# Help - acronyms

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-acronyms/256191>\
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**Created:** [July 21, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-acronyms/256191 "2004-07-21T15:55:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-acronyms/256191/1 "2004-07-21T15:55:59Z")

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As everyone can see, I’m still under guest status, still trying to figure out if this is something I would do all the time. Not sure if I’m placing this thread in the right place.

So I am very new at this sort of thing - a newly broken message board/chatting virgin. So I am not familiar with a lot of the acronyms. Some I can figure out such as OP and BTW, but many I cannot figure out. For example: IIRC.

Is there a list on SD or anywhere else?

Thanks.

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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:** [July 21, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-acronyms/256191/2 "2004-07-21T17:15:46Z")

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Some common and not-so-common [SDMB acronyms](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30949).