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xylon
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May 7, 2003, 11:27 PM
 
Umm, I've never been good at keeping up with all the truncations in the digital world. All the acronyms are leaving my behind. I managed to figure out AFAIK (as far as I know, right?) but there are a slew of others. IMHO, for example, what is that? I know there are a ton of others that I'm forgetting. A little help here?

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May 7, 2003, 11:28 PM
 
IMHO = in my humble opinion
     
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May 7, 2003, 11:36 PM
 
I dunno why, I can usually figure out acronyms even when having no idea what they could be...

Others:
IIRC = if i recall correctly
YMMV = your mileage may vary
IMHO = in my humble opinion (IMO and IMNSHO are variants)
AFAIK = as far as i know
AFAIC = as far as I'm concerned
PITA = pain in the ass

I can't think of any others that aren't simply lame chat things ATM...

Oh, and of course you have WTF and the like...
     
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May 7, 2003, 11:38 PM
 
OMGWTFBBQ

The BBQ part took me a long, long time to accept.

OMG = Oh My God
WTF = What the Fcuk
BBQ = Barbecue

what else...

BRB = be right back
WYSIWYG = what you see is what you get
OOP = object-oriented programming
TTFN = ta-ta for now
RTFM = read the fcuking manual

err... there are more...
     
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May 7, 2003, 11:39 PM
 
Ahhhhh, the fog is lifting. And jeez Cipher, how'n the Hell did you post so much? Insane doesn't begin to describe.

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May 7, 2003, 11:48 PM
 
For all your acronym needs, presenting the wonderful Acronym Finder.
     
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May 7, 2003, 11:49 PM
 
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May 7, 2003, 11:52 PM
 
Originally posted by bradoesch:
For all your acronym needs, presenting the wonderful Acronym Finder.
That website rocks! Thanks!
     
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May 8, 2003, 12:00 AM
 
My favorite: POS

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May 8, 2003, 12:05 AM
 
RTFM (read the f---ing manual)
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May 8, 2003, 12:07 AM
 
Originally posted by DeathMan:
RTFM (read the f---ing manual)
YMMV : your mileage may vary
RTFT: Read the f---ing thread.
     
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May 8, 2003, 12:08 AM
 
NSFG

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May 8, 2003, 12:13 AM
 
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May 8, 2003, 12:25 AM
 
Originally posted by starman:
NSFG

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May 8, 2003, 08:10 AM
 
One "acronym" (isn't acronym's supposed to form new words from the inital letters of the words it's short for?) that took me particularly long time before I looked up was IANAL. I Am Not A Lawyer (but...)


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May 8, 2003, 08:12 AM
 
Recursive acronyms are fun:

WINE = Wine Is Not an Emulator

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May 8, 2003, 10:02 AM
 
GTFG: Go To Fucking Google!

used when some idiot is asking the most basic of questions. like half the morons here do
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May 8, 2003, 10:45 AM
 


PTHKE: philzilla thinks he knows everything. use it wisely!

-r.
     
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May 8, 2003, 10:47 AM
 
Originally posted by - - e r i k - -:
isn't acronym's supposed to form new words from the inital letters of the words it's short for?
Yes! Abbreviation and Acronym...two different words, two different meanings. It still bugs me when I see people use these two words interchangably, but it has become so common that I guess it's accepted.
     
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May 8, 2003, 11:06 AM
 
I've been able to decipher most of what I've come across just based on context. WTF? would be the about the only one I use daily.

slight digression/ I admit to being quite nonplussed the first time I saw someone described as being '1337'. Now I have heard people referred to as being 'so 1990s' so I'm thinking are they trying to say this person is stuck in the middle ages? But why be so exact with the year? What the hell happened in 1337 anyway?
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May 8, 2003, 11:17 AM
 
You mean, you don't speak
l337?

oh, and
LEARN THE PLURAL OF BABY.
     
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May 8, 2003, 11:24 AM
 
Originally posted by andi*pandi:
oh, and
LEARN THE PLURAL OF BABY.
i was gonna hit him with that before, but i'm a "ladies first" kinda guy, and i knew you were lurking
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May 8, 2003, 11:26 AM
 
Originally posted by rjenkinson:
-r.
the people have a right to know what that r stands for...

(and no, it's not 'recursive' in this case. although, with you... who can tell?)
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May 8, 2003, 11:28 AM
 
Originally posted by philzilla:
the people have a right to know what that r stands for...


heh.

-r.
     
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May 8, 2003, 11:31 AM
 
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May 8, 2003, 11:48 AM
 
ID10T error.

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May 8, 2003, 11:54 AM
 
el oh el, are oh tea efff el em ay oh

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May 8, 2003, 12:06 PM
 
And who can forget:

ROTFLMMFAO

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May 8, 2003, 12:13 PM
 
Originally posted by andi*pandi:
You mean, you don't speak
l337?

oh, and
LEARN THE PLURAL OF BABY.


plus additional jibe from philzilla along the same lines

Oh yeah, I'm fluent in leet speak these days, quite the haxor in fact, just explaining the first time I saw it

And sorry to disappoint but my sig was taken verbatim from a Chuck Palahniuk novel (Lullaby if any one cares). IRL (in real life) I don't really care about pregnancy, abortion blah.

And I know it's supposed to be spelt BABBYS - frickin pedants.
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May 8, 2003, 01:22 PM
 
Originally posted by - - e r i k - -:
Recursive acronyms are fun:

WINE = Wine Is Not an Emulator
GNU = GNU is Not UNIX
     
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May 8, 2003, 02:00 PM
 
Originally posted by brien:
GNU = GNU is Not UNIX
Beat me to it.

Originally posted by maxintosh:
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You're welcome.
     
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May 8, 2003, 03:13 PM
 
Originally posted by KeyLimePi:
Yes! Abbreviation and Acronym...two different words, two different meanings. It still bugs me when I see people use these two words interchangably, but it has become so common that I guess it's accepted.
That's right, these are not acronyms at all but abbreviations. Acronyms must be pronounceable (like GNU).
     
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May 8, 2003, 03:34 PM
 
Originally posted by Anomalous:
Acronyms must be pronounceable (like GNU).
Ever wonder why some abbreviations that could be acronyms, aren't? Like GOP, it's always "gee oh pee," never "gop."
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May 8, 2003, 04:23 PM
 
GOP is an acronym
     
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May 8, 2003, 04:42 PM
 
Originally posted by slowtax:
And I know it's supposed to be spelt BABBYS - frickin pedants.
No smileys, so you're not going to be able to BS your way out of this one!

It's babies.
     
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May 8, 2003, 05:35 PM
 
Originally posted by slowtax:
Oh yeah, I'm fluent in leet speak these days, quite the haxor in fact, just explaining the first time I saw it

And sorry to disappoint but my sig was taken verbatim from a Chuck Palahniuk novel (Lullaby if any one cares). IRL (in real life) I don't really care about pregnancy, abortion blah.

And I know it's supposed to be spelt BABBYS - frickin pedants.
     
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May 8, 2003, 07:18 PM
 
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
     
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May 8, 2003, 07:29 PM
 
BABYS= Boys Against Better Yeomen Spelling?

Wow, that was the best I could do for Y.. oh well.
     
   
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