Abbreviations you cant work out

[evertonianstu]

Let this be the thread where you freely admit your a thick sod and cant work them out.

Ill start with FWIW.

Beats me:blink:

 

[Vim Fuego]

FPMSLLOL

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

for what its worth i think all these abbreviations are awot
the one i never worked outis WHY in the auto trader

 

[heatmeiser]

For what it's worth, in my humble opinion, I don't see that point in abbreviations to be honest.

Most amusing abbreviation?

World Wide Web - WWW - How stupid to make an abbreviation that is 3 times longer than the phrase it is 'shortening'....

 

[TX Bill]

No problem for those who text on a daily basis.

My problem is that I'm not one of them.

 

[Dylan]

Good thread. FWIW is For What Its Worth.

Working in the US Navy, I have no choice but to learn to live and breathe Acronyms/Abbreviations.

I work at NAVSUBSCOL, which is Naval Submarine School, in the ATT class (Advanced Technical Training). I used to work up at BESS (Basic Enlisted Submarine School) up until a couple of months ago. I am currently qualifying MTS (Master Training Specialist).

In the Navy all of our gear has to have PMS performed (Preventive Maintenance System) using MRC's (Material Requirement Cards). You have to make sure the MRC is current by using the LOEP (List Of Effective Pages) in the PMS deck.

My previous command was at SDV Team 1 (SEAL (Sea, Air Land) Delivery Vehicle Team 1) working on the ASDS (Advanced SEAL Delivery System). While there I qualified SSW (Ship Safety Watch), SDO (Ships Duty Officer) WCS (Work Center Supervisor), RHIB coxswain (Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat)

etc etc. It is never endeing and I am sure I come across new acronyms ever day in the Navy.

 

[Chris]

TBH
LOL
ROFL
YMMV
IDD

At one point or other in time I've been stumped by what those meant.

 

[TX Bill]

We've got more acronyms in my business than I care to list....

 

[Dylan]

TBH
LOL
ROFL
YMMV
IDD

At one point or other in time I've been stumped by what those meant.

To Be Honest
Laugh Out Loud
Rolling on the Floor Laughing
??
??

 

[TX Bill]

Took me awhile to work out FFS.

 

[atrottel]

To Be Honest
Laugh Out Loud
Rolling on the Floor Laughing
??
??

YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

What about all those military slang ones that they don't teach you in school then, Dylan? Or have they drummed them out?

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

ymmv...you make mme vom
idd.....i despise dogshit

now if you were in the royal navy dylan you would be made to walk the plank for disclosing such information (submarine or not) surely you have the abbreviation l.l.s.s. loose lips sink ships.

what i don't get is why we use words like don't...... it takes me longer to find a ' than a o so is pointless really.

 

[Chris]

YMMV - Your mileage may vary
IDD- Indeed (I thought this was I dont disagree for ages in huge bouts of confusion).

I work in IT. Specifically I work in IT Software Development in heavy Enterprise systems. The abbreviations in here are a joke. Most of them start with and E and contain at least one J. Some of the simpler ones :
EJB
JDBC
JMS
JMX
JSP
JEE
JSE
JDK
JRE
IPC
RMI
JNDI

The list goes on and on... Not to mention the business ones...

 

[atrottel]

CSS
PHP
HTML
JS
SEO
SEM
PPC
CPM
CPC
CPA
GIS
GPS
KML
XML

 

[Dom1878]

FPMSLLOL

[Poor language removed] piss my self laughing, laugh out loud.?