Commonly used abbreviations

[pr]

Here are some commonly used abbreviations or expressions that I have come across in the forum. I'll give a short explanation of them below. Since I'm not a native english speaker I'll do the best I can. If you have a better explanation please fill it in!

BTW - By the way
LOL - Laughing out loud; Lots of luck
IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In my humble opinion; In my honest opinion
ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing

"My two cents" - For what its worth, here's my opinion.

I found a large list of abbreviations here:
http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/
Please do not use all of them! :wink:

[tj]

(I moved this topic over to Dancers Anon)

I remember this being a topic recently...

Here's what my search turned up:
http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=2525



And welcome to Dance Forums, pr!

[pr]

Ok. I didn't see that! I just posted some abbreviations that I didn't know myself until recently, and I thought someone else maybe had the same problem.

[pr]

Thank you for the welcome tj!

[pygmalion]

Thanks pr. I've been hanging around the 'net so much that sometimes I forget. It's not too long ago that I didn't know any acronyms, either. One of the toughest for me to figure out was IIRC. Maybe that's because I never say, "if I recall correctly," in my normal speech? I don't know. :lol: :lol: But that one took me the longest while to understand. *shrug*

I was thinking II = two, in Roman numerals. RC = radio control? resistive/capacitive? Huh?!? Really confusing. :oops: :oops: :lol:

[pr]

Thanks pr. I've been hanging around the 'net so much that sometimes I forget. It's not too long ago that I didn't know any acronyms, either. One of the toughest for me to figure out was IIRC. Maybe that's because I never say, "if I recall correctly," in my normal speech? I don't know. :lol: :lol: But that one took me the longest while to understand. *shrug*

I was thinking II = two, in Roman numerals. RC = radio control? resistive/capacitive? Huh?!? Really confusing. :oops: :oops: :lol:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who got stuck on abbreviations. I was to shy to ask for the meaning of them, because every one else in the forum seemed to know what they stands for. :oops:

[tj]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who got stuck on abbreviations. I was to shy to ask for the meaning of them, because every one else in the forum seemed to know what they stands for. :oops:

It's like anything else, you just have to get familiar with them.

YMMV threw me at first.

[chachachacat]

YMMV? Looks like a cross between Hebrew and Roman numerals!

[SDsalsaguy]

YMMV? Looks like a cross between Hebrew and Roman numerals!
:lol:

YMMV = your mileage may vary :wink:

[Joe]

OMGWTFBBQ!

[Medira]

We use a lot of acronyms at work...it's absolutely insane. I didn't realize just how bad it was until I managed to describe my entire job in acronyms. The only full words I used were "a" and "the".

[macha]

*** "What the Frack?"
LMTFA "Leave me the Fark Alone"
STFU "Shut the Frontdoor Up"

And, my FAVORITE:

"RTFM" "Read that Fabulous Manual"

[Medira]

WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get