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Monday, December 28, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 11

List of acronyms begin with ‘I’:

  • IA -- I Agree
  • IAC -- In Any Case
  • IAE -- In Any Event
  • IAG -- It's All Good
  • IAL -- I Ain't Laughing, I Actually Laughed
  • IAS -- In A Second
  • IAW -- In Accordance With, I Agree With
  • IAWTC -- I Agree With This Comment, I Agree With That Comment
  • IAWTCSM -- I Agree With This Comment So Much
  • IB -- I'm Back
  • IB2D, IBTD -- I Beg To Differ
  • IBTL -- In Before the Lock
  • IBYP -- I Beg Your Pardon
  • IC -- I See
  • ICAM -- I couldn't agree more
  • ICB -- I Can't Believe
  • ICBB -- I can't be bothered
  • ICBI -- I Can't Believe It
  • ICSL -- I Can't Stop Laughing, I Couldn't Stop Laughing
  • ICYDK -- In Case You Didn't Know
  • ID -- Identity
  • IDBI -- I Don't Believe It
  • IDC -- I Don’t Care
  • IDD -- Indeed
  • IDEK -- I Don't Even Know
  • IDGI -- I Don't Get It
  • IDI -- I Doubt It
  • IDK -- I Don't Know
  • IDKY -- I Don't Know Why
  • IDLE -- Inactive
  • IDLI -- I Don't Like It
  • IDLY -- I Don't Like You, I Don't Love You
  • IDM -- It Doesn't Matter
  • IDN, IDUNNO -- I Don't know
  • IDR -- I Don't Remember
  • IDRC -- I Don't Really Care
  • IDRK -- I Don't Really Know
  • IDT -- I Don't Think
  • IDTS -- I Don't Think So
  • IDU -- I Don't Understand
  • IDWTAI -- I Don't Wanna Talk About It
  • IGHT, IIGHT -- Alright
  • IGI -- I Get It
  • IGM -- I Got Mine
  • In Game Name
  • IGNB -- I'm Going Now, Bye
  • IGNTS -- I've Got Nothing To Say
  • IGS -- I Guess So
  • IGTG -- I got to go
  • IGU -- I Give Up
  • IH8U -- I Hate You
  • IHML -- I Hate My Life
  • IHNC -- I have no clue
  • IHNI -- I Have No Idea
  • HIS -- I Hope So
  • IHT -- I Hate This
  • IHU, IHY -- I Hate You
  • IHYSM -- I Hate You So Much
  • IIRC -- If I Remember Correctly
  • IJ -- I'm Joking
  • IJWTK -- I Just Want To Know
  • IK -- I Know
  • IKHYF -- I Know How You Feel
  • IKMTY -- I Know More Than You
  • IKR -- I Know, Right
  • IKT -- I Knew That
  • IKWUM -- I Know What You Mean
  • IKWYL -- I know where you live
  • IKY -- I Know You
  • IL -- In Love
  • ILH -- I Love Her, I Love Him
  • ILI -- I Love It
  • ILML -- I Love My Life
  • ILMO -- In Loving Memory Of
  • ILU, ILY -- I Love You
  • ILU2, ILY2, ILYT -- I love you too
  • ILUSM, ILYSM -- I love you so much
  • ILYA -- I Love You All
  • ILYAAF -- I Love You As A Friend
  • ILYB -- I Love You Both
  • ILYF -- I'll Love You Forever
  • ILYG -- I Love You Girls, I Love You Guys
  • ILYK -- I'll Let You Know
  • ILYL -- I love you lots
  • ILYLAS -- I Love You Like A Sister
  • ILYLT -- I Love You Long Time
  • ILYM -- I Love You More
  • ILYSDM -- I Love You So Damn Much
  • ILYVM -- I Love You Very Much
  • IMAHO -- In My Absolutely Honest Opinion
  • IMAO -- In My Arrogant Opinion
  • IMB -- I'm Bored
  • IMBO -- in My Biased Opinion
  • IMCO -- In My Considered Opinion
  • IME -- In My Experience
  • IMEO -- In My Educated Opinion
  • IMF -- International Monetary Fund
  • IMH -- In My Head
  • IMHO -- In My Humble Opinion
  • IMING -- Instant Messaging
  • IMK -- In My Knowledge
  • IMMAO -- In My Most Arrogant Opinion
  • IMNSHO -- In My Not So Humble Opinion
  • IMO -- In My Opinion
  • IMOO -- In My Own Opinion
  • IMU, IMY -- I miss you
  • IMYA -- I miss You Already
  • IMYSM -- I Miss You So Much
  • INB -- I'm Not Bothered
  • INBD -- It's no big deal
  • INK -- I Never Knew
  • INNIT -- Isn't It
  • INO -- I Know
  • INORITE -- I Know, Right?
  • INPO -- In No Particular Order
  • INT -- Isn't it
  • INVU -- I envy you
  • IOI -- Indication of Interest, I'm Over It
  • IOU -- I Owe You
  • IOW -- In Other Words
  • IP -- Internet Protocol, Intellectual Property
  • IQ -- Intelligence Quotient
  • IRC -- Internet Relay Chat
  • IRDC -- I Really Don't Care
  • IRDK -- I Really Don't Know
  • IRL -- In Real Life
  • ISB -- I'm So Bored
  • ISLY -- I Still Love You
  • ISO -- In Search Of
  • ISP -- Internet Service Provider
  • ISS -- I'm So Sorry
  • ISTM -- It Seems To Me
  • ISTR -- I Seem To Recall
  • ISWYDT -- I See What You Did There
  • ISWYM -- I See What You Mean
  • ITA -- I Totally Agree
  • ITALY -- I Trust And Love You
  • ITC -- In That Case
  • ITE -- Alright?
  • ITK -- In The Know
  • ITMA -- It's That Man Again
  • ITN -- I Think Not
  • ITS -- I Think So, I Thought So
  • ITT -- In This Thread
  • ITTET -- In These Tough Economic Times
  • ITYF -- I Think You'll Find
  • ITYL -- I'll Tell You Later
  • ITYM -- I Think You Mean
  • IWALY -- I Will Always Love You
  • IWHI -- I Would Hit It
  • IWIK -- I Wish I Knew
  • IWM -- It Wasn't Me
  • IWTD -- I Want To Die
  • IYA -- Hiya, hello
  • IYAM -- If You Ask Me
  • IYBTYBA -- If You Believe That You'll Believe Anything
  • IYD -- In Your Dreams
  • IYDK -- If You Didn't Know
  • IYDM -- If You Don't Mind
  • IYF -- In Your Face
  • IYKWIM -- If You Know What I Mean
  • IYO -- In Your Opinion
  • IYSS -- If You Say So
  • IYSWIM -- If You See What I Mean
  • IYTT -- If You Think That
  • IZ -- Is, it's

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 9

List of acronyms begin with ‘G’:


G -- Grin

G2E -- Got To Eat

G2F -- Got To Fly

G2G -- Gotta go

G2H -- Go To Hell

G2R -- Got To Run

G4U -- Good For You

G8 -- Great

G9 -- Good Night

GA -- Go Ahead

GAFIA -- Get Away From It All

GAFM -- Get Away From Me

GAL -- Get A Life

GAMMD -- Go Ahead Make My Day

GBFN -- Goodbye for Now

GBH -- Grievous Bodily Harm

GBU -- God Bless You

GBY -- God Bless You

GE -- Good Evening

GF -- Girlfriend

GFAK -- Go Fly A Kite

GFC -- Global Financial Crisis

GFE -- Girl Friend Experience

GFETE -- Grinning From Ear To Ear

GFI -- Go For It

GFN -- Gone For Now

GFU -- Good For You

GFY -- Good For You

GGA -- Good Game All

GGN -- Gotta Go Now

GGOH -- Gotta Get Outta Here

GGW -- Girls Gone Wild

GIGO -- Garbage In, Garbage Out

GIMME -- Give me

GJ -- Good Job

GJOAC -- Go Jump Off A Cliff

GKY -- Go Kill Yourself

GL -- Good Luck

GLHF -- Good Luck, Have Fun

GLA -- Good Luck All

GLBT -- Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transsexual

GLF -- Group Looking For

GLHF -- Good luck, have fun

GLOTR -- Good Luck On The Rebuild

GLTA -- Good Luck to All

GLU -- Guys/Girls Like Us

GLWT -- Good Luck With That

GMAB -- Give Me A Break

GMH -- Gives Me Hope

GMTA -- Great Minds Think Alike

GMV -- Got My Vote

GN -- Good Night

GND -- Girl Next Door

GNO -- Girls/Guys Night Out



GOAT -- Greatest Of All Time

GOI -- Get Over It

GONNA -- Going to

GOOH -- Get Out Of Here

GOTTA --Got to ..., Have you got a …

GOTY -- Game Of The Year

GOU -- Good On You

GPRS -- General Packet Radio Services

GPS -- Global Positioning System

GR -- Gotta Run

GR&D -- Grinning, Running & Ducking

GR8 -- Great

GRATZ -- Congratulations

GRE -- Graduate Record Examination

GSM -- Global System for Mobile communications

GSOH -- Good Sense Of Humor

GTBOSH -- Glad To Be Of Some Help

GTG -- Got To Go

GTH -- Go To Hell

GTHO -- Get The Hell Out

GTK -- Good To Know

GTM -- Giggling To Myself

GTOG -- Got To Go

GTR -- Got To Run

GTS -- Good Times

GTW --Got To Work

GUD --Good

GW --Good Work

GWAAN -- Go on

GWS -- Get Well Soon

GYT -- Get Yourself Tested

GZ -- Congratulations

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 8

List of acronyms begin with ‘F’:

  • F2F -- Face To Face
  • F2P -- Free To Play, Files To Peers
  • F2T -- Free To Talk
  • F8 -- Fate
  • F9 -- Fine
  • F@ -- Fat
  • FAAK -- Falling Asleep At Keyboard
  • FAB -- Fabulous
  • FAFWOA -- For A Friend Without Access (when about to ask a silly question)
  • FAG -- Cigarette
  • FAI -- Forget About It
  • FAM -- Family
  • FAMALAM -- Family, close friend
  • FAMO -- Friend, dude, family member etc
  • FANNYING -- Wasting time, messing about
  • FAO -- For Attention Of
  • FAQ -- Frequently Asked Question
  • FAUX PAS -- Social blunder (French for 'false step')
  • FAV -- Favorite
  • FB -- Facebook
  • FBI -- Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FBM -- Fine By Me
  • FBO -- Facebook Official
  • FBSM -- Full Body Sensual Massage
  • FBTW -- Fine, Be That Way
  • FBW -- Fly by wire
  • FC -- Fingers Crossed
  • FCOL -- For Crying Out Loud
  • FE -- Fair Enough
  • FF -- Final Fantasy
  • FFA -- Free For All
  • FFR -- For Future Reference
  • FFTL -- From First To Last
  • FG -- Fat Girl, Family Guy
  • FGJ -- For Great Justice
  • FGS -- For God's Sake
  • FHE -- First Hand Experience
  • FHM -- For Him Magazine
  • FI -- Forget It
  • FIFO -- First In First Out
  • FIL -- Father-in-law
  • FILO -- First In, Last out
  • FIN -- Finished
  • FINA -- About to do (something)
  • FINNA -- Going To
  • FISH -- First In Still Here
  • FITB -- Fill In The Blanks
  • FJ -- Foot Job
  • FK -- French Kiss
  • FKA -- Formerly Known As
  • FL -- Fake Laugh
  • FLAME -- Insult someone over the internet
  • FLS -- Flu-Like Symptoms
  • FMLA -- Family and Medical Leave of Absence
  • FMTKFYTFO -- For Me To Know, For You To Find Out
  • FMV -- Full Motion Video
  • FNA -- For Necessary Action
  • FNE -- Free And Easy
  • FNX -- Thanks
  • FO SHO -- For Sure
  • FOA -- First Of All
  • FOAF -- Friend Of A Friend
  • FOC -- Free Of Charge
  • FOCL -- Falling Off Chair Laughing
  • FOF -- Full of Fail
  • FOFL -- Falling On Floor Laughing
  • FOI -- Freedom Of Information
  • FON --Freak Of Nature
  • FOO --Fool
  • FOOPA -- Fat in belly area
  • FR -- For Real
  • FRILL -- For Real
  • FRONT -- Pretend, falsely represent
  • FS -- For Sale
  • FSBM --Full Sensual Body Message
  • FSHO -- For Sure
  • FSM -- Female Seeking Male
  • FSU -- Friends Stand United
  • FTASB -- Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
  • FTF -- First To Find
  • FTFY -- fixed that for you
  • FTL -- Faster Than Light
  • FTLOG -- For The Love Of God
  • FTM -- Female To Male
  • FTP -- File Transfer Protocol
  • FTR -- For The Record
  • FTW -- For The Win
  • FUBAR -- Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
  • FUBB -- Fouled Up Beyond Belief
  • FUBU -- Fouled Up Beyond Use
  • FUD -- Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
  • FUTAB -- Feet Up, Take A Break
  • FW -- Forward
  • FWB -- Friends With Benefits
  • FWD --Forward
  • FWIW -- For What It's Worth
  • FWP -- Friend With Privileges
  • FWTD --Fate Worse Than Death
  • FX --Effects
  • FYA -- For Your Amusement
  • FYE -- For Your Entertainment
  • FYEO -- For Your Eyes Only
  • FYI -- For Your Information
  • FYM -- Free Your Mind
  • FYN -- Fine
  • FYP -- Fixed Your Post

Slang and abbreviation part 7

List of acronyms begin with ‘E’:
  • E -- Ecstasy

  • E&OE -- Errors and omissions excluded
  • EDDRESS -- Email address
  • EFA -- Edited For Accuracy
  • ELE -- Everybody Love Everybody
  • ELF -- Every Lady's Fantasy
  • ELLO -- Hello

  • EMA -- E-mail Address
  • EMO -- Emotional
  • ENT -- Isn't
  • EOC -- End Of Conversion
  • EOD -- End Of Discussion
  • EOE -- Equal Opportunity Employer
  • EOF -- End Of File
  • EOL -- End Of Lecture
  • EOM -- End Of Message
  • EOS -- End Of Show
  • EQE -- Easy Quick Efficient
  • ERP -- Erotic Role-Play
  • ESP -- Extra Sensory Perception
  • EST -- Eastern Standard Time, Established
  • ETA -- Estimated Time of Arrival, Edited to Add
  • ETC -- Et Cetera (and so on)
  • ETD -- Estimated Time of Departure
  • EUA -- End User Agreement
  • EUC -- Excellent Used Condition
  • EW -- Exclamation of disgust
  • EWBA -- Everything Will Be Alright
  • EX -- Former
  • EYO -- Hey, you
  • EZ -- Easy
  • E_E -- Tired, exhausted

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 6

List of acronyms begin with ‘D’:


  • D&D __ Dungeons and Dragons

  • D8 __ Date
  • D: __ Surprised, shocked
  • DAMHIK __ Don't Ask Me How I Know
  • DAMHIKT __ Don't Ask Me How I Know That, Don't Ask Me How I Know This
  • DAQ __ Don't Ask Questions
  • DARL __ Darling
  • DAT __ That
  • DBNT __ Don't Bother Next Time
  • DC __ Don't Care
  • DDF __ Drug and Disease Free
  • DDG __ Drop Dead Gorgeous
  • DDI __ Don't Do It
  • DDT __ Don't Do That
  • DEB __ Don't Even Bother
  • DEC __ Decent
  • DEEZ __ These
  • DEFO __ Definitely
  • DEGT __ Don't Even Go There
  • DEM __ Them
  • DETAI __ Don't Even Think About It
  • DEVO __ Devastated
  • DFTBA __ Don't Forget To Be Awesome
  • DG __ Don't Go
  • DGOT __ Don't Go Over There
  • DGT __ Don't Go There
  • DGTWM __ Don't Go There With Me
  • DHV __ Demonstration of Higher Value
  • DHYB __ Don't Hold Your Breath
  • DIC __ Do I Care?
  • DIKU __ Do I Know You?
  • DIL __ Daughter-In-Law
  • DILLI __ Does It Look Like I Care
  • DIS __ Did I Say
  • DIT __ Details In Thread
  • DITTO __ The same, me too, I agree
  • DIY __ Do It Yourself
  • DIZZY __ Crazy, mad
  • DK __ Don't Know
  • DKDC __ Don't Know, Don't Care
  • DKFS __ Don't Know For Sure
  • DLAM __ Don't Laugh At Me
  • DMAL __ Drop Me A Line
  • DMG __ Damage
  • DMI __ Don't Mention It
  • DMIID __ Don't Mind If I Do
  • DMN __ Damn
  • DMY __ Don't Mess Yourself
  • DN __ Doing Nothing
  • DND __ Do Not Disturb
  • DNDC __ Don't Know, Don't Care
  • DNM __ Does Not Matter, Deep and Meaningful
  • DNO __ Don't Know
  • DNT __ Don't
  • DNW __ Do Not Want
  • DOA __ Dead On Arrival, Deteriorate On Approach, Date Of Admission
  • DOB __ Date Of Birth
  • DOC __ Doctor, Drug of Choice
  • DOD __ Day of Defeat , Date Of Discharge
  • DOE __ Depends On Experience
  • DOL __ Dying Of Laughter
  • Dos __ Disk Operating System
  • DOT __ Damage Over Time
  • DP __ Display Picture
  • DQ __ Disqualified
  • DQYDJ __ Don't Quit Your Day Job
  • DRM __ Digital Rights Management
  • DROVE __ Mad, angry
  • DSD __ Do Some Damage
  • DT __ Down Town
  • DTA __ Don't Trust Anyone
  • DTB __ Don't Text Back
  • DTE __ Down To Earth
  • DTRT __ Do The Right Thing
  • DTT __ Don't Touch That
  • DTTM __ Don't Talk To Me
  • DUCWIC __ Do You See What I See?
  • DUH __ Of course
  • DUI __ Driving Under the Influence
  • DULM __ Do You Love Me?
  • DUNNO __ Don't Know
  • DVD __ Digital Versatile Disc
  • DW __ Don't Worry
  • DWAI __ Don't Worry About It
  • DWBH __ Don't Worry, Be Happy
  • DWI __ Deal with it
  • DWISNWID __ Do What I Say Not What I Do
  • DWL __ Dying With Laughter
  • DYB __ Do Your Best
  • DYHWIH __ Do You Hear What I Hear?
  • DYJ __ do your job
  • DYK __ Did You Know
  • DYKWIM __ Do You Know What I Mean?
  • DYLM __ Do You Love Me, Do You Like Me?
  • DYOR __ Do Your Own Research

Monday, December 14, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 5

List of acronyms begin with ‘C’:

  • C See
  • C&C Command and Conquer (game)
  • C&P Copy & Paste
  • C2C Consumer to Consumer, Cam to Cam
  • C4C Comment for Comment, Cam for Cam
  • CAUSE Because
  • CBB Can't Be Bothered
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
  • CDR Compact Disc Recordable
  • CEPT Except
  • CG Computer Graphics
  • CHA Yes
  • CHILAXING Chilling and relaxing
  • CHU You
  • CIO Check It Out
  • CL Chain Letter
  • CLUBBING Visiting nightclubs
  • CM Call Me
  • CMAR Cry Me A River
  • CMD Command
  • CMEO Crying My Eyes Out
  • CMI Count Me In
  • CMIIW Correct Me If I'm wrong
  • CML Call Me Later
  • CMNT Comment
  • CMT Comment
  • CMU Cracks Me Up
  • COB Close Of Business
  • COD Cash On Delivery, Call Of Duty
  • COED Coeducational
  • COL Crying Out Loud
  • COOL Awesome, great
  • COS Because
  • COZ because
  • CRUNK Crazy and drunk
  • CTN Can't Talk Now
  • CTRN Cant Talk Right now
  • CU See You
  • CUL See You Later
  • CUOL See You On Line
  • CUPPA Cup of
  • CUT See You Tomorrow, See You There
  • CUTIE Cute, attractive person
  • CUZ Because
  • CWOT Complete Waste Of Time
  • CWTCU Can't Wait To See You
  • CWYL Chat With You Later
  • CYA See Ya
  • CYL Catch You Later
  • CYM Check Your Mail
  • CYO See You Online
  • CYT See You Tomorrow

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 4

List of acronyms begin with ‘B’:

  • B& - Banned, Band
  • B&M - Bricks and Mortar
  • B2B - Back To Back
  • B2W - Back To Work
  • B4 - Before
  • B4N - Bye For Now
  • B4U - Before you
  • BAC - Back At Computer
  • BAE - Baby
  • BAH - Bored As Hell
  • BAI - Bye
  • BAK - Back At Keyboard
  • BAMN - By Any Means Necessary
  • BAU - Business As Usual
  • BAY - Baby
  • BBAM - Be Back After Meal
  • BBFN - Bye Bye For Now
  • BBG - Best Be Going
  • BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit
  • BBIAF - Be Back In A Few
  • BBIAM - Be Back In A Minute
  • BBIAS - Be Back In A Sec
  • BBL - Be Back Later
  • BBM - Blackberry Messaging
  • BBML - Be Back Much Later
  • BBQ – Barbecue, Better Be Quick
  • BBS - Be Back Soon
  • BBT - Be Back Tomorrow
  • BCC - Blind Carbon Copy
  • BCNU - Be Seeing You
  • BCOS - Because
  • BD - Big Deal
  • BDSM - Bondage and Discipline, Sadism and Masochism
  • BEF - Best Enemies Forever, Best Email Friend
  • BESTE - Best Friend
  • BF - Boyfriend
  • BF4L - Best Friends For Life
  • BFA - Best Friends Always
  • BFF - Best Friends Forever
  • BFF4L - Best Friends Forever For Life
  • BFFAE - Best Friends Forever And Ever
  • BFFE - Best Friends Forever
  • BFFFL - Best Friend Forever For Life
  • BFFL - Best Friend For Life
  • BFFN - Best Friend For Now
  • BFFWB - Best Friend Forever With Benefits
  • BFN - Bye For Now
  • BFUT - Best Friends Until Tomorrow
  • BGM - Background Music
  • BH - Be Happy
  • BHH - Bless His/Her Heart
  • BHM - Big Handsome Man
  • BI - Bad Influence
  • BICBW - But I Could Be Wrong
  • BIL - Brother In-Law
  • BIN - Buy It Now
  • BION - Believe It Or Not
  • BKA - Better Known As
  • BL - Bad Luck
  • BLNT - Better Luck Next Time
  • BLOL - Big Laugh Out Loud
  • BLTN - Better Late Than Never

  • BM - Bowel Movement, Black Man
  • BMF - Be My Friend
  • BNB - Bread 'N' Butter

  • BO - Body odour / Body Odor
  • BOL - Best Of Luck
  • BOLO - Be On The Lookout
  • BOOMM - Bored Out Of My Mind
  • BOT - Back On Topic
  • BOTTS - Back On To The Subject
  • BR - Best Regards
  • BRB - Be Right Back
  • BRGDS - Best Regards
  • BRH - Be Right Here
  • BRT - Be Right There
  • BSOF - Big Smile On Face
  • BSOFN - Big Smile On Face Now
  • BST - But Seriously Though
  • BTB - By The By
  • BTGOG - By The Grace Of God
  • BTL - Between The Lines
  • BTM - Be There Moment
  • BTTT - Back To The Top
  • BTW - By The Way
  • BTY - Back To You
  • BW - Beautiful Woman
  • BWL - Bursting With Laughter
  • BYAM - Between You And Me
  • BYTM - Better You Than Me

Friday, December 4, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 3

List of acronyms begin with ‘A’.

  • A&F- Always And Forever
  • A3 - Anywhere, Any time, Any place
  • AA - Alcoholics Anonymous,African-American,Automobile Association
  • AAB - Average At Best
  • AAF - Always and Forever
  • AAK - Alive And Kicking
  • AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
  • AAP - Always A Pleasure
  • AAR - At Any Rate
  • AAWY - And Also With You
  • AAYF - As Always Your Friend
  • ABS - Absolutely
  • ABT - About
  • ABT2 - About To
  • ACK - Disgust, frustration, Acknowledgement
  • ADL - All Day Long
  • ADN - Any Day Now
  • AEAE - And Ever And Ever
  • AEAP - As Early As Possible
  • AFAIAC - As Far As I Am Concerned
  • AFAIC - As Far As I'm Concerned
  • AFAICS - As Far As I Can See
  • AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell
  • AFAIK - As Far As I Know
  • AFAIR - As Far As I Remember
  • AFAP - As Far As Possible
  • AFC - Away From Computer
  • AFFA - Angels Forever, Forever Angels
  • AFK - Away From Keyboard
  • AFN - that's All For Now
  • AFS - Always, Forever and Seriously
  • AHEM - Throat clearing sound
  • AIGF - All In Good Fun
  • AIGHT - All right
  • AIIC - As If I Care
  • AIKRN - All I know right now
  • AISB - As I Said before
  • AISI - As I See it
  • AIT - Alright
  • AITE - Alright
  • AIUI - As I Understand it
  • AKA - Also Known As
  • ALIHAL - At Least I Have A Life
  • ALOL - Actually Laughing Out Loud
  • ALOTBSOL - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
  • AMA - Ask Me Anything, Against Medical Advice
  • AMEX - American Express
  • AMG - Ah My God
  • AMIRITE - Am I Right?
  • AML - All My Love
  • AMZ - Amazing
  • ANON - Unknown person
  • ANY1 - Anyone
  • AOB - Any Other Business
  • AOE - Area Of Effect
  • AOL - American Online
  • AON - All Or Nothing, As Of Now
  • AOT - As Opposed To, Among Other Things
  • AOTA - All Of The Above
  • APPROX - Approximately
  • APU - As Per Usual
  • ARK - Act of Random Kindness
  • ASAIC - As Soon As I Can
  • ASAP - As Soon as Possible
  • ASAS - As soon as sensible
  • ASL - Age, Sex, Location
  • ASP - At Some Point
  • ATB - All The Best
  • ATEOTD - At The End Of The Day
  • ATF - All Time Favorite
  • ATK - Attack
  • ATN - Any Time Now
  • ATST - At The Same Time
  • ATT - At This Time, All The Time
  • ATTN - Attention
  • ATV - All Terrain Vehicle
  • ATWA - Air, Trees, Water, Animals, All The Way Alive
  • ATYS - Anything You Say
  • AUO - I don't know
  • AWA - As Well As
  • AWHFY - Are We Having Fun Yet
  • AWNP - All Work, No Play
  • AWSM - Awesome
  • AWW - Any Which Way
  • AYE - Yes
  • AYFR - Are You For Real?
  • AYKM - Are You Kidding Me?
  • AYL - Are You Listening?
  • AYO - Hey, You
  • AYOR - At Your Own Risk
  • AYS - Are You Serious?
  • AYSOS - Are You Stupid Or Something?
  • AYT - Are You There?
  • AYW - As You Wish
  • AZN - Asian

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Affect and effect

Affect is usually a verb.

1. To influence someone or something, or cause them to change.

  • It’s a disease which affects many younger people.
  • The noise affects my performance.
  • The problem affects everyone.

2. To cause a strong emotion, especially sadness (often passive).

  • The house was affected by the fire.
  • He was deeply affected by the film.
  • The people are affected by flood.

Effect is usually a noun.
A change, reaction, or result that is caused by something.

  • The promotion had a huge effect on his life.
  • Effects of the flood are destructive.

Effect as a verb:
To make something happen.

  • The quit India movement effected a huge change.

Summary of Paradise Lost Book 4 by John Milton

Satan lands atop Mount Niphates, just north of Paradise, the Garden of Eden. He becomes gripped with doubt about the task in front of him; s...