# Coldfire wrote:

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-wrote/51145>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 21, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-wrote/51145 "2001-01-21T18:50:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doc\_Moss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Doc\_Moss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Moss)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-wrote/51145/1 "2001-01-21T18:50:43Z")

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“Courtesy of Kevin Bloody Wilson, here are a few lines that will save you a few rounds of beer, a dinner, a movie, and a lot of time. YMMV, though.”

YMMV?

And I never knew Kevin Bloody Wilson was big in Europe.

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**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-wrote/51145/2 "2001-01-21T19:05:32Z")

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“Your Mileage May Vary”

Check out the page [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32636) for terminologies like that.

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**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-wrote/51145/3 "2001-01-21T19:14:40Z")

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“Check out the page here for terminologies like that.”

Terminologies?

On second thought, I don’t think that’s the right word. What the heck is it?

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-wrote/51145/4 "2001-01-21T20:04:29Z")

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Abbreviations, if you don’t pronounce it as a word. Acronyms if you do.

POW=Abbreviation (Prisoner Of War)  
SCUBA=Acronym (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-wrote/51145/5 "2001-01-21T21:26:34Z")

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How about “terms”?

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-wrote/51145/6 "2001-01-22T15:09:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Doc Moss \*  
> \*\*And I never knew Kevin Bloody Wilson was big in Europe. \*\*

Well, he _is_ in the UK. Whether that’s to be considered Europe… YMMV! 😃