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Also see Herring Acronyms for the exhaustive list.
AKA Also Known As
ASAP As Soon As Possible
B/C BeCause
BS Bull S**t
BTW By The Way
CYA Cover Your Ass
DA Darwin Award
DOA Dead On Arrival
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FUBAR F**ked Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition
FYI For Your Information
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
HM Honorable Mention
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
J/K Just Kidding
JIC Just In Case
K oKay
KISS Keep It Simple Stupid or Keep It Stupidly Simple)
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NP No Problem
OMG Oh My God!
OT Off Topic
OTOH On The Other Hand
PA Personal Account
POV Point Of View
PS PostScript
QED Quod Erat Demonstrandum. Latin: "which was to be demonstrated"
(used at the end of a proof)
RE REgarding
ROFLMAO Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
RTFM Read The F**king Manual
SIG Special Interest Group
SNAFU Situation Normal: All F**ked Up
SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SOL S**t Out of Luck
SOP Standing Operational Procedures; Standard Operating Procedure
STFU Shut The F**k Up
SWAG Scientific Wild Ass Guess
SWAK Sealed With A Kiss
TGIF Thank God It's Friday
THX Thanks
TLC Tender Loving Care
UL Urban Legend
USU USUally
W/ With (and w/in w/o etc)
WAG Wild Ass Guess
WTF What The F**k
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary. (i.e. "your experience may differ")