# abbriviations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbriviations/465>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 23, 1999, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbriviations/465 "1999-08-23T20:03:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 1999, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbriviations/465/1 "1999-08-23T20:03:00Z")

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Can someone give me a link to that page that has all the commonly used abbriviations. I thought it was here somewher but I can’t find it. Was it on opalcats home page?

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Formerly known as Nec3f on the AOL SDMB

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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 1999, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbriviations/465/2 "1999-08-23T21:03:00Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000096.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000096.html)

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**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbriviations/465/3 "1999-08-24T02:24:00Z")

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that was a brief posting, papa

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“Pardon me while I have a strange interlude.”-Marx

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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbriviations/465/4 "1999-08-24T03:13:00Z")

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“Abbreviated” as it were, mr. john.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbriviations/465/5 "1999-08-24T03:44:00Z")

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And I believe the specific list Joey P was referring to is the acronym list at [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/acronyms.html](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/acronyms.html) .

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**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbriviations/465/6 "1999-08-26T23:10:00Z")

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Xact pp acronymn schmacronymn what i want is a faster way to say things.

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“Pardon me while I have a strange interlude.”-Marx