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* [[CP]] – Captain Picard
* [[CP]] – Captain Picard
* [[BME]] – British Methodist Episcopals
* [[BME]] – British Methodist Episcopals
* [[BDSM]] – Bondage & Discipline/Dominance & Submission/Sadism & Masochism
* [[ALF]] – Animal Liberation Front
* [[CIA]] – Conflicting Information Association
* [[CIA]] – Conflicting Information Association
* [[War on drugs|DEA]] – Don't Eat Acid
* [[War on drugs|DEA]] – Don't Eat Acid
* [[IWF]] – Internet Whore Fuckers
* [[NEDM]] – Not Even [[Doom]] Music
* [[DRM]] – Digital Rights Mismanagement
* [[DRM]] – Digital Rights Mismanagement
* [[SPH]] – Strategically Placed [[Goatse|Hole]]
* [[DMCA]] – [[Dumbass]] Makes Court Action
* [[DMCA]] – [[Dumbass]] Makes Court Action
* [[SOPA]] – Screwing Over Pirates Again
* [[SOPA]] – Screwing Over Pirates Again
* [[FA|(F)FA]] – ([[FFA|Female]]) Fat Admirer
* [[ACMA]] – Australian Cunts & Media Asswholes
* [[FBI]] – Federal [[Butthurt]] Instigators
* [[FBI]] – Federal [[Butthurt]] Instigators
* [[WWJD]] – We're White! Jews Die / We Want Jesus' Dick
* [[Censorship|FCC]] – For Corporate Communication
* [[Censorship|FCC]] – For Corporate Communication
* [[MUGEN]] – Metaverse of Underage Gaming E-Niggers
* [[AIDS]] – Anally-Inflicted Death Sentence
* [[Genital Herpes|STD]] – Sexually Transmitted Disease
* [[ESRB]] – Entertaining Shit Raping Board
* [[TBBT]] – The Big Bang Theory
* [[ACLU]] – Anti-Christ Liars Union
* [[Southern Poverty Law Center|SPLC]] – Stupid Propagandizing Libtard Commies
* [[MPAA]] – Making Pirates Always Angry
* [[MPAA]] – Making Pirates Always Angry
* [[ATF]] – ''(United States Bureau of)'' Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
* [[ACORN]] – Association of Corrupt Organizations for Reprobates Now
* [[EDL]] – English Defence League
* DUI – Doing Underage [[Incest]]
* DUI – Doing Underage [[Incest]]
* [[NAACP]] – Not Another Angry Colored Person
* [[NAACP]] – Not Another Angry Colored Person
* [[L.U.L.Z.]] – Losers Under Latrines Zealously
* [[NAMBLA]] – [[truth|North American Man-Boy Love Association]]
* [[NAMBLA]] – [[truth|North American Man-Boy Love Association]]
* [[MGTOW]] – Men Going There Own Way
* [[RIAA]] – Really Into Anal Adventures
* [[RIAA]] – Really Into Anal Adventures
* [[RML]] – Read My Latest
* [[RML]] – Read My Latest
* [[Food Not Bombs|FNB]] – Food Not Bombs


== Troll acronyms ==
== Troll acronyms ==
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* [[ISP]] – Internet Search Phile
* [[ISP]] – Internet Search Phile
* [[FTP]] – File Transfer Protocol
* [[FTP]] – File Transfer Protocol
* [[MTP]] – Media Transfer Protocol
* [[VR]] – Virtual Reality
* [[VR]] – Virtual Reality
* AR – Augmented Reality
* AR – Augmented Reality

Revision as of 15:03, 10 September 2022

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Acronyms are capitalized abbreviations for common phrases and ideas which are pronounced as proper words. Generally, their comprehensibility decreases as a function of their length, essentially converting something from TL;DR to TS;DR, losing it's meaning.

Popular acronyms

Acronyms in action.

Note: Most of the below aren't actually acronyms. They're initialisms.

Unpopular acronyms

  • CP – Captain Picard
  • BME – British Methodist Episcopals
  • BDSM – Bondage & Discipline/Dominance & Submission/Sadism & Masochism
  • ALF – Animal Liberation Front
  • CIA – Conflicting Information Association
  • DEA – Don't Eat Acid
  • IWF – Internet Whore Fuckers
  • NEDM – Not Even Doom Music
  • DRM – Digital Rights Mismanagement
  • SPH – Strategically Placed Hole
  • DMCA – Dumbass Makes Court Action
  • SOPA – Screwing Over Pirates Again
  • (F)FA – (Female) Fat Admirer
  • ACMA – Australian Cunts & Media Asswholes
  • FBI – Federal Butthurt Instigators
  • WWJD – We're White! Jews Die / We Want Jesus' Dick
  • FCC – For Corporate Communication
  • MUGEN – Metaverse of Underage Gaming E-Niggers
  • AIDS – Anally-Inflicted Death Sentence
  • STD – Sexually Transmitted Disease
  • ESRB – Entertaining Shit Raping Board
  • TBBT – The Big Bang Theory
  • ACLU – Anti-Christ Liars Union
  • SPLC – Stupid Propagandizing Libtard Commies
  • MPAA – Making Pirates Always Angry
  • ATF – (United States Bureau of) Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
  • ACORN – Association of Corrupt Organizations for Reprobates Now
  • EDL – English Defence League
  • DUI – Doing Underage Incest
  • NAACP – Not Another Angry Colored Person
  • L.U.L.Z. – Losers Under Latrines Zealously
  • NAMBLA – North American Man-Boy Love Association
  • MGTOW – Men Going There Own Way
  • RIAA – Really Into Anal Adventures
  • RML – Read My Latest
  • FNB – Food Not Bombs

Troll acronyms

The entire HTH range.
  • FOAD – Fuck Off And Die
  • IDIFTL – I Did It For The Lulz
  • HAND – Have A Nice Day – standard Usenet troll dialogue. Condescending. Denotes that the troll believes he has pwned you. He doesn't really want you to have a nice day.
  • HTH – Hope That Helps
  • YHL – You Have Lost
  • DIAF – Die In A Fire – The troll actually means this.
  • YHBT – You Have Just Been Trolled
  • FTFY – Fixed That For You
  • KYS – Kill Yourself – Used by trolls when the trolled person in question says something that specifically annoys the troll. Often overused.

Technical acronyms

Professional at work.
  • PC – Personal Computer – big laptop.
  • OS – Operating System – Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Android… etc.
  • TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
  • IP – Internet Protocol – example: 108.34.502.88 (probably not your ip).
  • GNU – GNU's Not Usable
  • UNIX – UNIX Is Not UNIX
  • P2P – Penis to Penis
  • BBS – Bulletin Board System
  • ISP – Internet Search Phile
  • FTP – File Transfer Protocol
  • MTP – Media Transfer Protocol
  • VR – Virtual Reality
  • AR – Augmented Reality
  • I/O – Input/Output
  • 1s & 0s – Binary –

0101100101001111010101010010000001000001010100100100010100100000010011100100111101010111001000000011000100110011001100110011011100100000010010000100000101000011010010110011001101010010001000010010000100110001001000010011000100100001001100000010000100100001

  • (G)UI – (Graphical) User Interface
  • API – Application Programming Interface
  • FOSS – Free and Open-Source Software
  • VPN – Virus’s Party Network
  • (D)DoS – (Distributed) Denial of Service
  • RAT – Remote Administration Tool
  • ASCII – American Standard Code for Interracial Intercourse
  • IoT – Internet of Things
  • CPU – Child Pornography Unit
  • GPU – Gay Pornography Unit
  • RF – Radio Frequency – nearly every remote communication uses radio waves to transmit and receive there cp.

See Also


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Internets Lingo

AFAIK • ASL • BFF • BRB • BTFO • BTW • CBF • DBI • DFC • FFS • FTFY • FTW • G2G • GG • GTFO • IAWTC • IDGAF • IDK • IIRC • ILY • IMO • IMHO • ISHYGDDT • J/K • JFC • LMAO • LOL • M/F? • NSFW • OMG • QFT • PHP • ROFL • RTFM • SNCA • STFU • STFW • SWTF • TMI • TND • TTYL • WTF • YGGR • YWNBAW • ZOMG

Other Lingo

BCC • FIRRIB • FYIAD • FUBAR • GABYAW • IDIFTL • PITR • TLA • YHBT

Internet Places/Group

CDC • FCTC • FYAD • GNAA • IRC • LUE • PP4L • TJC • TOTSE

Moar Internet Shit

BBQ • GNU • GPG4Win • MTP • MMORPG • P2P • PGP • ROR

IRL Acronyms

BBS • BCE • BDIC • GNWT • ITT Tech • JFK • NORP • PB • YOLO

Bad Acronyms

ACLU • ACMA • ACORN • ALF • ATF • BDSM • BLP • CIA • CP • CSD • DMCA • EDL • ESRB • FBI • FA • FFA • FNB • IWF • L.U.L.Z. • MGTOW • MPAA • MTP • MUGEN • NAMBLA • NEDM • RIAA • SPH • SPLC • TBBT • TOW • WWJD

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