What do all these initials stand for?

[jojo54]

Some I've seen are IMO, ROFL, n/t etc. I'd like to think I'm PC savvy, but obviously not!

[mike_c]

1. in my opinion, rolling on the floor laughing, no text....

eom

[LiberalVoice]

5. oh thats just hateful.

ending that message with an acronym! :P

[jojo54]

13. so what does eom mean?

[Hatalles]

17. eom = end of message

[uppityperson]

18. eom=end of message

TTFN

[Left Is Write]

2. "nt" means no text.

[Catch22Dem]

3. Here ya go

IMO = In My Opinion
ROFL = Rolling on the Floor Laughing (many variations)
n/t = No Text

[derby378]

4. Translations:

IMO - in my opinion
LMAO - laughing my ass off
OMFG - oh my freakin' God

[LilKim]

6. IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer

[jojo54]

7. Thanks everybody

Now I can put these into retrospect.

[punpirate]

8. These acronyms came about...

... in the long-distant days of BBS messaging, when packets of messages were transmitted from point-to-point by long-distance phone. The idea was to keep the bandwidth to a minimum, thereby reducing the packet size that the BBS operator had to send on his own dime.

In addition to those already explained:

ROTFLMAO: rolling on the floor, laughing my ass off

IMHO: in my humble opinion

YMMV: your mileage may vary (might not be the same for you)

AFAIK: as far as I know

ISTR: I seem to recall

IIRC: if I recall correctly

Lots of others....

Cheers.

[jdj]

9. I hate to ask this, but

what does BBS stand for?

[mcscajun]

12. Bulletin Board System

What we all talked on 'back in the day'

[jojo54]

10. Thx

I'm writing these down. No way to remember them all by heart. Dorky, I know, but I like to know what I'm reading.

[LilKim]

15. I remember them also on Usenet newsgroups in the '80s

which were around at least as long as BBSs. In fact, I just found IMHO (though the poster uses 'H' to mean honest instead of humble) from 1984:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/net.video/msg/73b197ee2b40a1c9?dmode=source

[LilKim]

21. BTW used in 1981

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/fa.sf-lovers/msg/6bc6e20c1dbcc47a?dmode=source

[TroubleMan]

11. Here's a list:

http://www.romulus2.com/articles/guides/shorthand/shorthand.shtml

[UTUSN]

14. Thanks n/t

[jojo54]

16. Hey, thanks Trouble

That explains it..........ALL of it.

[HamstersFromHell]

23. Nice list, but they left at least one out

Who else used/uses ggp or ggpbrb (gotta go pee - gotta go pee, be right back) instead of the online gamer's bio break.

[mike_c]

19. RTFM while you're at it....

lol :evilgrin:

[jojo54]

20. Hey, I ususally read directions...........

but not this time (LOL). See, I knew one!!!

Here's a new one: DILDU - Damn, I love D U.

[HamstersFromHell]

22. Saw a jeopardy question on that...

the chits left the F out. :(