# Abbreviations question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [June 28, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527 "2006-06-28T18:34:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@scott62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott62)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527/1 "2006-06-28T18:34:19Z")
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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### Author:  [@scott62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott62)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527/2 "2006-06-28T18:37:42Z")
> [@scott62](#):
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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.
Failing that, how about 1 abbr. per post?
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527/3 "2006-06-28T18:51:14Z")
> [@scott62](#):
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> Failing that, how about 1 abbr. per post?
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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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527/4 "2006-06-28T18:53:55Z")
> **[Beginner's Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298)**
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> There are a number of terms commonly used on the Straight Dope Message Boards, that are basically “in-jokes” or references. There are several threads listing such, I have tried to compile them all into one post here. If anyone has additions or...
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### Author:  [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527/5 "2006-06-28T21:49:16Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> [Beginner's Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298)
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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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527/6 "2006-06-29T08:08:21Z")
You can also look at [Acronyms (abbreviations?)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=2528) and [SDMB abbreviations??](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158002).
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### Author:  [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2006, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527/7 "2006-06-29T10:46:47Z")
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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### Author:  [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527/8 "2006-06-29T16:44:40Z")
By all accounts I _should_ know this, but WTF does **fnord** mean???
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-question/362527/9 "2006-06-29T16:47:50Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> By all accounts I _should_ know this, but WTF does **fnord** mean???
It’s a [classical reference.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnord) Somebody should start up a wiki or something with all of these on it…