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Oct 7th 2009, 6:57 pm

Jingsamichty

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Acronyms

Who can guess what these internet acronyms means? Some very common and some not so common ones here....

LOL
TTYL
AAMOF
BTDT
TTFN
GIRUY
IMHO
FWIW
TAFN
BOOMM
NP
JAS
TGIF
CYM
BION
JFGI
PHAT
BRB
AFAIK
L8R
WTF
TLA
IRL
IIRC
BSOM
GTG
BBL
FTW

Oct 7th 2009, 7:10 pm

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Re: Acronyms

YIC, BICBA

Oct 7th 2009, 7:10 pm

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Re: Acronyms

TLA=Three Letter Acronym.

It is my favourite TLA of all time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

Who can guess what these internet acronyms means? Some very common and some not so common ones here....
TLA

Oct 7th 2009, 7:41 pm

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Re: Acronyms

TITPOITS

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Oct 7th 2009, 8:30 pm

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Re: Acronyms

VCMDLM is a favourite in this household.

It's much quicker than saying "va chier, mange de la marde".

Oct 7th 2009, 8:36 pm

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Re: Acronyms

Quote:

Originally Posted by Souvy

VCMDLM is a favourite in this household.

It's much quicker than saying "va chier, mange de la marde".

One I use a lot at work is UBISS = Unreasonable Belief In Spreadsheet Syndrome, very widespread among graduate students these days.

Oct 7th 2009, 8:39 pm

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Re: Acronyms

well out of that whole list I knew 9 - though i'm sure I could make some belters up out of what was left

Oct 7th 2009, 8:41 pm

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Re: Acronyms

Quote:

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

One I use a lot at work is UBISS = Unreasonable Belief In Spreadsheet Syndrome, very widespread among graduate students these days.

To which they reply: "OFCAE"

Oct 7th 2009, 8:54 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mandymoochops

well out of that whole list I knew 9 - though i'm sure I could make some belters up out of what was left

I wouldn't worry - I didn't get much more than that either.

What about QFE (sometimes it is QFU).

or PIMP - a quilting site I used to use used that one a lot