When reading posts about erotic power exchange on the Internet, taking part in a chatroom or a discussion group, or reading some of the personal ads on various sites you may run into a lot of very specific Internet lingo. While the ones on the list below certainly aren’t all of them, they’ll give you a good starting point that we can add to later. Like everything else here in your Exchange area, we’d welcome hearing from you with any additional acronynms or three letter abbreviations (TLAs) that belong here.

AAMOF: As a Matter of Fact
AFAIK/AFIK: As Far as I Know
AKA: Also Known As
ASAP: As Soon As Possible
ASB: usually: alt.sex.bondage (or alt.sex.bestiality)
ASF: alt.sex.fetish.
ASFD: alt.sex.femdom or alt.sex.fetish.diapers
ASS: alt.sex.spanking/stories/services (context!)
B&D: Bondage and Discipline
BBS: Bulletin Board System
BBW: Big Beautiful Woman
BDSM: B&D and D&S and S&M
BDSMLMNOP: BDSM and whatever else we might do
BF: Bloody Fool
BG: Big Grin
BS: Bullshit
BTDT(GTT): Been There, Done That (Got the T-shirt)
BTW: By The Way
CB or C+B: Cock & Ball
CBT: Cock & Ball Play
CHUDWAH: Clueless Heterosexual Dom WAnnabe (the U and H are extras)
CHUSWAH: Clueless Heterosexual Sub WAnnabe
CIS: Complete and Irrevocable Submission
CNC: Consensual Non-Consent
CP: Corporal Punishment
CTS: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
D&S or D/s: Domination & Submission
DKF: Dreaded Koosh Flogger
EPE: Erotic Power Exchange
FAQ: Frequently Asked Question(s)
FTR: For The Record
FWIW: For What It’s Worth
FYI: For Your Information
F2F: Face to Face
G: Grin
GL: Good Luck
GS: Golden Shower
HNG: Horny Net Geek
IAP: Internet Access Provider
IMAO: In My Arrogant Opinion
IM: Instant Message (AOL version of /msg)
IME: In My Experience
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO: In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO: In My Opinion
IMX: In My eXperience (preferred form: IME)
IRC: Internet Relay Chat
IIRC: If I Recall Correctly
IRT: In Reply To, In Regards To
ISO: In Search Of
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ITMT: In The MeanTime
LOL: Laughing Out Loud (usual) Lots Of Luck (rare)
LDR: Long Distance Relationship
LTR: Long Term Relationship
M: Master (dom)
MOTAS/OS/SS: Member of the Appropriate/Opposite/Same sex
MPD: Multiple Personality Disorder
MUDs: (MUSHES/MUXS) Multi User Dungeon (online themed rooms)
Munch: Social gathering of local BDSM-people
NC: Non-Consensual
NG: News Group
NL: New Leather (new to EPE)
NLA: National Leather Association (support group)
NP: No Problem
ObBDSM: Obligatory BDSM (to make post on-topic)
OGL: Old Guard Leather (elder community member)
O/L: On Line (as opposed to Real Life)
OT: Off Topic
OTOH: On The Other Hand
OTW: One True Way
PDA: Public Displays of Affection
PEP: People Exchanging Power (support group)
PISS: Passive Ignorance Silence Strike (used against frequent flamers in newsgroups)
PITA: Pain In the Ass
PLONK: Messages from this person will be automatically deleted/ignored
RL: Real Life (as opposed to net.life)
ROFL: Rolling On the Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO: Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off
RTFM: Read the Fucking Manual
s: slave (sub)
S: Smile
SAM: Smart-Ass Masochist
SFB: Shit For Brains
SM or S&M: Sadism & Masochism; sadomasochism; (also Sexual Magick)
SMBD: S&M and B&D
SO: Significant Other
SOH: Sense Of Humor
SQO: Some Quantity Of
S.S.B./S.S.B.B.: Soc.Subculture.Bondage-BDSM
SSC:  Safe, Sane, Consensual
S.S.S.: Soc.Sexuality.Spanking
STD/STI:  Sexually Transmitted Disease / .. Infection
TES: The Eulenspiegel Society
TIA: Thanks In Advance
TLA: Three Letter Acronym
TPE:  Total Power Exchange
TPTB: The Powers That Be
TS: TransSexual
TTFN: Ta Ta For Now
TV:  TransVestite
VBG: Very Big Grin
VEG:  Very Evil Grin
Wiitwd(h): What it is that we do (here)
WRT: With Respect To
WS: Warm Smile
WS: Water Sports (urine play)
YKINMK: Your Kink Is Not My Kink
YKINOK:  Your Kink Is Not Okay
YKIOK,IJNMK: Your Kink is OK, It’s Just Not My Kink
YMMV:  Your Mileage May Vary

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