*** beginners guide to what all those abbreviations really mean yup here they are ***

[is that my watch]

Well guys and girls have you been reading and chatting on some of the threads when you sudden get an abbreviation we all know what w.i.s is or a form of w.i.s


but some of the others get's you and going duh or huh so let make it simple a list so members like me can find out what you guys are really talking about haha


so T.T.F.N


(Ta Ta For Now)

[Bwana]

WTF ?

[is that my watch]

WTF ?

haha I know what that one means but I just to dam polite to say

[OTGabe]

SMH

[whatmeworry]

I like the idea of abbreviations that improve of put twists on the well know ones. For example, instead of LOL, consider the variants :
SBFN - Sprayed blood from nose... For when you're laughing REALLY hard
LVQ - Laughing very quietly... For when then object of ridicule is in the room / thread

[is that my watch]

SMH

I know this one it must be Sidney morning herald did I get it right

[is that my watch]

I like the idea of abbreviations that improve of put twists on the well know ones. For example, instead of LOL, consider the variants :
SBFN - Sprayed blood from nose... For when you're laughing REALLY hard
LVQ - Laughing very quietly... For when then object of ridicule is in the room / thread

lol think I am going to make some up and slip them in to comments to see if anyone notices haha so g.t.e. a. l.b.n haha

[shameless]

always wondered why the word 'abbreviation' was so long check this Russian abbreviation out NIIOMTPLABOPARMBETZHELBETRABSBOMONIMONKONOTDTEKHSTROMONT

Meaning: Laboratory for Shuttering, Reinforcement, Concrete and Ferroconcrete Operations for Composite-monolithic and Monolithic Constructions of the Department of Technology of Building Assembly Operations of the Scientific Research Institute of the Organization for Building Mechanization and Technical Aid of the Academy of Building and Architecture of the USSR.

[I-B]

Thanks for this thread. As a non-native English speaker this is really helpfull. The English-speakers think the whole world speaks fluid English and knows all the abbreviations they use...

[is that my watch]

Thanks for this thread. As a non-native English speaker this is really helpfull. The English-speakers think the whole world speaks fluid English and knows all the abbreviations they use...

I'm English speaking and I have not got a clue what half of them are I got confused with i.r.l and o.t.i the other day when chatting apparently they mean

i.r.l -- in really life

o.t.i --- on the internet



so yes be fun if the members who know could list a few of them