# new to sdmb

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/31436>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 31, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/31436 "2000-08-31T03:24:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![zebbmx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/958977/32.png) [@zebbmx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zebbmx)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/31436/1 "2000-08-31T03:24:40Z")

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hey im new what exactly does iirc mean?

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**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:** [August 31, 2000, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/31436/2 "2000-08-31T04:15:51Z")

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It means **I** f **I**  **R** ecall **C** orrectly.

Here is a good place to start for some of the jargon around here. [Attn Newcomers - Abbreviations List](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32636).

There are others in this part of the board to help you out. Just poke around some.

Jim

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/31436/3 "2000-08-31T04:19:48Z")

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Here in ATMB (About this Message Board) try setting the “show threads from past 1 day” box (near top right corner on the main forum page) to more days if you’re new. You will find the thread that **JimB** provided the link for as well as stuff on coding, signatures etc.

picmr

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**Author:** ![anomaly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@anomaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomaly)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/31436/4 "2000-09-02T01:34:08Z")

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That’s a good tip. The default seems to be just one day, which I missed on signup. I’d only been searching before, and remembered the default being Any Date

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**Author:** ![anomaly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@anomaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomaly)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/31436/5 "2000-09-02T01:36:16Z")

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Speaking of the search, it seems to return a lot of disconnected things.  
Is there a way to “seach as a phrase” or “search for these exact words only”? Thanks