A.3 POPULAR NEWS ACRONYMS

If you use Network News for any length of time you will probably encounter a number of acronyms that are used without any explanation. This is a short list of some commonly used acronyms on the Usenet that may be helpful.


  BTW      	By the way
  FWIW      	For what it's worth
  FYI         	For Your Information
  IAE        	In any event
  IANAL   	I Am Not A Lawyer, also IANA... such as CPA
  IMO        	In my opinion
  IMHO     	In my humble opinion
  IMCO     	In my considered opinion
  IOW        	In other words
  JOOTT		Just one of those things
  NRN        	No Reply Necessary
  OTOH      	On the other hand
  ROFL      	Rolling on floor laughing.
  RSN         	Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming]
  RTFM      	Read the *#@% manual 
  SITD       	Still in the dark
  TANSTAAFL  	There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
  TIA        	Thanks In Advance (also AtDhVaAnNkCsE)
  TIC         	Tongue in cheek
  TLA         	Three Letter Acronym (such as this)
  WRT		With Respect To

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