Acronym

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

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

OP – Original Poster/Pedophile
OC – Original Creator/Content
OG – Original Gangster – used by niggers and wiggers in herds.
BRB – Be Right Back
BTW – By The Way
FTW – For The Win \ Fuck That Woman
FYI – For Your Information
JFC – Jesus Fucking Cennedy
TL;DR – Too Long; Didn’t Read
WTF – What The fuck?
STFU – Shut The Fuck Up
GTFO – Get The Fuck Out
BTFO – Blown/Bent The Fuck Out/Over
NP – Nigger Pardon – problem?
IMHO – In My Homosexual Opinion
J/K – Just Kiking
W/(O – With(Out)
OMG – Oh My God – popular among 16 year old girls and 30 year old IRC addicts
IIRC – If I Remember Correctly / I Ingest Robot Cock IIRC DOES NOT MEAN IN IRC YOU TARD
FPBP – First Post Best Post
LOL – Laughing Out Loud – THIS HAS BEEN CORRUPTED BY ANONYMOUS, AND IS NOW "LULZ"
FFS – For Fuck’s Sake
ED – Erectile Dysfunction
IDK – I Digg Kids
GG – Good Game/Going
AFAIK – As Far As I Know
AFK – Away From Keyboard
GNAA – Good News And Affability
YWN – You Will Never
NORP – Normal Ordinary Responsible Person
B& – Banned
V& – Vanned – banned IRL!!!
M-O – Modus Operandi – a procedure for approaching something (latin for "method of operation").
BFF – Butt Fuckers Forevar
ASL – Age/Sex/Location
POV – Penis OverView
(Y/M)FW – Your/My Face When
TFW – That Feeling When
(N)SFW – (Now) Show Friends and Workmates
G2G – Got To Go
AKA – Also Known As
SMH – Shaking My Head
IDGAF – I Don't Give A Fuck
(D/P)M – Direct/Private Message
OIC – Oh I See
ASAP – As Soon As Possible / Already Sucking Anybody’s Penis
YOLO – You Only Live Once
IRL – In Real Life
OL – On-Line
BBC – Big Black Cock
ILY – I Lack Yoghurt – most commonly used by social whores and 16-year-old girls.
ROFL – Rolling On Floor Laughing
LM(F)AO – Laughing My (Fucking) Ass Off
TPB – The Pirate Bay
IKR – Initiate Kid Rape
TSMT – This. So Much This – agreement to a thought that was expressed better by another.

Unpopular acronyms

CP – Captain Picard
BME – British Methodist Episcopals
CIA – Conflicting Information Association
DEA – Don't Eat Acid
DRM – Digital Rights Mismanagement
DMCA – Dumbass Makes Court Action
SOPA – Screwing Over Pirates Again
FBI – Federal Butthurt Instigators
FCC – For Corporate Communication
MPAA – Making Pirates Always Angry
DUI – Doing Underage Incest
NAACP – Not Another Angry Colored Person
NAMBLA – North American Man-Boy Love Association
RIAA – Really Into Anal Adventures
RML – Read My Latest

Troll acronyms

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

PC – Personal Computer
OS – Operating System
TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
IP – Internet Protocol
GNU – GNU's Not Usable
UNIX – UNIX Is Not UNIX
P2P – Penis to Penis
BBS – Bulletin Board System
ISP – Internet Search Pedophile
FTP – File Transfer Protocol
API – Application Programming Interface
VR – Virtual Reality
AR – Augmented Reality
(G)UI – (Graphical) User Interface
FOSS – Free and Open-Source Software
VPN – Virus’s Party Network
DDoS – (Distributed) Denial of Service
RAT – Remote Administration Tool
ASCII – American Standard Code for Interracial Intercourse
IoT – Internet of Things
CPU – Child Pornography Unit
RF – Radio Frequency – nearly every remote communication uses radio waves to transmit there cp.

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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