Many of these are in the FAQ, but here's what various abbreviations mean or stand for
AFAIK -- "As Far As I Know" AFAICT-- "As Far As I Can Tell" AFAL -- "As Fast As Light" AIUI -- "As I Understand It" AOL -- A replacement for "Me too" - as posted by many AOL users ASB -- "Alien Space Bats" a force that can create otherwise impossible situations ATL -- "Alternate Time Line" BTW -- "By the way" EFP -- "Extruded Fantasy Product" (Goodkind, Eddings, etc) FTL -- "Faster than light" FWIW -- "For What It's Worth" FYI -- "For your information" IIRC -- "If I Recall (remember) correctly" IMAO -- "In my arrogant opinion" IMHO -- "In my humble opinion" ISBN -- "International Standard Book Number" ISTR -- "I Seem To Recall" ObSF -- "Obligatory SF reference" OTL -- "Our Time Line" RASF -- "rec.arts.sf" ROFL -- "Rolling on the floor, laughing" ROTF -- "Rolling on the floor" RPG -- "Role playing games", like D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) RSN -- "Real Soon Now" (== within the next decade or two) STL -- "Slower Than Light" WI -- "What If" WRT -- "with respect to" WSOD -- "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" YASID -- "Yet Another Story ID" request YMMV -- "your mileage may vary" midlist-- Authors who don't make bestseller lists but put out a steady stream of readable books over time The Six Deadly Words -- I Don't Care About These People The Six Deadly Words -- I Don't Care About This Book