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Jingsamichty

Oct 7th 2009 6:57 am

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

R I C H

Oct 7th 2009 7:10 am

Re: Acronyms

YIC, BICBA :)

Greenhill

Oct 7th 2009 7:10 am

Re: Acronyms

TLA=Three Letter Acronym.

It is my favourite TLA of all time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 7997943)

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

Oink	Oct 7th 2009 7:41 am

Re: Acronyms

TITPOITS

TITGOITP

Souvy

Oct 7th 2009 8:30 am

Re: Acronyms

VCMDLM is a favourite in this household.

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

Novocastrian

Oct 7th 2009 8:36 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 7998142)

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.

mandymoochops

Oct 7th 2009 8:39 am

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 ;)

geo4	Oct 7th 2009 8:41 am

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 7998162)

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"

Chookie

Oct 7th 2009 8:54 am

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Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 7998167)

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

Novocastrian

Oct 7th 2009 9:08 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by geo4 (Post 7998173)

To which they reply: "OFCAE"

Oh go on then. What's that mean?

Bill_S

Oct 7th 2009 9:36 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 7998236)

Oh go on then. What's that mean?

Old Farts Can't Appreciate Extrapolation?

Novocastrian

Oct 7th 2009 10:00 am

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Originally Posted by Bill_S (Post 7998288)

Old Farts Can't Appreciate Extrapolation?

Excellent guess. I would've expected something more like BBGSIS. But Bill Gates Says It's So.

Jingsamichty

Oct 7th 2009 10:01 am

Re: Acronyms

Overly Fastidious Cleverclogs Antagonises Everyone? ;)

Novocastrian

Oct 7th 2009 10:05 am

Re: Acronyms

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 7998330)

Overly Fastidious Cleverclogs Antagonises Everyone? ;)

Now you're talking. I take that as a great compliment.

joelsa

Oct 7th 2009 11:06 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 7998167)

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

LOL

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