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Even the FBI needs help with internet lingo, as evidenced by an 83-page internal document they released in 2014 thanks to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The document reentered the internet's consciousness via recent reporting on it from Input and The Verge. The document, available on archive.org, has a long list of terms one would normally encounter on the internet and in text messages, ranging from LMAO (laughing my ass off) to IITYWTMWYKM (if I tell you what this means will you kiss me). The document includes a Twitter Shorthand section that has 2,800 entries and states: Some other slang terms that stand out are NIFOC (naked in front of computer), WOS (waste of space/wife over shoulder), and H9 (really hate - H8+1). The FOIA request was filed through MuckRock, an organization that helps the public acquire data from the government. The Verge reported on this back in 2014 when MuckRock released all of its communications with the FBI. The full document is here for your perusal.
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