ABO-Anybody But Obama

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

AKA - Also Known As.

Big Dog - Affectionate nickname for William Jefferson Clinton

CM - Corporate Media. Preferred by some to MSM, on the grounds that they are not truly mainstream.

DINO - Democrat In Name Only.

DLC - Democratic Leadership Council, an organization of centrist Democrats.

GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike

IIRC - If I Remember Correctly.

IMHO- In My Humble Opinion

IMO - In My Opinion

IOW - In Other Words

JMO - Just my opinion

Kick - The practice of replying to a thread to keep it current in the hierarchy without adding significant comment. The word "kick" is often in the subject or message body. Also often used is the term bump.

LOL - laugh out loud

LTTE - Letter to the editor.

meme - A self-replicating bit of cultural/sociological information that behaves similar to how a gene behaves in cells, i.e., societal behavior is passed on in cultures much the way that genetic codes are passed on through biological replication.

MOTS - More Of The Same.

MSM - Mainstream Media.

MDM - male dominated media

NGU - Never Give Up!

OP - Original Post or Original Poster - refers to the first post in a discussion thread

OT - Off Target or Off Topic.

OTOH - On the Other Hand - figure of speech

OTT - Over The Top.

OWTTE - Or Words to That Effect - indicates a paraphrase

Pickles - Nickname for Laura Bush, believed to stem from the character wife of Buddy Serell on the Dick van Dyke show who was never seen or heard

PNAC - The Project for the New American Century, a conservative think tank.

pnw3d- also "pwned" meaning to be humiliatingly beaten. from Gamer's sites, supposed to be from a misspelling of "owned"

Popcorn - A request for popcorn means that events are going down that will probably be entertaining and the poster is wanting to sit back and enjoy the show as one would an exciting movie.

PPP - Presumptuous Pretentious Precious

PUMA - Party Unity My Ass
PWI - Posting While Impaired. A condition that frequently occurs after catching up on the day's doings.

ROFLMAO - rolling on floor laughing my ass off

TIA - Thanks In Advance. (also Total Information Awareness)

Tinfoil - (from association with a Tinfoil Hat, or Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie, headgear supposedly worn by psychotics with paranoid delusions who believe that the aluminum foil will protect them from alien mind-control rays and the like) An adjective meaning "paranoid," "crazy," as in "tinfoil conspiracy theory."

Tweety - Chris Matthews of Hardball. Nicknamed due to the striking resemblance to the Warner Bros. character.

WORM - What Obama really meant