Short forms used in Email and Business communications

A

• AFAIK : As Far As I Know
• AKA : Also Known As
• ASAP : As Soon As Possible
• ATM : At The Moment
• AWK : Away From Keyboard
• AWOD : AWay On Duty
• ADM : Application Development & Maintenance
• ADMIN : Administration
• AHD : Advanced Help Desk
• AI : Action Item
• AIMS : Automated Immigration Management System
• ANA : Auto N Aero
• APAC : Asia PACific
• AVP : Associate Vice President
• AVP : Assured Variable Payout
• AWOD: Away With:Out Duty
• AWOL : Absent without official leave

B

• BRB : Be right back
• BTW : By the way
• BBL : Be back later
• BB : Bulletin Board
• BE : Best Estimate, Bachelor of Engineering
• BEF : Business Enabler Function
• BI : Business Intelligence
• BO : Business Objects BOD : Board of Directors
• BOK : Body Of Knowledge
• BOT : Build Operate Transfer
• BPO : Business Process Outsourcing
• BPM : Business Process Management
• BTP : "Bill To" Party
• BU : Business Unit
• BW : Business Warehouse

C

• CoB : Completion of Business - Alternatively - Cost of (doing) Business
• CNC : Coast Not Clear
• CAF : Competitive Assessment Framework
• CAGR : Compounded Annual Revenue Growth Rate
• CAP : Class A Pursuit
• CAPEX : Capital Expenditure
• CARE : Competency Accelerated Role Enabling
• CASPER : Capacity Assessment and Performance Engineering Framework
• CBI : Competency Based Interview
• CBT : Computer Based Training
• CCD : Computers & Communications Department
• CCM : Call Center Manager
• CDG : Communication Design Group
• CFG : Client Facing Group
• CMM : Capability Maturity Model
• CMMI : Capability Maturity Model Integration
• CMKT : Corporate Marketing function
• COE : Center Of Excellence
• COT : Capture Operate Transfer
• CoQ : Cost of Quality
• CORE : Compretency based Role Enabling : a mentoring initiative
• CPI : Company Performance Incentive
• CPLN : Corporate Planning Function
• CPR : Comprehensive Process Roll:out
• CRM : Customer Relationship Management
• CRR : Consolidated Relative Ranking
• CSAT : Customer satisfaction
• CSG : Client Services Group
• CSG : Corporate Services Group (Part of Quality)
• CSP : Communication Service Providers
• CTM : Capped Time & Material
• CTM : Competent ToastMaster
• CV : Curriculum Vitae
• CVR : Cost Variance Report

D

• DC : Development Center
• DFTT : Don't Feed The Trolls
• DIY : Do It Yourself
• DND : Do not Disturb
• DOA : Dead on arrival (used to refer the articles broken while delivering)
• DoB : Date of birth

E

• EOB : End of the Business
• EOD : End of the Day
• EOF : End of File
• EOL : End Of Life
• EOM : End of Mail/Message
• ESP : Extra Sensory Perception
• ETA : Edited to add
• ETA : Estimated Time of Arrival
• ETC : Estimated Time to Complete
• ETD : Estimate Time of Departure

F

• FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions
• FTW : For The Win
• FYA : For Your Action
• FYI : For Your Information
• FYK : For Your Knowledge
• FYR : For Your Reference

G

• GBTW : Get Back To Work
• GR8 : Great
• G'DAY M8 : The aussie way of saying Hello. Have a Good Day Mate
• GN : Good Night
• GM : Good Morning

H

• HAND : Have a Nice Day
• HTH : Hope This Helps

I

• IIRC : If I Recall Correctly
• IMHO : In My Humble Opinion
• IMO : In My Opinion
• IOW : In Other Words

J

• JAS : Just A Sec
• JK : Just Kidding (or) joke (Variant: j/k)
• JLT : Just Like That

K

• KOS : Kill On Sight

L

• LMK : Let Me Know
• LOL: Laughing Out Loud
• LTNS : Long Time No See

M

• MOM : Minutes of Meeting
• MOTD : Message Of The Day
• MoU : Memorandum Of Understanding
• MYOB : Mind Your Own Business

N

• NM : Not Much
• NNTO : No Need To Open
• NOM : No Offence Meant
• NSFW : Not Suitable For Work (or) Not Safe for Work
• NVM : Never Mind
• NP : No Problem

O

• OMG : Oh My God
• OMW : On MY Way
• OOO : Out of Office
• ORLY : Oh Really?
• OTOH : On The Other Hand
• OTP : On the Phone (or) On The Piss

P

• P2P : Peer to Peer (or) Pay To Play
• PAW : Parents Are Watching
• PFA : Please Find Attached
• PFB : Please Find Below
• PLMK : Please Let Me Know
• POC : Point Of Contact
• POC : Proof of Concept
• POV : Point Of View
• PS : Post-Script

Q

• QFT : Quoted For Truth

R

• RAR : Revenue At Risk
• RFC : Request For Comment
• ROTFL : Rolling On The Floor Laughing
• ROTFLMAO : [NSFW]
• ROTFLOL : ROTF + LOL
• RUT : Are you there ?

S

• SOS : save our soul or some one over shoulder
• SPOC : Single Point Of Contact
• SIC : Sitting in my Cubicle
• SUP : What's up

T

• TBD : To Be Decided
• TC : Take Care
• TBH : To Be Honest
• TG : That's Great
• TIA : Thanks In Advance
• TLA : Three Letter Acronym
• TMI : Too Much Information
• TBTILV : To Be Taken In a Lighter Vein
• TTYL : Talk To You Later
• TYT : Take Your Time
• TYVM : Thank You Very Much

W

• W8 : Wait
• WC : Welcome
• WEF : With effect from
• WRT : With Respect To
• WTG : Way To Go
• WYSIWYG : What You See Is What You Get
• WFH : Work From Home

Y

• YAP : Yet Another Podcast
• YHBT : You Have Been Trolled
• YOYO : You Are On Your Own
• YW : You're Welcome