NFS

In online marketplaces and forums, NFS stands for "not for sale." Item owners use this acronym to denote that an item they've shown or discussed is not available for purchase.

Most often, you'll encounter NFS after you ask a seller about an item that is pictured but not listed in a sales listing. If the seller is not interested in selling that item, they may say it is NFS.

Gamers use NFS as shorthand for Need for Speed. This popular series of racing games is published by Electronic Arts (EA), debuted in 1994, and includes over 20 games.

In NFS, players race a variety of cars, including sports cars, muscle cars, and tuners, against each other and AI opponents. Many games in the series also pit players against the police, who can pursue, ticket, and even arrest racers during a race.

When someone isn't messing around, they might use NFS to mean "no funny stuff." This acronym signals that the person's message is serious, and if you respond to it, you'd better be serious, too.

Other meanings of NFS

In some cases, especially angry people might use NFS to mean a more crass variant of "no funny stuff," such as "no funny s***" or "no f***ing s***." You'll likely be able to tell which variant of NFS you've encountered by a message's context and tone.