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Jargon File

AFAICR

As Far As I Can Recall

AFAICT

As Far As I Can Tell

AFAIK

As Far As I Know - meaning to the best of your knowledge

AMA

Ask Me Anything - meaning an invitation to ask the person a freeform series of questions

BOFH

Bastard Operator From Hell

CCW

Comments and Criticism Welcome or Constructive Criticism Welcome - meaning an invitation to critique the persons work for improvement purposes

CMM or CMV

Change My Mind or Change My View - meaning an invitation to convince the person that they are wrong or perhaps there is a better way

Cake Day

This the anniversary of the day a user signed-up for or otherwise joined a service

DAE

Does Anyone Else - meaning a question to see if other people agree

DILLIGAF

Do I Look Like I Give A F-ck?

ELI5

Explain Like I'm 5 (years old) - meaning to explain something in less technical or in layman's terms for easier understanding of the subject or concept

FIFY or FTFY

Fixed It For You or Fixed That For You - meaning that the reply contains a quote that has a portion changed for correctness, clarity or possibly humorous affect

FOMO

Fear Of Missing Out

FSCK

File System Consistency checK - is a system utility for Unix-like operating systems. It is sometimes used as a replacement for "f-ck" in technical conversations

FUBAR

F-cked Up Beyond All Recognition

FWIW

For What It's Worth

FWP

First World Problems - meaning a relatively trivial or minor problem or frustration in comparison to the bigger picture or a larger group of those it affects

GTFO

Get The F-ck Out

H/T

See, "Hat-tip"

HAND

Have A Nice Day!

HITL

Human In The Loop - meaning that whenever possible, keep a human perspective and approval for any output performed by automation

HMB

Hold My Beer - meaning that the person is probably going to try something knowingly foolish or troublesome

HTH

Hope This Helps

Hat-tip

A reference to or gives kudos to where the source of information originally came from

Hugged to Death

A website or service that is inaccessible due to overwhelming traffic coming from a wave of current interest

IANAD

I Am Not A Doctor

IANAL

I Am Not A Lawyer

ICYMI

In Case You Missed It

IDEK

I Don't Even Know

IIRC

If I Recall Correctly

IMO, IMHO, or IMNSHO

In My Opinion, In My Humble/Honest Opinion, or In My Not So Humble Opinion

IOW

In Other Words

IRL

In Real Life - meaning how something actually works in practice as apposed to theorized on paper

IYKYK

If You Know, You Know - meaning that it doesn't need to be explained if it relates to you, otherwise it likely doesn't

J

This represents the smiley face emoticon emoji in the Wingdings font family. If you don't have Wingdings installed, or the font formatting is otherwise lost, a capital J will be present in the text

J/K

Just Kidding or otherwise joking

JFYI

Just For Your Information

KYC

Know Your Customer - meaning that access to your services should require a registration and preferably a login of some sort

KYS

Kill Your Self - a common insult amongst irate online communications

LGTM

Looks Good To Me - a common reply when reviewing documents and code

LMK

Let Me Know

LOL

Laugh Out Loud

Lurker

This is a user who reads posted content but rarely or never makes public posts or replies

Mod

Moderator - a volunteer who helps run a community

NSFL or NSFW

Not Safe For Life or Not Safe For Work - Typically used as a warning that the content should not be opened or viewed at work or in front of children

OC

Original Content - meaning the author of the post created the content shown or linked to in the post

OP

Original Poster - meaning the author of the post, or the top level comment in a comment chain being replied to

OT

Off-Topic - meaning that the post or statements are knowingly not the primary topic where the post is taking place, making it easier for some people to ignore the post completely

PFY

Pimply-Faced Youth - meaning a junior coworker or subordinate

PHB

Pointy-Haired Boss

PICNIC

Problem In Chair, Not In Computer

PSA

Public Service Announcement

RTM or RTFM

Read The Manual or Read The F-cking Manual

Repost

Content that has already been posted or submitted

SMH

Shaking My Head

SNAFU

Situation Normal, All F-cked Up

SO

Significant Other

STFW

Search The F-cking Web

Slashdotted

See, "Hugged to Death"

TARFU

Things Are Really F-cked Up

TIFU

Today I F-cked Up

TIL

Today I Learned

TL;DR

Too Long; Didn't Read - sometimes used as a synonym for summary

TWSS

That's What She Said

WIP

Work In Progress

X-Post

Cross-Post - meaning a repost of something currently and actively posted on a different list or community for additional exposure

YMMV

Your Mileage May Vary

YSK

You Should Know

ಠ_ಠ

An emoticon that indicates disapproval

-`ღ´-

An emoticon that indicates lots of love

/S

Sarcasm - meaning that the associated statements are meant to be sarcastic - just in-case that isn't clear to the reader

/Thread

End-Thread - meaning that this should be the end of a reply thread. That nothing else can be added to improve upon or top what has already been said