Short words

[gaboru93]

Hi. I made this thread so we can put in all the short words (example: IMO=in my opinion) to help out the new people that come on the forums. so if you know short words post them here and i will add them to the list.

IMO=In my opinion
IMHO = In my humble/honest opinion
iirc=if i remember corectly
AFAIK = As far as I know
RTFM = Read the .......g manual ( not seen on this forum - members here too nice):D
ROFL = Roll on floor laughing
ROFLMAO = Roll on floor laugh my arse off :0
BRB – be right back
BTW – by the way
TTYL – talk to you later
BFN – bye for now
TTFN – ta-ta for now
CYA – see ya (or it could also be: cover your a*s)
CUL8R – see you later
IMHO – in my humble opinion
IMNSHO – in my not so humble opinion
LOL – laughing out loud
ROTFL – rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO – rolling on the floor laughing my a*s off
RTM – read the manual
GG – good game
THX - thanks
TX - thanks
PLZ - please
ASL – age / sex / location?
IRL – in real life
FWIW - for what it's worth
:) RPG - Role Play Game:biggrin: ("Corwin")
RPG = rocket propelled grenade
FOOMSL=Flying Out Of My Socks Laughing
HTH - Hope This Helps
YMMY - Your Mileage May Vary
OTOH-on the other hand

Credits to: boneshaker, Cmgamer, crpgnut, Corwin, Moriendor, magerette

[boneshaker]

IMHO = In my humble/honest opinion
AFAIK = As far as I know
RTFM = Read the .......g manual ( not seen on this forum - members here too nice):)

[Cm]

ROFL = Roll on floor laughing
ROFLMAO = Roll on floor laugh my arse off :0

[crpgnut]

BRB – be right back
BTW – by the way
TTYL – talk to you later
BFN – bye for now
TTFN – ta-ta for now
CYA – see ya (or it could also be: cover your a*s)
CUL8R – see you later
IMHO – in my humble opinion
IMNSHO – in my not so humble opinion
LOL – laughing out loud
ROTFL – rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO – rolling on the floor laughing my a*s off
RTM – read the manual
GG – good game
THX - thanks
TX - thanks
PLZ - please
ASL – age / sex / location?
IRL – in real life
FWIW - for what it's worth

[gaboru93]

wow... that's a whole list... is it okay to u guys if i put them in the list in the first post?

[txa1265]

wow... that's a whole list... is it okay to u guys if i put them in the list in the first post?

So long as you call them 'acronyms' ... ;)

[gaboru93]

call them what?

[txa1265]

call them what?

acronym
Main Entry: ac·ro·nym
Pronunciation: 'a-kr&-"nim
Function: noun
Etymology: acr- + -onym
: a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters

[magerette]

This is a pretty cool site if you ever need to look one up--also there's a great bunch of cow jokes for mike:
http://www.freewarehof.org/acronyms.htmlhttp://Acronym Freeware Hall of Fame

edit: someday i have to learn how to use the link insert button.
heres the 2 cows link:
http://www.freewarehof.org/2cows.html

[Corwin]

That cow page, should really be in the Daily Smile!! AND, to keep it on topic, :) RPG - Role Play Game :biggrin:

[txa1265]

RPG - Role Play Game :biggrin:

I dispute that!

(you *can't* define RPG without an argument!) :D

[Moriendor]

RPG = rocket propelled grenade, you tards!!!11 :biggrin:

[Corwin]

Well Mike, I'm not the one who had a page of Cow jokes included just for my benefit!! :)

[magerette]

Sorry, mike;) Didn't mean to get the big dogs on your case. :)

I saw this one at the Codex the other day:
FOOMSL
(Flying Out Of My Socks Laughing)

[txa1265]

Well Mike, I'm not the one who had a page of Cow jokes included just for my benefit!! :)

You say that like it is a BAD thing?!?! :D

RPG = rocket propelled grenade, you tards!!!11 :biggrin:

And I thought it was 'Really Pretty Girl' ... ?

[Dr. A]

HTH - Hope This Helps
YMMY - Your Mileage May Vary

Hey gaboru93, you may want to list the abbreviations alphabetically for ease of reference.

Also your first post says this "example: IMO=if i remember corectly"... :)

[txa1265]

Common RPG Acronyms
IC - In Character
IG - InGame
Mob - Mobile Object (=~ NPC)
MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game
MUD - Multi User Dungeon
OOC - Out of Character
OOG - Out of Game

And as for RPG itself ...
Rôle Playing Game
Role Playing Games
Remember Playing
Rapid Prototyping
Role Playing Gaming
Retirement Planning
Rocket Propelled Grenades
Role Play Games
Resource Planning
Regional Planning Guidance
Recreational Pistol Gang
Ramshead Publishing
Role Playing Gamers
Role Playing Girl
Role Players Guild
Results PC Games
Recommended Practice Guides
Raster Pattern Generator
Research Program
Runtime Package
Reference Program
Recently Playing
Recruitment Page
Role Playing Guidelines
Richard P Gabriel
Research Project Grant
Research Project Grants
Role Playing Goodness
Random Password Generator
Role Player Game
Registering Program
Reception Program
RELEASE Packages
Rail Passengers
Role Player Games
Roll Play Games
Reeducacion Postural Global
registered professional geologists
Ribosomal Protein Gene
Recycled Products Guide
Role Play Gamers
Regional Planning Group
Radiometer Physics GmbH
Role Playing Gt
Royce Peeling Green
Radar Products Generator
Refugee Policy Group
Recovery Processing
Rolling Playing Game
radiologic percutaneous gastrostomy
rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
Recombinant protein G
restorative perineal graciloplasty
Retrograde Percutaneous Gastrostomy
ribosomal protein genes
rice-powder gruel
roentgen protection glass
rough pyrolytic graphite
Random Plasma Glucose
Regional Programming Group
Re Parts of Gbaji
Role Players Get
Rotary Pulse Generators
Role Playing Golf
Radionuclide plethysmography
rheoplethysmograph
rheoplethysmographic
Re Project Game
Real Playing Game
Random Plot Generator
rhizopuspepsinogen
Random Pattern Generator
Radiation Physics Group
Radio Products Group
Registered Professional Geologist
Retrograde Pyelography
Radar Product Generation
Really Poor Graphics
Really Pathetic Gamer
Random Pulse Generator
Regional Planning Guide
Reining Promotion Group
Renal Practice Group
Robotics Planning
Regulamin Poligonu
Raw Pyrolysis Gasoline
Regulatory Procedural Group
River Patrol Group
Representative Porter Goss
Radiation Protection Group
Rapid Population Growth
Records Processing
Report Program Generation
Raytracing Program
Research Planning Grant
Research Planning Grants
Rocket Projectile Guns
Rocket Propelled Gun
Record Program Generator
Recursive Process Graphs
Rechercher Plage
Reconnaissance Planning
Report Programme Generator
Radar Processing Group
Red Pigment Gene
Ricky Putra Globalindo
Receiver Processor Group
Regional Promotion Group
Report Program General
Real Proving Ground
Radar Product General
Random Point Generation
Reclamation Plan the Guarantor
Regional Peoples Government
Regulations Policy Group
Rensselaer Polytechnic Geology
Replacement of the Plant Growth
Rhis Photo Gallery

... nothing about cows ...

[gaboru93]

HTH - Hope This Helps
YMMY - Your Mileage May Vary

Hey gaboru93, you may want to list the abbreviations alphabetically for ease of reference.

Also your first post says this "example: IMO=if i remember corectly"... :)
ups... sorry! it's now fixed :D

[gaboru93]

i will put them in alphabeticall order soon...

[crpgnut]

I forgot OTOH-on the other hand...

[xSamhainx]

also TYVM (thank you very much) and YW (youre welcome)