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Duppers

(28,401 posts)
Mon Apr 12, 2021, 07:21 PM Apr 2021

A pinned thread on DU codes/ abbreviations?

Last edited Mon Apr 12, 2021, 08:23 PM - Edit history (1)

We need one.

I've had 2 relatively new posters over the span of several months ask me questions about abbreviations DUers often use.
Posters can't assume everyone knows what they're referring to.

Thanks!

Edited to add:

Here are some of the most commonly used ones:

ASAP: As Soon As Possible

ATM: At The Moment

DH - dear husband or hubby

GLWT: Good Luck With That

IDC: I Don't Care

IRL: In Real Life

IDK: I Don't Know

IKR: I Know, Right

IMHO: In My Humble Opinion

IMO: In My Opinion

IIRC: If I Recall/Remember Correctly

JK: Just Kidding

nt - no text in body of post

n00b: Newbie (novice); 'noob', The use of this can be considered offensive, and as such, it should not be used to describe others.

OP: Original post/poster

QFT: Quoted For Truth

ROFL: Rolling On the Floor Laughing

TBD: To Be Determined/Decided

TBC: To Be Continued

TBH: To Be Honest


Please add to this list.

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A pinned thread on DU codes/ abbreviations? (Original Post) Duppers Apr 2021 OP
TYVM! ret5hd Apr 2021 #1
Heck, I've been here since 2005 and I don't know what most of them mean. Great idea. n/t Paper Roses Apr 2021 #2
QFT! Shermann Apr 2021 #3
See there, you just did it. 😅 Duppers Apr 2021 #4
Totally accidental Shermann Apr 2021 #6
Btw, I didn't intend for this to be that thread. 😋 Duppers Apr 2021 #5
GLWT Shermann Apr 2021 #7
Thanks! Duppers Apr 2021 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2021 #8
WOW! You're not gonna quiz us on this, are you Duppers?!? I mean, Thank You! George McGovern Apr 2021 #10
😂 Duppers Apr 2021 #11
I still didn't know half of these, Duppers Bayard Apr 2021 #12
K&R! femmedem May 2021 #13
GBCW post Yonnie3 May 2021 #14

Shermann

(8,968 posts)
3. QFT!
Mon Apr 12, 2021, 07:28 PM
Apr 2021

Actually "nt" was the most baffling one for me to figure out when I first joined here. I thought it was "no thanks" for a while but it didn't always fit. I eventually got it.

Duppers

(28,401 posts)
5. Btw, I didn't intend for this to be that thread. 😋
Mon Apr 12, 2021, 07:38 PM
Apr 2021

But...it perhaps is? Just thought EarlG or a poster of some standing would take on the job.

Anyone want to start a thread on this?

Response to Duppers (Original post)

Bayard

(26,571 posts)
12. I still didn't know half of these, Duppers
Mon Apr 12, 2021, 09:41 PM
Apr 2021

And I may still not remember that many, but thanks for the education!

Yonnie3

(18,907 posts)
14. GBCW post
Mon May 24, 2021, 11:35 PM
May 2021

Good Bye Cruel World Post

a post where a poster announces they are leaving the site never to return.

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