# Message Board abbreviations **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 27, 2001, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-abbreviations/51999 "2001-01-27T10:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 27, 2001, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-abbreviations/51999/1 "2001-01-27T10:51:20Z")
I’m a newbie to the Boards, who knows some of the abbreviations (LOL, BTW) but some of the rest stump me. Is there some kind of on-line orientation handbook I can consult as I tread carefully down the paths to knowledge? Or if this has been a thread before, anyone out there know? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-abbreviations/51999/2 "2001-01-27T15:18:06Z")
Oh baby. Do a Search in ATMB for Any Date with the word “abbreviation” and then step aside so as not to be crushed by the avalanche of threads. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-abbreviations/51999/3 "2001-01-27T15:23:26Z")
Er, seeing as how you just registered a few hours ago, I will add that ATMB stands for “About This Message Board”, not a website somewhere. Search function is up there in the top right hand corner, Smilies legend (for smilie faces) is down at the bottom left-hand, you have to click on Show Signature before you click on Submit Reply every time or it won’t show, use Preview Reply and save yourself a LOT of grief. Read old threads here in ATMB to learn an amazing amount about how the SDMB works. A surprising amount of non-technical but still important information is contained herein. Welcome! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-abbreviations/51999/4 "2001-01-27T15:50:28Z")
Here try these 2 for some help. [**Attn Newcomers - Abbreviations List**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32636) and [**Acronyms (abbreviations?)**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2528) Jim ---
**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:** [January 27, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-abbreviations/51999/5 "2001-01-27T21:37:44Z")
Thank you, **Duck Duck Goose** and **JimB** for the assist. **Ice Wolf** is happy that I now have a guide to the language. Thanks again. You’re welcome in my den anytime. BTW, I notice I’ve been a last poster on some threads. Folks, I’m not trying to be a deliberate MOLOSTER. Maybe I’m just forever late for the party … ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-abbreviations/51999/6 "2001-01-28T17:09:18Z")
Got you covered, Pard. I’ll take the MOLOSTER bullet this time. 😉