Phrase abbreviations in threads (Newbie alert!)

OK, so far I’ve got:

[ul]
[li]FWIW = For What It’s Worth[/li][li]IM(H)O = In My (Humble) Opinion[/li][li]OTOH = On The Other Hand[/li][li]IRL = In Real Life[/li][/ul]
But I haven’t figured out IIRC. WTF :smiley: is this? Any others we "New"s should know about?

If I Recall Correctly, you should check out this thread:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2528

which lists a whole bunch of acronyms.

You can also check NetLingo.com - the Internet Language Dictionary :^).

The Smileys page =:-0

Chat Acronyms & Shorthand!

Although it hasn’t been used, I think UAFSE would be an a ppropriate acronym for times like this. 5 points to whoever guesses what it stands for.

I give up, waterj2. URYY4M.

Arnold, how many times has the question of internet and/or SDMB abbreviations come up? Or perhaps what would be the best answer to someone posting a question “Hey does anyone know where I can get some information about Sublime?”

Arnold, I think “pottymouth” waterj2 means Use A Four-letter-word Search Engine. What are my five points good toward?

Use A F***ing Search Engine? Or the results of that. U Always Find Something Else.

I prefer to think waterj2 meant “Use a fine search engine.”

Arnold Winkelried said:

I’d love to use a fine search engine. Does this message board plan on getting one?

Actually, the “pottymouth” version is correct. Zut gets the five points. These points are redeemable at all stores for five dollars. Just explain to the cashier that you earned them, and they will automatically take five dollars off what you owe. Try it. Or, you can always simply put it in your sig for bragging rights, but that might make others jealous.

Also, we will probably get a fine search engine here when the Straight Dope has enough income to hire some database programmers and stuff. When we upgrade to the next version of vBulletin, we will probably get some of the bugs in it fixed, though.

FYN = F You Newbie. My favorite.

Wow, OBVIOUS IMPOSTER. That’s a new one. You mods never cease to amuse and impress me.

Face it waterj2, stupid people impress easily.

Yay!

Strawberry Squishies all 'round!

And here’s my new, on-topic sig: