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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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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "shaking my damn head". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "dumb-ass nigga". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "or best offer." | |
| Definitions include: "okay, thanks, 'bye". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I think I'm going [to] be sick" or "I think I'm gonna be sick". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "thank you". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "sorry, could not resist". | |
| Definitions include: "baby". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "looks good to me". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "child pornography". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for not mind safe. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "be back later". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "pee my pants". | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive person. | |
Other terms relating to 'lost, missing, misplaced': | |
| Definitions include: missing or misplaced. | |
Other terms relating to 'military (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: "First Civilian Division." | |
| Definitions include: "military surplus". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in Jesus's name." | |
| Definitions include: a very late - or very early - time of the day. | |
| Definitions include: "a target has been injured or killed" or "a terrorist has been injured or killed." | |
| Definitions include: breasts. | |
| Definitions include: pejorative term for an Air Force. | |
| Definitions include: the Vietnam War. | |
| Definitions include: "special operations". | |
| Definitions include: Acronym for "situation normal, all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: From military slang for "weapons loaded and prepared for firing." | |
| Definitions include: military acronym for "fuck it, got my orders". | |
| Definitions include: a very late - or very early - time of the day. | |
| Definitions include: a United States Marine. | |
| Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'action': | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: an item on a "to do" list. | |
| Definitions include: big fight, rumble | |
| Definitions include: Abbreviation for Girl on Girl Action, lesbian activity. | |
| Definitions include: to kiss each other in a constantly and wild.. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "live action role-playing." | |
| Definitions include: A penis. | |
| Definitions include: to quickly start performing necessary activities. | |
| Definitions include: Comment said after someone else says something that is cool. | |
| Definitions include: tongue used during a French kiss. | |
Other terms relating to 'in': | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: involving everyone or everything. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: included. | |
| Definitions include: clitoris. | |
| Definitions include: to intrude. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time." | |
| Definitions include: never. | |
Other terms relating to 'miss': | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fear of missing out". | |
| Definitions include: governed by chance. | |
| Definitions include: I Miss You | |
| Definitions include: I.M.Y. means "I miss you." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I miss you so fucking much." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I miss you so much." | |
| Definitions include: Used to described a stuck up girl. | |
| Definitions include: prefix applied to another word. | |
| Definitions include: Avoidance | |
| Definitions include: A woman who flaunts her breasts and ass, flirts with all the men, and belittles all the other women. | |
| Definitions include: to miss an opportunity. | |
| Definitions include: Certainly emanating from the Black subculture in the Disco 1970's, spreading to the Gay subculture and mainstream in the 1980's and 90's. | |
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