diff --git a/plugins/acronyms_expander/acronyms b/plugins/acronyms_expander/acronyms
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7cbe8e545ef6cb24ae0b9db353cbf7322b5eee63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/acronyms_expander/acronyms
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{"afaik": "as far as I know",
+"afaict": "as far as I can tell",
+"afk": "away from keyboard",
+"atm": "at the moment",
+"bbiab": "be back in a bit",
+"bbiaf": "be back in a few (minutes)",
+"bbl": "be back later",
+"bbs": "be back soon",
+"b/c": "because",
+"bf": "boyfriend",
+"bfo": "blinding flash of the obvious",
+"brb": "be right back",
+"bsod": "blue screen of death",
+"btw": "by the way",
+"ciao": "Italian for goodbye",
+"ctrn": "can't talk right now",
+"cul8r": "see you later",
+"cya": "see ya",
+"dhtb": "don't have the bandwidth",
+"f2f": "face to face",
+"fubar": "fucked up beyond all recognition",
+"fwiw": "for what it's worth",
+"fyi": "for your information",
+"gmta": "great minds think alike",
+"iam": "in a meeting",
+"ianal": "I am not a lawyer",
+"ihmb": "I hate my boss",
+"iirc": "if I recall correctly",
+"imho": "in my humble opinion",
+"imo": "in my opinion",
+"iow": "in other words",
+"irl": "in real life",
+"<g>": "grin",
+"*g*": "grin",
+"gf": "girlfriend",
+"gmta": "great minds think alike",
+"g2g": "got to go",
+"jid": "jabber identifier",
+"j/k": "just kidding",
+"ok": "okay",
+"lol": "laugh out loud",
+"l8r": "later",
+"msg": "message",
+"n/m": "never mind",
+"n/p": "no problem",
+"oAo": "over and out!",
+"omg": "oh my god",
+"oob": "out of band",
+"otoh": "on the other hand",
+"oww": "oops, wrong window!",
+"otp": "on the phone",
+"pita": "pain in the ass",
+"pov": "point of view",
+"pw": "password",
+"rotfl": "rolling on the floor laughing",
+"rsn": "real soon now",
+"rtfm": "read the friendly manual",
+"slap": "sounds like a plan",
+"thx": "thanks",
+"tia": "thanks in advance",
+"tla": "three-letter arconym",
+"ttfn": "ta ta for now",
+"ttyl": "talk to you later",
+"wb": "welcome back",
+"wfm": "works for me",
+"wtf": "what the fuck?!",
+"wtg": "way to go!",
+"xfer": "transfer",
+"ymmv": "your mileage may vary",}
diff --git a/plugins/acronyms_expander/acronyms_expander.py b/plugins/acronyms_expander/acronyms_expander.py
index d98e255ff2aae052068575852d36160cb0af3d81..52b66af76bc3bdafb4843f816422ea5f217bd13a 100644
--- a/plugins/acronyms_expander/acronyms_expander.py
+++ b/plugins/acronyms_expander/acronyms_expander.py
@@ -47,16 +47,26 @@ class AcronymsExpanderPlugin(GajimPlugin):
 
         self.config_default_values = {
             'INVOKER': (' ', ''),
-            'ACRONYMS': ({'RTFM': 'Read The Friendly Manual',
-                          '/slap': '/me slaps',
+            'ACRONYMS': ({'/slap': '/me slaps',
                           'PS-': 'plug-in system',
                           'G-': 'Gajim',
                           'GNT-': 'http://trac.gajim.org/newticket',
                           'GW-': 'http://trac.gajim.org/',
                           'GTS-': 'http://trac.gajim.org/report',
                          },
-            ''),
+                         ''),
         }
+        if 'ACRONYMS' not in self.config:
+            myAcronyms = self.get_own_acronyms_list()
+            self.config['ACRONYMS'].update(myAcronyms)
+
+    @log_calls('AcronymsExpanderPlugin')
+    def get_own_acronyms_list(self):
+        data_file = self.local_file_path('acronyms')
+        data = open(data_file, 'r')
+        acronyms = eval(data.read())
+        data.close()
+        return acronyms
 
     @log_calls('AcronymsExpanderPlugin')
     def textbuffer_live_acronym_expander(self, tb):