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Common Internet/Forum Abbreviations and Lingo
AFK-Away from Keyboard
AFAIK-As Far as I know
AISI-As I see it
AP-Attachment Parenting
ATM-At the moment
BBL-Be Back Later
BF-Breastfeeding
BFN-Bye for Now
BIL-Brother-in-law
BOT-Back on Topic
BRB-Be Right Back
BTDT-Been there, done that
BTW-By the way
BWL Bursting With Laughter
CD-Cloth Diapering
CU-See you
CUL8r-See you later
CYA-See ya
DC-Darling children
DD-Darling Daughter
DH-Darling Husband
DIL-Daughter-in-law
DIY-Do it Yourself
DK-Don't Know
DP-Darling Partner
DS-Darling Son
DSD-Darling(Dear) Step Daughter
DSS-Darling(Dear) Step Son
FIL-Father-in-law
FS-For Sale
FWIW-For What it's worth
FYA-For Your Amusement
FYI-For your information
HS-Homeschooling
IAC-In any Case
ICAM-I couldn't agree more
IDK-I Don't Know
IEC-In any Event
IIRC-If I remember correctly
IMA-I might add
IMHO-In my humble/honest opinion
IMNSHO-In my not so humble opinion
IMO-In my opinion
IMPOV-In my point of view
IOW-In other words
IRL-In real life
ISO - In search of
ITA-I totally agree
JK-Just Kidding
KWIM-Know What I mean?
LMHO-Laughing my head off
LOL-Laughing out loud
MIL-Mother-in-law
MOF-Matter of Fact
MYOB-Mind your own Business
NAK-Nursing At Keyboard
NBD-No big deal
NP New poster/No Problem
NTIM-Not that it matters
OBO-Or best offer
OIC-Oh I see
OMG Oh my goodness/gosh
OP Original poster
PITA-Pain in the B*tt
PLZ-Please
PP-Previous Poster
ROFL Rolling on floor laughing
RTM-Read the Manual
SIL-Sisten-in-law
SO Significant Other
SOW-Speaking of which
SWIM-See what I mean
TBYB-Try before you buy
TDM-Too Darn Many
TFTHAOT-Thanks for the help ahead of time
THX-Thanks
TIA Thanks in advance
TTBOMK-To the Best of my Knowledge
TTYL-Talk to you Later
TYVM-Thank you very much
WB-Welcome back
WDYT-What do you think
W/O-Without
WTB-Want to buy
WTG-Way to Go
YGWYPF-You Get What You Pay For
YMMV-Your mileage may vary
AFK-Away from Keyboard
AFAIK-As Far as I know
AISI-As I see it
AP-Attachment Parenting
ATM-At the moment
BBL-Be Back Later
BF-Breastfeeding
BFN-Bye for Now
BIL-Brother-in-law
BOT-Back on Topic
BRB-Be Right Back
BTDT-Been there, done that
BTW-By the way
BWL Bursting With Laughter
CD-Cloth Diapering
CU-See you
CUL8r-See you later
CYA-See ya
DC-Darling children
DD-Darling Daughter
DH-Darling Husband
DIL-Daughter-in-law
DIY-Do it Yourself
DK-Don't Know
DP-Darling Partner
DS-Darling Son
DSD-Darling(Dear) Step Daughter
DSS-Darling(Dear) Step Son
FIL-Father-in-law
FS-For Sale
FWIW-For What it's worth
FYA-For Your Amusement
FYI-For your information
HS-Homeschooling
IAC-In any Case
ICAM-I couldn't agree more
IDK-I Don't Know
IEC-In any Event
IIRC-If I remember correctly
IMA-I might add
IMHO-In my humble/honest opinion
IMNSHO-In my not so humble opinion
IMO-In my opinion
IMPOV-In my point of view
IOW-In other words
IRL-In real life
ISO - In search of
ITA-I totally agree
JK-Just Kidding
KWIM-Know What I mean?
LMHO-Laughing my head off
LOL-Laughing out loud
MIL-Mother-in-law
MOF-Matter of Fact
MYOB-Mind your own Business
NAK-Nursing At Keyboard
NBD-No big deal
NP New poster/No Problem
NTIM-Not that it matters
OBO-Or best offer
OIC-Oh I see
OMG Oh my goodness/gosh
OP Original poster
PITA-Pain in the B*tt
PLZ-Please
PP-Previous Poster
ROFL Rolling on floor laughing
RTM-Read the Manual
SIL-Sisten-in-law
SO Significant Other
SOW-Speaking of which
SWIM-See what I mean
TBYB-Try before you buy
TDM-Too Darn Many
TFTHAOT-Thanks for the help ahead of time
THX-Thanks
TIA Thanks in advance
TTBOMK-To the Best of my Knowledge
TTYL-Talk to you Later
TYVM-Thank you very much
WB-Welcome back
WDYT-What do you think
W/O-Without
WTB-Want to buy
WTG-Way to Go
YGWYPF-You Get What You Pay For
YMMV-Your mileage may vary
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