# Secret Codes You Use At Work **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137 "2004-05-08T04:18:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/41 "2004-05-10T00:27:57Z")
> [@Cosmopolitan](#): > > Mine is, again, about acronyms more’n anything else: > > “I think I’ll have the kids do a KWL about the story while I prepare an IEP for the CSE”. Don’t forget the LRE in your IEP for your ESE student. Also, remember that he is LEP and will need ESOL. His NRT scores will determine if he gets an AIP and placement in ELP. Ain’t education jargon great??? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/42 "2004-05-10T00:39:47Z")
He’s renew-G but came in as a jaybird. Send him to series STD and make him a pay for play. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/43 "2004-05-10T02:46:35Z")
Well, there’s “Hope he brought his toothbrush,” or “hope he enjoys his bologna sandwich,” which means “this idiot is going to jail TODAY!” (People being held in detention in our courthouse awaiting hearing or transportation to jail get bologna sandwiches for lunch.) And (said to attorneys who ask for adjournment): “Did Mr. Green call in sick?” (In other words, are you not going to appear because your client never paid the retainer.) However, I prefer [Banter!](http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_scripts/banter.txt) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/44 "2004-05-10T03:15:49Z")
I want to pop a high-sided three way where there’s a stacked strat trap with an AVO. IOW, I want to drill a wildcat into what I believe is a structural hydrocarbon trap (i.e., reservoir) whose trapping characteristics include porous and permeable reservoir quality rock dipping in three directions with critical trapping closure provided by the target being upthrown on a normal fault. Additionally, we think that the seismic data has revealed a direct hydrocarbon indicator in the form of an AVO (amplitude variation with offset) anomaly that we can only explain as a facies change within the chronostratigraphic unit mapped, and we will see that on the way down to the primary. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/45 "2004-05-10T04:15:20Z")
68 y.o. ♀ c/o SOBOE & SOA. HPH: DM X 20y, HTN, COPD, CAD. NKDA f PND, N&V o/e VSS H&N: NAD PERLA, JVP not ↑ Chest clear to IPPA CVS: fS[sub]3[/sub] fS[sub]4[/sub] Abdo: f↑LS, fK CNS: WNL ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/46 "2004-05-10T05:26:08Z")
MR from EP w/ AJo, ES; then SP TPTK vs.3 on flop (???). This is representative of my no limit hold 'em (poker) notation, describing an opponent’s play on a previous hand. It translates as: _Minimum raise from early position with Ace-Jack offsuit, early stages [of the tournament]; then slow-plays top-pair-top-kicker versus 3 opponents on the flop (what an idiot!)_ ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/47 "2004-05-10T07:31:14Z")
> [@pilot141](#): > > Hm. CAVU means Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited. Basically a clear, perfect day for flying. What does CAFB mean? I’m surprised you weren’t laughing at this one **pilot141**. **CAFB** = Clear And Fucking Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![pilot141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/48 "2004-05-10T14:18:21Z")
:smack: Don’t pick my nits with humor! I’ll never get it! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/49 "2004-05-10T14:19:56Z")
“After you run the RFU tests on the DCC, be sure to update TERS since FC is coming up soon, and we’ll discuss the results in the QPT meeting.” Phrases like this are commonly spoken around here. Lots of alphabet soup where I work. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/50 "2004-05-10T15:03:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Don’t forget the LRE in your IEP for your ESE student. Also, remember that he is LEP and will need ESOL. His NRT scores will determine if he gets an AIP and placement in ELP. > > Ain’t education jargon great??? Seeing as how I’m still a university student, I had to look up a couple those, but I got some great links out of it! I’ve been hearing “ESL” much less often & “ELL” much more often these days - as a student, rather than just hearing about scores on the news & such. Just FYI. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/51 "2004-05-10T15:48:45Z")
My brother who works at NASA claims that a come term they throw around is “TWA”, which of course stands for “Three Word Acronym.” Those rocket scientists are funny guys, I’ll tell you. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/52 "2004-05-10T15:51:02Z")
Preview Preview Preview. Please substitute “common” for “come” in my previous post. Thank you. Sorry for the inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/53 "2004-05-10T15:55:29Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > My brother who works at NASA claims that a come term they throw around is “TWA”, which of course stands for “Three Word Acronym.” > > Those rocket scientists are funny guys, I’ll tell you. We use TLA or “three letter acronym”. Secret to users is ADADS (as dumb as dog shit). ---
**Author:** ![SeGate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SeGate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeGate)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/54 "2004-05-10T16:10:17Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > **133** > Public library insider-speak, based on the Dewey classification for paranormal and occult. > It’s used in casual references and occassional covert distress calls over the phone. I work in an academic library and we created a “Code Bob.” Some of our staff seem to attract groupies. They come in during their shifts and/or ask for them by name if they aren’t at the reference desk. So when the librarian on duty intercoms and office, no matter who answers, the desk librarian calls them Bob. Librarian At Desk (LAD): \* dials office\* Librarian In Office (LIO): This is LIO. LAD: Hi, Bob. Is LIO there? LIO: Oh crap. Is trenchcoat guy back again? It just gives people a choice about dealing with someone who may make them very uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/55 "2004-05-10T17:31:25Z")
Two from friends… A friend of mine used to be a switchboard operator at a hospital. “Paging Dr Heart to rm 133” meant a heart attack. Most hospitals have similar kinds of codes to alert medical staff without (hopefully) freaking out patients and visitors. From school psychologists (and related fields)… FLK (funny looking kid) hopefully self explanatory. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/56 "2004-05-10T17:31:43Z")
To search our online database for news articles about Cecil, TSD, etc., but not written by Cecil: **((in=(i4751 or i4753 or ipubl or icomp or iint) and straight dope and (cecil adams or SDMB or straight dope message board)) not (ns=nnam or by=cecil adams))** That’s what I spend (the non-dope part of) my day doing – writing searches that are usually much, much longer than that one (I’m constantly bumping up against our 2,048 character-count limit). Damn, I love what I do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/57 "2004-05-10T18:06:25Z")
> [@Mr. Moto](#): > > Me and \*\*Willy \*\* were lollygagging by the \*\*scuttlebutt \*\* after being aloft to \*\*boy-butter \*\* up the antennas > > All of a sudden the \*\*dicksmith \*\* started \*\*hard-assing \*\* one of the deck apes for lifting his pogey bait. The \*\*pecker-checker \*\* was > > because he knew the \*\*penis machinist \*\* was going to lay below > > creamed \*\*foreskins \*\* on toast and SOS ready on the mess decks so we cut and run to avoid the \*\*clusterfuck \*\* when the twidgets and \*\*cannon cockers \*\* knew chow was on. > > We were \*\*balls to the wall \*\* You don’t \*\*have \*\* to be homoerotic to join the Navy, but if you are, it sure does help you to fit right in … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/58 "2004-05-10T20:55:34Z")
At Faire, our two “danger” phrases are “carbon condition” and “in very sooth.” “In very sooth , I must away to the privy” would mean “Outta my way! I gotta go to the bathroom RIGHT NOW!” Carbon is how we refer to fire so as not to panic the patrons who are in a mazelike area surrounded by hay, straw and burlap. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/59 "2004-05-10T21:38:54Z")
Nowhere near as inclusive as **MrMoto** ’s illustration, but in the Army we actually had a guy who was “an Army of One.” Meaning, he had his own cant that pretty much drew blank stares until he translated. Poor guy. One phrase that did \*not \*draw blank stares, but hysterical laughter instead: “Well, now I gotta go cop some squak from the mutant at the head shed.” Basically, he needed to draw a quart of oil for his Hummer. Yeah, ya had to be there, but 10 years later I still laugh myself silly at his delivery. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137/60 "2004-05-11T02:16:51Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > You don’t \*\*have \*\* to be homoerotic to join the Navy, but if you are, it sure does help you to fit right in … 😃 Well, they didn’t let women on those combat vessels until the nineties. And they still haven’t allowed them on subs. I’m not saying it allows for a “homoerotic” environment, as you say. I will say, however, that if you leave a bunch of guys together, with no women around, they’ll eventually, well, curse like sailors. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-codes-you-use-at-work/244137.md?page=4)