# Dumb Questions, or What does that Abrv Mean?

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**Created:** [September 24, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-questions-or-what-does-that-abrv-mean/203462 "2003-09-24T02:42:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-questions-or-what-does-that-abrv-mean/203462/1 "2003-09-24T02:42:00Z")

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IIRC does this mean If I Recall/Remember Correctly?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-questions-or-what-does-that-abrv-mean/203462/2 "2003-09-24T03:05:31Z")

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Yep.

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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:** [September 24, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-questions-or-what-does-that-abrv-mean/203462/3 "2003-09-24T04:44:59Z")

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[Acronym Finder.](http://www.acronymfinder.com/)

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**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-questions-or-what-does-that-abrv-mean/203462/4 "2003-09-24T12:01:04Z")

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And here are a couple more for your reference…

[Netlingo: Acronyms & Shorthand](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm)  
[Abbreviations](http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/abbrev.html)

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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:** [September 24, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-questions-or-what-does-that-abrv-mean/203462/5 "2003-09-24T12:28:09Z")

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Thanks for adding those, **Algernon**. I’ve added them to my reference links. 🙂