For the Newbie and Not So-Newbie of the online world

I’m sure you have been using the internet for a while now but I bet sometimes you see «symbols» or «acronyms» and wonder what they mean.

After some research,
here is a list you can use.

143 or 3 – I Love You

2B@ – To Be At

2G2B4G – Too Good to Be Forgotten

2G2BT – Too Good to Be True

2moro – Tomorrow

2nite – Tonight

! – I Have a Comment

*$ – Starbucks

,!!!! – Talk to the Hand (One of my personal favorites. LOL!)

404 – I Haven’t a Clue

411 – Information

4COL – For Crying Out Loud

4EAE – Forever and Ever

511 – Too Much Information

::poof:: – I’m Gone

? – I Have a Question

@TEOTD – At The End Of The Day

A

AAAA – American Association Against Acronym Abuse

AAK – Asleep At Keyboard

AAMOF – As A Matter Of Fact

AAMOI – As A Matter Of Interest

AAR – At Any Rate

AAS – Alive and Smiling

AATK – Always At The Keyboard (I will have to use this one sometime)

AB/ABT – About

ABT2 – About To

ACK – Acknowledgement

ACORN – A Completely Obsessive Really Nutty Person

ADAD – Another Day, Another Dollar

ADBB – All Done. Bye Bye

Angry Garden Salad – A Poorly Designed Website with Bad Coding As Well

B

B4N – Bye for Now

BITD – Back in the Day

BLTD – Back Later Today

BFF – Best Friends Forever

BRB – Be Right Back or Bathroom Break

BTW – By the Way

C

Cappuccino Cowboy or Cowgirl – Refers to someone who must have a Starbucks or other “Roadie” on the way to work

Cytizenship – Owning “Real Estate” in Cyberspace. May own one or more domain name or visits chat rooms, newsgroups, or discussion boards on a regular basis. Feels very comfortable and has a feeling of belonging in Cyberspace

Capsizing – A company that keeps downsizing in labor, but not the workload. The company ultimately goes under

D

Digiterati or Digerati – People in the know of the digital revolution or otherwise hip and considered knowledgeable.

Digital Dirt – Comments you have posted on blogs or in chat rooms that may come back to haunt you

DINK – Double Incomes, No Kids

DIRFT – Do It Right the First Time

E

e-Bomb – A very potent computer virus

e-Dress – Stands for your electronic addresses such as IM’s and email

Ear Candy – Musical additives added to a website to make it more appealing

F

FISH – First in, Still Here

FAWC – For Anyone Who Cares

FIDO – Framework for Interdisciplinary Design Optimization

First Mover – A business that has a competitive edge by being the first to establish themselves in a specific industry segment

FTF or F2F – Face-to-Face

G

G – Guess, Grin, or Giggle

G1 – Good One

G4I – Go For It

GTOWOT – Going The Other Way On That

H

H/O – Hold On

H/P – Hold Please

HADVD – Have Advised

I

IRL –  In Real Life

J

JK –  Just Kidding

K

KBD – Keyboard

KIR – Keep It Real

KM – Knowledge Management – Refers to capturing, storing and sharing experiences and knowledge

KOK – Knock

KPI – Key Performance Indicator

KWIM – Know What I Mean

L

LIFO – Last In, First Out

Loser Error – A play on words from “user error” – refers to a user causing an error, but blames it on their computer

LOL –  Lots of Laughs or Laughing Out Loud

M

M or MB – Megabyte

M&A – Mergers & Acquisitions

M2M – Manufacturer to Manufacturer

M2NY – Me Too, Not Yet

Magic Lantern – A code for FBI’s encryption-key and password-sniffing spyware disguised as email attachments which installs keylogging software

Meatjail – The human brain

N

NBD –  No Big Deal

NP –  No Problem or Nosy Parents

Net Lag – Slow connection due to a large amount of users on the internet

Net Nanny – Child safety software for the internet

NIMY – Never In A Million Years

O

O – Opponent or Over

OT – Off Topic

OAO – Over And Out

OMIK – Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard

OT – Off Topic

OZ – Australia

P

P2P – Peer to Peer or Person to Person

PaaS – Platform as a Service

PB – Potty Break

POV –  Point of View

Pink – Spam – Ex. Email Subject looks “pink”

Q

QCD – Quarterly Charm Deficiency – Emotional disorder commonly found in executives at the end of the fiscal quarter

Quick and Dirty – Getting the job done for the mean time – a quick fix

R

RT – Real Time

ROFLOL – Rolling On Floor, Laughing Out Lod

Roadie – A coffee on the road – to go

S

S – Smile

S2R – Send to Receive

S4L – Spam For Life

SAPFU – Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups

SB – Stand By

SEP – Somebody Else’s Problem

Spin – Take a negative and make it positive

Sweeple – Sweet Twitter people

T

Think Time – A down moment due to a slow connection or long download

TMI –  Too Much Information

TTYL – Talk to You Later

Twitterati – Twitter power user; sometimes also referred to as The Tweet Elite.

Twittermob – Quick mob due to information sharing on Twitter

U

U-L – You Will

U8 – You Ate?

UGC – User-Generated Content

unPC – unPolitically Correct

URZ – Yours – gamer jargon

V

VBG – Very Big Grin

VDT – Video Dial Tone

Veal Pens – Cube Farms – Cubicles in offices

Vortal – Content in a specific vertical subject area

W

W’S^ – What’s Up?

W8 – Wait

Waldo – A Demo with great product display or showmanship

Wire Jam – Slow internet connection with a lot of traffic

WYP – What’s Your Problem?

WYT – Whatever You Think

X

X – Times or times as big as…

X-I-10 – Exciting

XLNT – Excellent

XME – Excuse Me

XQZT – Exquisite

Y

Y – Why or Yes

YA – Yet Another

YA yaya – Yet Another Ya-Ya or Yo-Yo

YBS – You’ll Be Sorry

YCT – Your Comment To

YHM – You Have Mail

Z

Zapping – The lowest form of software programming

Zerg – To gang up on someone

Zipperhead – A person with a closed mind

Zombie or Zombie Network – An abandoned website that is still online

Zot – To ban, remove or otherwise censor material

ZZZ – Sleeping, Tired or Bored

There are literally hundreds more I came across while searching.

Since people make their own up, the list is never-ending and if you come up with your own share them with us below!

What acronym you use the most?

Please share your acronyms below, in the comments area.