Abbreviations

[stephanie_craxford]

Aha...

Kimberly pointed out to Shelley that BTW is short for "by the way"

So what else do we have out there:  Not those used in chat rooms... e.g. brb = be right back


I'll start:

LOL = Laughing out loud
ROTFLMAO = Rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off

Have fun,

Steph

[Dennis]

TBH = to be honest
IMO = in my opinion
IMHO = in my humble opinion
IIRC = if I recall correctly
YMMV = your mileage may vary

[Jaycie]

One i use that's caught people off guard is 'ATM' = at the moment. 

[Cassandra]

 Here's two of differing origins, one is actually an acronym:

This refers to something we all use. FRED:   F....ing Ridiculus Electronic Device.
And this one from my military days.  FUBAR  F....ed Up Beyond All Recognition

Definetely won't find those in any chat rooms.


Cassie

[stephanie_craxford]

SNAFU = Situation normal, all f***ed up

[Kimberly]

IMNSHO = In My Not So Humble Opinion
FUBAR = F....ed Up Beyond All Repair
ROFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
TMI = Too Much Information

I like SNAFU

[Alison]

WTF -  What the F**k
TANSTAAFL - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch


other words I've used

Woot-  its an abreviation of "Wow, Loot!"   but it basically means "Yay!"


Oh and we use FUBAR regularly... but maybe its a gamer thing... I also use the word cluster->-bleeped-<- 

[Shelley]

Now I feel old all of these look obvious when written out but do you reckon I could figure them out myself?

My favourite is ROTFLMAO

Shelley

[Cassandra]

We came up with this one today from our business.

GID = Grant Identity Dysphoria : They have a fifty dollar mentality but only 1 dollar in the wallet. 

Cassie

[stephanie]

I've seen this one a lot, took me a long time to figure it out

AFAIK = as far as I know

also mainly a gaming term:
AFK = away from keyboard