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Unread postby EnviroEngr » Mon 05 Jul 2004, 16:24:35

I need some help getting all the standard abbreviations defined. Like:

I.M.H.O. = In My Honest (or Humble) Opinion
BTW = By The Way
BRB = Be Right Back

etc. Can somebody give me a hand getting this list put together. There's a bunch I don't know and it's fairly onerous getting them all looked up.

Thanks.
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Unread postby k_semler » Mon 05 Jul 2004, 17:40:38

RTFM- Read The Fucking Manual
RTFA- Read The Fucking Article
YMMV- Your Mileage May Vary
G2G- Got To Go
LOL- Laughing Out Loud
ROTF- Rolling On The Floor
LMAO- Laughing My Ass Off
W/E- Whatever
ASL- Age, Sex, Location
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Unread postby Whitecrab » Mon 05 Jul 2004, 23:33:29

ROFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing, is an alternative to ROTF

Two that seem relatively confined to this board:

SHTF - Sh!# hits the fan (the point where things go bad)
TEOTWAWKI - The End of the World as We Know It.
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Unread postby notacornucopian » Mon 05 Jul 2004, 23:43:26

FWIW - for what it's worth
OTOH - I can never remember that one
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Unread postby OilBurner » Tue 06 Jul 2004, 05:28:23

OTOH = on the other hand
another one.. IIRC = if I remember/recall correctly
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Unread postby KiddieKorral » Tue 06 Jul 2004, 20:04:11

PTB: Powers That Be
MZB: Mutant Zombie Bikers
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PUGE

Unread postby EnviroEngr » Thu 06 Jan 2005, 21:27:09

Need help with: PUGE
Anyone?
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Unread postby Hiderow » Mon 10 Jan 2005, 21:57:32

Theres websites with them all, here's 2 of them, I dont know how accurate they are so doublecheck on another site if your not sure.
http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/acronyms.php
http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/

Oh, EnviroEngr, I'm pretty sure "puge" only means something to whoever made the word up, I could be wrong though [smilie=dontknow.gif]
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Unread postby 0mar » Tue 11 Jan 2005, 01:19:25

AFAIK - as far as I know

AFK - away from keyboard
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Unread postby DomusAlbion » Tue 11 Jan 2005, 02:26:45

I can't believe you guys skipped this on or is it too obvious:

TEOWAWKI

The
End
of the
World
As
We
Know
It

And I don't feel so fine, actually. :(
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Find It!

Unread postby EnviroEngr » Tue 11 Jan 2005, 18:57:24

I shall begin my webcrawling then....

{Didn't find it on Jane's DBase. Could get it there though. Good idea, I think...}
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Houston...

Unread postby EnviroEngr » Tue 01 Mar 2005, 21:55:10

Whitecrab wrote:ROFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing, is an alternative to ROTF

Two that seem relatively confined to this board:

SHTF - Sh!# hits the fan (the point where things go bad)
TEOTWAWKI - The End of the World as We Know It.


DomusAlbion, I see that it was hidden in plain view.
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Unread postby DomusAlbion » Wed 02 Mar 2005, 10:14:42

Ack! Often my vision fails me. Need to get my coke bottle glasses cleaned. :oops:
"Modern Agriculture is the use of land to convert petroleum into food."
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Unread postby RealityCheckBounced » Wed 02 Mar 2005, 16:46:42

What does this mean : <eom>

I always see this on yahoo finance message boards. Those posts always have no text other than <eom>. I guess it means that the title of the thread is all there is?
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Unread postby johnmarkos » Wed 02 Mar 2005, 16:47:11

eom = end of message

The abbreviation informs the reader that the message consists of a subject and no body: clicking on the message will provide no further information.
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Unread postby Sys1 » Sun 13 Mar 2005, 14:36:44

PO = peak oil ! lol (laugh out loud)
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Unread postby 0mar » Sun 13 Mar 2005, 14:51:49

SA - South America or Saudi Arabia depending on context
WTF - what/where the fuck
EPR/EROEI - Energy Profit Ratio, Energy Returned on Energy Invested
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