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   Abbreviations
   by Jim Winer
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People are lazy. They also like to have a secret language, just like kids, to exclude others. The following abbreviations (all in capital letters) have become common.


     AFAICT As Far As I Can Tell
     AFAIK As Far As I Know
     BFF Best Friend Forever
     BTW By The Way
     CUL8R See You Later
     <g> Grin
     IMO
IMHO
IMNSHO
In My Opinion
In My Humble Opinion
In My Not So Humble Opinion
     K OK
     LOL Laughing Out Loud
Lots of Luck
     ROFL
ROTFL
Rolling On The Floor Laughing
     RTFM Read The F---ing Manual
     TIA Thanks In Advance
     TTFN Ta-ta for now

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