# What lingo is specific to the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lingo-is-specific-to-the-sdmb/113858 "2002-06-13T14:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lingo-is-specific-to-the-sdmb/113858/21 "2002-06-14T02:03:23Z")
Nice one, Jodi! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lingo-is-specific-to-the-sdmb/113858/22 "2002-06-14T02:41:01Z")
Manny Peoples is a little more complex… the poster in question (back on the AOL board) used to phrase questions like this: “Manny peoples ask, and now I wonder…” Thus the reference to Manny Peoples, who apparently asks a lot and makes that guy wonder. ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lingo-is-specific-to-the-sdmb/113858/23 "2002-06-15T02:18:43Z")
What does WAG and IIRC mean? ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lingo-is-specific-to-the-sdmb/113858/24 "2002-06-15T02:27:36Z")
Wild Ass Guess and If I Recall Correctly. Neither is board specific. Courtesy of **Arnold Winkelried** : [Netlingo: Acronyms and shorthand](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm) ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lingo-is-specific-to-the-sdmb/113858/25 "2002-06-15T04:57:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dolores Claiborne \* > \*\*I believe the term “goat-felching” is uniquely SDMB. Feel free to correct me of I’m wrong. And I’ll leave it to someone else to explain! 😉 \*\* Google returned 7 hits when I ran a search for “goat-felching.” Looking at the links it brought up, this term seems to be used in the same general context. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lingo-is-specific-to-the-sdmb/113858/26 "2002-06-15T05:23:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dolores Claiborne \* > \*\*I believe the term “goat-felching” is uniquely SDMB. Feel free to correct me of I’m wrong. And I’ll leave it to someone else to explain! 😉 \*\* You mean there isn’t a “goat-felching” message board? Drat! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lingo-is-specific-to-the-sdmb/113858/27 "2002-06-15T05:28:33Z")
I would also like to nominate “Fucko off!” in honor of **Uekte** , who, we may hope, will never come back. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lingo-is-specific-to-the-sdmb/113858/28 "2002-06-15T06:26:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jodi \* > \*\*Some would tell you Og is the Board god, but of course he is not – Cecil is. 😃 > \*\* \ You’ve forgotten the IPU. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lingo-is-specific-to-the-sdmb/113858.md?page=1)