# SDMB abbreviations?? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 22, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130 "2003-01-22T02:32:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/1 "2003-01-22T02:32:51Z")
Ok, some i know, like “IMHO”, “OP”, and “IANAL” (that one took a while to figure out). But what about “WAG”? And others. Let’s make a glossary for the neophytes (like me). ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/2 "2003-01-22T02:39:37Z")
WAG: Wise-Ass Guess ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/3 "2003-01-22T02:48:50Z")
IIRC: If I Remember/Recall Correctly AFAIK = ? ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/4 "2003-01-22T02:54:28Z")
As Far As I Know ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/5 "2003-01-22T02:55:34Z")
[Here ya go.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30949) A pretty good list. Tripler I learned a few new ones too. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/6 "2003-01-22T02:55:53Z")
I was sure WAG meant something other than what Lissa said. And I am on 1300ish posts and I have only now heard of ‘IANAL’. What the FH does it mean? ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/7 "2003-01-22T02:56:16Z")
here is a handy dandy little [site](http://www.acronymfinder.com/) to help you with all of your abbreviation needs. Of course YMMV 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/8 "2003-01-22T02:56:43Z")
IANAL = I Am Not A Laywer ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/9 "2003-01-22T03:36:23Z")
> [@](#): > > I was sure WAG meant something other than what Lissa said. Just curious: What did you think it meant? ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/10 "2003-01-22T03:43:05Z")
I always thought WAG was Wild Ass Guess, meself. But IANAAcronymParser. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/11 "2003-01-22T03:44:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lissa \* > \*\*Just curious: > > What did you think it meant? \*\* Had I been able to remember, I would have included what I thought it meant in my other post. In other words. I don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/12 "2003-01-22T04:06:38Z")
Excellent info. TYA. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/13 "2003-01-22T04:23:13Z")
Since this is a question about this message board, I’ll move this thread to ATMB. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/14 "2003-01-22T04:36:43Z")
You love moving things, don’t you? LOL ---
**Author:** ![Mikahw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mikahw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikahw)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/15 "2003-01-22T08:34:45Z")
“Look, I have ONE job on this lousy ship. It’s STUPID, but I’m gonna do it, OKAY?!” -Galaxy Quest ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/16 "2003-01-22T13:14:06Z")
You’ve been given a couple good links already, so I’m sure this is overkill. Here is more than you ever wanted to know. (Hey, for all I know you’re really bored and will be eternally grateful for the opportunity to read all these threads.) First, for All Features Great And Small / All Things Bright And Beautiful, check out **Arnold Winkelried** ’s threads in ATMB: [FAQ - technical issues](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103503) and [FAQ - Guidelines for posting at the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106617). For acronyms, check out this SDMB thread… [A SDMB thread re: acronyms (abbreviations?)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2528) And a couple outside references… [Netlingo: Acronyms & Shorthand](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm) [Acronym Finder](http://www.acronymfinder.com/). And here are some other SDMB threads you might want to look at… [Abbreviations and stuff](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27417) [Phrase abbreviations in threads (Newbie alert!)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28369) [Attn Newcomers - Abbreviations List](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32636) [Message Board abbreviations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57452) [abbreviations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80573) [YMMV and other SDMB abbreviations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=115129) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/17 "2003-01-23T18:51:11Z")
And I always thought that Q. E. D. was “Quite Easily Done”. At least, that’s what my undergrad mathematical physics teacher told us. 😉 Well, that, or quantum electrodynamics, but I digress. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/18 "2003-01-23T19:38:59Z")
No, no, no, **Chronos**. It means “Quit and eat dinner”. What? Mr. Werner, my calculus professor was wrong? Pshaw! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-abbreviations/150130/19 "2003-01-24T15:30:09Z")
> [@](#): > > And I always thought that Q. E. D. was “Quite Easily Done”. At least, that’s what my undergrad mathematical physics teacher told us. 😉 Well, if you’re a cute female of the right size and shape, yes, I am. 😉