# What meaning can be attached to "YPAM"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921 "2012-01-18T19:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921/1 "2012-01-18T19:06:08Z")
I can’t get anything to make sense in the Acronym Finder universe. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921/2 "2012-01-18T19:11:46Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I can’t get anything to make sense in the Acronym Finder universe. Your Post Amuses Me. ETA: it is a more honest way of saying ‘LOL’. Learned it here on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921/3 "2012-01-18T19:14:59Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Your Post Amuses Me. > > ETA: it is a more honest way of saying ‘LOL’. Learned it here on the SDMB. Thanks! That fits and makes me feel better! I had feared it might indicate something was amiss with my ancestry! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921/4 "2012-01-18T19:34:15Z")
I thought it was going to be a typo for “your place or mine”. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921/5 "2012-01-18T19:39:09Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I thought it was going to be a typo for “your place or mine”. Oddly enough, one of the hits I did find was “Your Place And Mine.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921/6 "2012-01-18T19:40:25Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Oddly enough, one of the hits I did find was “Your Place And Mine.” Ah. That’s clearly the more intensive version. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921/7 "2012-01-18T20:39:46Z")
Could it be the Cyrillic charachters for [Ural](http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/196358/logo_harley_ural.png) (motorcycles)? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921/8 "2012-01-18T21:05:27Z")
> [@Mr.Me](#): > > Could it be the Cyrillic charachters for [Ural](http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/196358/logo_harley_ural.png) (motorcycles)? That’s surely an interesting viewpoint. I can’t rule it out. Another possibility that I can’t connect with is [Your Pocket Adding Machine](http://download.cnet.com/New-Your-Pocket-Adding-Machine-YPAM/3000-2066_4-10956953.html) And if you removed the “J” from [YJPAM](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yjpam) I could see some relevance to the context I encountered. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921/9 "2012-01-18T21:54:33Z")
Young Persons’ Atheist Motel (It’s fun to stay …) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meaning-can-be-attached-to-ypam/609921/10 "2012-01-18T21:58:41Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Young Persons’ Atheist Motel (It’s fun to stay …) Forgive me for this: Hotel Californication