# The "wtfdtm" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059 "2020-03-07T19:16:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/1 "2020-03-07T19:16:40Z")
I wanted to ask about a specific example of an acronym I’ve never heard before and couldn’t find a reference for anywhere- a topic which will probably make this thread an ongoing concern. So anyway, what is O S A R? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/2 "2020-03-07T19:21:13Z")
This link I found says it stands for Outreach, Screening, Assessment, and Referral. [https://www.councilonrecovery.org/community-programs/state-funded-treatment-options/](https://www.councilonrecovery.org/community-programs/state-funded-treatment-options/) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/3 "2020-03-07T19:27:18Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > This link I found says it stands for Outreach, Screening, Assessment, and Referral. > > [Community Programs - Treatment Options | Council on Recovery](https://www.councilonrecovery.org/community-programs/state-funded-treatment-options/) Ooo, luncheon with Jeff Bagwell! I’d better reserve my table today! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/4 "2020-03-07T19:32:51Z")
**o** cean **s** earch **a** nd **r** escue ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/5 "2020-03-07T20:18:41Z")
Old, Stinky, And Rancid ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/6 "2020-03-07T20:31:25Z")
Ok, I checked with the lil’wrekker. She says it means: “go ask someone else” or “look it up yourself” YMMV. ETA: she doesn’t know what the actual letters stand for. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/7 "2020-03-07T21:41:18Z")
I’ve seen OSMR in a context where “Oh, Yes, Them Are” was what the letters stood for. Another clue to where that was would be “M R Pigs” I suspect there’s a thread hereabouts that may have an entire “conversation” made up of just letters. LIB MR Pigs – was the punchline! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/8 "2020-03-07T21:52:15Z")
FWIW, I posted on a blog thread a comment of “Sum peepul is so iggorunt”, and “O S A R!” was the response. ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/9 "2020-03-07T21:55:25Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’ve seen OSMR in a context where “Oh, Yes, Them Are” was what the letters stood for. > > Another clue to where that was would be “M R Pigs” > > I suspect there’s a thread hereabouts that may have an entire “conversation” made up > of just letters. > > LIB MR Pigs – was the punchline! Something similar by dad taught me when I was a kid: ABCD poppies? LMNO poppies! SAR ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/10 "2020-03-07T22:11:06Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > FWIW, I posted on a blog thread a comment of “Sum peepul is so iggorunt”, and “O S A R!” was the response. Should have given that in the OP. It clearly means “Oh yes they are” to me. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/11 "2020-03-08T21:33:42Z")
F.u.n.e.m.? S.v.f.m. F.u.n.e.x.? S.v.f.x. O.k.l.f.m.n.x. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/12 "2020-03-08T21:34:51Z")
A.A.A.A.A. - a car club for drunks ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/13 "2020-03-08T22:48:39Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > A.A.A.A.A. - a car club for drunks Or the last words of someone who’s crossed into the oncoming lane into the path of a semi/ ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/14 "2020-03-08T23:00:25Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > F.u.n.e.m.? > S.v.f.m. > F.u.n.e.x.? > S.v.f.x. > O.k.l.f.m.n.x. OK, that took me awhile, but: Have you any ham? Yes, we have ham. Have you any eggs? Yes, we have eggs. OK, I’ll have ham and eggs ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/15 "2020-03-08T23:26:32Z")
Is the irony in the topic line deliberate? ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/16 "2020-03-09T01:19:51Z")
I think we need more context to answer the OP. Is it “Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration” or “Office Suisse d’Aide aux Réfugies”? (Those were the top two answers on a Google search!) (Congrats, **Lumpy** , btw, to your decryption, which seems internally consistent, but totally would have defied my logic!) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/17 "2020-03-09T02:32:17Z")
> [@Ignotus](#): > > I think we need more context to answer the OP. Is it “Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration” or “Office Suisse d’Aide aux Réfugies”? (Those were the top two answers on a Google search!) > > (Congrats, **Lumpy** , btw, to your decryption, which seems internally consistent, but totally would have defied my logic!) 🙂 My searches led me to cites about a Benny Hill skit that were the clue. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/18 "2020-03-09T02:34:45Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Is the irony in the topic line deliberate? It was after I started the thread that the meta potential occurred to me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/19 "2020-03-09T13:42:42Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > My searches led me to cites about a Benny Hill skit that were the clue. I wonder if that came before or after the Two Ronnies sketch “Swedish made simple” ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMsCEWbd-A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMsCEWbd-A)) referenced by Johanna? ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059/20 "2020-03-09T18:47:15Z")
Yes, so many here seem to share my understanding of O S A R, as in c d e t b t snakes? m r not snakes. o s a r ! c d e t b t i’s? Y I B! M R snakes! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtfdtm-thread/849059.md?page=2)