# abbrev.....
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbrev/159227
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [March 5, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbrev/159227 "2003-03-05T13:17:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Beech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beech)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbrev/159227/1 "2003-03-05T13:17:57Z")
Following on from some recent posts from us newbees how about a list from someone on the abbreviations used on the board…
OP & TMI have recently been answered, but what is IIRC?
…Im sure there must be others!
thanx in advance
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbrev/159227/2 "2003-03-05T13:28:55Z")
[http://www.netlingo.com/](http://www.netlingo.com/)
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### Author:  [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbrev/159227/3 "2003-03-05T13:38:16Z")
For All Features Great And Small / All Things Bright And Beautiful, check out **Arnold Winkelried** ’s threads in ATMB: [FAQ - technical issues](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103503) and [FAQ - Guidelines for posting at the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106617).
…for abbreviation explanations, check out this SDMB thread.
[A SDMB thread re: acronyms (abbreviations?)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2528)
…and a couple outside references.
[Netlingo: Acronyms & Shorthand](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm)
[Acronym Finder](http://www.acronymfinder.com/).
…and here are some other SDMB threads you might want to look at if you have a lot of time on your hands…
[Abbreviations and stuff](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27417)
[Phrase abbreviations in threads (Newbie alert!)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28369)
[Attn Newcomers - Abbreviations List](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32636)
[Message Board abbreviations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57452)
[abbreviations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80573)
[YMMV and other SDMB abbreviations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=115129)
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### Author:  [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbrev/159227/4 "2003-03-05T13:53:34Z")
Wow - that was a pretty comprehensive list **Algie**.
I was just going to say “If I Remember Correctly” - both correct _and_ unhelpful of me; just the way I like it 🙂
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