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Online Shorthands
Dateline: March 6, 2003
By Ann Zeise
For those new to online message boards who want to understand
the lingo here, and for those of you who have been online awhile,
but run across a new one or want to increase your online vocabulary,
I've a set of bookmarks here
in our Yahoo Group to help you along.
While we would like to think we onliners (Web Wonks) invented
these shorthands and terms, many were used on the Victorian Internet:
the telegraph, over 100 years ago. That's the title of a good
book, BTW: The Victorian Internet. Good history of how important
increasing the speed of information transmission was to the rise
of the industrial age. Book tells about the development of the
telegraph along the new railroad lines, and the TransAtlantic
cable and the audacity of the men who tried to build it even
though they knew little of the ocean floor at that time. A telegraph
message was billed by the word, so the development of a shorthand
that meant a whole string of words but would be billed as one
word was a big money saver.
The
Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and
the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers
by Tom Standage
When there was a lull in the traffic, the operators would
"chat" with each other much like we send IMs (Instant
Messages) today to friends. It was considered to be a real "hot"
job to be a telegraph operator. (Maybe in the future they'll
look fondly back in the same way on those who were webmasters!)
For those of you who are "Little House on the Prairie"
fans, the daughter of Laura Wilder, Rose,
worked as a telegraph operator at one point in her life.
We giggle a bit to hear about couples who met online and later
got married. 100 years ago telegraph operators flirted madly
over the miles, and then also managed to find each other IRL
(In Real Life) and get married!
I think I really would have been hampered had I been billed
by the word!
List of online shorthands often seen on message boards and
mail lists. Those in italics are some extra shorthands
frequently noticed on homeschool message boards and email lists.
2U2 = To You, Too
AAMOF = As A Matter Of Fact
AFAIC = As Far As I'm Concerned
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
AFAICT = As Far As I Can Tell
AFK = Away From Keyboard
ASAP = As Soon As Possible
BAK = Back At Keyboard
BBL = Be Back Later
BITMT = But In The Meantime
BOT = Back On Topic
BRB = Be Right Back
BTW = By The Way
C4N = Ciao For Now
CRS = Can't Remember "Stuff"
CU = See You
CUL(8R) = See You Later
CWOT = Complete Waste Of Time
CYA = See Ya
DD = Dear (or other "D" word) Daughter
DH = Dear (or other "D" word) Husband
DIL = Daughter-In-Law
DS = Dear (or other "D" word) Son
DW = Dear (or other "D" word) Wife
DITYID = Did I Tell You I'm Distressed?
DIY = Do It Yourself
EOD = End Of Discussion
EZ = Easy
F2F = Face To Face
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FBOW = For Better Or Worse
FIL = Father-In-Law
FOAF = Friend Of A Friend
FOCL = Falling Off Chair Laughing
FWIW = For What It's Worth
FYA = For Your Amusement
FYI = For Your Information
/ga = Go Ahead
GAL = Get A Life
GBTW = Get Back To Work
GFC = Going For Coffee
GFETE = Grinning From Ear To Ear
GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike
GR&D = Grinning, Running & Ducking
GTG = Got To Go
GTGTTBR = Got To Go To The Bathroom
GTRM = Going To Read Mail
HAND = Have A Nice Day
HEM = Home Educaiton Magazine
HHOK = Ha Ha Only Kidding
HSLDA = Home School Legal Defense Association
HTH = Hope This Helps
IAC = In Any Case
IAE = In Any Event
IC = I See
IDGI = I Don't Get It
IMCO = In My Considered Opinion
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO = in My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO = In My Opinion
IMPE = In My Previous/Personal Experience
IMVHO = In My Very Humble Opinion
IOTTMCO = Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer
IOW = In Other Words
IRL = In Real Life
ISP = Internet Service Provider
ISP = Independent Study Program
IYKWIM = If You Know What I Mean
JIC = Just In Case
J/K = Just kidding
KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid
L8TR = Later
LD = Later Dude
LOL = Laughing Out Loud
LTNS = Long Time No See
MIL = Mother-In-Law
MorF = Male or Female
MTCW = My Two Cents Worth
NHEN = National Home Education Network
NRN = No Reply Necessary
ONNA = Oh No, Not Again!
OTOH = On The Other Hand
OTTOMH = Off The Top Of My Head
OIC = Oh I See
OTF = On The Floor
OLL = Online Love
PCMCIA = People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PLS = Please
PU = That Stinks!
REHI = Hello Again (re-Hi!)
ROFL or ROTFL = Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROTF = Rolling On The Floor
RSN = Real Soon Now
RTDox = Read The Documentation/Directions
RTFM = Read The Frickin' Manual
RUOK = Are You OK?
SIL = Son-In-Law
SNAFU = Situation Normal; All Fouled Up
SO = Significant Other
SOL = Smiling Out Loud (or You're Out of Luck)
TANSTAAFL = There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TAFN = That's All For Now
TEOTWAWKI - The End Of The World As We Know It
THX = Thanks
TIA = Thanks In Advance
TLK2UL8R = Talk to you later
TMK = To My Knowledge
TOS = Terms Of Service
TPTB = The Powers That Be
TSWC = Tell Someone Who Cares
TTBOMK = To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN = Ta-Ta For Now
TTYL(8R) = Talk To You Later
TWIMC = To Whom It May Concern
Txs = Thanks
URL = Web Page Address
w/b = Welcome Back
w/o = Without
WRT = With Regard To
WTG = Way To Go
WU? = What's Up?
WWW = World Wide Web
WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get
Y2K = Year 2000
YGIAGAM = Your Guess Is As Good As Mine
YGWYPF = You Get What You Pay For
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary
ZZZ = Sleeping
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