Abbreviations on MSE

fire**fly

hi, am always seeing newbies/peeps asking about some of the abbreviations we use on here so thought it might be a good idea to have them in here & perhaps if the question gets asked in other boards peeps can redirect them here, hope that's ok

AIOE - All In One Envelope (when sending pcards to same comp addy)
AOOP - All On One Postcard
AKA - Also Known As
AOE - Any Other Expenses
BG - Board Guide (on the comps board..
Glad, Misslayed, I Love comps, sarah1972

CCC - Compers Chat Corner
CG - Compers Guide..
Comping Guide - Getting Started & Other FAQs
CYE - Check Your Email
CYL - Catch You Later
C2Ws - Click2wins
DAE - Does Anyone Else?
DM - Direct Message
DRS - Delete Request Sent
DUPE - Duplicate (of another comp)
DTT - Daytime Telephone Number
DISC - Discussion
DM - Direct message
ETTOW - Each To Their Own Way
E: (date) - End Date (for the competition)
EE - Extra Entries (as in gain another by sharing f/b/tw)
ETA - Edited To Add
EF - Entry Form
FB - Face Book
FPD - Free Prize Draw
FYI - For Your Information
FF - FireFox http://www.cnet.com/firefox/
GED - Guessed End Date
GFC - Google Friend Connect
IIR - If I recall
IIRC - If I recall correctly
IIH - If It Helps
ICYMI - In case you missed it
IRL: In Real Life
IWIWIW - I won! I won! I won!
IOW - (How you're) Informed Of Wins - How you are informed of wins..
JWD - Job Well Done
LWE - Long White Envelope (or Winning Envelope)
as in the magazines Take A Break, That's Life, puzzler
etc who only send out headed letters to inform you of wins)
LEM - Losing EMail
L&S (l&s) - Like & Share
LMK - Let Me Know
LMS - Like My Status
(ME) Multiple Entries)
(MD) - Mags Daily Thread
MT - Modified tweet
MRS - Merge Request Sent
MR - Merge Requested
MNR - Merge Not Requested
NPN - No Purchase Neccesary
NI/Norn Iron - Northern Ireland
NSFW - Not suitable/safe for work (the NSFW tag is used in e-mail, videos, and on interactive discussion areas (such as Internet forums, blogs, or community websites) to mark URLs or hyperlinks which contain material such as pornography or profanity, which the viewer may not want to be seen accessing in a public or formal setting such as at work.
OMG! - Oh My Gosh (God)
OEPHH - One Entry Per Household
OEPP - One Entry Per Person
PDYOR - Please do your own research
PAYG - Pay as you Go
POP - Proof of Purchase
PPE - Please Press Expired
Robo - Roboform - http://www.roboform.com/everywhere
ROI - Republic of Ireland
RU or R/U - Runner(s) Up
RL - Real Life
RT - retweet
SU - Stumbleupon
SKS - Some Kind Soul
SNR - Standard Network Rate (sometimes SNWR or SNC) used for text comps
SYL - See You Later
SYT - See you tomorrow
SF - Site Feedback
Tw -Twitter
Twitter Jail - Having reached your tweeting limit
T&Cs - Terms and Conditions
TBH/TBF - To Be Honest/To Be Frank
TMI - Too Much Information
TYVM - Thank You Very Much
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTYL - Talk to you Later
URL - Uniform Resource Locator = The web page address (eg. www.google.co.uk) .. (thanks to one-eye for info)
UPD - Unexpected Parcel Delivery
WTC -Winning Telephone Call
WTM - Winning text message
WPC - Winning Phone Call
WEM - Winning EMail :j
wltw - Would like to win
WTG - Way To Go!
WL - Winners List
W³ - World Wide Web
xox - hugs & kisses
..............

AE - Alter Ego
AFAIK- As Far As I Know
AFAIR - As far As I Recall
AFAIC - As far As I'm Concerned
BOGOF - Buy One Get One Free
BRB - Be Right Back
BF/GF - Boyfriend/Girlfriend
DD - Dearest/Darling Daughter
DFW - Debt Free Wanabee (Debt Free Wanabee Board)
GC - Grand Children
GD - Grand Daughter
GK - Grand Kids
GS - Grand Son
DH - Darling Husband
DS - Dearest/Darling Son
DSD - Dearest/Darling StepDaughter
DSS - Dearest/Darling StepSon
DW - Dearest/Darling Wife
FAO - For Attention Of
HTH - Hope This Helps
IM(H)O - In My (Humble) Opinion
IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean
IYSWIM - If You See What I Mean
LOL - laughing Out Loud
MIL - Mother In law
MSE - Money Saving Expert
OH - Other Half
OP - Original Poster
OS - Old Style (MoneySaving Old Style Board)
Preeing - Spying on someone's social media
PICNIC - Problem In chair Not In Computer
PM - Private Message
PMSL - Peeing MySelf Laughing
POV - Point of view
PPOV - Personel point of view
PPR - Posting Privileges removed
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A!! Off
SO - Significant Other
SOA - State(ment) Of Affairs
TIA - Thanks In Advance
...

Twitter Slang Terms
http://www.noslang.com/twitterslang.php
RT - Retweet
OH - Overheard
FF - Follow Friday
HT - Heard Through
MM - Music Monday
@(at) - sends a message to a user
#Hash tag - used to 'tag' tweets on certain topics
$ - Used to denote a company's stock symbol
DM - Direct Message
Tweetup - A real life meetup announced on twitter
SM - Social Media (Not to be confused with Scott Monty)
SB - Small Business
ICYMI - In Case You Missed It
MRT - Modified ReTweet
MT - Modified Tweet
NTS - Note To Self
NP - Now Playing
CC - Carbon Copy (like in E-Mail)
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30 Trendy Internet Slang Words and Acronyms You Need To Know To Fit In
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/30-trendy-internet-acronyms-slang-need-know-fit/

What is the difference between Abbreviations and Acronyms?
http://www.smart-words.org/abbreviations/text.html

As with any forum, abbreviations are often used on
For an extensive list of abbreviations used on the internet
see
http://www.internetslang.com/
Netlingo

Unofficial A-Z

tinktinktinkerbell

ah brilliant topic firefly as some of them i didnt know and always wondered

LadyMorticia

LEM - Losing email. The emails we all hate getting! :rotfl:

Bensbird_2

Thank you, very useful

mrsrwallace

What does ETA stand for then? I have seen that a few times and not sure what it means.

mrsrwallace

Not "estimated time of arrival" but have seen it on here when folk are giving out advice.

Blulu

Brill idea. What about OMG! (Oh my god) - my favourite abbreviation as it usually means someone's won big? :T

fire**fly

mrsrwallace wrote: »

What does ETA stand for then? I have seen that a few times and not sure what it means.

mrsrwallace wrote: »

Not "estimated time of arrival" but have seen it on here when folk are giving out advice.

usually on the comps board it's

Edited To Add

for when someone's given advice/help/etc & need to edit to add further info/etc
x

LadyMorticia

fire**fly wrote: »

great one LM lose count of the ones that say
CONGRATULATIONS ...
sorry you're not a winner this time but ...:eek::rotfl:

Oh yes, and it's usually for something big like an iPad and I get all excited.

I'm only interested in WEMs. I don't want to know when I haven't won! :rotfl:

thistledome

Having seen that unfeasibly long list of abbreviations, I've LTWTL.


E.T.A. (see, I've learnt something )

Sorry, should have said thanks to firefly for useful list. Didn't realise this was posted on the comps board, thought it was DT and was mucking about.

fire**fly

thistledome wrote: »

Having seen that unfeasibly long list of abbreviations, I've LTWTL.

hopefully you'll only need to remember the WEM & WTC