# SDMB jargon **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 20, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-jargon/119941 "2002-07-20T05:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hippy144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90db22/32.png) [@Hippy144](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy144)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-jargon/119941/1 "2002-07-20T05:49:04Z")
I’m having a bit of trouble catching onto the jargon floating around the boards (mainly the abbreviations) and I’d like to know what the basic ones stand for. I get the gist of most of them (like wag) but I don’t know where they come from. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-jargon/119941/2 "2002-07-20T05:58:51Z")
[http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm) also [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2528](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2528) ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-jargon/119941/3 "2002-07-20T10:39:49Z")
None of them answered the one I’ve been wondering about: Is FORD Fix or Repair Daily-- or Found on Road Dead? ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-jargon/119941/4 "2002-07-20T10:55:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Babar714 \* > \*\*None of them answered the one I’ve been wondering about: Is FORD Fix or Repair Daily-- or Found on Road Dead? \*\* I believe it’s First On Race Day… ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-jargon/119941/5 "2002-07-20T12:09:36Z")
Fix Or Repair Daily. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-jargon/119941/6 "2002-07-20T12:31:25Z")
Now, don’t fosdick this beanapple–let’s all be real nice and whittley! ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-jargon/119941/7 "2002-07-20T14:01:00Z")
Off to ATMB. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-jargon/119941/8 "2002-07-20T20:21:45Z")
Couple of spools, and an old tin can Called it a Ford, and the darn thing ran. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-jargon/119941/9 "2002-07-21T06:24:59Z")
I like the backwards version of FORD: **D** river **R** eturns **O** n **F** oot