Computer Slang beginning with the letter A
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On this site you will find a list of slang terms, acronyms and abbreviations as used in websites, ICQ
chat rooms, blogs, SMS, and Internet forums - a complete dictionary of slang. This page lists these acronyms beginning with A.
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Please note that a few of the words stand for phrases containing words that may be offensive to some people.
In those cases we have substituted asterisks, or similar, for the words in question.
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· A&E
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Accident & Emergency (department of a hospital)
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· A&F
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Always And Forever
Abercrombie & Fitch
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· A&R
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Artists & Repertoire
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· A/N
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Author's Note
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· A/W
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Anyway
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· A1
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Top quality
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· A2DP
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Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
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· A3
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Anywhere, Any time, Any place
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· A4U
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All For You
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· A7A
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Frusration, anger (Arabic)
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· A7X
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Avenged Sevenfold (band)
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· AA
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Alcoholics Anonymous
African-American
Automobile Association
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· AAA
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American Automobile Association
Battery size
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· AAAHHH
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In destress, or annoyed.
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· AAB
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Average At Best
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· AAC
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Apple Audio Compression
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· AAF
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Always and Forever
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· AAK
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Alive And Kicking
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· AAMOF
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As A Matter Of Fact
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· AAP
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Always A Pleasure
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· AAR
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At Any Rate
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· AARP
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American Association of Retired Persons
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· AAT
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And Another Thing
At All Times
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· AAWY
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And Also With You
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· AAYF
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As Always, Your Friend
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· ABBO
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Accountants Bookkeepers and Business Owners
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· ABBR
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Abbreviation
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· ABC
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American Born Chinese
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· ABD
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Already Been Done
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· ABDC
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America's Best Dance Crew (TV show)
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· ABF
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All But Face
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· ABFAB
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Absolutely Fabulous
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· ABG
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Asian Baby Girl
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· ABH
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Actual Bodily Harm
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· ABO
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Aborigine
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· ABP
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Already Been Posted
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· ABS
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Absolutely
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· ABT
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About
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· ABT2
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About To
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· ABU
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Anyone but (Manchester) United
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· AC
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Air Conditioning
Alternating Current
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· AC/DC
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Rock Band
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· ACAPELLA
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Vocal music without instruments
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· ACC
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Actually
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· ACCT
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Account
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· ACE
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Excellent, great
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· ACID
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same as LSD
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· ACK
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Disgust, frustration
Acknowledgement
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· ACLU
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American Civil Liberties Union
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· ACME
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A Company that Makes Everything
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· ACP
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Automatic Colt Pistol
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· ACT
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SAT type test
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· ACTA
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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
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· ACU
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Army Combat Uniform
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· AD
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Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord)
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· AD HOC
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For the specific purpose
Improvised, impromptu
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· ADAD
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Another Day Another Dollar
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· ADD
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Attention Deficit Disorder
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· ADDY
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Address
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· ADED
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All Day Every Day
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· ADEROL
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Drug that helps you focus
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· ADGTH
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All Dogs Go To Heaven
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· ADHD
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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· ADL
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All Day Long
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· ADM
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Ay Dios Mio (OMG inSpanish)
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· ADMIN
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Administrator on forum, network etc
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· ADN
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Any Day Now
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· ADORBS
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Adorable
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· ADR
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All Due Respect
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· ADS
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Aim(ing) Down Sights
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· ADSL
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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
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· ADTR
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A Day To Remember (band)
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· AE
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American Eagle (clothing)
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· AEAE
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And Ever And Ever
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· AEAP
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As Early As Possible
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· AFAIA
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As Far As I'm Aware
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· AFAIAA
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As Far As I Am Aware
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· AFAIAC
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As Far As I Am Concerned
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· AFAIC
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As Far As I'm Concerned
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· AFAICS
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As Far As I Can See
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· AFAICT
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As Far As I Can Tell
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· AFAIK
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As Far As I Know
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· AFAIR
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As Far As I Remember
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· AFAP
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As Far As Possible
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· AFC
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Away From Computer
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· AFF
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Affirmative
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· AFFA
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Angels Forever, Forever Angels
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· AFI
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A Fire Inside (Band)
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· AFK
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Away From Keyboard
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· AFL
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Australian Football League
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· AFN
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All For Now
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· AFP
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Away From Phone
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· AFRL
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Away From Real Life
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· AFRO
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Hairstyle from Africa
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· AFS
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Always, Forever and Seriously
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· AG
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Aggressive
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· AGC
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Automatic Gain Control
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· AGG
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Cool
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· AGGY
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Aggitated
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· AGH
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Ain't Gonna Happen
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· AGM
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Annual General Meeting
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· AGP
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Accelerated Graphics Port
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· AGRO
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Hostile, angry
Aggravation, trouble
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· AGT
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America's Got Talent (TV show)
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· AGW
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All Going Well
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· AHA
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Expression of discovery or realization
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· AHEM
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Throat clearing sound
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· AHO
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Idiot (Japanese)
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· AHT
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Out
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· AI
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Artificial Intelligence
As If
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· AIB
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Am I Boverd?
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· AIDS
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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· AIGF
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All In Good Fun
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· AIGHT
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All right
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· AII
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Alright
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· AIIC
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As If I Care
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· AIIT
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Alright
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· AIKRN
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All I know right now
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· AIM
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AOL Instant Messanger
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· AIMBOT
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Trageting script in games
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· AIMH
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Always In My Heart
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· AIMO
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Idiot
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· AIN'T
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Am not/are not/is not
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· AINEC
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And It's Not Even Close
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· AINT
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Am not/are not/is not
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· AIO
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All In One
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· AIR
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Blanked, ignored
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· AIRHEAD
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Stupid person
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· AISB
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As I Said Before
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· AISI
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As I See it
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· AIT
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Alright
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· AITE
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Alright
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· AITR
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Adult In The Room
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· AITYD
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And I Think You Do
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· AIUI
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As I Understand it
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· AIYA
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Cantonese expression of exasperation
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· AIYC
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As If You Care
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· AJ
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Apple Juice
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· AK
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AK-47 Assault Rifle
Alaska
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· AK47
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Assault rifle
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· AKA
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Also Known As
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· AKI
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Autumn, fall
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· AKML
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Avada Kedavra My Life (Harry Potter)
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· AKS
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Ask
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· AKTF
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Always Keep the Faith
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· AL
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Alcohol
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· ALA
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In the style of (French)
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· ALAP
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As Late/Long/Little As Possible
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· ALAS
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Expression of regret, sorrow
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· ALCHY
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Alcoholic
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· ALCO
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Alcoholic
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· ALF
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Animal Liberation Front
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· ALG
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Ain't Life Grand
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· ALI
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Best Friend
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· ALIE
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Init
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· ALIHAL
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At Least I Have A Life
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· ALK
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Alcohol
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· ALKQN
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Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation
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· ALL- NIGHTER
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Stay Up All Night
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· ALLOW
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Let it be, forget it
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· ALOL
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Actually Laughing Out Loud
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· ALOTBSOL
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Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
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· ALPHA
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Head person of a group
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· ALRATO
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Later
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· ALT
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Alternative character in RPG
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· ALU
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Arithmetic Logic Unit
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· ALV
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Asta La Vista, goodbye
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· ALWP
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Actual Laughter Was Produced
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· AM
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Ante Meridiem (before midday)
Amplitude Modulation (radio signal)
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· AMA
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Ask Me Anything
Against Medical Advice
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· AMAA
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Ask Me Almost Anything
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· AMAP
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As Much/Many As Possible
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· AMC
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American Motors Corportation
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· AMD
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Advanced Micro Devices
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· AMEX
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American Express
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· AMG
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Ah My God
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· AMHIK
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ask me how I know
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· AMIGO
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Friend
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· AMIRITE
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Am I Right?
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· AML
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All My Love
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· AMN
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Any Minute Now
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· AMOF
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As a Matter of Fact
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· AMOG
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Alpha Male Of Group
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· AMP
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Amplifier
Ampere
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· AMPED
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Excited, fired up
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· AMT
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Alpha-Methyltryptamine
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· AMTRAK
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American passenger railroad corporation
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· AMV
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Anime Music Video
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· AMW
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America's Most Wanted (TV show)
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· AMZ
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Amazing
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· AN
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Author's Note
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· ANC
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African National Congress
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· ANF
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Abercrombie & Fitch
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· ANFAWFOS
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And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
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· ANFSCD
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And Now For Something Completely Different
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· ANIME
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Japanese style animation
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· ANO
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Anorexic
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· ANON
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Unknown person
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· ANS
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Answer
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· ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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· ANTI
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Against
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· ANTM
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America's Next Top Model
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· ANY1
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Anyone
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· ANYWHO
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Anyhow
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· ANZAC
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Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
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· AO
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Adults Only
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· AOB
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Any Other Business
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· AOD
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All Of Day
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· AOE
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Area Of Effect
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· AOK
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Age of Kings (game)
All OK
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· AOL
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American Online
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· AOM
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Age of Mythology (game)
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· AON
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All Or Nothing
As Of Now
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· AOS
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Ahead Of Schedule
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· AOT
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As Opposed To
Among Other Things
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· AOTA
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All Of The Above
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· AOTS
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Attack of the Show (TV show)
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· AOW
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All Out War
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· AOYP
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Angel on Your Pillow
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· AP
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Associated Press
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· APB
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All Points Bulletin
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· APC
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Armoured Personnel Carrier
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· APE
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Mad, crazy
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· API
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Application Programming Interface
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· APM
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Actions Per Minute
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· APN
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As Per Normal
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· APO
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Authorized Personnel Only
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· APP
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Application (computer program)
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· APPROX
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Approximately
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· APPS
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Applications (software)
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· APR
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Annual Percentage Rate
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· APT
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Apartment
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· APU
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As Per Usual
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· APYR
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As Per Your Request
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· AQ
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Adventure Quest (game)
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· AQAP
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As Quickly As Possible
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· AQF
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Ay Que Funny, LOL
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· AR
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Assault Rifle
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· ARD
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Alright
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· ARE
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Misspelling of 'our'
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· AREA 51
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Top secret military base in Nevada
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· ARF
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Laugh
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· ARG
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Alternate Reality Gaming
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· ARGH
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Expression of frustration or anger
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· ARIGATO
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Thank You (Japanese)
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· ARK
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Act of Random Kindness
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· ARPA
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Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet)
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· ARPANET
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Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet)
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· ARPU
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Average Revenue Per User
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· ART
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Alright
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· ARVO
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Afternoon
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· ASA
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And So On
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· ASAIC
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As Soon As I Can
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· ASAIK
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As Soon As I Know
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· ASAP
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As Soon As Possible
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· ASAS
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As Soon As Sensible
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· ASAT
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As Simple As That
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· ASAYC
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As Soon As You Can
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· ASBO
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Anti Social Behaviour Order
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· ASCII
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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· ASD
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Sequence of letters on many keyboards
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· ASDFGHJKL
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An Expression Of Excitement
An Expression Of Frustration
An Expression Of Boredom
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I'm bored
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· ASDFGHJKL;'
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When A Feeling Cannot Be Expressed In Words
Home Keys On Standard Keyboard
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· ASF
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And So Forth
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· ASG
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Asgarv (Swedish for LOL)
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· ASIC
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Application Specific Integrated Circuit
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· ASL
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Age, Sex, Location
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· ASLP
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Age, Sex, Location, Picture?
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· ASM
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Assembly computer language
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· ASMR
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Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
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· ASN
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Any Second Now
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· ASO
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I see
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· ASP
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At Some Point
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· ASPCA
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American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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· AT&T
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American Telephone & Telegraph
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· ATA
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Ait To Air
Actual Time of Arrival
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· ATAP
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Any Time, Any Place
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· ATB
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All The Best
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· ATC
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Air Traffic Control
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· ATD
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Attention to Detail
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· ATEOTD
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At The End Of The Day
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· ATF
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All Time Favorite
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· ATGATT
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All The Gear All The Time (motorcycling)
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· ATH
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All Time High
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· ATI
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Array Technology Inc. (graphics card maker)
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· ATK
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Attack
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· ATL
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Atlanta, Georgia
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· ATM
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At The Moment
Automated Teller Machine (cash machine)
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· ATMO
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According To My Opinion
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· ATN
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Any Time Now
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· ATOY
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Always Thinking of you
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· ATQ
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Answer The Question
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· ATST
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At The Same Time
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· ATT
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At This Time
All The Time
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· ATTN
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Attention
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· ATTT
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Ain't That The Truth
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· ATTY
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Atomizer from electronic cigarette
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· ATV
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All Terrain Vehicle
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· ATVB
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All The Very Best
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· ATW
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All The Way
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· ATWA
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Air, Trees, Water, Animals
All The Way Alive
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· ATX
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Austin, Texas
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· ATYS
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Anything You Say
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· AU
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Alternate Universe
Gold
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· AUD
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Australian Dollar
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· AUO
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I don't know
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· AUP
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Another Useless Post
Acceptable Use Policy
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· AUS
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Are You Serious?
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· AUSSIE
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A Person From Australia
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· AV
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Anti-Virus
Audio/Video
Adult Video
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· AVA
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Angels and Airwaves (Band)
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· AVG
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Average
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· AVGN
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Angry Video Game Nerd
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· AVI
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Audio Video Interleaved (media format)
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· AVO
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Afternooon
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· AVPM
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A Very Potter Musical
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· AWA
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As Well As
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· AWD
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All Wheel Drive
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· AWESOME
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Amazing, wonderful, cool
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· AWHFY
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Are We Having Fun Yet
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· AWK
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Awkward
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· AWKS
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Awkward
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· AWKY
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Awkward
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· AWNP
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All Work, No Play
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· AWOL
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Absent Without Leave
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· AWP
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Arctic Warfare Police sniper rifle
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· AWS
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As We Speak
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· AWSM
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Awesome
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· AWW
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Any Which Way
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· AX
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Ask
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· AYB
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All Your Base
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· AYBABTU
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All Your Base Are Belong To Us
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· AYBRB2U
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All Your Base Are Belong To Us
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· AYC
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At Your Convenience
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· AYCS
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As You Can See
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· AYE
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Yes
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· AYEC
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At Your Earliest Convenience
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· AYFR
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Are You For Real?
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· AYFT
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Are You Free Today?
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· AYK
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As You Know
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· AYKM
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Are You Kidding Me?
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· AYL
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Are You Listening?
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· AYO
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Hey, You
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· AYOR
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At Your Own Risk
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· AYPI
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And Your Point Is?
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· AYR
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Are You Ready?
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· AYRTON
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Tenner, ten pounds
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· AYS
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Are You Serious?
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· AYSOS
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Are You Stupid Or Something?
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· AYT
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Are You There?
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· AYU
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Are You Up
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· AYW
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As You Wish
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· AYYO
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Hi, hello
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· AZN
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Asian
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