# Acronyms (abbreviations?) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 1, 1999, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514 "1999-07-01T02:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 1999, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/21 "1999-07-08T16:19:00Z")
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get TDA - Terminal Dumb Ass - as in ‘don’t pay any attention to him, he’s got TDA’ * * * sosumi ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 1999, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/22 "1999-07-09T05:08:00Z")
Not really an acronym, but **IDtenT** errors are common in my line of work. (Resolve the numerals to observe the problem.) * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 1999, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/23 "1999-07-14T19:29:00Z")
PHD - Pop has Dough BOHICA - Bend over, here it comes again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 1999, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/24 "1999-07-14T19:52:00Z")
FOAF - friend of a friend OTL - out to lunch * * * sosumi ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 1999, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/25 "1999-07-14T20:34:00Z")
i think its ok ifwe ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 1999, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/26 "1999-07-15T23:41:00Z")
Huh? * * * sosumi ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 1999, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/27 "1999-08-01T19:56:00Z")
I disagree lover ock ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/28 "1999-08-27T05:26:00Z")
tanstafl-there aint no such thing as a free lunch (I think this is someone’s handle) ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 1999, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/29 "1999-08-28T07:39:00Z")
I never understood. IMO or IMHO. You are writing the message, of course it is your opinion. ---
**Author:** ![E1skeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@E1skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E1skeptic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 1999, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/30 "1999-08-28T07:47:00Z")
Another language purist… ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 1999, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/31 "1999-08-28T16:32:00Z")
It is not always opinion. Several of us work very hard to post _facts_. On occasion, the complete reply to a question requires a bit of speculation. At that point it is polite to indicate to the audience that the following is no longer verifyable fact (although it should, of course, be given a weight approaching fact due to our faithful emulation of Cecil). * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![suzanne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@suzanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suzanne)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 1999, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/32 "1999-08-29T08:07:00Z")
IM(R)HO - in my (rarely) humble opinion BMDB - bite me dough boy (Drew Carey) \ - big grin TTYL - talk to you later l8r - later (not really an acronym, but in the same vein) * * * 🙂 Suzanne [www.zerocattle.com](http://www.zerocattle.com) [Serendipity Enterprises](http://www.inforamp.net/~suzanne/index2.htm) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/33 "1999-08-30T05:47:00Z")
Almost there on that coding . . . . {URL=http://www.inforamp.net/~suzanne/index2.htm}Serendipity Enterprises\*\*{/url}\*\* (Of course, replacing { with [ ) [Serendipity Enterprises](http://www.inforamp.net/~suzanne/index2.htm) your humble TubaDiva/SDStaffDiv for the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![suzanne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@suzanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suzanne)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/34 "1999-08-30T02:41:00Z")
thanks, but it was actually more screwed up than that! I forgot how, um, creative, ubb code can be when you go in and edit it… 🙂 Suzanne ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 1999, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/35 "1999-09-02T19:06:00Z")
## **NATO** - Not Able To Organize **HUA** - Head Up Ass (for the BBQ Pit) **Abstainer:** _a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure._ **- Ambrose Bierce** ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 1999, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/36 "1999-09-03T23:24:00Z")
Hi everyone!!! My first post!! (“And there was much rejoicing. Yaaaaaaaa.”) AOL=Almost Online POS=Piece Of Shit. This diagnostic term I frequently use at work, when I’m testing PCs for the masses. “What’s wrong with this unit? It seems to be locked up.” “A definite POS situation.” ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2000, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/37 "2000-01-16T04:00:00Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/38 "2000-01-19T06:23:00Z")
Tom - thanks for bumping this up! TTFN, RTF 😉 ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/39 "2000-01-21T04:48:00Z")
Don’t ever, ever bump up a thread that has a loverock post. I nearly had a brain attack until I say the date. :eek: Peace. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/40 "2000-01-22T06:49:00Z")
DYPMTTUAYGA - Do You People Make These Things Up As You Go Along? * * * Virtually yours, DrMatrix [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514.md?page=3)