Ham jargon and ham abbreviations

Again, there are plenty of Internet sources with near exhaustive listings. For the absolute newcomer some of the abbreviations used in this text are listed. Some are self explanatory anyway.

AGN
again
AMP
amplifier (also PA)
CHG
changing
CONGRATS
congratulations
CPI
copy
CUAGN
call you again
DE
this is (French de=from)
ES
and (Hungarian és=and)
FB
fine (business)
GB
good bye, God Bless
GL
good luck
HM
home made
HR
here
HW?
how (about this)?
KW
kilowatt
OM
operator (old man)
OP
operator (to avoid OM for the sake of gender neutrality)
PSE
please
SUM
some
TNX
thanks
TU
thank you
UFB
very good (ultra fine biz)
WX
weather
XYL
wife (occasionaly married female op)
YL
operator (female), young lady
51
Regards to the family, common in latin cultures
55
good luck (many points), common in east and central Europe
73
greetings
99
rude esxpression to stop transmitting, stronger than qsy, please avoid this.
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