Scott Sampson

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AAK: Asleep At Key­board
AAMOF: As A Mat­ter Of Fact
AAR/AAR8: At Any Rate
AAS: Alive And Smil­ing
AATK: Always At The Key­board
ABT2: About To
ACK: Acknow­ledge
ADAD: Another Day Another Dol­lar
ADIP: Another Day In Para­dise
ADN: Any Day Now
AEAP: As Early As Pos­sible
AFAIK: As Far As I Know
AFAIC: As Far As I’m Con­cerned
AFK: Away From Key­board
AFPOE: A Fresh Pair Of Eyes
AIAMU: And I’m A Monkey’s Uncle
AKA or a.k.a:. Also Known As
ANFSCD: And Now For Some­thing Com­pletely Dif­fer­ent
AOAS: All Of A Sud­den
ASAP: As Soon As Pos­sible
ATM: At The Moment
AWLTP: Avoid­ing Work Like The Plague
AWOL: Absent Without Leave
AYC: Aren’t You Clever
AYK: As You Know
AYSOS: Are You Stu­pid Or Some­thing
AYTMTB: And You’re Telling Me This Because

B/C: Because
B: Back
B4: Before
B4N: Bye For Now
B4U: Before You
B4YKI: Before You Know It
BAK: Back At Key­board
BAU: Busi­ness As Usual
BB: Be Back
BB4N: Bye-Bye for Now
BBIAF: Be Back In A Flash
BBL: Be Back Later
BBS: Be Back Soon
BC: Because
BCNU: Be See­ing’ You
BDC: Big Dumb Com­pany or Big Dot Com
BEG: Big Evil Grin
BFF: Best Friends Forever
BFN: Bye For Now
BFO: Blind­ing Flash of the Obvi­ous
BG: Big Grin
BHOF: Bald Headed Old Fart
BICBW: But I Could Be Wrong
BIF: Before I For­get
BION: Believe It Or Not
BKA: Bet­ter Known As
BL: Belly Laugh
BMG: Be My Guest
BOTOH: But On The Other Hand
BR: Bath­room
BRB: Be Right Back
BRT: Be Right There
BSBD&NE: Book Smart, Brain Dead & No Exper­i­ence
BTA: But Then Again
BTDT: Been There, Done That
BTW: By The Way
BTWBO: Be There With Bells On
BW: Best Wishes
BYKT: But You Knew That
BYOA: Bring Your Own Advil

C/S: Change of Sub­ject
C&G: Chuckle And Grin
CAAC: Cool As A Cucum­ber
CB: Cof­fee Break
CFN: Ciao For Now
CID: Con­sider It Done
CMIW: Cor­rect Me if I’m Wrong
CRB: Come Right Back
CRBT: Cry­ing Real Big Tears
CTRN: Can’t Talk Right Now
CU: See You
CUL or CUL8R: See You Later
CYA: See Ya
CYL: See You Later
CYM: Check Your Mail

DGA: Don’t Go Any­where
DGT: Don’t Go There
DHTB: Don’t Have The Band­width
DHYB: Don’t Hold Your Breath
DIKU: Do I Know You
DIY: Do It Your­self
DKDC: Don’t Know Don’t Care
DL: Down­load or Dead Link
DOE: Depends On Exper­i­ence
DOS: Doz­ing Off Soon
DQMOT: Don’t Quote Me On This
DQYDJ: Don’t Quit Your Day Job
DWB: Don’t Write Back
DWBH: Don’t Worry Be Happy
DYOH: Do Your Own Homework

EBKAC: Error Between Key­board And Chair
EMSG: E-Mail Mes­sage
EOD: End Of Day
EOM: End Of Mes­sage
ESO: Equip­ment Smarter than Oper­ator
ETA: Estim­ated Time of Arrival
EZ: Easy

F2F: Face-to-Face
FAB: Fea­tures Attrib­utes Bene­fits
FAQ: Fre­quently Asked Ques­tions
FC: Fin­gers Crossed
FITB: Fill In The Blank
FOAF: Friend Of A Friend
FOC: Free of Charge
FSR: For Some Reason
FTASB: Faster Than A Speed­ing Bul­let
FTBOMH: From The Bot­tom Of My Heart
FWD: For­ward
FWIW: For What It’s Worth
FYA: For Your Amuse­ment
FYI: For Your Information

G2G: Got To Go
GA: Go Ahead
GAL: Get A Life
GALGAL: Give A Little Get A Little
GBTW: Get Back To Work
GF: Girl­friend
GFC: Going For Cof­fee
GFETE: Grin­ning From Ear To Ear
GFI: Go For It
GFN: Gone For Now
GFTD: Gone For The Day
GL: Good Luck
GM: Good Morn­ing
GMAB: Give Me A Break
GMTA: Great Minds Think Alike
GR8: Great
GRA: Go Right Ahead
GTG: Got To Go
GTM: Giggle To Myself
GTRM: Going To Read Mail
GW: Good Work

H/O: Hold On
H/P: Hold Please
HB: Hurry Back
HIH: Hope It Helps
HIOOC: Help, I’m Out Of Cof­fee
HITAKS: Hang In There And Keep Smil­ing
HSIK: How Should I Know
HTH: Hope This (or That) Helps
HTNOTH: Hit The Nail On The Head

IAE: In Any Event
IANAC: I Am Not A Crook
IANADBIPOOTV: I Am Not A Doc­tor But I Play One On TV
IBIWISI: I’ll Believe It When I See It
IBT: In Between Tech­no­logy
IBTD: I Beg To Dif­fer
IC: I See
ICBW: I Could Be Wrong
IDC: I Don’t Care
IDK: I Don’t Know
IGTP: I Get The Point
IHA: I Hate Acronyms
IIRC: If I Recall Cor­rectly
ILA: I Love Acronyms
IM: Instant Mes­saging
IMAO: In My Arrog­ant Opin­ion
IMHEIUO: In My High Exal­ted Informed Unas­sail­able Opin­ion
IMHO: In My Humble Opin­ion
IMNERHO: In My Never Even Remotely Humble Opin­ion
IMS: I Am Sorry
IOW: In Other Words
ISTR: I Seem To Remem­ber
ISWYM: I See What You Mean
IYO: In Your Opinion

J/C: Just Check­ing
J/J: Just Jok­ing
J/K: Just Kid­ding
J/P: Just Play­ing
J/W: Just Won­der­ing
J2LYK: Just To Let You Know
JAS: Just A Second
JIC: Just In Case
JTFO: Jog The Fuck On

K: Okay
KEWL: Cool
KIS: Keep It Simple
KISS: Keep It Simple Stu­pid
KMP: Keep Me Posted

L8R: Later
LMAO: Laugh­ing My Ass Off
LMK: Let Me Know
LMTCB: Left Mes­sage To Call Back
LMFAO: Laugh­ing My Fuck­ing Ass Off
LOL: Laugh­ing Out Loud –or– Lots of Luck (or Love)
LONH: Lights On, Nobody Home
LOPSOD: Long On Prom­ises, Short On Deliv­ery
LQTM: Laugh­ing Quietly To Myself
LWR: Launch When Ready

M4C: Meet for Cof­fee
MIA: Miss­ing In Action
MOMPL: One Moment Please
M or F: Male or Female
MSG: Mes­sage
MTCW: My Two Cents Worth
MTF: More To Fol­low
MTFBWY: May The Force Be With You
MYOB: Mind Your Own Business

N/A: Not Applic­able
N/M: Noth­ing Much
N2M: Not Too Much
NBD: No Big Deal
NE: Any
NE1: Any­one
NIMJD: Not In My Job Descrip­tion
NMH: Not Much Here
NOYB: None Of Your Busi­ness
NP: No Prob­lem
NRN: No Reply Neces­sary
NVM: Never mind
NWR: Not Work Related
NYC: Not Your Concern

OBTW: Oh By The Way
OH: Off Hand
OIC: Oh, I See
OMG: Oh My Gosh
OMIK: Open Mouth, Insert Key­board
OOC: Out Of Con­trol
ORLY: Oh Really?
OTL: Out To Lunch
OTOH: On The Other Hand
OTP: On The Phone

P&C: Private and Con­fid­en­tial
PLS: Please
PM: Per­sonal Mes­sage –or– Private Mes­sage
PMSL: Piss­ing Myself Laugh­ing
POC: Point Of Con­tact
POV: Point of View
PPL: People
PS: Post Script
PU: That Stinks

QQ: Quick Question

R&D: Research & Devel­op­ment
R&R: Rest & Relax­a­tion
RN: Right Now
ROFL/ROTF: Rolling On The Floor Laugh­ing
RSN: Real Soon Now
RTK: Return To Key­board
RU: Are You
RUOK: Are You Okay?

SFX: Sound Effects
SIT: Stay In Touch
SITD: Still In The Dark
SLAP: Sounds Like A Plan
SMOP: Small Mat­ter Of Pro­gram­ming
SOB: Son Of a Bitch
SOBT: Stressed Out Big-time
SOP: Stand­ard Oper­at­ing Pro­ced­ure
SOT: Short On Time
SOW: Speak­ing Of Which
STD: Seal The Deal
STFU: Shut The Fuck Up
SUL: Snooze You Lose
SUP: What’s Up
SWIM: See What I Mean
SWIS: See What I’m Say­ing
SYS: See You Soon

T@YL: Talk at You Later
TA: Thanks Again
TAFN: That’s All For Now
TBC: To Be Con­tin­ued
TBH: To Be Hon­est
TC: Take Care
TFX: Traffic
TGIF: Thank God It’s Fri­day
THX or TX or THKS: Thanks
TIA: Thanks In Advance
TIC: Tongue In Cheek
TMI: Too Much Inform­a­tion
TMK: To My Know­ledge
TNA: Tem­por­ar­ily Not Avail­able
TNT: Til Next Time
TOBG: This Oughta Be Good
TOM: Tomor­row
TPTB: The Powers That Be
TTFN :Ta Ta For Now
TTYL: Talk To You Later
TY: Thank You
TYVM: Thank You Very Much

U: You
U2: You Too
UN: User Name
UOK: Are You OK?
UPOD: Under Prom­ise Over Deliver
UR: You Are

VFM: Value For Money
VI: Vil­lage Idiot
VM: Voice Mail

W/O: Without
WAD: Without A Doubt
WAEF: When All Else Fails
WAYD: What Are You Doing?
WB: Wel­come Back –or– Write Back
WBS: Write Back Soon
W/E: Whatever
WFM: Works For Me
WIIFM: What’s In It For Me
WIP: Work In Pro­cess
WKF: Well Known Fact
WTG: Way To Go
WTTTM: Without Think­ing Too Much
WU: What’s Up
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get

YBS: You’ll Be Sorry
YGLT: You’re Gonna Love This
YGTI: You Get The Idea
YHM: You Have Mail
YIU: Yes, I Under­stand
YKWIM: You Know What I Mean
YOYO: You’re On Your Own
YW: You’re Wel­come
YWIA: You’re Wel­come In Advance

ZZZ: Sleep­ing, Bored, Tired

@TEOTD: At The End Of The Day
14AA41: One for All and All for One (in case you’re a Mus­ket­eer)
2G2BT: Too Good To Be True
2NITE: Tonight
404: I Haven’t A Clue
411: Info/Data
4ever: Forever