Comments on: Geekoff – TLAs

By: Napfisk

Napfisk — Thu, 11 May 2006 13:05:06 +0000

PSP – Play Station Palsy

Should be clear enough.

By: E@zyVG

E@zyVG — Wed, 10 May 2006 17:26:32 +0000

Windows – Bow Down to Microsoft and Forget about the Freedom u Have
OSS – Enjoy Life
BTP – Beer Transfer Protocol
WbG – Wanna be Geek
CToAE – Can’t Think of Anything Else

P.S. I respect Bill Gates, though.

By: The Technocrat

The Technocrat — Wed, 10 May 2006 17:16:16 +0000

fibtt!

lol wtf you pwn!

By: AtariBoy

AtariBoy — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:01:03 +0000

PWN – pre-warned noob

Macboy – Crazy apple fan boy who loves steve jobs more than his mom

IBT – I’m blogging this

CMB – Check my blog

ABR – Atariboy ROCKS!!!

Fibtt – Fishbitt is better than technocrat

WVMW – Who vandalized my wiki

JGD – I just got dugg

CRRL – caffine reserves running low

By: GeekLimit Adminbot

GeekLimit Adminbot — Wed, 10 May 2006 15:31:35 +0000

although we definitely need NEW ones here… there are a lot of old ones that are good, but any new situations that need an acronym? Maybe we can make a new one?

How about something to counter the “oh, I had a question for you…it’s not work-related though…I have this computer at home, and it’s really slow…”

SRS – Shut down, Repack, and Ship back to Manufacturer
INYIS – I’m Not Your IT Slave
GTFI – Google the ____ing Internet

???

By: The Technocrat

The Technocrat — Wed, 10 May 2006 15:25:46 +0000

RTFA is the classic for me, definitely still applies!

I had heard of PEBSAC (C for computer) before, but hadn’t heard it since – that one’s a keeper

By: taoski

taoski — Wed, 10 May 2006 15:11:14 +0000

Ah yes… the old RTFM!
Even my wife uses that!

Then again… she used to run an iT helpline…..

By: machernucha

machernucha — Wed, 10 May 2006 14:44:36 +0000

i love the old favourite – RTFM – read the fucking manual

By: byron

byron — Wed, 10 May 2006 14:41:23 +0000

i’ve used these on many incident reports:

NPI – not plugged in
NTO – not turned on