I do not know if this kind of information is available anywhere, what I seek is a translation of the common abbreviations used on this and other BB'S. For example IMHO, IMO, DYOR (I thought this was a french coutourier, most confusing), and there are many more. So all you whizzes out there please help, after all you wouldn't want this labelled an elitist site would you?
I think this might be useful for us newborns, but then wtfdik.
Regards
SC

Stormcaller DYOR!!!

Here are a few I picked up over the years

A/S/C - Age/Sex/Check
A/S/S/C - Age/Sex/State/Check
AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFK - Away from keyboard
AKA - Also know as
AND - Any Day Now
ASAP - As soon as possible
ATK - At the Keyboard
B4 - Before
BAC- By Any Chance
BAK - Back at keyboard
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be Back Soon
BCNU - Be seeing you
BFN - Bye for now
BRB - Be Right Back
BRB nc - Be Right Back Nature calls
BTDT - Been There Done That
BTW - By the Way
BYOH - Bat you onna head
C U L8R - See You Later
C U L8TER - See You Later
C YA - See Ya
CFV - Call for votes
CU - See you
CUL - See you Later
CUL8R - See you later
DH - Dear Husband
DIL - Daughter In Law
DW- Da Wife or Dear wife,
DYJHIW - Don't you just hate it when...
DYOR Do Your Own Research
EG - Evil grin
EOS - End Of Show
ETLA - Extended three letter acronym
F2F - Face to face
FAAK - Falling Asleep At Keyboard
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question
FFS - For F*** Sake
FIL - Father In Law
FOAD F*** off and Die
FUBAR F***ed up beyond all recognition
FWIW - For What Its Worth
FYA - For your amusement
FYI - For Your Information
G Grin
GA - Go ahead
GBH - Great back hug
GBH&K - Great back hug & kiss
GC - Good Cover
GCP - Good Cover Partner
GGA - Good/Great Game All
GGP - Good/Great Game Partner
GL - Good Luck
GLP - Good Luck Partner
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GR&D - Grinning, running & ducking
GR8 - Great
H - Hug
HB - Hug back
HH - Holding hands
HHOJ/K - Ha Ha, Only Joking/Kidding
HHOS - Ha Ha, Only Serious
HIWTH - Hate it when that happens
HLOL - Hysterically Laughing Out Loud
HLOLARAWCHAWMP..........Hysterically Laughing Out Loud And Rolling Around While Clapping Hands And Wetting My Pants
HTH - Hope This Helps
IAE - In any event
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IBN - I'm Buck Naked!
IDK - I don't know
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO - In my opinion
IOW - In other words
IRL - In Real Life
ITA - I Totally Agree
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
J/K - Just Kidding
JAM - Just a Minute
JASE - Just another system error
JK - Joke
K - Kiss
KB - Kiss back
KOTC - Kiss on the cheek
L - Laugh
L8R - Later
LMAO - Laughing my a** off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LOL PMP - Laughing Out Loud - Peeing In My Pants
LOLOL - Laughing Out Loud On Line
LOLOLOLOL - Many Laughs
LSHMSH - Laughing So Hard My Side Hurts
LTNS - Long Time No See
LUVYA- Love Ya (you)
LYLAB/S - Love You Like A Brother/Sister
MORF - Male or female
MOTAS - Members of the appropriate sex
MOTSS - Members of the same sex
MUD - Multi User Dungeon
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
NFW - No F****** way
NIAG No Investment Advice Given
NIFOC - Naked in Front of Computer
NN - Nice Nil
NNP -Nice Nil Partner
NP - No Problem
NPW - No Problem Whatsoever
NRN - No reply necessary
OBTW - Oh, by the way
OIC - Oh, I see
OTOH - On the other hand
OTT - Over the Top
P - Partner
PD - Public domain
PITA - Pain in the a***
PMJI - Pardon me, Jumping in
PMTA - Perverted Minds Think Alike
POTC - Peck on the cheek
POV - Point Of View
REHI - Hello again
RFD - Request for discussion
ROTF - Rolling On The Floor
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - Roll on the floor laughing my a*** off
ROTFLMAO PMP - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Butt Off - Peeing In My Pants
ROTFLWTIME - Rolling On The Floor Laughing With Tears In My Eyes
RSN - Real soon now
RTFM - Read The F***ing Manual
RUOK - Are you OK?
S - Smile
SB - Smiles back
SIL - Son In Law / Sister In Law
SIR - Spouse In Room
SITD - Still in the dark
SITD - Still In The Dark
SNAFU - Situation normal, all f***ed up
SO - Significant other
SS - So Sorry
STFU - Shut the F*** Up
SW - Shareware
SYL - See you later
TANSTAAFL - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TARFU - Things are really f***ed up
TBD OOTD - To Be Done, One Of These Days!
TGIF - Thank God it's Friday
TIA - Thanks in advance
TIC - Tongue in cheek
TLA - Three letter acronym
TNX - Thanks
TNX 1.0E6 - Thanks a million
TPTB - The Powers That Be
TTFN - Ta Ta for Now
TTYL - Talk to You Later
VDH - Very Dear Husband (see also DH)
VDW - Very Dear Wife
VEG - Very evil grin
VES - Very evil smile
VWG - Very wicked grin
VWS - Very wicked smile
W - Wink
WB - Welcome Back
WG - Wicked grin
WPYS - Who Pulled Your String
WRT - With regard to (also with respect to)
WTF - What the F***?
WTG - Way To Go
WTH - What the hell
WTHDTM - What the hell does that mean
YCGB - You Can't Get Better
YKYBOTLW - You know you've been on-line too long when...

Regards
ISRN
(I'll Stop Rambling Now)

That's a new one on me.....YKYBOTLW

What's the answer?

YKYBOTLW your bum is stuck to the seat.

Martini,
Thank you for speedy response, much appreciated. I have often found that the biggest barrier to newcomers is not so much the technical terms, for which one can usually find an explanation, it is the ad-hoc abbreviations that are the problem. The list will certainly be helpful to me, and I hope, others.

davehmiller,
wtfdik is a bit rude I am afraid, "what the f*** do I know", given my request it seemed somehow appropriate.

Regards
SC