David I Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Mikey, I've been a forum frequenter for over a year, however I see alot of initials used for common terms that I haven't figured out. Since you did such a good job on AFV, please explain the following Initials to me: IIRC = ? LMAO = ? LOL = ? DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 IIRC = If I recall correctly LOL = Laugh out Loud 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 PzMan, Thanks. They had me stumped. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 And LMAO is laughing my a** off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 Vergeltungswaffe, And thank you too. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 AFAIK the above is correct 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Here's one I stumbled across a couple times: ROFLMFAO = Roll on floor, laugh my freakin* arse off. Don't blame me, it's not my acronym! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 IOW it's really funny 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Originally posted by junk2drive: IOW it's really funny IMHO, no it isn't. But YMMV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 JMHO you are wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 For other useful acronyms, see this article on E-MAIL SHORTHAND THAT CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS WOULD LIKELY HAVE USED IN LETTERS HOME HAD THE TECHNOLOGY BEEN AVAILABLE TO THEM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 Ah Oh, My list is getting longer. You last lot are not very helpfull. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patboy Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Hi David, RUOK POV : RTFM Pat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 As that saying goes, "don't just give food to a starving person, teach them how to fish or hunt", or something like that. I give to you this website. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Originally posted by David I: You last lot are not very helpfull. DavidI FWIW, we never claimed we'd be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 OTOH, I thought I was, TYVM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tero Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 FWIW, IMO this topic is DOA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Originally posted by MeatEtr: As that saying goes, "don't just give food to a starving person, teach them how to fish or hunt", or something like that.I believe that would be: Give a man fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for a lifetime. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon DC Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Too bad those acronyms weren't in the manual, then we could tell David to RTFM as is done so often. j/k PO! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hub Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I think he just needs to be given some S**T (Special High Intensity Training)... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 What have I created??!!!! :eek: DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Originally posted by David I: What have I created??!!!! :eek: DavidI The newest pervasive thread to go along with Peng and Cheery Waffle, afaics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 ICBWTIHHB (I Could Be Wrong Though It Has Happened Before) I saw this one today. Thought I would share. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I don't have any good examples ready at hand, but I remember reading that British soldiers in WWI regularly attached otherwise incomprehensible acronyms to the ends of their letters to their loved ones to get around the military censors, who apparently removed anything contrary to post-Victorian decorum as well as anything that might have military value. Of course, what they considered too racy to talk about in public wouldn't even provoke a yawn in the 21st century, though what they actually did in private sometimes made the Hellfire club look tame by comparison (read the footnotes to Richard Burton's translation of the 1001 Nights to get a bit of the flavor for this). WWI Brits were particularly good at decyphering acronyms because of their extensive training in making sense out of otherwise incomprehensible crossword puzzles (the NYT crossword puzzle is a joke compared to the incredibly cryptic clues in even the easier British crosswords, which only a Brit can understand). Using strings of letters to represent complex phrases is entirely dependant on a unified, shared verbal culture. Our own is too fragmented at this point for effective condensed communication. WTICRWIWTA (Would that I could remember what I was talking about). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted March 2, 2005 Author Share Posted March 2, 2005 Philippe, Do you know any WWI British vetrans that I can contact to translate the acronyms used on this forum? DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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