Forum Abbreviations

[lederr]

I have noticed a lot of people asking what certain abbreviations mean. I found a good list with most of them. HTH!

AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
AF - Aunt Flow, reference to menstrual cycle
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AFAIU - As Far As I Understand
AISI - As I See It
AKA - Also Known As
ANY1 - Anyone
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ASL - Age/ Sex/ Location?
ATB - All The Best
ATTN - Attention

B4 - Before
B4N - Bye For Now
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be Back Soon
BC or B/C - Birth Control or Because
BF - Breastfeeding, Breastfed or Boyfriend
BIL - Brother In Law
BION - Believe It Or Not
BOL - Best Of Luck
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
BWL - Bursting With Laughter

C&P - Copy & Paste
CAW - Children Are Watching
CIO - Crying It Out
CU - See you

DD - Dear/Darling Daughter
DH - Dear/Darling/D*mn Husband
DIM - Do It Myself
DIY - Do It Yourself
DK - Don't Know
DLG - Devilish Little Grin
DOB - Date Of Birth
DS - Dear/Darling Son
DW - Dear/Darling/D*mn Wife

EOD - End Of Discussion

F2F - Face To Face
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FIL - Father In Law
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information

GA - Go Ahead
GBH&K - Great Big Hugs & Kisses
GF - Girlfriend
GG - Gotta Go
GL - Good Luck
GLG - Goofy Little Grin
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GR8 - Great
GTG - Got To Go

HAK - Hugs And Kisses
HAND - Have A Nice Day
H&K - Hugs & Kisses
HP - Home Page
HTH - Hope This Helps

IB - I'm Back
ICQ - I Seek You [an Internet messaging system]
ICU - I see you
IME - In My Experience
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOU - I Owe You
ISO - In Search Of
ISP - Internet Service Provider
ITA - I Totally Agree

JK - Just Kidding or Junior Kindergarten
J/K - Just Kidding
JMHO - Just My Humble Opinion
JMO - Just My Opinion
JSYK - Just So You Know

KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KWIM - Know What I Mean

L8R - Later
LALL - Live And Let Live
LMK - Let Me Know
LOAO - Laughing Our A*ses Off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LTM - Laughing To Myself
LTNS - Long Time No See
LY - Love ya

M8 - Mate
ME2 - Me Too
MIL - Mother In Law
MOF - Matter Of Fact
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business

NBD - No Big Deal
NBTD - Nothing Better To Do
NE1 - Anyone
NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard
NLT - No Later Than
NM - Never Mind or No Message
NOYB - None Of Your Business
NP - No Problem
NT - No Text
NTG - Not Too Good

OIC - Oh I See
OTOH - On The Other Hand
OW - Oh Well

PDQ - Pretty D*mn Quick
PLS - Please
POV - Point Of View
PTB - Powers That Be
PTMM - Please Tell Me More
PTMY - Pleased To Meet You

QT - Cutie

RE - Regarding
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My A*s Off
ROFLMHO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Head Off
ROFLOL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTFLSHISMC - Rolling On The Floor Laughing So Hard I Spilt My Coffee
ROTM - Right On The Money
RSN - Real Soon Now

SAHM - Stay At Home Mom
SAHP - Stay At Home Parent
SAR - Smart A*s Remark
SCNR - Sorry, Could Not Resist
SETE - Smiling Ear To Ear
SIL - Sister In Law
SIT - Stay In Touch
SO - Significant Other
SOL - Sh*t Out of Luck
SPAM - SPiced hAM [a common term on the Internet used to refer to unsolicited bulk e-mail]
SRY - Sorry
STS - So To Speak
SS - Step Son
SD - Step Daughter

TAF - That's All Folks
TAFN - That's All For Now
TBC - To Be Continued
TGIF - Thank God It's Friday
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TLC - Tender Loving Care
THX - Thanks
TROLL - To deliberately provoke an argument in a newsgroup, forum or chat room
TTC -Trying To Conceive
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TWIMC - To Whom It May Concern
TY - Thank You
TYVM - Thank You Very Much

VBG - Very Big Grin

W8 - Wait
WB - Welcome Back
WBS - Write Back Soon
WOM - Word Of Mouth
WTG - Way To Go!

YKWIM - You Know What I Mean
YT - Yours Truly

 

[Fit_mommy]

Holy cr@p! I had no idea there were this many! :7

 

[marcy]

Thanks, Lorie - great list! Here's a couple more:

YMMV - your mileage may vary
ETA - edited to add

Does anyone know what IIRC is?

Marcy

 

[dogs2birds]

Thanks Lorie! How WILL we ever keep up!

Suz

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France

http://www.picturetrail.com/dogs2birds

 

[allwildgirl]

IIRC - if I recall correctly

 

[alsrnbsn]

I'm with Wendy...I had no idea there were so many!!!

 

[kristi]

Great list! BF could also be best friend.

 

[pippa]

That's some list!:7 Thanks for posting!

Now I just need to figure out a way to remember them all

 

[Liz66]

Okay, I was excited thinking I'd finally learn what DOMS stands for!! People use it all the time, and I get the gist of it, but what does it stand for??!!??!?!!

It's probably obvious, but I'm a trifle slow...
Liz

 

[lederr]

Delayed onset muscle soreness

 

[allwildgirl]

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness

 

[Liz66]

!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was driving me crazy!!!!

 

[lainiefig]

Thanks, Lorie.

I'm going to have to bookmark this one. I've been doing forums here there and everywhere for a while but there are still some that throw me for a loop.

[font face="palatino linotype" font color=purple font size=+1]***Lainie***

http://web.mac.com/lainiefig/iWeb/Site/Exercise/Exercise.html

"The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself." -- Mark Twain[/font]

 

[RunninTeach]

I have always wondered about YMMV. I had no idea that's what it meant and have never actually heard that expression before.

Would be great if this list could be made into a sticky.

[font face="heather" font color=brick red size=+2]~Cathy [/font face] http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/4.gif
"Out on the roads there is fitness and self-discovery and the persons we were destined to be." -George Sheehan

 

[pwmatt]

Lori, that was great of you to do this! Thanks!

Phyllis http://www.rykat.org/forums/style_emoticons/default/arrowhead.png


http://www.picturetrail.com/pwmatt

 

[Jazcam]

Thanks I need this to figure out what my daughter is saying when she IM and text her 500 friends.

 

[kathryn]

Yikes!!

I just hope people don't start using the ones on this list that we haven't used on this forum before. I'm fine with the regular ones we use (YMMV, IIRC, HTH, DOMS, those for Cathe's workouts), and I have figured out a few others, but I don't want to have to have a cheat sheet on-hand when reading posts!;-)

 

[SRP]

I feel a bit overwhelmed.

 

[Aquajock]

DODN.TINT.(Y)

(Do or do not. There is no try. {Yoda})

AJ (A-Jock)

 

[4fitNphun]

WOW!!

That's a long list. HAHA!! I copied and paste onto word document and saved it for future reference. (hope that's ok with you).

Thanks alot.

Penny