# IIRC?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 21, 2000, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986 "2000-09-21T10:56:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Biffer\_Spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Biffer\_Spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffer_Spice)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986/1 "2000-09-21T10:56:03Z")

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Sorry if this is covered somewhere, but what does IIRC mean? I know most of the acronyms, but this one has me stumped…

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986/2 "2000-09-21T11:08:25Z")

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If I recall correctly.

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**Author:** ![Biffer\_Spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Biffer\_Spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffer_Spice)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986/3 "2000-09-21T16:12:43Z")

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Thanks yojimbo  
🙂

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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:** [September 21, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986/4 "2000-09-21T16:41:03Z")

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HIMTHTO.

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**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986/5 "2000-09-22T07:13:21Z")

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## Check [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32636), **Biffer Spice**.

**Coldie** :

DYPMTTUAYGA?

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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:** [September 22, 2000, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986/6 "2000-09-22T09:50:01Z")

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Sure, 2Sense.

He Is More Than Happy To Oblige 😉

[sup]Now tell me yours, dammit![/sup]

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**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:** [September 22, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986/7 "2000-09-22T13:08:30Z")

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In [Acronyms (abbreviations?)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2528) I saw a lot of abbreviations that I’d never seen before and so I posted:

DYPMTTUAYGA? - Do You People Make These Things Up As You Go Along?

I’ve watched this get copied to a couple of acronym lists here. This is the first post (other than mine) that I seen it used.

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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:** [September 22, 2000, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986/8 "2000-09-22T13:14:30Z")

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By the way-

IRC= Internet Relay Chat. That one had me stumped for a while too. Apparently, quite a few people around here are members of chat services.

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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986/9 "2000-09-22T14:31:43Z")

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IITYWIMWYBMAB?

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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:** [September 23, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986/10 "2000-09-23T01:59:13Z")

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ITYAAMC?

ISIWL.

MANGTL.

TINAA.

SWIM?