Acronyms & Abbreviations......

[ArmySSG]

Hi everyone....

As you can tell by my screen name, I'm in the Army, so I'm used to all kinds of A&A for that lingo. (And wow, do we have some doosies!)
However, some of the photography/modeling ones I hear these days confuse me. I had a plus model tell me that she was tired of "GWC's that just wanted a BBW". It took me a minute to realize it was a Guy with camera that just wanted a big beautiful woman.
Anything else out there that is going to stump me the first few times I hear it??? Let's get a list going......

Let me know!

Ken

[Axle]

I'm in the computer field, so I know all about A&A's as well.

RAM, CPU, BASIC, CDROM, DVD...yep, they're here to stay

[BillinAnchorage]

hmmm "Gay White Couple" ewwwwwwww ... not that theres anything wrong with that LOL

[ArmySSG]

Ahhh, but you just can't beat Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam......

"But sir, if the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QC? Because if it leaks to the VC he could end up an MIA and then we would all end up on KP."

[walterick]

Well, Mr Long I don't want to distract from your ropic here because I am curious about it as well, but...

I WOULD like to get considered once and for all what the acronym LOL stands for.

I always thought it was Lots of Love. Recently I have heard a contingent saying it's Laugh Out Loud. Which is it?

Again I don't want to distract from Ken's photo-based topic. I am racking my brain trying to think of photography and lighting-related acronyms but can't seem to think of many other than the basics:

SLR = Single Lens Reflex
DSLR = Digital Single Lens Reflex
TTL = Through the Lens (light metering)
P&S = Point and Shoot
ND = Neutral Density (filter)
CP = Circular Polarizer (filter)
CS = Cross Screen (star filter)

Anyone else?
Rick

[megan]

rick,
LOL = laugh out loud
(g) - giggle
ROTFLMAO = rolling on the floor laughing my arse off
BTW = by the way
IMHO = in my humble opinion
SOS = stepping on or off soapbox

that's all the net stuff I can think of at the moment.

megan

[walterick]

but I want it to mean lots of love...

[92135011]

OH thats easy!

"As you can tell by my screen name, I'm in the Army, so I'm used to all kinds of A&A for that lingo. (And wow, do we have some doosies!)
However, some of the photography/modeling ones I hear these days confuse me. I had a plus model tell me that she was tired of "GWC's that just wanted a BBW". It took me a minute to realize it was a Guy with camera that just wanted a big beautiful woman.
Anything else out there that is going to stump me the first few times I hear it??? Let's get a list going...... "

AYCTBMSNIITASIUTAKOAAAFTLHSOTPMOIHTDCMIHAPMTMTSWTO GWCTJWABBWITMAMTRIWAGWCTJWABBWAEOTTIGSMTFFTIHILGAL G

^_^

[ArmySSG]

OH thats easy!

"As you can tell by my screen name, I'm in the Army, so I'm used to all kinds of A&A for that lingo. (And wow, do we have some doosies!)
However, some of the photography/modeling ones I hear these days confuse me. I had a plus model tell me that she was tired of "GWC's that just wanted a BBW". It took me a minute to realize it was a Guy with camera that just wanted a big beautiful woman.
Anything else out there that is going to stump me the first few times I hear it??? Let's get a list going...... "

AYCTBMSNIITASIUTAKOAAAFTLHSOTPMOIHTDCMIHAPMTMTSWTO GWCTJWABBWITMAMTRIWAGWCTJWABBWAEOTTIGSMTFFTIHILGAL G

^_^

Ok, you got me with that one!

[mjs1973]

I get it.

[ArmySSG]

Wow... sleep for a couple hours, get up and do some good ol' Army PT, and it just kinda slaps in the face, doesn't it?

[megan]

funny hippy man (teasing)
how's about if you do it like this (((((LOL))))))
it will be lots of love? that way it's a cyber hug. if someone does this ((((((((rick))))))))) it's an email hug.

megan

[opus]

Here's some from my "other" online life:

*BAER*

DH (I use this one all the time, it almost spills over into my real life)

and TIA!

[Gerry Widen]

For the few not already covered. acronym finder site. Hardly any not covered.

[SmartWombat]

I invented WYGIWYG What You Get Is What You Get in response to MS Word's total inability to get print previewor on-screen rendering anything like the final output.
Then I added WYSITD What You See Is Totally Different to describe why it's to FUBARed beyond belief.

A few others...
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
WOMBAT Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time
WOMBAT Women Of Massive Beauty And Talent
WOMBAT Wavelength Oriented Microwave Background Analysis Team
WOMBAT WWW OSIMIS MIB Access Tool
... oops, I got carried away

[Mig]

As a system admin who occasionally has to deal with users, I think the one I use most often is:

PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair)

Danielle

[SmartWombat]

In reaction to Microsoft's "knowledge worker" meaning someone who actually does something as opposed to layers of useless management, we now have KFU -Knowledge Free User