# Can you explain a few things to a (sorta) newbie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2003, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895 "2003-06-19T11:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/21 "2003-06-19T15:56:49Z")
> [@](#): > > And for that you will earn my everlasting enmity and scorn. Must be my masochistic streak… But I am actually smiling at this reaction. Wow, everlasting enmity and scorn, I don’t think my posts ever provoced that much emotion 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/22 "2003-06-19T15:57:10Z")
“Come in,” he said, “I’ll give you shelter from the scorn.” ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/23 "2003-06-19T16:00:12Z")
Can someone explain what a DH is? As in, “DH and I just bought a new car”? Dear Heart? Da Husband? ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/24 "2003-06-19T16:03:25Z")
Dem Homies? ---
**Author:** ![Sionach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sionach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sionach)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/25 "2003-06-19T16:17:36Z")
While we’re on the topic of abbreviations . . . what the heck is “WAG”? I’m usually pretty good at figuring them out based on context, but that one seems to elude me. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/26 "2003-06-19T16:20:04Z")
Take a wild ass guess, Sionach. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/27 "2003-06-19T16:21:03Z")
DH: usually “Dear Husband” WAG: Wild-Ass Guess ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/28 "2003-06-19T16:32:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Optihut \* > \*\*Ah, thanks a bunch! > > I see that I only had 2 list items as well. At least now I know what to add as #3 (Hey, I actually think the joke _is_ funny, despite not knowing opal, heh.). \*\* It was funny, the first time it was used. And the second. And the 1,043rd. It’s worn very thin, after better than four years of use, and there’s official discouragement of using it (Our **Uncle Beer** started a Pit thread on the subject). Other catchphrases that are getting threadbare include “When come back, bring pie” and “All your base…” This is not to say that they cannot be used once in a while in a very witty fashion, as in “To produce a hyperlink, do the following: [ol][li] Type in an opening bracket[/li][li]Type in the characters URL=” (and don’t forget the opening quotation mark)[/li][li]Greet Opal[/li]…[/ol] But even such usages are getting a little thin and strained. ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/29 "2003-06-19T16:36:41Z")
Since this turned into the explain the acronym thread: What does YMMV mean? Judging from its use, I think it means something similar to “IMHO”, but I am not entirely sure (in that case, MMV could mean “my modest view”, but the Y still escapes me). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/30 "2003-06-19T16:39:29Z")
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary - that is, your experience may be different from that described ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/31 "2003-06-19T16:42:25Z")
YMMV = “Your Mileage May Vary”. From US car ads. It’s a disclaimer that indicates that you may obtain different results from something than the poster did. ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/32 "2003-06-19T16:43:09Z")
Thank you very much **FairyChatMom**. I guess I wasn’t _that_ far off then, since imho is used to stress that it’s the writer’s opinion and may be perceived differently by others. Or at least that’s the case imho, ymmv 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/33 "2003-06-19T16:53:54Z")
Figured out whooshed on my own (eventually). Solved the puzzles of IIRC and IANAD. But . . . Can I get a help with YMMV? Seems like it should be so easy, but I’ve been losing sleep about it for days now. ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/34 "2003-06-19T16:56:37Z")
Good morning, **Aholibah** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/35 "2003-06-19T16:57:07Z")
Oops! Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/36 "2003-06-19T17:51:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*Munch \*\*\* > Take a wild ass guess, Sionach. No, _don’t_ take a guess. Why don’t you go **RTFFAQ**? It’s already been linked THREE TIMES IN THIS THREAD. ---
**Author:** ![Sionach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sionach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sionach)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/37 "2003-06-19T18:22:34Z")
O.o The FAQ has been linked **once** that I see, and does not contain any definition for, or reference to, “WAG.” Mebbe you should give decaf a try, eh, White Lightning? ---
**Author:** ![KinSaba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@KinSaba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinSaba)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/38 "2003-06-19T18:28:08Z")
No, no, no. DH is the designated hitter. What? Oh, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/39 "2003-06-19T18:30:09Z")
Just for clarification, my “take a wild ass guess, Sionach” was a vague reference to the fact that WAG=wild ass guess. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895/40 "2003-06-19T18:36:02Z")
Don’t forget TGFWSMC\* Actually comes up quite a bit in regularly scheduled GD threads about GodOrNot? I find it useful to throw in a made up one everynow and then. The more obscure, the better. **Sionach** , **White Lightining** … Kiss and make up you two Bruces! 😛 \*the goddam fuckers who stole my cow [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-a-few-things-to-a-sorta-newbie/182895.md?page=3)