Is there a YM acronym list for dummies?

[Deleted]

I generally pick up on the acronyms used on this site and others, but every once in awhile I'll be left completely clueless and will have to google it or just plain skip over it. Do we have a definition list somewhere of the commonly used acronyms on this site? If not, maybe we could just use this thread for everyone to add their favorite YM acronyms?

[Gardening Grandma]

When I come across an acronym that I don't know, I just google it. I'm not aware of a list on YM.

[Deleted]

Feb 11, 2011 12:07:58 GMT -5 Gardening Grandma said:

When I come across an acronym that I don't know, I just google it. I'm not aware of a list on YM.

Yes, that's what I usually do, but google can sometimes be misleading...

For instance, everyone seems to use acronyms for boyfriend, girlfriend, mother, father, son, daughter, etc...and I commonly come across DBF. For the longest time, I thought it was Dear BoyFriend, but then realized it was probably Dear Best Friend. To reassure myself, I google it, and one of the top matches for DBF was Divorced Black Female. I just can't imagine we're always discussing the status of divorced black females on this site?

So you see my confusion. Hence, I think we should collectively try to define all of the acronyms used on this site.

I'll start with a few...

DH: Dear Husband
DW: Dear Wife
DD: Dear Daughter
DS: Dear Son
DF: Dear Fiance
OP: Original Poster/Post
SO: Significant Other
FWIW: For What It's Worth
IMO: In My Opinion
IIRC: If I Recall Correctly
EF: Emergency Fund
ER: Early Retirement
RE: Real Estate
SAHM/D: Stay at Home Mom/Dad
AGI: Adjusted Gross Income
EIC: Earned Income Credit

[Gardening Grandma]

I still haven't figured out "BBF". It seems to be used in the contest of a female best friend, but the letters don't fit......... "Bestest best friend"??

[thyme4change]

I think it is BFF - Best Friends Forever.

[Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ]

I still haven't figured out "BBF". It seems to be used in the contest of a female best friend, but the letters don't fit......... "Bestest best friend"??

BBF=Big boob female.

[Gardening Grandma]

Thanks, thyme.
SF, you are getting the raspberry! <pppfffffftt>

[Wisconsin Beth]

HEL = Home Equity Loan
HELOC = Home Equity Line of Credit

[Firebird]

COL(A) - Cost of living (area); sometimes people add H, M, or L to the front of that.

WWPD - What Would Phil Do? ;D

[thyme4change]

WTF = Why the face

[Deleted]

Feb 11, 2011 13:45:35 GMT -5 Firebird said:

WWPD - What Would Phil Do? ;D

Good stuff.

[cronewitch]

EF needs no explaining get one and cancel cable, Now! Eat beans and rice.

[cronewitch]

DF seems to mean Dear Fiancee or Dear Fiance but many people don't know that means they should be engaged to be married and not just anyone you shack up with so they use it even if they have no marriage plans.

DS1, DS2, DD1, DD2 are the sons and daughters when you have more than one of each. DN could be Dear Niece or Dear Nephew.

DH is often Dear Husband but just about as often the D is for something else like Darn.

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary
IMHO = In my humble opinion
YIAGI = Yes, I already Googled It
CC = Credit Card
TFTK= Thanks for the Karma
DFTT = Don't Feed the trolls
VRWC = Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

[Deleted]

OTOMH: Off the top of my head
PITA: Pain in the A**
FMV: Fair Market Value
FTW: For the Win


Not sure I see these around here, more military jargon:

SNAFU: Situation Normal, All F***** Up
FUBAR: F***** Up Beyond All Recognition

[olderburgher]

Question: Why is it that people who write IMHO never seem to have a humble opinion but just the opposite or at least never express their many opinions in a humble fashion???

[MN-Investor]

MIL - Mother-in-law
FIL - Father-in-law
BIL - Brother-in-law
SIL - Sister-in-law

I'll use DB for dear brother and DS for dear sister after it's obvious that I'm talking about a brother or sister (otherwise DS could be dear son).

[hawkeyes2001]

Feb 11, 2011 13:54:32 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

WTF = Why the face

Hmmmm..... that's not what I thought WTF meant.
I thought it was more along the lines of What the bleep?

Similar to WTH= what the hell

[Firebird]

Feb 12, 2011 10:21:27 GMT -5 olderburgher said:

Question: Why is it that people who write IMHO never seem to have a humble opinion but just the opposite or at least never express their many opinions in a humble fashion???

Yesterday I prefaced a response with IM(NAAH)O ;D

[thyme4change]

Question: Why is it that people who write IMHO never seem to have a humble opinion but just the opposite or at least never express their many opinions in a humble fashion???

ROFL - Maybe we should have IMCO = In my conceited opinion.

[Gardening Grandma]

Feb 14, 2011 9:57:43 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Question: Why is it that people who write IMHO never seem to have a humble opinion but just the opposite or at least never express their many opinions in a humble fashion???

ROFL - Maybe we should have IMCO = In my conceited opinion.

Or perhaps IMNSHO (In My Not So Humble Opinion)...