Abbreviations Dictionary

[ajbrun]

I think we need some kind of list of all the abbreviations that people use, and their meaning. Perhaps this could go in the help section, and people can suggest abbreviations to put in there.

I'll start the list of with what I know:

IMO - In My Opinion
LMAO - Laugh my Arse Off

What do you think - good idea or bad? I know my list isn't very big - I'm sure there are more.

[Shogun]

Iirc = if i remember correctly
IMO= in my opinion

[arsen]

lmao = laughING my ass off. < hate that, reminds me of AOL / Yahoo kiddie chat.
rofl = rolling on the floor laughing
lol = laughing out loud
tbh = to be honest
ooi = out of interest (i started that .. nobody knows what it means yet though :/)
afaik = as far as i know
wysiwyg = what you see is what you get
rtfm = read the frogging manual
bbl = be backc later
bbs = be back soon
brb = be right back
afk = away from keyboard
ul = unlucky
cba = cant be arsed
hf = have fun

cba todo anymore, :>

[mike_w]

I personally think this is an excellent idea - half the time I have to try and work out what people are saying when they use abbreviations!

TTIUWP - This thread is useless without pictures

That's the only extra one I can think of!

[CrapshoT]

raoflmfao
rolling about on floor laughing my fat ass off.
wtlw
welcome to last week

[streetster]

gl - good luck
fao - for the attention of (but you know that right?_
ymmv - your mileage may vary
wrt - with regard to

prolly lots more but i cant think atm (at the moment )

[mike_w]

OMG - Oh my God!
Q-Tec - Fire hazard
GG - Good Game
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

[arsen]

i think i pointed out all of them, any others you should know, and ..

raoflmfao rolling about on floor laughing my fat ass off. wtlw welcome to last week

first time ive ever heard of those. infact you just added random words in, and wtlw.. your either in abbreviationers anonymous or spent too long on random forums imo :|

ymmv - your mileage may vary
wrt - with regard to

thats the sorta thing you get out of those £1 text-message abbrv books, things that nobodys ever heard of or ever uses.

[CrapshoT]

Originally Posted by arsen

i think i pointed out all of them, any others you should know, and ..




first time ive ever heard of those. infact you just added random words in, and wtlw.. your either in abbreviationers anonymous or spent too long on random forums imo :|

This from the person who listed loads.
wtlw is/was posted when someone posted something which had already been posted before.
get down off your horse.

[Jonny M]

www.acronymfinder.com

[streetster]

thats the sorta thing you get out of those £1 text-message abbrv books, things that nobodys ever heard of or ever uses.

? have a quick forum search for wrt or ymmv matey before you make false claims

[arsen]

no offence intended, but i stand by what i said.

edit: oh .. and i reckon theres a limit to how much you should abbreviate things, why make trouble for people who dont understand them, when its hardly much effort to use the full sentance.

[arsen]

oh and crapshot, i listed common ones afaik, from years on forums/irc etc, im quite used to those, others tend to be questionned or frowned apon.

[nichomach]

Your Mileage May Vary (ymmv) is a pretty common abbreviation, arsen, one which I've seen used in multiple forums. Just because you haven't seen something doesn't mean it doesn't exist... I suggest googling for it; you'll see Wikipedia entries, even CNET's glossary has an entry for it FFS. Google YMMV

Google WRT

[Spunkey]

Originally Posted by arsen

ooi = out of interest (i started that .. nobody knows what it means yet though :/)

i use that sometimes too, occasionally JOOI - Just Out Of Interest

[Iain]

arsen, put your toys back in the pram, you're moving the thread off topic; it asked for a list of definitions not whether it was good practice to use them or not. That goes for the rest of you as well, keep it on track please.