSS | Members of the same sex |
| NFW | No f---ing way |
| NIFOC | Naked/Nekkid in front of computer |
| NRN | No reply necessary |
| OBTW | Oh, by the way |
| OIC | Oh I see |
| OT | Off topic |
| OTOH | On the other hand |
| OTTH | On the third hand |
| PD | Public domain |
| PITA | Pain in the ass |
| PMJI | Pardon me, Jumping in (when you interrupt a conversation) |
| PMFJI | Pardon me for jumping in (same as above) |
| potc | Peck on the cheek |
| POETS | Piss of early tomorrows Saturday |
| rehi | Hello again |
| RFD | Request for discussion |
| rofl | Roll on the floor laughing |
| rotfl | Roll on the floor laughing |
| rotflmao | Roll on the floor laughing my ass off |
| RSN | Real soon now |
| RTFM | Read the f---ing manual |
| SITD | Still in the dark |
| s | Smile |
| sb | Smiles back |
| SHIT | Sure happy it's Thursday |
| SNAFU | Situation normal, all f---ed up |
| SO | Significant other |
| SOL | S--- outta luck |
| SOS | Same old s--- (or stuff) |
| SSDD | Same s--- different day |
| SW | Shareware |
| SWWCFI | So what, who cares, f--- it |
| SYL | See you later |
| TANSTAAFL | There ain't no such thing as a free lunch |
| TARFU | Things are really f---ed up |
| TGIF | Thank God it's Friday |
| TIA | Thanks in advance |
| tic | Tongue in cheek |
| TID | Thread is deteriating (OT) |
| TLA | Three letter acronym |
| TNX 1.0E6 | Thanks a million |
| TNX | Thanks |
| TTFN | Ta-ta for now |
| TTYL | Talk to you later |
| veg | Very evil grin |
| ves | Very evil smile |
| vwg | Very wicked grin |
| vws | Very wicked smile |
| w | Wink |
| wg | Wicked grin |
| WRT | With regard to (also with respect to) |
| WTH | What the hell |
| WTHDTM | What the hell does that mean |
| WYSIWYG | What you see is what you get |
| YKYBHTLW | You know you've been hacking to long when... |
| YMMV | Your mileage may vary |
| YMMVG | Your mileage may vary greatly |