Abbreviations glossary

[RiJaAr]

This is for all those abbreviation illiterate people like me!

things i recently found out from other helpful users!

ISO = in search of
DH = dear husband

i'm still confused on a few tho
Please post the meanings of the common abbreviations you have encountered on this site?!?

[Alcachofa]

Dear Husband!! UGGGGHHH! That's what that means.
Yuck, I don't like that. No wonder I couldn't figure it out.

I'm surprised I don't see:

DC = Dining Companion

[Chris VR]

I do see that :-)

[Melanie Wong]

XLB = xiao long bao

[AKSLA2006]

IHOP = International House of Pancakes.

[SauceSupreme]

Many restaurants themselves get abbreviated (to say nothing about AOC). IHOP is of course the most immediate suggestion, but I know DTF gets used a lot as an abbreviation for a popular dumpling house in Los Angeles, SSG gets used for a noodle house, and often times people just begin to invent abbreviations mid-post just for the sake of brevity. Surely after a while you get used to the abbr.

[SauceSupreme]

OP = Original Poster
SO = Significant Other

[momjamin]

IIRC = If I (Recall/Remember) Correctly

[Das Ubergeek]

AMW = Actress, Model, Waitress (very LA)
DD = Dear Daughter
DH = Dear Husband
DS = Dear Son
DW = Dear Wife
FWIW = For What It's Worth
HHOK = Ha Ha Only Kidding
HHOS = Ha Ha Only Serious
IANAL = I Am Not A Lawyer
IDC = I Don't Know
IDKAIDC = I Don't Know And I Don't Care
IIRC = If I Recall Comforter
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO = In My Not-So-Humble Opinion
IOW = In Other Words
ISO = In Search Of
JFGI = Just (****)ing Google It
LMAO = Laughing My Arse Off
LOL = Laughing Out Loud
ROFL = Rolling On Floor Laughing

[jsl]

Thanks for the detailed info...........finally I can decipher the abbreviations!

[OCAnn]

If I Recall Comforter?

[limster]

should be: If I Recall Correctly

[RiJaAr]

ooh, i dunno, i recall my comforter all the time, don't you? :P

[personalcheffie]

GU = Geographically Undesirable.

[personalcheffie]

YAC=You Are Correct.

[Jim Leff]

My favorite, dating from the old Compuserve Bacchus Wine Forum, is somewhat obsolete but still useful:

DNPIM ("Do Not Put In Mouth", i.e. something horribly awful)

[HillJ]

RL..and about five examples down "define: DH" gives you darling husband.

[HillJ]

update...one stop shopping for any definition.

http://www.onelook.com/

[jfood]

no but when i once posted that i "stuck the dirty knives in the dw", the local police arrived and started looking for the body of mrs jfood.

[Peter Cuce]

If you ever have an abbreviation you don't know, type into Google, "What is IMHO", for example, and it will have an explanation and a link at the top of the page. This will work for anything, not just abbreviations.

[HillJ]

So will "define: IMHO" (as example) in any search engine

[Robert Lauriston]

DH = Department of Health
ISO = International Standards Organization

[RiJaAr]

i wonder if BAK (baking at keyboard) is legitimate, as i am usually running back and forth getting advice while i'm baking ?

[pescatarian]

Yes, and then you don't let us know how things (pie) come out :)

[RiJaAr]

i didn't?? i wwill have to go back to that thread and describe it there for all you !

[PDXpat]

which might easily be misread as BAK (baked at keyboard), which seems to be characteristic of many interweb posters (present company excepted, of course).

[LindaWhit]

PITA or PITB - Pain In The A** (or Butt) :-)
AYCE - All You Can Eat
EAK - Eating At Keyboard (and I am doing so right now)

And many, MANY more than you could possibly ever use here:

http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm

[momjamin]

YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary

[Emme]

I'll add a couple to the linked list...

IMNSHO- In my not so humble opinion

DINK- Double Income No Kids

[Nyleve]

Here you go. All the ridiculous abbreviations you never wanted to know, and a few more for good luck. I admit these are pretty parenting-specific, but do cover some of the more common ones.

http://www.todaysparent.com/article.j...

EOD? Probably not.

[laylag]

Thanks RiJaAr. In search of... never would have sussed that one out.