please explain some of the shortcut nomenclature I see here

[captain queeg]

Maybe its outlined somewhere, but I haven't seen it. Can someone tell a noob what stuff like K, T, R (maybe some others) mean when people are responding to posts?

[Orrex]

1. It's short for KnighTRider.

[cwydro]

4. Lol!

There you go again!

[Orrex]

6. You're too kind!

Most people say "asshole" and leave it at that.

[shraby]

2. Never fear, it's the noobs that are doing it, not the rest of us who can't figure out half

of their posts.

As far as I know, it's code for "we don't know what the hell we're talking about".

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I sometimes find it highly annoying that people

here can't be bothered to type out a full word or name.

Sometimes putting the abbreviation into Google will help. Sometimes the abbreviation has more than one meaning, but you can usually figure out which one applies.

Over time you'll learn most of them.

[leftstreet]

5. it's a Belgian auto racing team

[Orrex]

7. K & R usually means "kick" and "rec(ommend)"

Not sure about T, though.

[FSogol]

9. Maybe he means n/t which stand for no text. That means everything is in the reply title/subject line

[Orrex]

12. I see what you did there

[FSogol]

14. LOL, n/t

Hopefully, I not violating the secret sanctity of the no text tag.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Might be thinking of NT, which, Capt. Queeg, means "no text" and means the response is short enough

that it's in the reply title field only. Also, OP means "opening/original post" or "opening/original poster."

[Orrex]

13. Maybe, but don't tell him about eom

I was on DU for about, oh, 4,465 days before I figured that one out.

[cwydro]

21. Lol, me too. eom

[defacto7]

16. In this context probably tweeted.

[cwydro]

8. I once was called a mole when I asked what 2a was.

I wasn't processing well that day I guess.

[FSogol]

10. 2a is the smallest bra size. HTH. n/t

[cwydro]

17. Lol!

Wish I'd thought of that.

The poster who called me a mole is FFR, so it's all good.

[3catwoman3]

30. OK - I'll bite.

What are 2a, FFR and HTH?

[cwydro]

31. Lol! You made me feel much better about my ignorance.

2A is the second amendment, FFR is Flagged for review.

Hth, I do not know.

[3catwoman3]

33. Happy to be of service!

I am going to make up a new one, building on the HTH - HTHDIK. How The Hell Do I Know?

[cwydro]

22. Wait! What is HTH?

Wah, I hate being out of the loop.

[Iggo]

28. Head-to-head, hand-to-hand?

[cwydro]

29. lol!

I can't keep up!

[Orrex]

23. I thought it was 6.02 x1023

Wait. Wrong mole.

[captain queeg]

15. thanks all

Can't tell for sure how many responses are tongue-in cheek but I think I get most of it now.

[defacto7]

18. Kicked, tweeted and recommend

[Iggo]

19. Looks like mostly true facts, except for the bra size one.

[cwydro]

20. And if you see "moran", it is not a mispelling.

It comes from some stupid RW idiot who had it as a sign.

Sorry, I'm not good at pics here. Maybe someone will post it.

YMMV means "your mileage may vary." If someone tells you "bless your heart", you are not being complimented in any way, lol.

Otoh (on the other hand), if Skittles schedules you for an ass-kicking, that IS a compliment.

You'll catch on lol. Stay away from threads on fried chicken, pit bulls, or circumcision.

[Aristus]

24. I'lll tell you,

but only if you tell me what happened to the quart of strawberries that was in the wardroom reefer.

[MGKrebs]

25. tl;dr n/t eom

[emulatorloo]

26. K&R "Kick and Recommend". N/T "no text in my post, just the title"

[Achilleaze]

27. etc.

means etcetera, whatever.

[Greybnk48]

32. IOKIYAR

I hope I got that right. "It's ok if you are Republican" Hypocrisy alert!

[Dr. Strange]

34. The only important abbreviation that gets used is tiaihtsdcotywwytdycybidyd

But no one uses it any more.