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Abreveations (spelling)

  • Thread starter Wesley
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Wesley

God must have an interesting sense of humor
Hey you guys (girls too) What are all the abreveations for some of the things you write? For example: lol
If you can think of an abreveation please post it and what it means thanks.
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NY:New York
NJ:New Jersery
VA:Virginia
PA:pennslyvania
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AFK: away from keyboard
SASE: self addressed stamped envelope
subsp: subspecies
lol: laughing out loud OR lots of laughs
 
Well....
lol = laugh out loud
rofl = rolling on the floor laughin
VFT = Venus FlyTrap
Nep = nepenthes
omg = oh my G**(wont use the lords name in vain)

Thats all I could think of that might be used in the forums.
 
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly

but that is all my brain is pulling up right now that hasn't already been said...

oh..

TX (Greatest State in the nation (it IS the home of Petflytrap after all.)
 
There's the ever popular
TIA = Thanks In Advance
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion (I think this is an oxymoron myself)
IMO = I My Opinion
TTFN = Ta Ta For Now (Who can't love a Tigger?
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edited 10-16-02 @ 6:24
 
All I use on a fairly regular basis in email is:

ttyl - Talk to you later
ttys - talk to you soon

and of course:

fyi - for your information
btw - by the way

I don't think I've used any of them yet on the forums though.
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brb = be right back
n/m= nothing much
lol = laugh out loud (as you already know....)

and thats all i can think of, plus the ones you guys (and girls) have already mentioned.
Kevin
 
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RamPuppy @ Oct. 16 2002,7:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">TX (Greatest State in the nation (it IS the home of Petflytrap after all.)[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
BWAAAAHAAAAHAAAAA!!! Good one Ram!
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IDTS I Don't Think So

(I kinda just made that one up hehe)
 
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (nepenthes gracilis @ Oct. 16 2002,3:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">NY:New York
NJ:New Jersery
VA:Virginia
PA:pennslyvania
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AFK: away from keyboard
SASE: self addressed stamped envelope
subsp: subspecies
lol: laughing out loud OR lots of laughs[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
OR lots of luck
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  • #10
Re: regarding
i.e.: that is
e.g.: example
Sp. species
ssp.: subspecies
Var.: variety

asap: as soon as possible
AFAIK: as far as I know
 
  • #11
FWIW: for what it's worth

LMAO: laughing my a$$ off

CUL8R: see you later
 
  • #13
aka - as known as
MI - Michigan
U.P. - Upper Peninsula

travis -  Masked Ninja
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  • #14
My boss just reminded my of two I use frequenly:

PIMA (pain in my a$&#036
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and
PITA (pain in the a$&#036
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What I like about these is you can pronounce them, so you can call someone a PITA and they think you mean bread....heh heh heh
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  • #15
Thanks guys, I now know what a lot of the abreviations are
 
  • #16
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
 
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