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Definition of MIA

MIA

adjective

• acronym for "missing in action". Though the term has military origins, it is also used to simply imply that a person hasn't been seen in some period of time.

  She's been MIA since the bar last night.

  • See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: lost, missing, misplaced.
  • See more words with the same meaning: military (related to).

  Last edited on Mar 21 2011. Submitted by LJ from Jesup, GA, USA on Jul 30 2004.

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TOS	Definitions include: to terminate an account because the account-holder violated the Terms of Service.
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CFNM	Definitions include: acronym for "clothed female, naked male".
gam	Definitions include: acronym for "God awful mess".
rod	Definitions include: a penis.
TABs	Definitions include: acronym for "trick-ass bitches".
GAF	Definitions include: acronym for "give a fuck".
LPT	Definitions include: acronym for "life protip".
WTH	Definitions include: acronym for "what the hell".
A/S/L/R	Definitions include: see ASLR.
WASP	Definitions include: acronym for "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant."
CSB	Definitions include: acronym for "cool story, bro".
EWBTE	Definitions include: acronym for "everything went better than expected".
thot	Definitions include: acronym for "that hoe over there".
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Other terms relating to 'lost, missing, misplaced':
404	Definitions include: missing or misplaced.
Other terms relating to 'military (related to)':
spec-ops	Definitions include: "special operations".
pow	Definitions include: fresh, deep, uncut snow.
snafu	Definitions include: Acronym for "situation normal, all fucked up."
zero dark thirty	Definitions include: a very late - or very early - time of the day.
rack	Definitions include: breasts.
Air Farce	Definitions include: pejorative term for an Air Force.
oh dark thirty	Definitions include: a very late - or very early - time of the day.
'nam	Definitions include: the Vietnam War.
JANFU	Definitions include: acronym for "Joint Army [and] Navy fuck-up", i.e. a large mistake caused by both the Army and the Navy.
jarhead	Definitions include: a United States Marine.
no joy	Definitions include: "unsuccessful".
gunny	Definitions include: nickname for a Gunnery Sargent in the United States Marine Corps.
REMF	Definitions include: acronym for "rear-echelon mother fucker".
boot	Definitions include: to vomit
boots on the ground	Definitions include: soldiers.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'action':
action	Definitions include: sexual activity.
action item	Definitions include: an item on a "to do" list.
bop-action	Definitions include: big fight, rumble
GOGA	Definitions include: Abbreviation for Girl on Girl Action, lesbian activity.
have tongue action	Definitions include: to kiss each other in a constantly and wild..
LARP	Definitions include: acronym for "live action role-playing."
single barrel pump action yogurt rifle	Definitions include: A penis.
spring into action	Definitions include: to quickly start performing necessary activities.
sweet action	Definitions include: Comment said after someone else says something that is cool.
tongue action	Definitions include: tongue used during a French kiss.
Other terms relating to 'in':
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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Other terms relating to 'miss':
date Miss Michigan	Definitions include: to masturbate
FOMO	Definitions include: acronym for "fear of missing out".
hit-or-miss	Definitions include: governed by chance.
IMU	Definitions include: acronym for "I miss u", i.e. "I miss you."
IMY	Definitions include: I.M.Y. means "I miss you."
IMYSFM	Definitions include: acronym for "I miss you so fucking much."
IMYSM	Definitions include: acronym for "I miss you so much."
little Miss It	Definitions include: Used to described a stuck up girl.
Miss	Definitions include: prefix applied to another word.
miss me	Definitions include: Avoidance
Miss Thang	Definitions include: A woman who flaunts her breasts and ass, flirts with all the men, and belittles all the other women.
miss the bus	Definitions include: to miss an opportunity.
Miss Thing	Definitions include: a woman (or gay man) who is so attractive, well-groomed, hip and confident as to seem utterly unassailable to critics.

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