Forum Abbreviations

[Wellington]

Just a short list of abbreviations which may help out our newer members – hopefully knowing what some of this jargon means will help to make you less timid about posting. Come on in, the Forum’s lovely :D

This is by no means a definitive list – I don’t profess to be particularly au fait with these abbreviations as I only visit & post on one Forum :D Most of what I know I learned from here! I’m sure we can all add to it, but here are some of the more often used:

LOL – Laugh Out Loud
ROFL – Rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO – Rolling on the floor laughing my – ahem – ‘bottom’ off ;)
PMSL - um, p myself laughing
PITA - pain in the backside
ATM – At The Moment
IIRC – If I Recall/Remember Correctly
IMHO – In My Humble Opinion
IYSWIM – If You See What I Mean
AFAIK – As Far As I Know
TMI – Too Much Information
HTH – Hope This Helps
TBH - To Be Honest
WB – Welcome Back
WTG – Way To Go
DH - Dear/Darling Husband
OH - Other Half
DS - Dear/Darling Son
DD - Dear/Darling Daughter
DSS - Dear/Darling StepSon
DSD - Dear/Darling StepDaughter
MIL - Mother In Law
FIL - Father In Law
SIL - Sister In Law
BIL - Brother In Law



With us being a crafty forum, there are also a few crafty abbreviations in fairly regular use:

CT/CT.com – CraftTelly.com (well, d’uh!)
ST/ST.com – ShoppingTelly (CT’s big sister…or is it brother?) which can be found here
DB – Dawn Bibby
SW – Steph Weightman
MM – Michele Marsden (also sometimes Malcolm :D )
JS – Joanna Sheen
GGs - Glitter Girls (or Glitter Grannies, depending on if you're Dips!)
MCS – My Craft Studio
C&C – Create & Craft
CAC - see above
IW - Ideal World
DST – Double sided tape
BP – Brenda Pinnock
AG - Anna Griffin
MS - Martha Stewart
HD - HunkyDory
DCWV – Die Cuts With a View
WRMK - We Are Memory Keepers
C-A-D - CropADile
LCS – Local Craft Shop
CS - Cosmic Shimmer for crafty purposes, but also customer services
PM - Papermania
EP - Embossing Powder
UTEE - Ultra Thick Embossing Enammel
TSV - Today's Special Value (QVC)
OTO - One Time Only (QVC)
4DD - 4 Day Deal (C&C/IW)
POW/POTW - Pick of the Week (C&C/IW)
POD/POTD - Pick of the Day (C&C/IW)


And some of our regular posters get shortened a lot & will answer to:

SCW - SuperCoolWillow
ROC - Rentochops
RW - Rainbowwand
LJ - Little Jan
LC/LSC - LipstickCherry
KWC - Kitten_with_claws

That’s all I can think of for now…My single brain cell says it’s hurting & can it go back to sleep please…

[viv]

Thanks Wellington. I have printed this very useful list.

[Marie]

Oh well there's some new ones to me as well, I'll keep the list for future reference! Good thinking Wellie!

[lolathelamb]

What a good idea! I am a moderator of another form and some of these acronyms sometimes stump me!

[SUPERCOOLWILLOW]

SCW - SUPERCOOLWILLOW
ROC - rentochops

thought this might come in useful as well some peoples names are long

[Anne]

RW - Rainbowwand
LC - Anne :D

[lolathelamb]

I am new around here but intend to stay so
LL - Lola the Lamb
if you wish!
(see below - confusion means I'll stay as Lola)

[Little Jan]

LJ little jan


some other abbreviations

SIL sister in law

BIL Brother in law
and so forth
DD Dear daugher
DS dear son

[Anne]

I am new around here but intend to stay so
LL - Lola the Lamb
if you wish!

That's a bit tricky - we already have a LoobyLou.

[viv]

That's a bit tricky - we already have a LoobyLou.

Lol, I need to get used to the general words first before I can hope to remember the names as well