Abbreviations question

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Can anyone provide me with a comprehensive list of the abbreviations used here? I feel like I’m missing out on something, even the obvious ones might mean something other than I interpret them.

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Failing that, how about 1 abbr. per post?

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Here are some I had to learn-

WAG: wild-ass guess

IIRC: if I remember correctly

og: Straight dope deity (not an abbreviation, but it looks like one)

MMP: Monday morning post (in MPSIMS)

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Which is a Sticky thread called “Beginner’s Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards” on the very same page that the OP asked this question.

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You can also look at Acronyms (abbreviations?) and SDMB abbreviations??.

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One that’s come up recently and doesn’t seem to be in any of the many lists:

NSFW: Not Safe For Work. Usually pornographic, obscene (not the same thing), or otherwise potentially offensive.

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By all accounts I should know this, but WTF does fnord mean???

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It’s a classical reference. Somebody should start up a wiki or something with all of these on it…