Acronyms! Calling ALL Acronyms!

[benld74]

Have not seen this subject in DU before, thought it might be fun. With all the acronyms that have evolved in texting, emails, etc. SEE?


Type out the acronym first
Followed by a dash
Followed by what it stands for

Have Fun
Be Creative
Ready
Set
Go

LOL - Laughing out Loud

[tj2001]

1. WTF?

[jotsy]

2. House Of Representatives - HOR

I wonder how the founding fathers knew!

[Glorfindel]

3. FUBAR - "F**ked Up Beyond All Recognition"

:crazy:

[DemoTex]

18. May I use it in a sentence to illustrate proper usage?

Phu Bai was FUBAR!

"Joker, why don't you just get yourself up to Phu Bai and see what's going on." the USMC PIO Eltee in "Full Metal Jacket" after the first night of Tet '68.

[Duer 157099]

4. WAYDTTHC - What Are You Doing, Trying To Herd Cats? n/t

[frogcycle]

5. ixnay on the TLAs

TLA - three letter acronym

[Davis_X_Machina]

10. There's also the ETLA...

...Extended Three-letter Acronym, and the EETLA, Expanded Extended Three-letter Acronym,

[teach1st]

6. TTOT

TTOT - Trending Topic on Twitter

Well, it was earlier

[Fuzz]

7. IITYWIMWYBMAD?

If I tell you what it means, will you buy me a drink?

[imdjh]

8. what is the proper text for a Bronx cheer?

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. SNAFU: Situation Normal - All F'd Up

[Historic NY]

11. IYBMADIWTY...I will

[Zorro]

12. TMA

Too Many Acronyms

[Touchdown]

13. Pro ID ed group. The Religious Institutte For Making...

Jesus The Omega Of Biology.

RIMJOB.

[Buzz Clik]

14. LMNOP

[TheDebbieDee]

15. BOHICA - Bend over, here it comes again!

[Historic NY]

16. SSDD...

same sh-t different day

[DemoTex]

17. From my military flying days: DNIF - Duty Not Including Flying

More often though, DNIF was invoked at the Officers Club bar - Drunk, Not Interested in Flying

A few other military acronyms:

FTA - Fun, Travel, Adventure (No? How about Fuck The Army)

DILLIGAF - Does It Look Like I Give A Fuck?

REMF - Rear Echelon Mother-Fucker (in the rear with the gear and the beer)

FNG - Fucking New Guy

DEROS - Date Estimated Return from Over Seas (We gotta get outta this place!)

[Minimus]

19. THEY - The Hearsay Exclaiming Yammerers

A friend of mine made this up to answer the question: Just who is this "They" everyone is always quoting.

As in: You know "they" say eating too much cheese is bad for you.

[ThoughtCriminal]

20. SLATFATF

So Long And Thanks For All The Fish

Pronounced "Slat-Fat-Eff"

I'm betting many here knew this one just from the subject.

I worked in a office years ago (not long after the book was published) and it became a common expression as we quit one by one. It wasn't long afterward that I was surprised to find out we were not the only ones using the acronym

[ROFF]

21. POTBOH

Parasite On The Balls OF Humanity

[NutmegYankee]

22. CMTSU - Can't Make This Shit Up!

[HopeHoops]

23. WWFSMD

What Would Flying Spaghetti Monster Do?

[HopeHoops]

24. WYSINWYG

What you see is NOT what you get - also known as "Micro$oft products".

[Occulus]

25. ZOMGWTFBBQ

Zoiks! Oh MY GOD!! What the FUCK!!! Barbecue.....

Oh, and a postal one:

LCTS - Low Cost Tray Sorter, which I refer to as:

CAT'S ASS - Cheap-Ass Tray Sorter (from) Accu-Sort Systems