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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
There is a list of abbreviations at the bottom of the page called Board Culture under FAQs on the menu on the left.

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• LOL: laughing out loud
• ROFTLMAO: rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
• YMMV: your mileage may vary
• IM(H)O: in my humble opinion (note: many times it's bastardized to some variation of IMNAAHO: in my not at all humble opinion)
• IME: in my experience
• OP: opening post (can be used to describe the post itself or its author)
• WTF: what the fuck
• GLE: good little evangelical
• ITTWACW: I thought this was a Christian website
• BTW: by the way
• AFAI...: as far as I/I'm (concerned, know, can tell, etc.)
• IIRC: if I recall correctly

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Originally posted by Gort:
HOLDEN: Heaps Of Little Dirty Engine Nuts.

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
In the Cafe- brb: be right back
 

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Posted by Lynn MagdalenCollege (# 10651) on :
 

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Originally posted by Professor Kirke:
NB: nota bene -- Draws attention to something important. (That one took me forever to figure out.)

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Yeah, that's a legit scholar thing (versus a computer thang!) and I've seen it used more commonly in the UK than here in the USA. Whatever that means.
 

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Posted by Ophelia (# 3136) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lynn MagdalenCollege:

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Originally posted by Professor Kirke:
NB: nota bene -- Draws attention to something important. (That one took me forever to figure out.)

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Yeah, that's a legit scholar thing (versus a computer thang!) and I've seen it used more commonly in the UK than here in the USA. Whatever that means.

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That us Brits are jolly good at the old school boy Latin, don't you know! Spiffing!
 

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Posted by Keren-Happuch (# 9818) on :
 
BTW: By the way
TIA: Thanks in advance (I don't know whether this is used on the Ship but I've seen it on other websites)
 

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Posted by Foaming Draught (# 9134) on :
 

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Originally posted by Gort:

HOLDEN: Heaps Of Little Dirty Engine Nuts.

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Originally posted by Gort:
HOLDEN: Heaps Of Little Dirty Engine Nuts.

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FORD: Fix or repair daily
 

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Posted by Zorro (# 9156) on :
 
LOTUS:Lots of Trouble, Usually serious


In the cafe-OIC is just as it sounds (Oh, I see.)
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
I just happened across ISTM (it seems to me), which I don't think has been mentioned yet.
 

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Posted by the giant cheeseburger (# 10942) on :
 

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Originally posted by butler:

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Originally posted by Gort:
HOLDEN: Heaps Of Little Dirty Engine Nuts.

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FORD: Fix or repair daily

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No, it's Found On Rubbish Dump. You should know that!
 

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Posted by Scot (# 2095) on :
 
Let's keep this thread limited to acronyms and slang that are commonly used here on the Ship. You can start a thread in Heaven if you want to discuss other, non-Ship-related, abbreviations.

Scot
Styx Host
 

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Posted by Liturgy Queen (# 11596) on :
 
This one came up on the Mount Athos thread:

ITTTWAMA


 

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Posted by Leetle Masha (# 8209) on :
 
ITTTWAMA: I thought this thread was about Mt. Athos. Acronym was defined in brackets when it was first posted, but if you scroll quickly through entire thread, you'll see the background to the acronym.

M

[ 29. October 2006, 01:12: Message edited by: Leetle Masha ]
 

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Posted by Liturgy Queen (# 11596) on :
 
Durrr! Didn't see that. Quite appropriate for that thread, too.
 

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Posted by Leetle Masha (# 8209) on :
 
Thanks, Liturgy Queen! May all the threads you start flourish!

M
 

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Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :
 
Could someone please tell me the precise intention behind YMMV (your mileage may vary...) . To someone ignorant of which garage it originally came out of, there seems to be more than one interpretation. Here are three (and a half):

1. You are driving a different model/taking a diffeent route (You may have other - equally valid - information.

2. Your car/chauffeur/driving skills may be less efficient than mine (which I prefer to trust).

3. Your odometer may have been interfered with (or, beggar the thought!......

3.5 You may be a used-car dealer, of course. (You've been economical with the truth to sell your POV)

Could someone please furnish (hopefully, reassuring) clarification?

[ 04. November 2006, 08:18: Message edited by: pimple ]
 

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Posted by Papio (# 4201) on :
 
Doesn't it just mean that your experience, or your interpretation of the experience, might not be exactly the same as the person's you are addressing?

If not, than I am colossaler dunderhead than you, 'cos that is what i have always assumed but I haven't ver asked.
 

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Posted by Papio (# 4201) on :
 
I recently used STFU - Shut The F**k Up.
and OTOH - On The Other Hand.

[ 04. November 2006, 12:18: Message edited by: Papio ]
 

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Posted by Carys (# 78) on :
 
I have been known to use ILPDaRoOLJC for Incarnation, Life, Passion Death and Ressurection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Eccles has varius like MPBoOLJC for Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Carys
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Eccles has a whole slew of long involved acronyms - I know one ended with SotA for Sacrifice of the Altar because I had to ask as that was where I got lost (I was alright up to there).

They have also had HLMQEtQM for Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, although how she got dragged into Eccles, I don't remember.
 

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Posted by frin (# 9) on :
 

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Originally posted by Carys:
I have been known to use ILPDaRoOLJC for Incarnation, Life, Passion Death and Ressurection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Carys

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Originally posted by frin:

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Originally posted by Carys:
I have been known to use ILPDaRoOLJC for Incarnation, Life, Passion Death and Ressurection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Carys

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Given how much thought and effort goes into typing an acronym like that, one would think it almost as easy to include the phrase in full, unless one has a terror of commas or somesuch.

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Originally posted by Carys:
Eccles has varius like MPBoOLJC for Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Originally posted by Pure Sunshine:
OK, call me naive, but here's a question I've been wanting to ask for weeks ...

Is GIN an acronym or are certain Shipmates simply so devoted to a particular drink that they spell it in CAPITALS (see Rossweisse's sig, for example)?

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Since nobody better has come along to answer this, I will take it on myself to do so - though I am hardly qualified to answer it.

GIN is not an acronym in this context. It seems that certain people of a mainly Anglican persuasion (and, ISTM, high Anglican) consider GIN to be the correct vehicle for alcoholic refreshment, seemingly at every possible opportunity. I assume it is normally mixed with something (usually tonic water in my very limited experience!)

Personally I cannot understand the love for this spirit - the few times I have tried it, in various combinations, I have found it to be almost undrinkable, but perhaps the fault is mine and shows a poor education and deficient background.

There has been considerable discussion on many threads in the past - mainly on the Ecclesiantics Board - about the various makes of GIN, and how and where to drink it. This caused a level of despair to some of the hosts. IIRC, at one time there was a move to ban any mention of GIN, but wiser heads prevailed and mention of it has subsided to the present level of reference.

I hope this answers your question...
 

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Posted by Pure Sunshine (# 11904) on :
 
Thanks, Tony. Now I'll know to avoid that weird Ecclesiantics crowd ...
 

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Posted by Manipled Mutineer (# 11514) on :
 

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Originally posted by TonyK:

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Originally posted by Pure Sunshine:
OK, call me naive, but here's a question I've been wanting to ask for weeks ...

Is GIN an acronym or are certain Shipmates simply so devoted to a particular drink that they spell it in CAPITALS (see Rossweisse's sig, for example)?

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Since nobody better has come along to answer this, I will take it on myself to do so - though I am hardly qualified to answer it.

GIN is not an acronym in this context. It seems that certain people of a mainly Anglican persuasion (and, ISTM, high Anglican) consider GIN to be the correct vehicle for alcoholic refreshment, seemingly at every possible opportunity. I assume it is normally mixed with something (usually tonic water in my very limited experience!)

Personally I cannot understand the love for this spirit - the few times I have tried it, in various combinations, I have found it to be almost undrinkable, but perhaps the fault is mine and shows a poor education and deficient background.

I hope this answers your question...

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Originally posted by Manipled Mutineer:
I think you'll find your mistake was in the manner of preparation; true Anglo-Catholic GIN is only ever drunk having first been filtered through an incensed cotta lightly rubbed with the zest of two limes. It makes all the difference.

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MM
No, sorry. I don't think even your imaginative recipe could remove/cover up the 'orrible flavour.
Good try though - marks for effort.
 

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Posted by Persephone Hazard (# 4648) on :
 
Horrible flavour? I'm shocked!

Come off it, Tony. Surely you've bought me enough GIN at enough Shipmeets by now...
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
May I suggest that the discussion of alcoholic beverages would be better conducted in Heaven?
 

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Posted by mountainsnowtiger (# 11152) on :
 
IRL = in Real Life, and
RL = the afore-mentioned Real Life.

In the Cafe - WB = welcome back (usually after one's computer has been playing silly buggers with one's connection to the Cafe).


(Not a Ship one, but I once saw a funny discussion of how to explain RTFM to young children - the conclusion was that it should be translated as Read The Friendly Manual .)
 

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Posted by Ena (# 11545) on :
 
Thanks to all the people who've clarified stuff here - it's been really helpful. Just 2 questions:

What are TITSIIFIC and ITTWACW?
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
I can't think of the first one out of context but the second is our favorite "I this was a Christian Website!" (said seriously occasionally,) and frequently joked about by regulars.
 

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Posted by Sine Nomine (# 66) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ann:

They have also had HLMQEtQM for Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, although how she got dragged into Eccles, I don't remember.

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Originally posted by Gwai:
I can't think of the first one out of context but the second is our favorite "I this was a Christian Website!" (said seriously occasionally,) and frequently joked about by regulars.

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Originally posted by pimple:
Could someone please tell me the precise intention behind YMMV (your mileage may vary...) . To someone ignorant of which garage it originally came out of, there seems to be more than one interpretation. Here are three (and a half):

1. You are driving a different model/taking a diffeent route (You may have other - equally valid - information.

2. Your car/chauffeur/driving skills may be less efficient than mine (which I prefer to trust).

3. Your odometer may have been interfered with (or, beggar the thought!......

3.5 You may be a used-car dealer, of course. (You've been economical with the truth to sell your POV)

Could someone please furnish (hopefully, reassuring) clarification?

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Originally posted by pimple:
I'm embarrassed by not knowing what TITSIIFIC means because I'm pretty sure I once used it myself! Perhaps someone can fill n the gap:

"That is _ _ if I _ it correctly"

Very helpful!

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You used it previously on this very thread. Unfortunately, it looks like that's the only place it occurs on the entire internet, according to Google. You didn't just make it up, did you?

Paul W
 

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Posted by Papio (# 4201) on :
 

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Originally posted by The Silent Acolyte:
I concur, but was too lazy type what RuthW said.

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Originally posted by pimple:
I'm embarrassed by not knowing what TITSIIFIC means because I'm pretty sure I once used it myself! Perhaps someone can fill n the gap:

"That is _ _ if I _ it correctly"

Very helpful!

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Originally posted by Papio:
Doesn't it just mean that your experience, or your interpretation of the experience, might not be exactly the same as the person's you are addressing?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Sine Nomine:

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Originally posted by Ann:

They have also had HLMQEtQM for Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, although how she got dragged into Eccles, I don't remember.

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I was making fun of some of our other abbreviations.

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Yerrsss.... I think that might have been after I confused all and sundry with reference to the IoOILBMtEVQoH (Intercession of Our Immaculate Lady, Blessed Mary the Ever Virgin Queen of Heaven).

I've already apologised for that one and consider it unlikely to turn up again. UA1EFUI.*

* unless anyone else fancies using it
 

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Posted by Zingara (# 12068) on :
 
Thanks Alan Cresswell for directing me here, it's really useful!
 

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Posted by Molopata The Rebel (# 9933) on :
 
OT = Old Testament

(amongst all the other acronyms it really took me a while to figure out that it didn't mean Originial Thought or something).

 

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Posted by Autenrieth Road (# 10509) on :
 
What does "Snap" mean? Here's a recent use. Does it have other meanings besides whatever it means there?

What does "I'll get my coat" mean?
 

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Posted by ValS (# 11543) on :
 
According to an online slang dictionary, "Oh snap!" is a phrase uttered in disbelief when something bad happens.
 

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Posted by Ham'n'Eggs (# 629) on :
 
NAHAY - New Around Here, Are You?
HAND - Have A Nice Day.
 

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Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :
 
What does "I'll get my coat" mean?

It's a reference to The Fast Show. One of the characters played by Mark Williams used it as a catchphrase. He'd be in conversation with a group of people, say something far too honest and then say "I'll get me coat"

Tubbs
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
re 'Snap' - I always understood it to be an allusion to the card game of that name, where you shout 'Snap!' when a matching card shows up. In other words, when used online, I thought it meant 'my experience matches yours'.
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
My kids used to use "snap" IRL - it's when two people both say the same thing at the same time. In cyberspace it's used (at least here on the Ship) when two people crosspost with the same (basic) response to a post.
 

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Posted by OliviaG (# 9881) on :
 
Someone once replied "Snap!" to me on another board, but at the time I thought what it meant was that I had "snapped" - I had just posted a pretty flamboyant screed in response to some pathetic chauvinist drivel. OliviaG
 

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Posted by Callan (# 525) on :
 
When I was a mere slip of a lad one said 'jinx' rather than 'snap'.

This is, of course, OT. As in 'off topic' as opposed to Old Testament which Molopata has correctly identified. NT stands for New Testament.

One occasionally comes across references to 'The Plot'. Which is what we call the Orthodox Church around here. More rarely one encounters references to the 'Italian Mission' or the 'Italian Mission to the Irish' which is a reference to the Catholic Church. Catholics occasionally respond with less than flattering nicknames for the Church of England which tend to fall flat because they aren't as funny. The unwary should note that The Plot is offence-neutral whereas references to the Italian Mission tend to be construed as unfriendly.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

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Originally posted by Callan:
Catholics occasionally respond with less than flattering nicknames for the Church of England which tend to fall flat because they aren't as funny.

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Do we? What are they? An important part of my catechesis seems to be missing -- that's what you get for becoming a Catholic in America!
 

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Posted by Autenrieth Road (# 10509) on :
 
Thanks for the "get me coat" and "snap" explanations!

Snap!

I'll get my coat.
 

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Posted by The Great Gumby (# 10989) on :
 

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Originally posted by Tubbs:
It's a reference to The Fast Show. One of the characters played by Mark Williams used it as a catchphrase. He'd be in conversation with a group of people, say something far too honest and then say "I'll get me coat"

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Or just something generally embarrassing. Anything which you can imagine killing the conversation as everyone stares at you. On these boards, it mainly seems to be used by someone who's cracked a bad joke or made a geeky, pedantic correction. I seem to say it quite a lot...
 

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Posted by redoubt (# 9354) on :
 
Can someone explain the use of the word bump, usually in brackets, <bump> . This is often the only word in the post. Maybe it's some web jargon I'm totally unaware of, but I cannot work out what it means.
 

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Posted by TonyK (# 35) on :
 
One that even I can answer, redoubt.

It's to move the thread up to the top of the Board's first page - as in 'bump up'.

Often done in 'All Saint's' to get a shipmeet thread onto the first page.
 

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Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :
 
YMMV - thanks for that; although I couldn't alaways see how it fitted, I got it into my head that it might mean;

You Make Me Vomit
 

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Posted by sanityman (# 11598) on :
 

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Originally posted by RuthW:

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Originally posted by pimple:
Could someone please tell me the precise intention behind YMMV (your mileage may vary...) . To someone ignorant of which garage it originally came out of, there seems to be more than one interpretation. Here are three (and a half):

1. You are driving a different model/taking a diffeent route (You may have other - equally valid - information.

2. Your car/chauffeur/driving skills may be less efficient than mine (which I prefer to trust).

3. Your odometer may have been interfered with (or, beggar the thought!......

3.5 You may be a used-car dealer, of course. (You've been economical with the truth to sell your POV)

Could someone please furnish (hopefully, reassuring) clarification?

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I think it goes back to the 1970s in the US, when automobile manufacturers first started advertising what kind of gas mileage their cars got, and then tacked on the disclaimer "your mileage may vary." They were of course quoting mileage their cars got under ideal driving conditions, so put in the disclaimer in order to prevent being sued for false advertising. When someone on the internet says "YMMV" they're just saying they realize that others' experiences/opinions/whatever may very well be different from their own, and with good reason.

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Being a UKite (so not having met this disclaimer), and having first encountered it on Usenet in the late Precambrian, I'd understood it to be a reference to phrases like "I wouldn't go that far." i.e. "You may not go as far as that" becomes "Your mileage amy vary."

However, a peruse of the Jargon File suggests that I was mistaken. Thus dies a supposition which I've cherished for over 10 years.

- Chris.
 

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Posted by mmmerangue (# 12355) on :
 
My personal favourite Internet Abbreviations:

Lol, Lmao, Rofl and roflmao. that would be Laughing out loud, laughing my ass off, rolling on the floor and rolling on the floor laughing my ass off.

HF. this is my general ending to MSN convos, standing for HAVE FUN! which you all should do as regularly as possible.

wtf. what the fuck!

omg. Oh My God! Blasphemy in shorthand!

omfg. Oh My Fucking God!

l33t. Elite, used by hackers and has been stolen by what appears to be the whole world, means cool or amazing ... 1337

For a variety of random internet (and other) slang visit http://www.urbandictionary.com/
 

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Posted by monkeylizard (# 952) on :
 
um...gee...thanks for that..
 

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Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :
 
Come now, monkeylizard, surely it's good for us to know that we all look like a bunch of fucking imbeciles with absolutely no experience on the intertubes such that even the most basic and commonplace abbreviations need to be explained to us in moronically sparse detail.
 

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Posted by Ham'n'Eggs (# 629) on :
 

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Originally posted by mmmerangue:
My personal favourite Internet Abbreviations:

<snipped>

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Originally posted by Barnabas62:
YMMV - thanks for that; although I couldn't alaways see how it fitted, I got it into my head that it might mean;

You Make Me Vomit

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Originally posted by RooK:
Come now, monkeylizard, surely it's good for us to know that we all look like a bunch of fucking imbeciles with absolutely no experience on the intertubes such that even the most basic and commonplace abbreviations need to be explained to us in moronically sparse detail.

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Shut up you depraved pagan-worshiping heathen maple leaf rag piece of maple sap! Some of us ARE in need of that explanation! I did not know all of them. I do avoid knowing them since I enjoy being a pollyana. I hope you appreciate the love I just shared with you, hockey puck. I know you feel all warm and tingly inside now.

 

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Posted by Gort (# 6855) on :
 

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Originally posted by duchess:
... I know you feel all warm and tingly inside now.

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Given that your response was the longest delayed come-back in the history of the Ship (2 months+), his tingly warmth may be a bit subdued.
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 
oh crap. I just noticed that.
I suck.

[eta: thanks for opening my pollyana eyes to that one, Steel-plated man!]

[ 21. April 2007, 20:02: Message edited by: duchess ]
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
Not to mention that RooK's currently on shore leave.
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 
He's not viewing the ship at all? (Browsing)?
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Einstein said something about thinking remembering lots of trivia (like how many feet in a mile) wasn't useful. I mean, you can look it up, why clutter your brain with that stuff?

SO go ahead and don't worry about all the esoterica of the Web-Ites. You don't know what an abbrevation is, just look it up. Or ask folks, People love to feel needed and smart and stuff like that, because they can teach you something.

Some stuff has two meanings anyway, yes?
 

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Posted by Gort (# 6855) on :
 

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Originally posted by Janine:
I mean, you can look it up, why clutter your brain with that stuff?

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Originally posted by jlg:
Not to mention that RooK's currently on shore leave.

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Originally posted by ValS:
According to an online slang dictionary, "Oh snap!" is a phrase uttered in disbelief when something bad happens.

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Originally posted by RooK:

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Originally posted by jlg:
Not to mention that RooK's currently on shore leave.

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No, I'm back from Kauai now.

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Watch out or I'll put Sheep 3 in Hell and let her *plop* all over the place.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Other cafe acros (incl some already mentioned):

wb = welcome back
ty = thank you
np = no problem
oic = oh i see
brb = be right back

brb can also be used as an adjective -- "So-and-so is brb." I never see "afk" (away from keyboard) anymore.

Also if you get kicked off, when you come back people may offer you a towel, the idea being that you fell overboard (into the sea) and are therefore wet and cold.

[ 23. May 2008, 00:02: Message edited by: mousethief ]
 

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Posted by Lydia (# 12161) on :
 
Why do some people's names have an asterisk at the end? Does it mean anything, or do they just choose to add it when they choose the name? Why does Sine exist in two incarnations: Sine Nomine* and Sine Nomine?

Thanks,
Lydia
 

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Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lydia:
Why do some people's names have an asterisk at the end? Does it mean anything, or do they just choose to add it when they choose the name? Why does Sine exist in two incarnations: Sine Nomine* and Sine Nomine?

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For some people, the asterisk is an affectation.

In Siné's case, though, it's because he bought himself a new membership with a fashionably low member number at the Ship's action a while back. His higher-number/less-cool account was then altered to have the asterisk at the end so that his new account could have his regular name. There are a few other member number auction winners as well, so there should be more instances of versions with an asterisk name place-holder.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
The other reason that some people may have an asterisk in their name is because they changed their name several times in succession (during one of the name change amnesties) then decided to go back to their original name after all - but the software would not allow the name to be reused so soon (or something like that) so they ended up using an asterisk to differentiate the new name from the old name which was not allowed. I seem to recall that for some of these people, come the next amnesty, they were finally able to shed the unwanted asterisk.
 

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Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :
 
Which is why you should think long and hard about making name changes. In order to faciliate this extended process, our beloved Community Editor, the blessed Erin, gives us plenty of time between amnesties to ponder our choice.

She's very thoughtful and considerate about such things.
 

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Posted by Lydia (# 12161) on :
 
I just remembered I posted this question weeks ago, and then life got busy and I forgot to come back and look for the answer.

So a very belated thank you to RooK and Gracious Rebel.

Lydia
 

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Posted by PhilA (# 8792) on :
 
Could someone please tell me what TEC means?
 

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Posted by Peter Owen (# 134) on :
 
The Episcopal Church (of the USA).
 

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Posted by Padre Joshua (# 13100) on :
 
For the newbies, or other interested parties:

AC - Anglo-Catholic
CofE - Church of England
ECUSA - Episcopal Church in the USA (now TEC)
ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
ELCC - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada
LCMS - Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
PCUSA - Presbyterian Church in the USA
PCC - Presbyterian Church in Canada
RC - Roman Catholic Church
RCA - Roman Catholic Church in America
TEC - The Episcopal Church (US)
UC, or UCA - Uniting Church of Australia
UCC - United Church of Christ (US)
UCCan - United Church of Canada
UMC - The United Methodist Church (US)

That's all I can think of, at the moment.
 

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Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :
 

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Originally posted by Padre Joshua:
For the newbies, or other interested parties:
<snip>
That's all I can think of, at the moment.

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CC(DOC)= Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
SBC = Southern Baptist Convention
URC = United Reform Church (UK based)
coC = churches of Christ (lower case intentional)
LDS = Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
JW = Jehovah's Witnesses
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
I get the feeling that if we were to try to list the acronyms of every different church group in the world then we'd a) have a very long list and b) miss a lot out.
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 
So what was (where was ) this thread doing between Gort, (23 April 2007) and Bonabri (21 May 2008)? That's even longer than Duchess' snooze.
 

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Posted by PhilA (# 8792) on :
 

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Originally posted by Zappa:
So what was (where was ) this thread doing between Gort, (23 April 2007) and Bonabri (21 May 2008)? That's even longer than Duchess' snooze.

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quote:

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Originally posted by joris2:
Somehow I suspect it may be dangerous to ask, but what does TICTH stand for?

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quote:

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Originally posted by rosamundi:
[QUOTE]E.g. TICTH whoever gave me bloody swine flu. First nice day in quite a while and I'm stuck inside.

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Originally posted by Campbellite:
coC = churches of Christ (lower case intentional)

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Originally posted by Lietuvos Sv. Kazimieras:
are there any Ship acronyms that people think are actually unique to the Ship

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ITTWACW?
SotS?
DH?
TnT? (though that one hasn't been around for a long while!)
 

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Posted by monkeylizard (# 952) on :
 
OK Marvin...what's SotS and TnT?

I seem to think SotS would be "Star of the Sea", but can't recall what that means. An alternate name for the Orthodox Church, perhaps?

[ 29. July 2009, 17:13: Message edited by: monkeylizard ]
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
TnT was a board for discussing all things to do with sex - yep, really. It was called Let's Talk Tits'n'Testicles.

Before the Ecclesiantics board was formed, there were two areas where worship was discussed, one which tended to be very high church and the other which was for alternative worship type stuff. I suggested the name for the combined board should be 'Let's Talk Tat'n'Tealights', but sadly the Powers That Be didn't go for it...

Is GLE (Good Little Evangelical) unique to the Ship?
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
I've seen TnT on various Driving Instructor discussion boards, but it means something different there!

GLE I think is unique
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 

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Originally posted by monkeylizard:
I seem to think SotS would be "Star of the Sea", but can't recall what that means. An alternate name for the Orthodox Church, perhaps?

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Originally posted by Gill H:
TnT was a board for discussing all things to do with sex - yep, really. It was called Let's Talk Tits'n'Testicles.

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That board has a fond place in my heart, as it was the one on which my first ever post was made
 

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Posted by Scot (# 2095) on :
 
I'm sentimental about TnT too - it was my first hosting gig. There was some freaky shit posted on that board.
 

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Posted by Jolly Jape (# 3296) on :
 

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Originally posted by Spike:

GLE I think is unique

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Originally posted by rosamundi:
DH isn't unique - it means "dear husband" on most boards I frequent.

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It's not always "dear."

 

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Posted by ken (# 2460) on :
 

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Originally posted by rosamundi:
DH isn't unique - it means "dear husband" on most boards I frequent.

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Never heard if it before your posting here!
 

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Posted by monkeylizard (# 952) on :
 
Ah yes. SotS. I forgot about the private boards.

And now that you defined TnT, I remember it. I saw it a few times when popping in from extended shore-leave. It was ermm...interesting

Thanks.
 

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Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :
 
I've seen the "DH" or "DP" for "D___ Husband" or "Partner" elsewhere--especially on the E.F. Benson Yahoo Group (although they seemed to self-destruct in a fit of pique last week).

DH for "Dead Horse", however, must be peculiar to the Ship.
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Yes, I know of DH for Dear/Darling/Damn Husband, and DBF, DP, DS, DD correspondingly. They happen a lot on very chatty, bloggy sites where people post threads with names like "Oh no, I burned the toast again!"

(Affectionate spoofing there, BTW, I'm an active member of one of these.)
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Thanks for that MVDF!
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
We certainly do, we have duplicates, most can be sorted by context but

UCC = United Church of Christ
and
UCC = United Church in Canada

can be confusing as I found to my cost. It is not helped that UC can also be Unitarian Church although they do use UUC=Unitarian and Universalist Church and in England are officially ULCC = Unitarian and Liberal Christian Church.

Jengie
 

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Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
I may have overlooked these, but I don't think they've been mentioned on this thread:

ABC - Archbishop of Canterbury
BVM - Blessed Virgin Mary
PSA - Penal Substitutionary Atonement (I introduced this acronym in a seminary class a couple years ago, and everyone was really grateful for it!)

Not acronyms, but shorthand:
Piskie - an Episcopalian
congo - congregation

And a couple more church acronyms that perhaps don't get used much here:

AoG or (as I've always used it) A/G - Assemblies of God
AME - African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Zion being a different but related denomination)
CME - Christian Methodist Episcopal
MBC - Missionary Baptist Church
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
I thought Star of the Sea was one of Mary's titles in the Litany of the Virgin Mary. Actually that one is Morning Star. For Star of the Sea - Stella Maris - see

http://www.stellamaris.net/ourlady.php?s=1

Of course, SoS could, in a different context, refer to a

soddin' old scumbag.

[ 11. September 2009, 16:15: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Sorry to double post, but I've just unearthed an old Roman Missal in which can be found the old Latin hymn Ave Maris Stella - Hail, Star of the Sea
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
The Cajun connection
 

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Posted by toaster (# 14811) on :
 
I might be just showing my ignorance here, but I just wondered what people meant when they refer to 'flood control'.
 

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Posted by Carex (# 9643) on :
 
Flood control is the time limit on how soon you can make a second post after the first one. It keeps people from flooding the boards with messages. A read through the History of the Ship thread will show you why it was added.
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
The software here includes a control that means that you can't make a post within 2 minutes of another post. This is designed to prevent a spammer flooding the boards with junk ... needing to wait at least 2 mins at least slows the down and gives the admins a chance to ban them before too much trouble is caused. "Flood control" is a very apt description.
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
And, it doesn't prevent multiple people flooding the boards with multiple messages saying basically the same thing!
 

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Posted by toaster (# 14811) on :
 
Great, thanks for clearing that up Carex and Alan. Thought it was probably something like that but didn't realise it was part of the software.
Thanks again.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 

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Originally posted by Gort:

IBM: I Blame Microsoft.
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Don't we all?



[ 09. January 2010, 12:20: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
*bump*

because someone asked about it
 

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Posted by Lietuvos Sv. Kazimieras (# 11274) on :
 
A digression but an informative one: at All Saints Margaret Street in the licensed bar a single gin and tonic is known as "a protestant" and a double G&T is called "a catholic". JTYLTK (just thought you'd like to know).
 

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Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :
 
Bump
 

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Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :
 
WWED = What Would Erin Do.

I'm sure that you can work out what WTFWED stands for without my help.

Tubbs
 

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Posted by scuffleball (# 16480) on :
 

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Originally posted by redoubt:
Can someone explain the use of the word bump, usually in brackets, <bump> . This is often the only word in the post. Maybe it's some web jargon I'm totally unaware of, but I cannot work out what it means.

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Originally posted by scuffleball:
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P.S. other slang peculiar to the ship (or at least, that people outside the ship find confusing) -

MOTR - middle of the road
AffCath - Affirming Catholic/Catholicism
The Candle/The Altimetre - How "high" or "low" a church is
(whence "climbing/descending the candle," "high up the candle" &c)
PBC - prayer-book Catholic

Also, for English people, BCP doesn't automatically mean that of 1662 on the ship.

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Ah, but for those in the know it is a particularly celebrated species of tram (streetcar).

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Originally posted by Tubbs:
WWED = What Would Erin Do.

I'm sure that you can work out what WTFWED stands for without my help.

Tubbs

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Perhaps WRFIWEU = What Rusty Farm Implement Would Erin Use?


 

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