# OK, what is...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-is/19400>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 13, 2000, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-is/19400 "2000-05-13T03:37:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2000, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-is/19400/1 "2000-05-13T03:37:02Z")

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IIRC? Can’t find it on netlingo, or anywhere else. Give a newbie a helping hand,please.😕

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**Author:** ![DAYIUZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DAYIUZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAYIUZ)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-is/19400/2 "2000-05-13T03:54:28Z")

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I have no friggin clue what it means either.

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**Author:** ![DAYIUZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DAYIUZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAYIUZ)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-is/19400/3 "2000-05-13T03:56:10Z")

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I have no friggin clue what it means either. For better results you may want to ask a Moderator to move this to General Questions.

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-is/19400/4 "2000-05-13T04:19:24Z")

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\ ***I** f **I**  **r** ecall **c** orrectly, you might find the answers in these threads[sup]1[/sup]:

[Acronyms (abbreviations?)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2528)

[Abbreviations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15210)

[Abbreviations on this MB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=13489)

Peace.

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[sup]1[/sup]I used the message board search feature, searching for ‘abbreviation’ in the thread title.