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Also, for those newer to diving perhaps we could have one or two "sticky posts" (as they are called on other forums) where commonly referred to information remains on a forum in a locked post, I'm thinking particularly of the bewildering array of TLA's (Three Letter Abbreviations/Acronyms) which confront the 'newer' diver
on that note, here's (half of) a list of general internet abbreviations i've copied from Andy Wade's DiveInstruct Website
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A/S/L Age? / Sex? / Location?
AFAIC As Far As I See
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFAYK As Far As You Know
AISI As I See It
AIUI As I Understand It
ASAP As Soon As Possible
AYST Are You Still There?
BAK Back At Keyboard
BB Bathroom Break
BBL Be Back Later
BSY Be Seeing You
BS Bullsh*t
BG Big Grin
BOC But Of Course
BOT Back On Topic
BRB Be Right Back
BTW By The WaY
BW Band Width
CDKOF Completely Different Kettle Of Fish
CE Creative Editing
CF - Cluster F*** - "everything has gone horribly wrong"
CMH Cross My Heart
CU See You
SYL/CYL See You Later / Catch You Later
CWYL Chat With You Later
D&C Duck & Cover
DBA Doing Business As
DUCWIC Do You See What I See?
DYHWIH Do You Hear What I Hear?
E2EG Ear To Ear Grin
EOD End Of Discussion
EOL End Of Lecture
F2F Face To Face
FWIW For What It's Worth
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FITB Fill In The Blank
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FOYRNB F*** Off You Red Nosed B*st*rd
FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYA For Your Action/Attention
FYI For Your Information
G2G Got To Go
GA Go Ahead
GD&R Grinning, Ducking & Running
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GR Get Real
GTG Got To Go
SL Sexy Laugh
HAND Have A Nice Day
HHOJ Ha Ha, Only Joking
HHOK Ha Ha, Only Kidding
HTH Hope This Helps
HWG Here We Go
IAC In Any Case
IANAC I Am Not A Crook
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
ICUR I See You Are
IDBI I Don't Believe It
IDC I Don't Care
IDFK - I Don’t F***ing Know
IDLU I Don't Like You
IDRKTA I Don't Really Know The Answer
IPOTI Insulting People Over The Internet
BILTAA But I'd Like To Answer Anyway
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