Do you know any acronyms?

[thunder]

Does anyone know what BURN stands for? Someone asked me a little while ago and I have no idea.

[Ghost Post]

Beaten up redneck.

[CrystyB]

In my WebBrowse of today, i encountered:
OMG=OhMyGod
DNFTT=Do Not Feed The Trolls (don't reply to this topic)
GIGO=Garbage In Garbage Out (output of a computer program or of some automated device based on wrong input is unreliable)

Thought i just update here, 'cause i have no PERSONAL collection of these anywhere else.
Cristian.

[CrystyB]

ISE=Internal Server Error. Something we GLers get from time to time. That way, the reply we just sent is not included YET in the page. That usually triggers re-post, which results in double-posts.
Actually i saw ISE somewhere and i don't know if it was used in this context. Do you know any other meaning of it?

THP= 1. Texas Highway Patrol (Quailman)
2. TreasureHunt Puzzle (Logain)

[Alfie]

TLA = Three Letter Acronym (so appropriate)

[jesternl]

Another few I use, or used to use.
DOA - Dead on arrival, if something you ordered comes in broken
Fugazi - F*cked up, got ambushed, Zipped In.. same as fubar..
YMMV, your milage may vary means that you may have a different experience then I have.
NT/NL, - often seen on messageboards with requests, meaning, no text/no link
LPITC, to describe an unknown computerproblem, meaning The Little People Inside The Computer.
IRL - In Real Life
MICROSOFT - Most Intelligent Costumers Refuse Our Software On First Try
And one that bugs me if they say it wrong in computer magazines and such: DVD - Digital Versatile Disk, and not Video

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GRTZ,
Jester
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
"Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..."
-- Isaac Asimov

[Alfie]

MACINTOSH - Most Aplications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs.
MHO [/](mee-hoe)[/i] - Monty Hall Opposition
GL - ...

[Quailman]

A couple from the business world:

KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid
BOHICA Bend Over, Here It Comes Again

[Chuck]

SPAM - Squirrels, Pigeons, and Mice.

[CrystyB]

bbiab = be back in a bit

[VinnyQ]

seen in some Trek and a few other movies, as labeled of useless props not relevant to plot.

GNDN - Go Nowhere, Does Nothing.
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A few other common one not mention:

wtf - what the f***

wtg - way to go

ttyl - talk to you later



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[jesternl]

GONAD GOing Nowhere, Always Drunk
BRB Be Right Back
RLI Real life interruption


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GRTZ,
Jester
www.geocities.com/jesternl/antibill.html

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist"
'Verbal' Kint

[Ferris]

FOS @ IS

[CrystyB]

h&g "hi and goodbye" (from sleepless in seattle)
THANX Moose

also

AFAIR = as far as i remember !!! (still smiling about this one!)

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[CrystyB]

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[mathgrant]

Here's an acronym that I think everyone will know:

HAATITEWK

[jesternl]

That must be the same sort then as this one is

TMBTSSTATOI



And tehre's of course AFAIK, as far as I know..

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GRTZ,
Jester
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Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder

[VinnyQ]

anybody ever played acrophobia? I haven't personally myself but I've seen my bro and his friends played. seems fun. wanna try it out?

[CrystyB]

* pokes head ! *

Well, i had to look at those for the third time to actually get the fact that afaik WAS explained. That couldn't be! Or could it? Rereading...

* feeling out-of-luck with 2nd Competition so close now... (like what? 45 minutes?) *

[Ferris]

Another work-related one:

Friday is called "poets day", because you get to Push Off Early, Tomorrow's Saturday.

And btw,

F.O.S = Finger Of Suspicion - a GL term used in many a game of Mafia.

IS = InternetStranger - a particular GL'er.



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[planet_buzz]

As a programmer, from time to time we need to ID 10t-proof some of our programs so users won't mess it up.

It means Idiot (ID1Ot) Proof.

[CrystyB]

i think:
PDQ = Pretty Da.n Quick (the dot replaces one of two letters, depending IMO on your religiosity)

[Handsome Dan]

Actually, I'm kinda slow...

Oh, now I get it!

[ChienFou]

I've seen g2g (got to go) a couple of times in GL C, I've not seen it elsewhere.

I use ROFLMAO roll on floor laughing my ass off.

okbridge (an internet bridge site) uses brb, and then just "b" for back, but it seems to be specific to that site

[Bicho the Inhaler]

Uh, BFE is Butt F*** Egypt. It means "in the middle of nowhere." Hey, don't look at me, I didn't come up with it.

[Vinny]

*bump*

A few online games acro

gg - Good game
nt - nice try
afk!!! - a free kill

[Pigboy]

PCMCIA-People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms

[-o-]

Acronyms I use in real life:

OTD - out the door
OMB - much like BFE, but Outer B******k Mongolia
HIB - heard it before
SNAFU - Situation normal, all f***ed up
NMP - Not my problem
RTFM - Read the f***ing manual
IME - in my experience

And there are probably more.. can you tell I used to work for a telecom?
-o-
(reduced to an acronym by ISEs)

[Bicho the Inhaler]

Does OMB even work? Should it be OBM?

[-o-]

Sorry - it would be if I could type....

[Cadmium]

Here's just two more since all the others I know are already posted

UTFS: Use the f**king search
FUBAR: F**ked up beyond all recognition

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My macaw's name was Q47pY!3, but I change it every 90 days."

[Orbiting]

I forgot my favorite one -
TMI - too much information

[®]

What the fu.....

[Dragon Phoenix]

BUL - Board Update Later (in chess games).

[Ferris]

CWOTAS (pronounced like 'quotas'). As in "That's a CWOTAS".

Complete Waste Of Time And Space.

[Werebear]

Well, my wife used to use PIA or PITA on lists, until they became well known. Now I told her to use HIWA (Head Interchangable With Ass) If someone asks, she can make something up, like "Has Interactive Working Abilities"...

Werebear

[Beartalon]

I can't think of any good ones...

Maybe I have CRAFT disease because I can't remember a flipping thing

Other "f" words are interchangable, of course.

[BraveHat]

I've seen w00t a lot. What does that mean?

[CrystyB]

Not really an acronym... http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=w00t says "goto http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?p=dict&String=exact&Acronym=W00T "

[mathgrant]

RPS =