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Acronyms For Newbies

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When I joined this forum three years ago I was completely confused by all of the acronyms being tossed around.

On another thread a new member asked what ATGATT was and so I thought that I would start a new thread about it. So here are some of the more common ones. Feel free to chime in 'cause I know I'll forget something!

ATGATT = All The Gear All The Time

BTW = By The Way

HTH = Hope This Helps

FWIW - For What It's Worth

DAMHIK = Don't Ask Me How I Know
 
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And for the Iron Butt crowd:

IBA = Iron Butt Association

IBR = Iron Butt Rally

SS1K = SaddleSore 1000

Generally anything with an F means a certain four letter word.

WTF = What the F

FNG = F'n New Guy

RTFM = Read the F'n Manual

BFD = Big F'n Deal

My favorite self-referential one:

TLA = Three Letter Acronym
 
boxergrrlie said:
When I joined this forum three years ago I was completely confused by all of the acronyms being tossed around.

On another thread a new member asked what ATGATT was and so I thought that I would start a new thread about it. So here are some of the more common ones. Feel free to chime in 'cause I know I'll forget something!

ATGATT = All The Gear All The Time

BTW = By The Way

HTH = Hope This Helps

FWIW - For What It's Worth

DAMHIK = Don't Ask Me How I Know

Thanks for this. Now I have to go back and read 15,287 posts to see what they meant. FWIW.
But TH.
 
SWMBO = She who must be obeyed

YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary

You can also go here and enter a acronym into the search field to find out or google will often work.

HTH
Brian
 
LOL = Laugh out loud :D
ROFL = Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl
ROFLMAO = Rolling on the floor laughing my *ss off

SWMBO = She who must be obeyed

More to follow from others.

tb
 
Some of my favs (that's short for favorites) ;-)

TTFN= Ta Ta For Now

NNITO= Not Necessarily In That Order

L8R= Later

IYCOSMN= If You Could Only See Me Now

WYWH= Wish You Were Here

--Doug
 
IANAL = I am not a lwyer

EMOTO = eventual master of the obvious

SNAFU = situation normal, all f'd up

TARFU = things are really f'd up

FUBAR = f'd up beyond all recognition
 
Emoto said:
IANAL = I am not a lwyer

That is usually followed by "but..." indicating the speaker/writer is not a lawyer but, by God, they sure think they know what they are talking about and you'd better damn well listen to their diatribe...

As soon as I hear "I am not a lawyer..." my ears close. :nyah

--Doug (a lawyer, but I don't play one on TV) :dance
 
oh! I thought of one that no one has mentioned yet!

NSFW - Not Safe For Work

Good for links that may include topless women or... well.... I think it's ever only used for topless women.

-Xaque-
 
DILLIGAF

or

DILLIGAS

Do I Look Like I Give A _______

Not used here but you may see it in those other forums... :doh
 
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