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<...>  Denotes an action, i.e. <BSEG> 
AACW  Additions and corrections welcomed 
AAMOF  As a matter of fact  
AAR  At any rate  
ABB  Anybody but Bush 
ABPF  alt.binaries.pictures.fishing newsgroup  
AFAIAC  As far as I am concerned  
AFAIC  As far as I'm concerned, or As far as I care 
AFAICR  As far as I can recall  
AFAICT  As far as I can tell  
AFAIK  As far as I know  
AFCAQTWCA  Any fool can ask questions the wise can't answer 
AGAN  As good as new 
ARR  Anal-retentive Roffian 
ASAP  As soon as possible. This does NOT mean "immediately" as some people intend, so don't tell me to do something ASAP if you need it done right away. You will be disappointed. 
ASC  alt.smokers.cigars 
ATCGWWGW  Anything that can go wrong will go wrong 
AWGTHTGTTA  Are we going to have to go through this again 
AYBABTU  All your base are belong to us. 
AYOR  At your own risk  
BFI  Brute force and ignorance 
BH  Bead head (prefix for nymphs, i.e. BHPT) 
BIBSD  Built-in bullshit detector 
BIOYA  Blow it out your ass 
BITGOD  Back in the good old days 
BMIA  Bite me in advance 
BMPIA  A variation of BMIA. Explanation from Ken Fortenberry: "P for Powlesland. Jim Powlesland, a Canuckian as I recall, got horribly hot under the collar every time Tim Walker posted one of his anti-CR polemics/trolls and would fire up the vituperation for which roff is justly famous in response, so T-Bone took to appending BMPIA to his posts." 
BOHICA  Bend over, here it comes again (military for getting screwed) 
BOTL  brother of the leaf 
BSEG  Big sh.. eatin' grin - usually bracketed - <BSEG> 
BTB  By the by, Nawth Cackalakian for "By the way" 
BTDT  Been there, done that  
BTW  By the way  
BUD  Not an acronym, but a really lousy beer imbibed only by elitist assholes. 
BWO  Blue winged olive  
BWSS,TW!  Because we said (say) so, that's why! 
C&K  Catch and keep  
C&R  Catch and release 
CLAVE  Not an acronym, but an abreviation for CONCLAVE. The word itself is indicative of a secret meeting, but a ROFF 'clave is anything but. All are invited, and all are welcomed. Two or more fly fishers gather from all over the world to fish together and partake in ROFFian camaraderie. 
CLM  Career limiting move 
CTS  Consider the source 
C|N>K  Coffee through nose to keyboard. See SPLORK. 
DARFC  Ducking and running for cover 
DAW  Don't ask why 
DAWJTI  Don't ask why, just take it 
DDFS  Dog Days Fly Swap. An open sign-up fly swap held annually just after summer (unless the swapmeister forgets and holds it in December) to exchange flies that work well in the heat of summer. See Stan Gula's swap site at http://gula.org/roffswaps 
DDTT  Don't do that then 
DIIK  Damned if I know 
DSFDF  Different strokes for different folks 
DSW  Dick-size war 
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