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    I was just wondering what all of the shorting of words mean. Are they on the site somewhere? eg. LOL, SO, HX etc. It just that I keep falling behind.

    Kaz

  • #2
    Re: Blond Moment

    Hey Kaz...it can be a mine field!

    lHeres a few I can think of:
    <3 heart
    404 I havent a clue
    A3 Anyplace, anywhere, anytime
    ADN Any day now
    AFAIK As far as I know
    AFK Away from keyboard
    ARE Acronym-rich environment
    ASAP As soon as possible
    A/S/L? Age/sex/location?
    B4N Bye for now
    BAK Back at the keyboard
    BAS Big a** smile
    BBIAB Be back in a bit
    BBL Be back later
    BBN Bye bye now
    BBS Be back soon
    BEG Big evil grin
    BF Boy friend
    BFD Big f***ing deal
    BFN Bye for now
    BG Big grin
    BIBO Beer in, beer out
    BIOYIOP Blow it out your I/O port
    BL Belly laughing
    BMGWL Busting my gut with laughter
    BOTEC Back-of-the-envelope calculation
    BRB Be right back
    BTA But then again...
    BTDT Been there, done that
    BTW By the way
    BWL Bursting with laughter
    BWTHDIK But what the heck do I know...?
    CICO Coffee in, coffee out
    C&G Chuckle and grin
    CNP Continued in next post
    CRB Come right back
    CRBT Crying real big tears
    CU See you
    CUL See you later
    CUL8ER See you later
    CYA See ya
    CYA Cover your ass
    CYO See you online
    DBA Doing business as
    DFLA Disenhanced four-letter acronym (that is, a TLA)
    DL Dead link
    DLTBBB Dont let the bed bugs bite
    DIKU Do I know you?
    DITYID Did I tell you Im distressed?
    DOM Dirty old man
    DOS Dozing off soon
    DQMOT Dont quote me on this
    DTRT Do the right thing
    DWB Dont write back
    E2E exchange to exchange
    E2E e-business to e-business
    E2E employee to employee
    E2E end to end
    EG Evil grin
    EMFBI Excuse me for butting in
    EMSG E-mail message
    EOM End of message
    EOT End of thread (meaning: end of discussion)
    ESAD Eat s**t and die
    ETLA Extended three-letter acronym (that is, an FLA)
    EWG evil wicked grin
    F2F Face to face
    FAQ Frequently-ask question(s)
    FC Fingers crossed
    FISH First in, still here
    FLA Four-letter acronym
    FMTYEWTK Far more than you ever wanted to know
    FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing
    FTBOMH From the bottom of my heart
    FUBAR F***ed up beyond all repair or recognition
    FUD Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
    FWIW For what its worth
    FYI For your information
    G Grin
    GA Go ahead
    GAL Get a life
    GIGO Garbage in, garbage out
    GD&R Grinning, ducking, and running
    GF Girlfriend
    GFN Gone for now
    GGP Gotta go pee
    GIWIST Gee, I wish Id said that
    GL Good luck
    GMAB Give me a break
    GMTA Great minds think alike
    GOL Giggling out loud
    GTRM Going to read mail
    GTSY Glad to see you
    H&K Hug and kiss
    HAGN Have a good night
    HAND Have a nice day
    HHIS Hanging head in shame
    HIG Hows it going
    HT Hi there
    HTH Hope this helps
    HUB Head up butt
    HZ Heat exchange
    IAC In any case
    IAE In any event
    IANAL I am not a lawyer (but)
    IAW I agree with or In accordance with
    IC I see
    IGP I gotta pee
    IHA I hate acronyms
    IHU I hear you
    IIRC If I recall/remember/recollect correctly
    ILU or ILY I love you
    IM Immediate message
    IMCO In my considered opinion
    IMHO In my humble opinion
    IMing Chatting with someone online usually while doing other things such as playing trivia or other interactive game
    IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
    IMO In my opinion
    IMS I am sorry
    IOW In other words
    IPN Im posting naked
    IRL In real life (that is, when not chatting)
    ITA I totally agree
    ITIGBS I think Im going to be sick
    IWALU I will always love you
    IYSWIM If you see what I mean
    J4G Just for grins
    JBOD Just a bunch of disks (like redundant array of independent disks, etc.)
    JIC Just in case
    JK or j/k Just kidding
    JMO Just my opinion
    JTLYK Just to let you know
    k ok
    KISS Keep it simple stupid
    KIT Keep in touch
    KOTC Kiss on the cheek
    KOTL Kiss on the lips
    KWIM? Know what I mean?
    L8R Later
    L8R G8R Later gator
    LD Later, dude
    LDR Long-distance relationship
    LHO Laughing head off
    LLTA Lots and lots of thunderous applause
    LMAFO Laughing my f**king a** off
    LMAO Laughing my a** off
    LMSO Laughing my socks off
    LOL Laughing out loud
    LRF Little Rubber Feet (the little pads on the bottom of displays and other equipment)
    LSHMBH Laughing so hard my belly hurts
    LTM Laugh to myself
    LTNS Long time no see
    LTR Long-term relationship
    LULAB Love you like a brother
    LULAS Love you like a sister
    LUWAMH Love you with all my heart
    LY Love ya
    LY4E Love ya forever
    MorF Male or female
    MOSS Member of the same sex
    MOTOS Member of the opposite sex
    MTF More to follow
    MUSM Miss you so much
    NADT Not a darn thing
    NFG No f*****g good
    NFW No feasible way or no f*****g way
    NIFOC Naked in front of computer
    NP or N/P No problem
    NRN No response necessary
    OIC Oh, I see
    OLL Online love
    OMG Oh my God
    OTF Off the floor
    OTOH On the other hand
    OTTOMH Off the top of my head
    PANS Pretty awesome new stuff (as opposed to "POTS")
    PAW Parents are watching
    PCMCIA People cant master computer industry acronyms
    PDA Public display of affection
    PEBCAK Problem exists between chair and keyboard
    PIBKAC Problem is between keyboard and chair
    PITA Pain in the ass
    PM Private message
    PMFJIB Pardon me for jumping in but...
    POAHF Put on a happy face
    ::POOF:: Goodbye (leaving the room)
    POTS Plain old telephone service
    PU That stinks!
    QT Cutie
    RL Real life (that is, when not chatting)
    ROR Raffing out roud (Engrish for "laughing out loud")
    ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
    ROTFLMAO Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off
    ROTFLMAOWPIMP Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off while peeing in my pants
    ROTFLMBO Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off
    RPG Role-playing games
    RSN Real soon now
    RT Real time
    RTFM Read the f***ing manual

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    • #3
      Re: Blond Moment

      and:

      RYO Roll your own (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled yourself with tobacco and paper)
      S^ Sup - whats up
      S4L Spam for life (what you may get when you become someones customer or client)
      SHCOON Shoot hot coffee out of nose
      SEG S***-eating grin
      SETE Smiling ear to ear
      SF Surfer-friendly (low-graphics Web site)
      SHID Slaps head in disgust
      SNAFU Situation normal, all f***ed up
      SO Significant other
      SOL Smilling out loud or sh*t out of luck
      SOMY Sick of me yet?
      SOT Short on time
      SOTMG Short on time must go
      STFU Shut the f**k up
      STFW Search the f*****g Web
      STW Search the Web
      SU Shut up
      SUAKM Shut up and kiss me
      SUP Whats up
      SWAG Stupid wild-a** guess
      SWAK Sealed with a kiss
      SWL Screaming with laughter
      SYS See you soon
      TA Thanks again
      TAFN Thats all for now
      TANSTAAFL There aint no such thing as a free lunch
      TCOY Take care of yourself
      TFH Thread from hell (a discussion that just wont die and is often irrelevant to the purpose of the forum or group)
      TGIF Thank God its Friday
      THX Thanks
      TIA Thanks in advance (used if you post a question and are expecting a helpful reply)
      TILII Tell it like it is
      TLA Three-letter acronym
      TLK2UL8R Talk to you later
      TMI Too much information
      TNT Till next time
      TOPCA Til our paths cross again (early Celtic chat term)
      TOY Thinking of you
      TPTB The powers that be
      TTFN Ta-Ta for now
      TTT Thought that, too (when someone types in what you were about to type)
      TTYL Talk to you later
      TU Thank you
      TY Thank you
      TYVM Thank you very much
      UAPITA Youre a pain in the ass
      UAF Until further notice
      UW Youre welcome
      VBG Very big grin
      VBSEG Very big s***-eating grin
      WAG Wild a** guess
      WAYD What are you doing
      WB Welcome back
      WBS Write back soon
      WDALYIC Who died and left you in charge?
      WEG Wicked evil grin
      WFM Works for me
      WIBNI Wouldnt it be nice if
      WT? What/who the ?
      WTF What the F***!
      WTFO What the F***! Over!
      WTG Way to go!
      WTGP? Want to go private?
      WU? Whats up?
      WYSITWIRL What you see is TOTALLY WORTHLESS IN REAL LIFE!
      WUF? Where are you from?
      WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
      YBS Youll be sorry
      YGBSM You gotta be s***tin me!
      YMMV Your mileage may vary.
      YW Youre welcome

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      • #4
        Re: Blond Moment

        OMG WTG Den! STW 4 em? LOL.

        BTW "Heres a few I can think of" AUK?

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        • #5
          Re: Blond Moment

          Thanks for that. I can now go back to all the discussions I was missing pieces of and catch up.

          Kaz

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          • #6
            Re: Blond Moment

            Originally posted by Dennis link=1193214061/0#1 date=1193214621
            Hey Kaz...it can be a mine field!

            lHeres a few I can think of:
            Er....thats just a few?? ;D ;D

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            • #7
              Re: Blond Moment

              Originally posted by Kazmoses link=1193214061/0#0 date=1193214060
              I was just wondering what all of the shorting of words mean. Are they on the site somewhere? eg. LOL, SO, HX etc. It just that I keep falling behind.

              Kaz
              While LOL as used on here means Laughing Out Loud just as the list posted, the other two abbreviations you asked about are in one case different than that on the posted list and in the other case not even included in the list.

              SO as used on here means Single Origin. As in all the beans came from a single farm/plantation. In some cases while the beans come from multiple farms they are all from the same type of tree and similar growing conditions and are considered to be Single Origins. This is especially true with many African beans.

              HX is short for Heat eXchanger. A method of heating water in espresso machines found mainly in commercial units.


              Java "We now return you to Denniss lesson on how to txt like a teen!" phile
              Toys! I must have new toys!!!

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              • #8
                Re: Blond Moment

                rofl, kewl JP!

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                • #9
                  Re: Blond Moment

                  IPN      Im posting naked


                  Really Dennis

                  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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                  • #10
                    Re: Blond Moment

                    OMG WTG Lucinda. TMI!

                    PS. IHA, KWIM?

                    EDIT: Just for clarification: my post translates to: Oh my God Lucinda, Too much information. Post Script. I hate acronyms, Know what I mean?
                    I would hope no-one finds that offensive.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Blond Moment

                      Ok all, the mod hat is on now and Im setting a heading back to responses in keeping with the fact that this is a family site....

                      Many belly laughs there, but can we please keep the crude ones for PM?

                      2mcm

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                      • #12
                        Re: Blond Moment

                        Originally posted by 2muchcoffeeman link=1193214061/0#10 date=1193294882
                        Ok all, the mod hat is on now and Im setting a heading back to responses in keeping with the fact that this is a family site....

                        Many belly laughs there, but can we please keep the crude ones for PM?

                        2mcm
                        Sorry all gone now.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Blond Moment

                          Briefly on my podium ...

                          I acknowledge that language evolves to match cultural changes - but for lazy acronym texting to infiltrate & replace TRUE communication so bloody pervasively is like drinking a stale grind :P Leaves a bad taste >...

                          Its a reminder that eloquence/detail/feeling in written/verbal expression, like a great coffee experience, can be comparable - re-freshingly fresh, sometimes complex, sometimes subtle, but always personal.

                          One of my (19yr old) casual employees, a Uni student, told me recently that she knew of several people who submitted assignments in text form. Suffice to say, they deservedly failed!

                          I like smileys, though

                          Off the podium now ...

                          The above comments were expressed

                          IMHO BY GOD ... IHA :



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