Ummm, please don’t call me clueless!

[Adrian]

IMHO – is in my humble opinion.
So maybe some of those posting aren’t being humble?

Perhaps we should add a general thread about those who cannot spell (myself included) – which will probably result in a request for me to add a spelling checker… so on second thoughts lets not say anything!

[Anonymous]

Hi

I guess there should be some sort of dictionary for frequently used acronyms. I, too, had no end of trouble working out what all those letters meant. From a bit of time hanging around this and other websites I have found the following:

Gurls – as differentiating from “girls”, meaning to show a subtle difference that one was not born one. It’s not usually a spelling mistake but done on purpose. Usually used by those who who present as female some of the time but are not comfortable referring to themselves in the true female term, either out of respect or because they do not see themselves as truely female.
GG – Genetic Girl
IMO and IMHO – Amanda has covered.
LMAO – Laughing My Ar** Off (plus there are other letters added sometimes which I think you can work out from here).
SO – Significant Other
FAB – Female At Birth (like GG)
ROFL – Rolling On Floor Laughing
SA – Shop Assistant or Sales Assistant
DRAB – DRessed As Boy
DRAG – DRessed As Girl (These were notes on scripts for plays used by Shakespeare)
Maybe we could start MAD – Male At Delivery (LOL – Laughing Out Loud)
BRB – Be Right Back

A lot of these are used internationally and fast becoming part of the universal aspect of English.

I can’t think of any more right now. Anyone care to add to the dictionary?

Huggs

Portia

[Adrian]

Quote:

I can’t think of any more right now. Anyone care to add to the dictionary?

LOL – Laughing Out Loud – pretty common in the chat room.

[Anonymous]

What a wonderful collection of posts!

I’m guessing IMO doesn’t mean “International Meteorological Organization” as I always thought it was until (very) recently.

And to make matters worse, for a very long time, I always thought LOL was “lots of love” which … … never really made sense in a lot of posts I’ve read in the past.

The only clueless person is the one that doesn’t ask

Emily

[Anonymous]

It just takes time. my favourite remains ROFLOLPM

I’m advised the above “appears to be too brief’ with an entreaty to “ensure that you are saying something worthwhile”

Well, I greatly enjoyed my sojourn to Glebe Friday evening. Didn’t get home until almost 3 o’clock in the morning, and awake before 8, so was (lots of words I’d best avoid) tired all Saturday.

[Anonymous]

A variation on ROTFL that I heard just last week was ROTFLMFO, where F does not = face!!

FAB, for those of us who wasted too many childhood hours in front of the Thunderbirds that is going to be confusing. (Lady Penelope was a style icon for me I must admit). Mind you as a wheat farmer’s daughter it took me a while to get used to FAQ not being a standard for the grain that we grew.

And of course the airline hosties used to have BOB on every flight- “Best On Board”.

Well, not much of an effort on my behalf but at least I had a RHG.

[Anonymous]

from another forum i log into:

A

AFAIK: “As Far As I Know”

B

BNM: “By No Means”
BTW: “By The Way”

C

CUNT: “Canberra’s United Networked Transgenders”

D

DVT: Deep Vein Thrombosis
DYKWIA: “Do You Know Who I Am”?**

E

ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival

F

FOC¹: Free of Charge
FWIW: “For What It’s Worth”

G

GHLAM: “Good Hard Look At Myself”

H

HHOK: “Ha Ha Only Kidding”

I

IANAL: I am Not a Lawyer (Disclaimer, generally placed before “But, “
IIRC: “If I Recall Correctly”
IME: In My Experience
IMO: “In My Opinion” or
IMHO: “In My Humble/Honest Opinion”
ISTR: “I seem to recall/remember”

J

JFC: “Jesus’ Feathered Cap” (not closely related to KFC)

K

KFC: Kolonel’s Fat-laden Crap

L

LMAO: “Laughing My Arse Off”
LOL: “Laugh(ing) Out Loud”
LOTFAP: Land Of The Free And Paranoid a.k.a. The U.S.A.

M

MGM: Moderators’s Gone Mad

N

O

OBFC: Osama Bin’s Fat-laden Chicken
OMG: Oh My God e.g. OMG o’clock = very very early.
OMFG: Oh My Father’s God
OP¹: Original Post – first post of a thread.
OP²: Original Poster – the person who started the thread.
OT: “Off Topic”
OTTOMH: “Off the top of my head”

P

PUTI: Posting under the “influence”

Q

R

ROFLMAO: “Rolling On the Floor Laughing My A$$ Off”
RTFM: “Read The F***ing Manual”

S

SO: Significant Other, referring to one’s partner (a friendly SWMBO).
SWMBO: She Who Must Be Obeyed

T

TWMBO: They Who Must Be Obeyed

U

V

VV: Vice versa

W

WRT: “With Regards To”
WTF: What the Fcuk?

Y

YGM: “You’ve got mail”
YGPM: “You’ve Got Private Mail”

** Mainly used by fourth rate politicians living on the Central Coast

These acronyms are included for entertainment purposes only and are not intended to cause offence. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental. No animals were harmed in the making of the these acrynoms.

[Anonymous]

For those of you looking for a spell checker, by default Firefox checks your spelling as you enter text on any website (including TR). Refer to http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+spell+checker for more details. Incorrect spelling will be highlighted with a wavy red line. Right-clicking on the misspelled word brings up a menu from which the correct spelling can be selected. You can also choose to add new words to your own dictionary by clicking “Add to Dictionary” from that menu.

By default, the spell check is done using American English. There is an addon for Firefox which allows Australian English spell checking, which can be downloaded from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3099/

Once installed, the Australian spell check plugin needs to be activated. This only needs to be done once. To activate
– right-click in any multi-line text field
– in the Languages sub-menu, select “English / Australia”

Given my poor typing skills and slight dyslexia, this is the Firefox add on that I rely on most heavily.

To enable spell checking of single-line text fields, refer to my Wiki page at http://julie9009.wikispaces.com/Firefox

If you are using Google Chrome, check http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95604

Spell check is also available for Internet Explorer, but I haven’t used it myself, as I rarely use IE.

[JeniSkunk]

Slightly late in learning of this thread.
Here’s a some more entries for the list.

Jenifur Charne

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

A:
AFK – Away From Keyboard

B:
BBIAB – Be Back In A Bit

DSM – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

F:
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions (usually asked by those who did not RTFM)

H:
HBIGDA – Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Inc.
HHOS – Ha-Ha Only Serious
HRT – Hormone Replacement Therapy
HTH1 – Happy To Help
HTH2 – Hope This Helps

I:
IM – Instant Message
IMNSHO – In My Not So Humble opinion

M:
MOTAS – Member Of The Appropriate Sex
MOTOS – Member Of The Opposite Sex
MOTSS – Member Of The Same Sex

N:
NFI – No F***ing Idea
NP – No Problems

O:
OT2 – On Topic
OTOH – On The other Hand

P:
PM – Private Message chat

R:
RLT – Real Life Test

S:
SoC – Standard of Care

T:
TIA – Thanks In Advance
TLA – Three Letter Acronym (the catch-all description for all of these shorthand ways of saying things)

W:
WPATH – World Professional Association for Transgender Health

[Anonymous]

omg i just loved the mad one

o heres one dmy
dont mess yourself
that meens when someone is getting up set you say that