Most of these acronyms I've seen before, some of them took me a while to figure out, and others I've seen queries about in the CB. This is the list I curently have on my home node where I will be adding to it as I find and learn more.
There are some PM-Specific acronyms collected by grinder. Also see the Acronym Finder web site.
| "Acronyms" found in and around the Monastery |
Other Acronym lists:
Guide to PM Abbrv., grinder, vladb,
AcronymServer,
AcronymFinder,
Marshalls
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| .oO( … ) | Thinking a thought, like in cartoons |
| AFAIAA | As Far As I Am Aware |
| AFAIC | As Far As I'm Concerned |
| AFAIK | As Far As I Know |
| AM | Anonymous Monk |
| AMFYOYO | Adios My Friend, You're On Your Own |
| AoA | Array of Arrays |
| AoH | Array of Hashs |
| ATM | At The Moment |
| bbl | be back later |
| BOFH | Bastard Operator From Hell |
| brb | Be Right Back |
| BTW | By The Way |
| CB | Chatter Box |
| CSV | Comma (Character) Separated Values |
| DWIM | Do What I Mean |
| DWYM | Do What You Mean |
| EBKAC | Error Between Keyboard and Chair |
| FMTYEWTK | Far More Than You Ever Wanted To Know |
| FWIW | For What Its Worth |
| GMAB | Give Me A Break |
| GMAFB | Give Me A F.{3}ing Break |
| HAND | Have A Nice Day |
| HMWTDI | Here’s My Way To Do It |
| HoA | Hash of Arrays |
| HoH | Hash of Hashes |
| HTH | Hope That/This Helps |
| IANAL | I am not a lawyer |
| IIRC | If I Recall Correctly |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
| IMHO | In My Holy Opinion (used by Saints) |
| IMnsHO | In My not so Humble Opinion |
| IMO | In My Opinion |
| IMvHO | In My Very Humble Opinion |
| j/k | Just Kidding |
| JAPH | Just Another Perl Hacker |
| JAPH | Just Another Perl Hack |
| JAPN | Just Another Perl Newbie |
| KLB | Known Lazy Bastard |
| lart | Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool (eg a 2x4) |
| LOL | Laugh out loud |
| luser | Combining form of Loser & User |
| MOOPS | Massively Object Oriented Perl System |
| MTYEWTK | More Than You Ever Wanted To Know |
| NIHS (NIH) | Not Invented Here Syndrome |
| NP | No Problem |
| OP | Original Poster/Posting |
| OT | Off Topic |
| OTMH | Off the Top of My Head |
| OTOH | On The Other Hand |
| PEBKAC | Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair |
| PfY | Pimply-faced Youth |
| phb | Pointy Haired Boss |
| PM | Perl Monks |
| POD | Plain Old Documentation |
| ppl | people |
| ROFL | Rolling On Floor Laughing |
| ROFLMAO | Rolling On Floor Laughing My A** Off |
| RTFB | Read The F.{6} Binary |
| RTFM | Read The F.{6} Manual |
| RTFS | Read The F.{6} Source |
| SCNR | Sorry, Could Not Resist |
| SoPW | Seeker of Perl Wisdom |
| TIA | Thanks in Advance |
| TIMTOWTDI | There Is More Than One Way To Do It |
| TMTOWTDI | There’s More Than One Way To Do It |
| TTBOMK | To The Best Of My Knowledge |
| TTFN | Ta Ta For Now |
| TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| TYVM | Thank You Very Much |
| VEEPS | Virtual Electronic Exchange for Perl Stuff |
| WTDI | Way To Do It |
| WTF? | What the F.{3}? |
| YHBT | You Have Been Trolled |
| YKYBH(P)TL | You know you've been hacking (Perl) too long.. |
| YMMV | Your Mileage May Vary |
| YOYO | You're On Your Own |
| YW | You're Welcome |
UPDATE 1: As I had hoped, y'all are telling me what I've missed. Most updates to the list will be on my Home Node as I get them added.
Thanks!
UPDATE 3: (2004/05/11 @ 21:14 PST)
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