COMM Acronym List - Original Post Updated

ShadowMan

Designated Grumpy Old Fart
I actually inserted EAU - "Excessive Acronym Utilization" into a government document acronym list that made it through all the editing and reviews and I had to pull it out just before publishing haha

Oh I'd of left that in there!! LOL!
 

Dennis Olson

Chief Curmudgeon
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FUBAR: f'd up beyond all repair


You all realize that there are hundreds of acronym websites out there, right?

Just sayin...
 

Dennis Olson

Chief Curmudgeon
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IMHO: in my humble opinon
IMNSHO: in my not so humble opinion
ROFL: rolling on floor laughing
ROFLPIMP: rolling on floor laughing peeing in my pants
 

Lone_Hawk

Resident Spook
FUBAR: f'd up beyond all repair


You all realize that there are hundreds of acronym websites out there, right?

Just sayin...

I know, but some of the ones here are unique to this site anyway... And the explicit sexual suggests... I'm not gonna list, not appropriate..
 

Signwatcher

Has No Life - Lives on TB
MIL - Mother-in-Law
FIL - Father-in-Law
BIL - Brother-in-Law
SIL - Sister-in-Law
TMI - Too Much Information

I use these a lot.

It's always good to have a refresh...especially if you don't use them a lot.
 

Thomas Paine

Has No Life - Lives on TB
ATFTRAF- After The First The Rest Are Free


I didn't see this one anywhere else in the thread so I figured I'd be that guy.
 

Countrymouse

Country exile in the city
One I'm often heard mumbling to myself as a description of another clueless idiot in any retail facility after asking them a normal question they SHOULD be able to answer (like "where is (insert name of product they regularly sell)?" and getting an answer (sometimes accompanied with a vague wave of the hand) "Oh, it's over there" or "Oh, it's against the back wall somewhere"--

Case in point today--went to Lowe's twice to pick up stuff for a yard project.

On first trip, noticed a pallet of Top Soil in the middle of the garden center aisle right next to the cash register.

Came back on second trip to get some--no longer there.

Asked the girl at the register, "What happened to the top soil that was here earlier?"

Reply:

"Oh. They moved it."

And then she stands there with a rather vapid smile staring at me.

"OK--and could you tell me where they moved it?"

With a startled look, as if this new thought took her totally by surprise:

"Oh!" (silence a couple of seconds as her wheels turn). "I guess they moved it somewhere to the back."

Return to vapid staring.

"Can you tell me where in the back they moved it to?"

At this point two young strong black employees, who had been standing around visiting with the young lady (she appeared to be of Hispanic ethnicity) whipped out their phones, looked it up on the store computer, and informed me it was on "row H."

(It wasn't, by the way).

At no time did young lady or the two strapping young men offer to GO WITH ME to find these approximately 30-40 pound bags of soil nor to pick them up for me to load on my cart.

So I go to search for them, finally find where they moved them to (the very farthest back corner of the store, naturally), wrestle them onto my cart, roll them back to checkout, where I saw the young men ambling back to the main store from their visit to the young lady in the garden center.

I thanked the young lady, and made mention that it's a good thing the poor young men hadn't tried to lift those bags for me as they might have hurt their backs doing so.

My very appropriate acronym?

IDKIDC


"I don't know and I don't care."

{ETA--my son Joseph just read this story, and cracked me up--he said the description of the girl's answers when I asked her questions reminded him of the little blue arrow circling around on You Tube when a video is buffering, like she had a little "buffering" arrow circling around above her head...)
 

Delta

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I appreciate the sentiment of the original post. Using acronyms is a legitimate shorthand, but it easily limits your audience to the "in crowd". But the point of the communication it sometimes more about saying "I'm cool" than sharing one's thoughts.
 

CarolynA

Veteran Member
DBO California term used to describe descendants of Oakies who settled along the ditch banks during the Dust Bowl days. Ditch Bank Okies Probably an offensive term but one I use often :)
 

Griz3752

Retired, practising Curmudgeon
I freely admit to using these and only rarely explaining them which would probably defeat the purpose.
Perhaps this should be a sticky?
But then who moderates inclusion of new acronyms?
 
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