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« on: December 03, 2007, 03:06:38 PM » |
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This is a list of some common acronyms used on the forum. Please add more as you see fit.
OMG = Oh My God
OMFF = Oh My Freakin Fruitloop (our silly substitution for something worse) Smiley
LMAO = Laughing My Butt (substitute the stronger A word) Off
BTW = By The Way
K&K - karma and koolaid
POV - Point Of View
WIP - Work In Progress
PB - the Princess Bride
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IDK - I Don't Know
MS - Manuscript
MSS - Manuscripts
MC - Main Character
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2007, 03:51:39 PM » |
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then there is the shorthand:
full cold - a full MS requested before a partial MS
full on a partial - a full MS requested after a partial has been read
...there are others, though - can't remember them.
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2008, 10:00:38 PM » |
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ROFLMAO -- rolling on the floor laughing etc. for if it was a really funny one WTF... What the... I'm sure I don't have to explain that one.  TTFN -- haven't seen this around here but pretty common on the internet Ta Ta for now BRB -- Be right back again common on the internet so one might run into it I suppose one should mention SASE but I should think everyone knows it. (self-addressed stamped envelope in case anyone doesn't) Can't think of anything else. |
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2008, 12:15:55 PM » |
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FWIW = For what it's worth
IMO = In my opinion
IMHO = In my humble opinion (used rarely!)
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Author of the novel JULIA'S CHILD (Jan 2012 Plume/Penguin) and THE SKI HOUSE COOKBOOK (Clarkson Potter 2007)
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2008, 12:27:57 PM » |
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With their military backgrounds, I'm sure Lee & Patrick are quite familiar with these: SNAFU: Situation Normal: All F***ed Up. FUBAR: F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition.  |
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2009, 05:59:35 PM » |
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Hi, Having these abbreviations is very helpful. K&K Karma and K00laid to you  Thanks, AnneJ |
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WIP: DARK PARTICLES
WIP: SOUL SNATCHERS
WIP: LIGHT SIGNATURES
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« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2010, 08:17:46 PM » |
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Thanks for this, Patrick! There's been several times I've needed this list! |
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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is like the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. ~ Mark Twain www.leandrajwallace.blogspot.com |
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« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2010, 06:17:18 PM » |
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Thanks! What does the Koolaid stand for (apart from the Koolaid guy/cartoon)?
Same with Princess Bride (apart from the book)?
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2014, 10:18:11 PM » |
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ETA is edited to add. Just learned that on a thread today, and thought it would be good to add to this list. Wish I'd come across this thread when I first joined. It took me a little bit to understand what people were meaning.
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« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2014, 01:33:12 PM » |
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I've seen LBL a lot, but I don't know what it means.  |
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« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2014, 01:59:13 PM » |
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DLTDHYITAOTWO - Don't let the door hit you in the @ss on the way out...
TTYL - Talk to you later
And the koolaid is a reference to the "they must all be drinking the koolaid" idea of ideaology and brain washing...
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“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”
-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2014, 02:50:48 PM » |
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LBL is "Line by line" -- detailed critiques that look at every sentence.
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« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2014, 02:54:44 PM » |
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Thank you! Karma! |
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My mother said
to get things done
You'd better not mess
with Major Tom
~Ashes to Ashes, David Bowie
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« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2014, 04:39:52 PM » |
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SMH - Shake my head
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“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”
-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2014, 04:43:42 PM » |
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TWIT that's what I think....sounds funnier than IMO
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