# Acronym Help Please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym-help-please/187570>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 10, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym-help-please/187570 "2003-07-10T22:34:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym-help-please/187570/1 "2003-07-10T22:34:57Z")

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I have been “doping” for a couple months now, and I have tried to figure out all the acronyms that are used. Most I get, but a few I don’t. I would appreciate any that you could provide with their translation.

TO get things started I don’t know what TMI stands for.

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**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym-help-please/187570/2 "2003-07-10T22:35:45Z")

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Too Much Information

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym-help-please/187570/3 "2003-07-10T22:51:16Z")

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I find [Acronym Finder](http://www.acronymfinder.com/) helps a lot.

[Handy list of SDMB acronyms.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30949)

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronym-help-please/187570/4 "2003-07-10T22:51:18Z")

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Here’s a goiod thread on acronyms…

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2528&highlight=acronyms](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2528&highlight=acronyms)