Iceman

2L8 Too late
2U2 To you too
4GM Forgive me
4RL? For real?
AAMOF As a matter of fact
AAYF As always, your friend
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
AKA Also known as
ASAP As soon as possible
ASL Age, sex, location?
ASLP Age, sex, location, picture?
ATM At the moment
ATYS Anything you say
AWA As well as
B4 Before
B4N Bye for now
BAC Back at computer
BAK Back at keyboard
BBIAB Be back in a bit
BBL Be back later
BBS Be back soon
BCNU Be seein' you
BD Big deal
BFD Big freakin' deal
BF Boyfriend
BFN Bye for now
BC Be cool
B/C Because
BCNU Be seein' you
BIL Brother in law
BME Based on my experience
BOT Back on topic
BRH Be right here
BRB Be right back
BTDT Been there, done that
BTW By the way
BYTM Better you than me
CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong
CU See you
CUL Catch you later
CUS See you soon
CUL8R See you later
CWOT Complete waste of time
CYA See ya
CYL Catch ya lata
DBEYR Don't believe everything you read
DHYB Don't hold your breath
DIIK Darned if I know
DIY Do it yourself
DQYDJ Don't quit your day job
DT Dang Typos
EAK Eating at keyboard
EG Evil grin
EOD End of discussion
EOL End of lecture
EOR End of rant
F Female
F2F Face to face
FCOL For crying out loud
FIL Father in law
FITB Fill in the blanks
FNB Football and beer
FOCL Falling off the chair laughing
FOFL Falling on the floor laughing
FUBAR Fouled up beyond all recognition
FUT Follow up to...
FWIW For what it's worth
FYA For your amusement
FYI For your information
G Grin
G2TU Got to tell you.
G4U Good for you
G2G Gotta go
GA Go ahead
GA Good afternoon
GAL Get a life
GAS Greetings and salutations
GBH Great Big Hug
GE Good evening
GF Girlfriend
GFN Gone for now
GG Good game
GI Good idea
GICBTS Gosh, I can't believe that stuff!
GICNBY Gosh, I cannot believe you!
GIWISI Gee, I wish I said it
GJ Good job
GL Good luck
GM Good morning
GM Good move/match
GMTA Great minds think alike
GN Good night
GOWM Go out with me
GR8 Great
GTG Got to go
H Hug
HB Hug back
H&K Hugs and Kisses
HAGD Have a good day
HAND Have a nice day
HCIT How cool is that
HF Have fun
HH Ha-ha
HHSF Ha-ha, so funny
HHVF Ha-ha, very funny
HO Hold on
H/O Hold on
HOAS Hold on a second
HTH Hope this helps
IAC In any case
IAG It's all good
IAGW In a good way
IB2D I beg to differ
IC I see
IC In character
IDGI I don't get it
IDK I don't know
IDNK I do not know
IDNDT I did not do that
IIRC If I remember correctly
IK I know
IKWUM I know what you mean
IMAO In my arrogant opinion
IME In my experience
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMHBMAO In my humble but most accurate opinion
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
INRS It's not rocket science
IOW In other words
IRL In real life
IRSTBO It really sucks the big one
IS I'm sorry
ISWYM I see what you mean
JMHO Just my humble opinion
JTLYK Just to let you know
J/K Just kidding
J/P Just playing
K OK
KIR Keepin' it real
KISS Keep it simple, stupid
KIT Keep in touch
KWIM Know what I mean?
KYSOTI Keep your stick on the ice
L8R Later
LMK Let me know
LTR Long term relationship
LYK Let you know
LYL Love you lots
LYLAB Love you like a brother
LYLAS Love you like a sister
LMAO Laughing my a?? off
LMBO Laughing my butt off
LOL Laugh out loud
LOLOL Lots of laugh out louds
LTNS Long time, no see
LUM Love you man
LYMI Love you, mean it
M Male
M8 Mate, a.k.a. friend
ME2 Me too
MIL Mother in law
MMA Meet me at ...
MMAMP Meet me at my place
MOO My own opinion
MYOB Mind your own business
N In
NBD No big deal
N2M Not too much
N/C Not cool
NE1 Anyone
NFW No freakin' way
NLT No later than
NM Nevermind
NM Not much
NMH Not much here
NMJC Nothing much, just chillin'
NNITO Not necessarily in that order
NO1 No one
NOMB? None of my business?
NOMBR? None of my business, right?
NOTTOMH Not off the top of my head
NOYB None of your business
NP No problem
NRN No reply necessary
NSISR Not sure if spelled right
N/T Nice try
NVM Nevermind
NW No way
OIC Oh, I see
OMG Oh my gosh
OMOHOD One minute, one hour, one day
ONNA Oh no, not again
OOC Out of character
OT Off topic
OT Other topic
OTOH On the other hand
PIMP Pee in my pants (w/ ROTFL)
PLZ Please
POS Parent over shoulder
PPL People
QT Cutie
RESQ Rescue
RFC Request for comment
RHIP Rank hath its privileges
RL Real Life
ROF Rolling on the floor
ROFLMAO Rolling on floor, laughing my a?? off
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
RP Role Play
RPG Role Playing Game
RTFM Read the flippin' manual
S2R Send to receive
S/B Should be
SCNR Sorry, could not resist
SK8 Skate
SIL Sister in law
SLY Still love you
SNAFU Situation normal, all fouled up
SOS Someone Special
SOS Same old stuff
SOS Sibling over shoulder
sp? Spelling?
SSDD Same stuff, different day
STR8 Straight
SUSFU Situation unchanged, all fouled up
SWALK Sweet, with all love, kisses
SWAK Sealed with a kiss
SWDYWTTA So what do you want to talk about?
SYSOP System Operator (chat monitor)
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBC To be continued
TC Take care
TC That's cool
TCO Taken care of
TFF Too freakin' funny
TGIF Thank goodness it's Friday
TOH The other half
THX Thanks
TNX Thanks
TIA Thanks in advance
TMA Take my advice
TMI Too much information
TTFN Ta ta for now
TTYL Talk to you later
TTYS Talk to you soon
TTYVS Talk to you very soon
TWIMC To whom it may concern
TY Thank you
TYVM Thank you very much
U2 You too
UR You are
UR Your
URSKTM You are so kind to me
VBG Very big grin
W/ With
W2F Way too funny
W8 Wait
W8AM Wait a minute
WAEFRD When all else fails, read directions
WB Welcome back
WB Write back
WC Who cares
WDMB Will do my best
WE Whatever
W/E Whatever
WNDITWB We never did it this way before
W/O Without
WRT With Regard To
WTF What the f?
WTG Way to go!
WWJD What would Jesus do?
XOXOXO Hugs and kisses
Y Why?
YMMV Your mileage may vary
YRG You are good!
YVW You're very welcome
YW You're welcome
>U! Screw you!
? Huh?
?4U Question for you

Iceman

There are probably thousand others out there...

Sometimes a pic says more than thousand words, or an acronym, such as:

garehaan

FFS

Never knew there where so many.
And i've been on icq since 1994.
Never been an addict though unlike some others i've seen on the net

ericdbs

whoooaa never seen so many, but i gues there are amillion of them.. thanx guys....

Iceman

A little list of some abbreviations used by BMW (not ALL abbreviations they ever used):

Abbreviations_for_BMWs.doc

JDN

So what does the littlle "i" stand for in 525i, 530i, 545i, et al?

Iceman

injection

JDN

Are any new model automobiles still using carburetors?

Iceman

No. The "i" is a left over from the early days...

JDN

Chris Bangle needs to be in charge of badging, too.