# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/61 "2000-07-01T02:40:38Z")
I’m bumping, not trolling. This post is too useful. TYP–Thank you partner THA–Thank you all ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/62 "2000-07-01T22:33:32Z")
SOL = Sh\*t Outta Luck -could also mean Standards Of Learning or Speed Of Light. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/63 "2000-07-24T19:33:14Z")
Other useful ones: MCAS - my cornflakes are soggy DSTD - Don’t shoot the deer AHAGP - Anybody have any Grey Poupon ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/64 "2000-07-26T11:23:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Could we leave this thread here as a “reference” link or something like that for the begginers like me? > > You bet. In fact, let’s get a good list going and then we’ll put it in the FAQ, as well as a link to other lists, perhaps, so you get everything. Don’t forget, you can access the FAQ by simply clicking on **FAQ** in the upper right hand corner of the board. > > \*\* Just a suggestion, but what about turning these into a separate window that you can click on and quickly see? Sorta like the smilies one. In fact, put it next to the smilies. It would get people to use them while posting (thus also teaching everyone them). ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/65 "2000-07-26T14:14:22Z")
Many are from this thread: **[Molosters](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24126)** moloster - For those of you who haven’t seen the “thread killers” thread, a moloster derives from and is defined by the words MOst Last pOSTer. UBB - the “old” bulletin board software vB - the “new” bulletin board software Sock - short for Sock Puppet, a extra screen name created by a poster, usually to support an argument. newbie, oldbie, middlebie - relative number of posts on this board. Troll - a regurlar poster or a sock puppet who disagrees with you. You must shout him down if you are a Troll Buster, another form of troll. ATMB ~ About This Message Board CCC ~ Comments on Cecil’s Columns (sounded like a govt. dept.) CMA ~ Comments on Mailbag Answers (sounded like hardware) GQ ~ General Questions (It made no sense as the magazine) GD ~ Great Debates (thought it was swearing) IMHO ~ In My Humble Opinion (sounded like a non-board term) MPSIMS ~ (still have no idea about this one) BBQ or Pit ~ The BBQ Pit And here’s some local ones from this thread: This is the forum Fanny May missed: MPSIMS - Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. For general chatter, great thoughts, etc. DNFTTH - Do Not Feed The Troll Hunters either. They are both playing the same game of tag, to the detriment of the board. AFK - Away From Keyboard SWAG - Scientific Wild Ass Guess and my own invention, UAFSE - Use A Search Engine, useful when people start threads asking what a troll is and whatnot. This reminds me of RTFM, a customer support favorite … Read The F\*ing Manual. Here’s a new one. UTPF - Use the Preview Feature. SIFEUI : Search Is Easy, Use It ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/66 "2000-07-26T14:16:49Z")
**[ATTN Newcomers - Abbreviation List](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30949)** ---
**Author:** ![Mu\_Mu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mu\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mu_Mu)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/67 "2000-07-29T14:21:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Commander Fortune \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks > > \ ***I will simply reply: IWFAIDWP.** > > Do I get a cookie? **I** **W** ill **F** eed **A** nyone **I** **D** amn **W** ell **P** lease. > Am I right? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/68 "2000-07-30T00:46:01Z")
**Mu Mu** I’ve got an acronym for you – GO. It doesn’t really _stand_for anything. So, I guess it’s not _actually_an acronym… Oh well… ---
**Author:** ![Unix\_Geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unix_geek/32/19368_2.png) [@Unix\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unix_Geek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/69 "2000-08-14T19:40:13Z")
Here is another one that I can’t figure out: TWPM Any hints? ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/70 "2000-08-14T19:59:08Z")
If you know GO is not an acronym, why post it? If you have a problem with the acromyn Mu Mu noted, why blame him? The acronym he used seems to belong to MysterEcks and Commander Fortune. Or is this just more newbie hazing? ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/71 "2000-08-14T21:24:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Unix Geek \* > \*\*Here is another one that I can’t figure out: TWPM > > Any hints? \*\* I couldn’t find **TWPM** in any of my first dozen acronym lists. The closest I got was \*\*TWFW[/], Too Weird For Words. So, I suppose it could be **Too Weird, night-time formula** I searched the SDMB and found it a few times, mainly CanadaSue’s sign off. You probably should go to the most active thread you’ve seen it in to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Mu\_Mu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mu\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mu_Mu)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/72 "2000-08-15T02:33:33Z")
\*\*WYSIWYG \*\* what you see is what you get \*\*YAFIYGI \*\* you ask for it, you get it (opposite of WYSIWYG) \*\*WYSITWIRL \*\* what you see is totally worthless in real life ---
**Author:** ![ShakeNBake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@ShakeNBake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShakeNBake)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/73 "2000-08-15T05:16:21Z")
BTL Better Than Life BDSM bondage, discipline, sado-masochism S/M sado-masochism DS dominance and submission BS bullshit T&A tits and asses S&D search and destroy R&D research and development R&P rape and pillage (excessive violence) SBD silent but deadly (fart) George Carlin; also used by Beavis & Butthead CBD complete body dysfunction STD sexually transmitted disease / severe tire damage (rows of spikes on the road) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/74 "2000-08-17T08:56:18Z")
DTTIO - Damn, This Thread Is Old! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/75 "2000-12-09T17:04:31Z")
**"hijack"** > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Coldfire > [sub]after MikeG respond to “What is a hijack?” by hijacking as a prank.[/sub]_ > \*\*MikeG, yer evil 😃 > > Yes, dougy\_monty, that’s precisely what a “hijack” is. A poster interjects something completely off-topic. Sometimes they apologize, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes, a hijack can be permanent, and alter the threads course - often to the dismay of the OP. > > Group Dynamics, SDMB Style. Fascinating stuff, at times. \*\* To implicitly apologize, the aside is enclosed with these lines. **[hijack]** This reminds of my mother. Boy, she was always scolding me about this. **[/hijack]** The square brackets and slash mark are to make it look like coding, mirroring [\*\*quote] ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/76 "2000-12-09T17:08:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > I use either \*s or ::s to enclose an action. For example: > > _throws cream pie at KKBattousai_ > > ::runs and hides:: > > Which one I use depends on whichever I feel like using at the moment. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bibliophage \* > Years ago, only plain text was available for most e-mails and message boards. Some clever people came up with a way to overcome that shortcoming. > > This is _bold_ > This is /italic/ > This is _underlined_ > > These conventions are not really necessary here, since we have **bold** , _italic_ and underlined, but old habits die hard. Actually, old habits are quite fun, when you’re in on the secret. Thanks, _ **bibliophage** _ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/77 "2000-12-13T17:18:54Z")
SO - significant other. I have also seen TH used as SO, but I don’t know what it stands for. Any clues? ---
**Author:** ![cessna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@cessna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cessna)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/78 "2001-03-25T03:04:43Z")
nm? ---
**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/79 "2001-03-25T06:55:53Z")
And one which I could never figure out until I read **jab1’s** post here: TANSTAAFL: There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch [aside] Personally, I find the use of the more obscure ones a little rude. The writer is effectively saying, “I’d rather save myself 10 keystrokes than make sure you understand what I’m saying.” [/aside] ---
**Author:** ![nikjohns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nikjohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikjohns)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514/80 "2001-03-25T14:18:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cessna \* > \*\*nm? \*\* Never mind / No more [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-abbreviations/1514.md?page=5)