Forum Acronyms

[Patrick]

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

[joanjunkmail]

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.

[JeanneT]

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.

[tradergirl]

FWIW = For what it's worth
IMO = In my opinion
IMHO = In my humble opinion (used rarely!)

[Bettie Sharpe]

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.

[ajhoward]

Hi,

Having these abbreviations is very helpful.

K&K

Karma and K00laid to you   

Thanks, AnneJ

[Silence18]

Thanks for this, Patrick! There's been several times I've needed this list! 

[nycgirl]

Thanks! What does the Koolaid stand for (apart from the Koolaid guy/cartoon)?

Same with Princess Bride (apart from the book)?

[007 fan]

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.

[tianaluthien]

I've seen LBL a lot, but I don't know what it means. 

[Falthor]

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...

[slightlysmall]

LBL is "Line by line" -- detailed critiques that look at every sentence.

[tianaluthien]

Thank you!  Karma!

[Falthor]

SMH - Shake my head

[007 fan]

TWIT   that's what I think....sounds funnier than IMO