List of Internet / Usenet / Email Acronyms: new Slang / shorthands The following is a list of some common words or phrases that are used. The list is far from being complete, it just contains the abbreviations, which I consider most useful. The acronyms / abbreviations are mostly written in upper case. 2F4U Too Fast For You 4YEO FYEO For Your Eyes Only AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact ACK Acknowledgment AFAIK As far as I know AFAIR As far as I remember / recall AFK Away from keyboard ASAP As Soon As Possible B2K BTK Back To Keyboard BTT Back To Topic BTW By the way C&P Copy and Paste CU See you CYS Check your settings DIY Do it yourself EOBD End Of Business day EOD End Of Discussion EOM End Of Message EOT End Of Thread / End of Text / End of Transmission FAQ Frequently asked questions FACK Full Acknowledge FKA Formerly Known As FWIW For what it's worth FYI For your information HF Have fun HTH Hope This Helps IIRC If I Recall / Remember Correctly IMHO In my humble opinion IMO In my opinion IMNSHO In My Not So Humble / Honest Opinion IOW In other words ITT In this thread LOL Laugh out loud MMW Mark My Words N/A Not Available / Applicable NaN Not a Number noob n00b Newbie NOYB None of your business OMG Oh my God OP Original Poster, Original Post OT Off Topic OTOH On The Other Hand PEBKAC Problem exists between keyboard and chair POV Point of view ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing RTFM Read the fucking manual SCNR Sorry, Could Not Resist TBA To be announced TBC To be continued / To be confirmed TIA Thanks in advance THX TNX Thanks TQ Thank You TYT Take your time TTYL Talk to you later w00t Whoomp, there it is; meaning "Hooray" WFM Works For Me WTF What The Fuck WTH What The Hell / What the Heck YMMD You made my Day YMMV Your mileage may vary 50 Rules for Writing Good - Writing tips One of the more popular items that circulate through the network of folk faxology is a perverse set of rules along the lines of Thimk, We Never Make Mistakes and (this one runs off the page) PlanAhe These injunctions call attention to the very mistakes they seek to enjoin. English teachers, students, scientists and (scientific) writers have been circulating a list of self- contradictory rules of usage for more than a century, and have been collecting and creating them for almost half of one. Whatever you think of these slightly cracked nuggets of rhetorical wisdom, just remember that all generalizations are bad. 1. Each pronoun should agree with their antecedent. 2. Between you and I, case is important. 3. A writer must be sure to avoid using sexist pronouns in his writing. 4. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. 5. Don't be a person whom people realize confuses who and whom. 6. Never use no double negatives. 7. Never use a preposition to end a sentence with. That is something up with which your readers will not put. 8. When writing, participles must not be dangled. 9. Be careful to never, under any circumstances, split infinitives. 10. Hopefully, you won't float your adverbs. 11. A writer must not shift your point of view. 12. Lay down and die before using a transitive verb without an object. 13. Join clauses good, like a conjunction should. 14. The passive voice should be avoided. 15. About sentence fragments. 16. Don't verb nouns. 17. In letters themes reports and ad use commas to separate items in a series. 18. Don't use commas, that aren't necessary. 19. "Don't overuse 'quotation marks.'" 20. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (if the truth be told) superfluous. 21. Contractions won't, don't and can't help your writing voice. 22. Don't write run-on sentences they are hard to read. 23. Don't forget to use end punctuation 24. Its important to use apostrophe's in the right places. 25. Don't abbrev. 26. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!! 27. Resist Unnecessary Capitalization. 28. Avoid mispellings. 29. Check to see if you any words out. 30. One word sentences? Eliminate. 31. Avoid annoying, affected, and awkward alliterations, always. 32. Never, ever use repetitive redundancies. 33. The bottom line is to bag trendy locutions that sound flaky. 34. By observing the distinctions between adjectives and adverbs, you will treat your readers real good. 35. Parallel structure will help you in writing more effective sentences and to express yourself more gracefully. 36. In my own personal opinion at this point of time, I think that authors, when they are writing, should not get into the habit of making use of too many unnecessary words that they don't really need. 37. Foreign words and phrases are the reader's bete noire and are not apropos. 38. Who needs rhetorical questions? 39. Always go in search for the correct idiom. 40. Do not cast statements in the negative form. [Source: unknown] A Translation of common Scientific Research Phrases [Source: unknown] This list of phrases and their translations might help you understand the mysterious language of science in general and medicine / biology specifically. These special phrases are also applicable to anyone working on a Ph.D. dissertation or academic paper at a university anywhere on earth. Research Phrases Translation / Meaning It has long been known I didn't look up the original reference. A definite trend is evident These data are practically meaningless. Of great theoretical and practical importance Interesting to me. While it has not been possible to provide definite answers to these questions An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published. Three of the samples were chosen for detailed study The results of the others didn't make any sense. Typical results are shown This is the prettiest graph. These results will be shown in a subsequent report I might get around to this sometime, if I'm pushed / funded. The most reliable results are those obtained by Jones He was my graduate assistant. It is believed that I think. It is generally believed that A couple of other people think so, too. It is clear that much additional work will be required before a complete understanding of the phenomenon occurs I don't understand it. Correct within an order of magnitude Wrong. In my experience Once. In case after case Twice. In a series of cases Thrice. According to statistical analysis. Rumor has it. A statistically oriented projection of the significance of these findings. A wild guess. Thanks are due to Joe Blotz for assistance with the experiment and to George Frink for valuable discussions Blotz did the work and Frink explained to me what it meant. A careful analysis of obtainable data Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass of wine. It is hoped that this study will stimulate further investigation in this field I quit. Different Terms / Categories for different Types of Writing • Extended Abstract • Conference Paper • Journal Paper • Thesis • Correspondence • Proposal • Instruction • User Guide • Presentation • Report (technical, management) • Web presentation • Tutorial • Textbook • Literature . List of Internet / Usenet / Email Acronyms: new Slang / shorthands The following is a list of some common words or phrases that are used. The list is far from being complete,. Check your settings DIY Do it yourself EOBD End Of Business day EOD End Of Discussion EOM End Of Message EOT End Of Thread / End of Text / End of Transmission FAQ Frequently asked questions FACK. a list of self- contradictory rules of usage for more than a century, and have been collecting and creating them for almost half of one. Whatever you think of these slightly cracked nuggets of