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Acronym Chart O-S for E-mail and Instant Messaging
Pages are @-D, E-I, J-N, O-S and T-Z
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The primary reason for including this chart on Questgems is to provide a means for parents to understand what their children are saying and receiving in their instant messaging and e-mails. I have compiled it from many sources, and of course, no list is complete. Copying this complete set of charts from A through Z will probably fill about 65 pages unle4ss you reduce the font size. My original chart had several typos. Hopefully most, but probably not all, have been corrected.
E-Mail and Instant messaging acronyms are the sets of characters that many people use to stand for phrases, generally common ones. I suggest you learn the ones you often see in the messages you receive or wish to use in ones you send. Generally, you can use either upper case or lower case letters.
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Acronym
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Meaning
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Acronym
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Meaning
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O
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Of, Oh, Other or Over (to other chatter)
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O4U
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Only for you
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OAR
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On a roll
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OAS
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On another subject
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OATUS
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On a totally unrelated subject
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OAUS
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On an unrelated subject
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OB
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Obligatory, or Oh brother!
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OB or OBAB
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Oh baby
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OBE
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Overtaken by events
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OBJOKE
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Obligatory joke
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OBO
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Or best offer
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OBTW
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Oh, by the way
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OD
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Oh dear, overdose or overdrive
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OF
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on fire
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OFTS
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On floor in stitches
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OFS
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One finger salute
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OHMIGOD
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Oh my god
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OI
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Operator indisposede
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OIC
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Oh, I see
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OICN
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Oh, I see now
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OJ
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Obligatory joke, or Only joking
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OJT
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On the job training
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OK
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(abbreviation of oll korrect) All correct
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OL
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Old lady (wife, girlfriend), or Out of luck
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OLL
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Online love
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OM
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Old man (husband, boyfriend)
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OMB
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On my back
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OMDB
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Over my dead body
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OMG
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Oh my gosh (or goodness)
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OMIK
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Open mouth, insert keyboard
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OMOHOD
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One minute, one hour, one day
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OMT
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One more time
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OMW
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On my way
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ON4IT
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On for it
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ONNA
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Oh no, not again
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ONNTA
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Oh no, not this (that) again
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ONYD
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Oh no you didn't
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OO
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Headlights on, or Over & out (goodbye)
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OOAK
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One of a kind
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OOC
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Out of character, or Out of control
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OOF
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Out of facility
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OOI
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Out of interest
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OOMOOS
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Out of mind, out of sight
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OOO
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Out of offive
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OOP
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Out of print
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OOSOOM
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Out of sight, out of mind
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OOT
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Out of time
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OOTB
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Out of the box, or Out of the blue
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OOTC
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Obligatory on topic comment
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OOTD
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One of these (those) days
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OOTO
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Out of the office
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OOTQ
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Out of the question
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OPC
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Obligatory Phish content
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OPL
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Obvious panty line
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OPM
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Other people's money
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OT
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Off topic, Other topic or Overtime
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OT1H
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On the one hand
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OTA
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Out the airlock
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OTB
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Off to bed, or On the ball
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OTBE
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Overtaken by events
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OTBS
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On the bright side
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OTD
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Out the door
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OTF or OTFL
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On the floor
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OTL
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Out to lunch
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OTMH
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Off the top of my head
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OTN
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On the net
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OTOA
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One thing or another
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OTOH
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On the other hand
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OTOOH
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On the other other hand
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OTOT
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On the other tentacle
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OTP
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On the phone
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OTR
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On the road
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OTT
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Over the top
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OTTH
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on the third hand
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OTTOMH
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Off (on) the top of my head
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OTW
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Off the wall, On the way, On the whole or Off to work
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OUSU
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Oh you shut up
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OVA
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Over
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OVR8D
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Overrated
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OW
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Oh well, or Other woman
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OWTTE
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Or words to that effect
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OYO
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On your own
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Acronym
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Meaning
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Acronym
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Meaning
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P
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Pee
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P-ZA
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Pizza
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P&C
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Private and confidential
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P911
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Parent alert
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PABG
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Packing a big gun
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PAL
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Parents are listening
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PANS
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Pretty awesome new stuff
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PAW
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Parents are watching
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PB
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Potty break
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PB&J
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Peanut butter & jelly
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PBD
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Programmer brain damage
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PBM
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Play by mail
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PBNL
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Possible but not likely
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PC
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Private chat, politically correct or Personal computer
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PCB
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Please call back
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PCID
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Putting clothes in dryer
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PCM
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Please call me
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PCME
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Please call me
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PCO
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Please carry on
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PCT
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Politically correct
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PD
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Public domain
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PDA
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Public display of affection
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PDQ
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Pretty darn quick
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PDS
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Please don't shoot (when other person using all caps, shouting)
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PEBCAK
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Problem exists between chair and keyboard
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PEKUSH
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Press every key until something happens
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PEM
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Privacy enhanced mail
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PEST
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Please excuse slow typing
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PFY
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Pimply faced youth
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PG
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Pretty good, pregnant, prophecy girl or Parental guidance
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PGP
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Pretty good privacy
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PH
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Pastor's husband
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PHAT
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Pretty hot and tempting
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PHB
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Pointy haired boss
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PI or PIC
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Politically incorrect
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PIC
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Picture
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PICNIC
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Problem in chair, not in computer
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PIR
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Parent in room
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PITBY
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Put it in their back yard
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PITN
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Pain in the neck
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PJW
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Please just wait
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PK
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Pastor's kid
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PKB
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Pot (calling the) kettle black
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PKG
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Package
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PKOC
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Passionate kiss on the cheek
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PKOL
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Passionate kiss on the lips
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PL
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Playlist, or Pig Latin
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PL&, or PL&ED
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Plan(ned)
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PLBKAC
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Problem lies between keyboard & chair
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PLD
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Played
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PLMK
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Please let me know
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PLMKO
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Please let me know, OK?
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PLOKA
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Press lots of keys to abort
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PLONK
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Please leave our newsgroup, Killfiled!
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PLS or PLZ
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Please
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PLS4GIVME
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Please forgive me
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PLZRD
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Please read
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PM
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Private (personal) message
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PMBI
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Pardon my butting in
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PMETC
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Pardon me etc.
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PMF
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Pardon my French, or Problem magically fixed
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PMFBI
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Pardon me for butting in
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PMFI
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Ptoblem magically fixed itself
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PMFJI
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Pardon me for jumping in
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PMFJIH
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Pardon me for jumping in here
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PMIGBOM
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Put mind in gear before opening mouth
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PMJI
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Pardon my jumping in
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PML
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Page me later
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PNCAH
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Please, no cursing allowed here
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PMWOF
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Putting more wood on the fire
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POAHF
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Put on a happy face
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POC
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Prisoner of chat, Peeping other chatters or Point of contact
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POM
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Phase of the moon
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POME
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Prisoner of mother England
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PONA
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Person of no account
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::POOF::
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Good-bye, or Has left the chat room
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POS
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Parent (person) over shoulder, Power of suggestion or Piece of stuff
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POSBL, or POSIBL
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Possible
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POSSLQ
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Person (of) opposite sex sharing living quarters
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POTB
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Pats on the back
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POTC
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Peck on the cheek
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POTS
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Plain old telephone service
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POTW
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Project of the week
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POV
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Point of view
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PPL
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People, or Peed pants laughing
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PPN
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Personal pin number
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PPP
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Petty point peeve
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PRL
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Parents are listening
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PSA
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Public show of affection
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PTB
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Please text back, or Powers that be
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PTL
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Praise the Lord
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PTMM
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Please tell me more
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PTMY
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Pleased to meet you
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PTO
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Please turn over
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PUSIMP
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Put yourself in my Position (place)
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PUTS
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Playing under the sofa
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PV
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Positive vibes
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PVTMSG
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Private message (messaging)
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PW
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Pastor's wife, Pathetic wanker or Powwow
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PWOF
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Putting wood on the fire
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PWYP
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Practice what you preach
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PXT
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Please explain that
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PYS
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Pack your stuff
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Acronym
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Meaning
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Acronym
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Meaning
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Q
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Question, or Queue
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Q4U
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Question for you
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QED
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Quite easily done
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QF
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Quiver full
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QIK or QIX
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Quick
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QIKLY or QIXLY
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Quickly
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QL
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Quit laughing
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QPSA
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Que pasa? (Sp.: What's happening?)
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QS
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Quit scrolling
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QSL
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Reply
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QSO
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Conversation
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QT
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Cutie, or Quiet
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QTPI
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Cutie pie
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Meaning
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Meaning
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R
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Are, Or
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R U THERE?
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Are you there?
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R&D
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Research & development
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R&R
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Rest & relaxation
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R'CD
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Reconnected
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R8
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Rate
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RA
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Red alert
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RAD
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Radical
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RAEBEC
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Read and enjoy, but exclude (no) comment
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RAK
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Random act of kindness
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RAM
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Random access memory
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RAOK
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Random act of kindness
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RAS
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Running around screaming
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RAT
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Remotely activated trojan
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RBAY
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Right back at ya
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RBS
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Really big screen
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RBTL
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Read between the lines
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RC
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Remote control
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RCed
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Reconnected
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RDNK
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Redneck
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RE
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Re-enter (the chat), or Regards
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REHI
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Hi again, or Hello again
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RESQ
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Rescue
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RFC
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Request for comment
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RFD
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Request for discussion
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RFI
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Request for Information
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RFM
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Reply to flagged message
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RFT
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Request for thinking
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RGDS
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Regards
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RHIP
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Rank hath (has) its privileges
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RL
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Real life (when not chatting)
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RLA
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Run like an antelope
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RLF
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Real life friend
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RLR
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Earlier
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RM
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Room
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RMB
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Ring my bell
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RME
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Rolling my eyes
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RMH
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Real manly hug
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RML
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Read my lips
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RMLB
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Read my lips, baby
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RMMM
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Read my mail, man!
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RN
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Right now!
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RNA
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Ring, no answer
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ROAR!
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Laughing as loud as a lion
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ROF
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Rolling on floor
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ROFL
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Rolling on floor laughing
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ROTFL
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Rolling on the floor laughing
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ROTFLOL
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Rolling on the floor laughing out loud
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ROFLOLTSDMC
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Rolling on the floor laughing out loud, tears streaming down my cheeks
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ROFLOLWTIME
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Rolling on the floor laughing out loud with tears in my eyes
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ROFLOLUTS
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Rolling on the floor laughing out loud unable to speak
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ROTGL
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Rolling on the ground laughing
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ROTM
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Right on the money
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RP
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Role play, or Romantic partner
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RPG
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Role-playing games
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RRQ
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Return receipt required
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RSN
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Real soon now
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RT
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Real time, or Return (address)
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RTBMA
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Run that by me again
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RTBS
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Reason to be single
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RTDOX
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Read the documentation (documents)
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RTF or RTFAQ
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Read the FAQ (frequently asked questions)
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RTFM
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read the flippin' manual
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RTFS
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Read the flippin' source
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RTK
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Return to keyboard
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RTM
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Read the manual
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RTS
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Read the screen
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RTSM
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Read the stupid (silly) manual
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RTWT
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Read the whole thing (blog term)
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RU
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Are you?
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RU OK
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Are you OK?
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RU32NITE
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Are you free tonight?
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RUB
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Are you back?
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RUCMNG
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Are you coming?
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RUF
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Right up front
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RUF2T
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Are you free to talk?
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RUKM
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Are you kidding me ?
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RUMORF
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Are you male or female?
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RUOK
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Are you OK?
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RUT or RUTHERE
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Are you there?
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RUTLKN2ME or RUTTM
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Are you talking to me?
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RUUP4IT or RU UP 4 IT
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Are you up for it?
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RVD
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Really very dumb
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RW
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Real world
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RX
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Regards
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RYFM
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Read your friendly manual
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RYO
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Roll your own (write your own program)
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S
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Smile, Smiling or Is
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S/O
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Sold out, or Someone
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S/TH
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Something
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S2BX
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Soon to be Ex
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S2R
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Send to receive
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S4L
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Spam for life
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SA
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Say
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SAF
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Single Asian female
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SAHD
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Stay at home dad
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SAHM
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Stay at home mom
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SAL
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Such a laugh
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SAM
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Single Asian male
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SAMAGAL
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Stop annoying me and get a life
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SAMFUTU
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Situation abnormal, more fouled up than usual
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SAPFU
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Surpassing all previous foulups
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SAYOR
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Speak at your own risk
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SB
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Should be, or Smiling back
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SBB
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Stupid beyond belief
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SBCN
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Sitting behind the computer naked
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SBD
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Silent but deadly
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SBF
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Single Black female
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SBM
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Single Black male
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SBTA
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Sorry, being thick again
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SBUG
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Small bald unaudacious goal
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SC
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Stay cool
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SCNR
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Sorry, could not resist
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SD
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Stepdaughter
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SDIHTT
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Some day I'll have the time
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SE2E
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Smiling ear to ear
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SEC
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Second, or Wait a second
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SED
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said enough, Darling
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SEG
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Seductively evil grin
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SEP
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Sombody else's Problem
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SETE
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Smiling ear to ear
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SEW
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Sleep 'and' eat well
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SF
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Suffer friendly, or Stepfather
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SFAIAA
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So far as I am aware
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SFETE
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Smiling from ear to ear
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SFLA
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Stupid four letter acronym
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SFT
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Sorry for that
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SFX
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Sound effects
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SG4IT
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Search Google for it
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SH
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Same here, Stuff happens, or So hot
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SHAM
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Stay at home mom
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SHCOON
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Shoot(ing) hot coffee out of nose
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SHDO
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Stuff happens, drive on
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SHID
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Slapped head in disgust
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SHLH
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Sitting here laughing hysterically
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SHLM
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Shalom
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SHMILY
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See how much I love you
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SHOPN
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Shopping
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SHOUTING (not acronym)
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It's bad netiquette to leave Caps turned on. That's SHOUTING!
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SHTSI
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Somebody had to say it
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SICS
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Sitting in chair snickering
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SIL
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Sister-in-law, or son-in-law
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SINK
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Single income, no kids
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SIT
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Stay in touch
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SITCOM
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Single income, two children, oppressive mortgage
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SITD
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Still in the dark
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SITM
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Silent in the morning
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SITWB
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Sorry, in the wrong box
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SJF
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Single Jewish female
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SJM
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Single Jewish male
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SK8er
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Skater
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SKOTC
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Soft kiss on the cheek
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SLIRK
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Smart little rich kid
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SLM
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See last mail
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SLY
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Still love you
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SM
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stepmother
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SMAIM
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Send me an instant message
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SME
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Subject matter expert
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SME1
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Someone
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SMEF
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Serious massive existence failure
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SMEM
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Send me e-mail
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SMH
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Shaking my head
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SMHID
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Scratching my head in disbelief
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SMIM
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Send me an instant message
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SMMWO
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Shut my mouth wide open
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SMO
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Serious mode on, or Simple matter of
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SMOF
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Secret master of fandom
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SMOFF
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Serious mode off
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SMOP
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Small matter of programming
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SMS
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Short message service
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SMTG
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Sets my teeth on edge
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SMTWGWLAF
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Slapping my thighs while giggling wildly like a fool
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SNAC
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Sitting naked at computer
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SNAFU
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Situation normal, all fouled up
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SNAG
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Sensitive New Age guy
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SO
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Significant other
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SOASF
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So on and so forth
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SOB
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Son of a b****
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SOHF
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Sense of humor failure
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SOI
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State of insanity, or Stink on ice
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SOMY
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Sick of me yet?
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SOOI
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Stay out of it
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SORAS
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Soap opera rapid aging syndrome
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SORG
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Straight or gay?
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SOS
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Same old stuff, Someone over shoulder, Save our souls or Someone special
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SOSG
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Someone over shoulder gone
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SOSO
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same old same old
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SOT
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Short of time
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SOTD
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Speaking of the devil
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SOTMG
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Short of time, nmust go
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SOVS
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Someone very special
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SOW
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Speaking of which
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SOZ
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Sorry
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SP
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Sweety pie
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SP?
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Spelling?
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SPAM
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Stupid person!s advertisement (junk email)
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SPK
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Speak
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SPK 2U L8R
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Speak to you later
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SPKR
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Speaker
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SPST
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Same place, same time
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SRO
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Standing room only
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SRY or SRRY
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Sorry
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SS
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Smiles, So sorry, or Stepson
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SSDD
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Same stuff, different day
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SSEWBA
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Someday soon everything will be acronyms
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SSIA
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Subject says it all
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SSM
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So sue me
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ST
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Super tired
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ST2MORROW
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Same time tomorrow
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STATS
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Statistics (age/sex/location?)
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STBID
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Sometime before I die
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STBX
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Soon to be ex
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STBY
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Sucks to be you
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STD
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Sick to death, or seal the deal
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STFW
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Search the fine web
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STHU
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Shut the heck up
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STM
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Spank the monkey
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STO
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Sticking tongue out
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STPD
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Stupid
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STR8
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Striaght
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STS
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Sorry to say, or Sorry to speak
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STTH
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Speak to the hand
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STUL
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Speak to you later
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STW
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Search the Web
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STYS
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Speak to you soon
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SU
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Shut up
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SUAD
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Shut up and deal
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SUAFU
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Situation unchanged, all fouled up
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SUAKM
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Shut up and kiss me
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SUB
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Sign up board
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SUCDIC
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Situation under control, dummies in charge
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SUFID
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Screwing up face in disgust
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SUITM
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See you in the morning
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SUL
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See you later, or Snooze, you lose
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SUM1
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Someone
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SUNOILTY
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Shut up, no one is listening to you
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SUP
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What's up?
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SUS
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See you soon
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SUSFU
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Situation unchanged, still fouled up
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SUYF
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Shut up you fool
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SW
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Second wife, So what? or Says who?
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SWAK
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Sent (or sealed) with a kiss
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SWALK
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Sealed with a loving kiss, Sealed with all love & kisses
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SWCOC
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Special wishes, comments or corrections
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SWDYRTW
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Since when do you rule the web?
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SWDYT
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So what do you think?
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SWDYWTTA
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So what do you want to talk about?
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SWEG
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Scientific wild eyed guess
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SWF
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Single White female
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SWG
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Scientific wild guess
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SWHT
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Sweetheart
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SWIM
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See what I mean
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SWL
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Screaming with laughter
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SWM
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Single White male
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SWMBO
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She who must be obeyed (wife)
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SY
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Sincerely yours
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SYITM
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See you in the morning
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SYL
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See you later
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SYLA
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See you later alligator
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SYOTB
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See you on the bitstream, or See you on the board
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SYS
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See you soon
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SYSOP
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System operator
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SYT
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Sweet young thing, or See you tomorrow
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SYUTH
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Smack you upside the head
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SYWWTBY
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See ya, wouldn't want to be ya
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