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IMHO meaning

🔗John A. deLaubenfels <jdl@adaptune.com>

10/25/2000 6:49:49 AM

AFAIK, no one answered the question about abbreviations like IMHO. The
following was lifted from

http://kb.indiana.edu/data/adkc.html

What do BTW, FAQ, FYI, IMHO, RTFM, and other acronyms mean?

These are all abbreviations for specific phrases commonly used in
informal written computer correspondence.

AFAIC As far as I'm concerned
AFAIK As far as I know
BRB Be right back
BTW By the way
BUAG Butt-ugly ASCII graphic
C/C Comments and criticism
FAQ Frequently Asked Question. [more detail at web page]
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For your information
HTH Hope this helps
IANAL I am not a lawyer
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
IOW In other words
LOL Laughing out loud
MOTAS Member of the appropriate sex
MOTOS Member of the opposite sex
MOTSS Member of the same sex
NG Newsgroup
OTOH On the other hand
RL Real Life, as opposed to the Internet
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
RTFM Read The "Fine" Manual. [more detail on web page]
SO Significant other, used to refer to someone's romantic partner
without making any assumptions about gender or preference.
TLA Three letter acronym
WTF What the heck
YMMH You might mean here
YMMV Your mileage may vary
{g} Grin
{BG} Big grin

My favorite new acronym is "WTF", meaning, What the "heck". OTOH, if
BUAG means Butt-ugly ASCII graphic, we need a different abbreviation
for the ascii graphics done on this list.

JdL

🔗Joseph Pehrson <pehrson@pubmedia.com>

10/25/2000 8:33:36 AM

--- In tuning@egroups.com, "John A. deLaubenfels" <jdl@a...> wrote:

http://www.egroups.com/message/tuning/15042

Thank you, John, for your Internet Acronym Definitions (IAD), which
are VERY useful...

I remember when I first joined this list, there were some comments
with "LOL," and I assumed they were mildly insulting as "lots of
love"... whereas it was more innocuous, merely "laughing out loud" so
exact definition *DOES* make a difference.....

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Joseph Pehrson