# What is IIRC?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-iirc/146384>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 3, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-iirc/146384 "2003-01-03T07:25:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![senor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@senor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senor)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-iirc/146384/1 "2003-01-03T07:25:54Z")

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Hola!

What does IIRC mean? I see it here all the time.

SENOR

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**Author:** ![the\_duke\_69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@the\_duke\_69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_duke_69)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-iirc/146384/2 "2003-01-03T07:27:45Z")

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Just guessing but maybe…If I Really Cared?

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-iirc/146384/3 "2003-01-03T07:27:50Z")

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If I Recall Correctly.

Gotta read the FAQ in “About this Message Board” forum.

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**Author:** ![superfreakicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@superfreakicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superfreakicus)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-iirc/146384/4 "2003-01-03T07:29:46Z")

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what is FAQ?

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**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-iirc/146384/5 "2003-01-03T08:08:11Z")

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There’s a forum? Why wasn’t I told?

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**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-iirc/146384/6 "2003-01-03T10:45:15Z")

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I may be whooshed, but Frequently Asked Question(s).

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-iirc/146384/7 "2003-01-03T11:25:58Z")

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The FAQ has [NetLingo](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm) as a source for acronym information, but I prefer to use [Acronym Finder.](http://www.acronymfinder.com/)

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**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-iirc/146384/8 "2003-01-03T13:21:14Z")

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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 fairly comprehensive lists of abbreviations…**

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 (which **Ice Wolf** already mentioned):  
[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)