# Acbg **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 22, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acbg/281115 "2004-12-22T04:32:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acbg/281115/1 "2004-12-22T04:32:50Z")
Who or what is ACBG that **swampbear** talks about? WRS/Thû ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acbg/281115/2 "2004-12-22T05:11:00Z")
[Advisory Committee for Blind Gardeners](http://www.thrive.org.uk/page09_2.html)? [Airframe Control Bearing Group](http://forums.sae.org/access/dispatch.cgi/TEAACBG_pf)? [Autogenous Cancellous Bone Graft](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8896692&dopt=Abstract)? \ I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acbg/281115/3 "2004-12-22T05:18:55Z")
According to [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287648&highlight=acbg) thread, it stands for A Certain Burly Gentleman. ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acbg/281115/4 "2004-12-22T05:25:57Z")
Ah. 🙂 I suppose **swampbear** and ACBG are partners, yes? WRS/Thû - I love gay couples. They make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Even though there’s no such thing as true love. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acbg/281115/5 "2004-12-23T06:52:33Z")
> [@WeRSauron](#): > > I love gay couples. They make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Even though there’s no such thing as true love. With names like **swampbear** and **A Certain Burly Gentleman** , rest assured, there’s a lot of warm fuzziness there. Peace. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acbg/281115/6 "2004-12-23T17:14:52Z")
I may be completely wrong, but I got the impression that when **swampbear** speaks of **A certain burly gentleman,** he’s talking about himself. Some posters refer to themselves in the third person; it’s a charming quirk. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acbg/281115/7 "2004-12-23T17:37:19Z")
I don’t think he’s talking about himself. From the thread linked above: > [@](#): > > I currently have a squeeze whom I refer to as a certain burly gentleman, ACBG for short ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acbg/281115/8 "2004-12-27T16:58:38Z")
Aw geez! ACBG gets his own thread and he ain’t even a Doper. Look y’all, it’s hard breaking in a new squeeze. I’ve just about got the critter actin’ like I want him too. Let’s not do anything to give him the big head now! 😃 **WeRSauron** I suppose we are a couple now. Heck, after about six months he’s still hanging around so there must be something happening. All I know is the critter does give me the warm fuzzies and he’s just a big ol’ sweetie. **AskNott** yes there is an ACBG, but he’s not me. He’s big and furry and sometimes makes a nice blanket on a cold night. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acbg/281115/9 "2004-12-27T19:20:37Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Aw geez! ACBG gets his own thread and he ain’t even a Doper. Look y’all, it’s hard breaking in a new squeeze. I’ve just about got the critter actin’ like I want him too. Let’s not do anything to give him the big head now! 😃 > > **WeRSauron** I suppose we are a couple now. Heck, after about six months he’s still hanging around so there must be something happening. All I know is the critter does give me the warm fuzzies and he’s just a big ol’ sweetie. > > **AskNott** yes there is an ACBG, but he’s not me. He’s big and furry and sometimes makes a nice blanket on a cold night. 😉 **Chimpy would like to post here however the warm fuzziness has rendered him incapable of typing**