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    Lightbulb Abbreviations Dictionary

    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.

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    Iirc = if i remember correctly
    IMO= in my opinion

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    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, :>
    er, if your northbridge fan is humming loudly, disconnect it. _dont_ kick the side of the case, it _will_ break it.
    i know :/

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    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!
    "Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."

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    raoflmfao
    rolling about on floor laughing my fat ass off.
    wtlw
    welcome to last week
    Farts are like children.....You always love you're Own.!!!
    Wise Men learn from Other people's mistake's...Fool's learn from their OWN.!!!

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    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 )

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    OMG - Oh my God!
    Q-Tec - Fire hazard
    GG - Good Game
    IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
    "Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."

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    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.
    er, if your northbridge fan is humming loudly, disconnect it. _dont_ kick the side of the case, it _will_ break it.
    i know :/

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    Quote 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.
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    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

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    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.
    Last edited by arsen; 16-08-2004 at 12:17 PM.
    er, if your northbridge fan is humming loudly, disconnect it. _dont_ kick the side of the case, it _will_ break it.
    i know :/

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    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.
    Last edited by arsen; 16-08-2004 at 12:24 PM.
    er, if your northbridge fan is humming loudly, disconnect it. _dont_ kick the side of the case, it _will_ break it.
    i know :/

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    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
    Last edited by nichomach; 16-08-2004 at 12:36 PM.

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    Quote 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

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    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.

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