ACRONYMS Last Updated 21/08/1999 These are the acronyms you'll come across most frequently in Usenet and E-mail, and the ones I typically use. AFAICR As far as I can recall AFAIK As far as I know AIUI As I understand it BTW By the way FWIW For what it's worth FYI For your information IIRC If I recall correctly IMHO In my humble opinion IMO In my opinion ISTM It seems to me ISTR I seems to recall OTOH On the other hand PMFBI Pardon me for butting in RSN Real soon now (usually sarcastic) RTFM Read the flipping manual ! TIA Thanks in anticpation TFTI Thanks for the feedback TFTI Thanks for the information TVM Thanks very much WRT With regards to I don't typically use these, but they are also quite common. BCNU Be seeing you BTDT Been there, done that BTDTGTT Been there, done that, got the t-shirt FYA For your amusement FYEO For your eyes only LOL Laughing out loud OBTW Oh, by the way OIC Oh, I see ROTF Rolling on the floor ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing TPTB The powers that be TATS Thanks all the same YKWIM You know what I mean YMMV Your mileage may vary (despite what I've said, you might get different results) For more enlightenment on acronyms check the following links The acronyms page at WhatIs.COM ASCII-Art Acronyms Acronym Finder WebOpedia Though acronyms are fun, be careful about how far you go adopting them. Like smileys, there is a danger of straying into the area of "aren't I clever making up this obscure stuff" instead of "aren't we clever to extend communication this way". (As you can see from some of the stuff in my second list).