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| Ward Ensemble User Info... | Is there a way for a person to learn what common acronyms spell out to mean? Every once in awhile I see something that I've seen numerous times, but never bothered asking. Like todays' query- DYI, for instance. Maybe LiveVic could post a glossary of terms link somewhere. - Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:30am | ||
| Dave S User Info... | http://www.slack.net/~thundt/abbrevs.htm Your one stop acronym shop. ROTFLSTC! - Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:49am | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | that site says DYI is: Do it yourself which I always thought was DIY. I thought DYI was: Do yourself in. - Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:45am | ||
| jay fatso User Info... | wow, what a bunch of fucking twats that are to lazy to type a sentence out...(otherwise known as).... WWABOFTTATLTTASO! - Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:23pm | ||
| mica User Info... | Here's some for you FIGJAM Fuck I’m Good, Just Ask Me. Superb acronym with Australian origins for show-offs and big-heads everywhere. Ideal code for referring to person or behaviour when someone holds a very high opinion of themselves, through self-delusion, arrogance, or because they happen to be held in unreasonably high esteem by a superior. '...he's full of FIGJAM...' FINE Fanatical, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional. Alternative ironic acronym response to the universal question, 'How are you?.....' FITH Fucked In The Head. (ODSA) One of many no-nonsense nurses' acronyms to describe a patient's condition in terms that fall some way short of being politically correct. FLUF Fat Little Ugly Fellow. Polite version. For a short boss with Napoleonic syndrome. FND Fucking Nearly Died. Another ODSA, transferrable to descriptions of any traumatic aftermath, eg, sales conferences involving overnight stays and obliging night porters; excessive outward bound courses; car journeys with the firm's worst driver, etc. FNG Fucking New Guy. Increasingly common acronym for the new recruit, especially in certain institutional environments (armed forces, police, etc) where new people stick out more prominently than the seasoned staff. Less relevant in organisations with a quicker staff turnover where the majority of the workforce can be FNG's. FOBIO Frequently Outwitted By Inanimate Objects. Ideal for anyone struggling with one of those ridiculous picnic tables, or trying to remove the cellophane from a new CD, not to mention crisis situations casued by errant cars, computers, mobile phones, and the FOBIO challenge of them all - flat-pack self-assembly furniture. FOFO Fuck Off and Find Out. One of the great training and management acronyms, it emphasises the opportunity or requirement for people to find answers themselves rather than be spoon-fed, which achieves little. Generally the process of development is much strengthened using FOFO principles wherever possible. Nevertheless, use it with care and with humour - see the Transactional Analysis guidelines on keeping communications adult-to-adult. FRED Fucking Ridiculous Electronic Device. An increasingly popular acronym that many people now use to describe their computer (or other piece of modern equipment) that is causing frustration or technical difficulty for the user. FUJIYAMA Fuck You Jack I'm Alright. A good example of a fruity acronym that just doesn't have quite the same ring if a more polite word is substituted. This is a military acronym: technically not a precise abbreviation, it is partly a clever phonetic structure in which the 'IYAM' element equates to the words I am, or 'I'm. The expression is from the rank and file soldiers of the 2nd World War, notably and almost certainly originating in the Pacific war zones. Interestingly this acronym also provided the origin of the more recent expression and humourous boast, at the expense of a lumbered mate: 'I'm alright Jack', which of course means the same as the full orignal FUJIYAMA version. - Tue, 12 Jul 2005 5:50am | ||
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