Milenia

If you’re going to be hanging out at your local internet caf, you’ll need to be able to talk the talk. Refer to this handy glossary for all of your internet-related communication. This is by no means comprehensive, but we tried to pick some of our favorites, or ones that might not be familiar to everybody.AABF: as a best friendAAMOF: as a matter of factAFAIAA: as far as I am awareBBI: babyBBIAS: be back in a secondBMAY: between me and youCAPTCHA: completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apartCIR: committed information rate (minimum bandwidth)CPL: cyberathlete professional leagueDAMHIK: don’t ask me how I knowDDOS: distributed denial of serviceEFA: edited for accuracyEULA: end user license agreementEOTWAWKI: end of the world as we know itFLOSSING: showing offFMTKFYTFO: for me to know, for you to find outFRILL: for realG2G2B: got to go to bedGIYF: Google is your friendH2: how-toHAND: have a nice dayHTB: heavens to BetsyIAIYH: it’s all in your headIHA: I hate acronymsITYM: I think you meanJASE: just another system errorJMOOC: just my opinion of courseJTYWTK: just thought you wanted to knowKHYF: know how you feelKOTL: kiss on the lipsKWIM: know what I meanL2M: listening to musicLU: laughing at youLURKER: someone who reads posts or messages but doesn’t replyMSMD: monkey see monkey doMTA: mail transfer agentMTFBWY: may the force be with youNTDWI: nothing to do with itOAOA: over and over againOIBMPC: oops I broke my computerOWAYS: oh wow are you seriousPCMCIA: people can’t memorize computer industry acronymsPOAHF: put on a happy facePXR: punk rockerQED: quite easily doneQFT: quoted for truthQT: cutieRBAY: right back at youROFFLECOPTERS: rolling on the floor with laughterSCNR: sorry could not resistSLATFATF: so long and thanks for all the fishSSEWBA: someday soon everything will be acronymsT3: theTAIG: that’s all I gotTH: thatUIAM: unless I am mistakenUNA: use no acronymsUOM: you owe me moneyVLEO: very low earth orbitWAS: what’s upWAYTA: what are you talking aboutWU2KILU: want you to know I love youXPT: exceptYTMND: you’re the man now, dogYWHOL: yelling “woo hoo” out loudZT: zoo tycoon