# What does IIRC stand for? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 10, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-iirc-stand-for/25157 "2000-07-10T22:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-iirc-stand-for/25157/1 "2000-07-10T22:54:54Z")
I had a dream about this last night; using “abbreviation paint” on a wastebasket. I ran out of surface to paint before I could reach IIRC… ---
**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-iirc-stand-for/25157/2 "2000-07-10T23:33:49Z")
**I** f **I** **R** ecall or **R** emember **C** orrectly. There was a thread of abbreviations but it seems to have dropped off the page. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-iirc-stand-for/25157/3 "2000-07-11T05:45:56Z")
**dougie\_monty** > [@](#): > > I had a dream about this last night; using “abbreviation paint” on a wastebasket. Time to stop drinking tequila before bedtime…or maybe time to drink _more_tequila before bedtime. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-iirc-stand-for/25157/4 "2000-07-18T05:05:13Z")
Touché! But I don’t drink, so I can’t use _that_ as an excuse…