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Roving Rich
05-04-2004, 13:00
Well, some folks seeem to be having a little difficulty in understanding the abbreviations we are using, so I thought a list stuck here may help. Please add to it as they come up....
In no particular order: Well alpherbetical - ATM
AIIC = As if I Care
ATB - All Terrain Bicycle
ATM = At The Moment
BOB - Bug Out Bag (don't ask me :?: )
BTDT = Been There Done That
DPM - Dissruptive patterned material - (that means camoflage)
DUCWIM = Do You See What I Mean
EDC - every day carry
EOD = End Of Discussion
F2F = Face To Face
FAK - First Aid Kit
FUBAR = "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition
FWIW = For What Its Worth
FYI = For Your Information
GBA - Gränsfors Bruks Axes
GPS - Global Positioning System
HTH - Hope That Helps
IAE = In Any Event
IDK = I Dont Know
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOW = In Other Words
IRL = In Real Life
KFS=knife fork spoon
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
MYOB = Mind Your Own Business
NIMBY = Not In My Back Yard
OIC = Oh, I See
OTOH = On The Other Hand
PITA - Pain In The **** :roll:
PSK - Personal Survival Kit
RTFM = Read The "Flippin" Manual
SAK - Swiss Army Knife
SFA - no :nono: that means Small Forest Axe
SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed :notworthy
TIA = Thanks In Advance
TIC = Tounge In Cheek
TLA - Three Letter Abbreviation
WRT = With Respect To
WS - Wilkinson Swords
WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get
MFS = Magnesium Flint and Steel
WTF: What The "Flip"
PMWL - Pi$$ing Myslef With Laughter
IIRR - If I Remember Rightly
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
OP - Original Poster (i.e., thread starter) or Original Post
ROFL - Roll On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Roll On Floor Laughing My **** Off
A&E - Accident and Emergency
Erm I'll edit the rest in as you point em out :wink: and sort em again soon...
Cheers
Rich
Roving Rich
06-04-2004, 16:44
WAh :shock: Thanks guys, its probably best if we stick to the ones that actually come up here, as that list is starting to get long ! So no used car or personal ad abbreviations thanks just those you think might help and be useful.
Cheers
Rich
or RR if you like :-D
the naughty boy
06-04-2004, 19:21
thankyou all very much.thats exactly what i asked for :-D
now a can understand wtf im reading :wink:
Keith_Beef
14-04-2004, 14:43
IIRR - If I Remember Rightly
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
OP - Original Poster (i.e., thread starter) or Original Post
ROFL - Roll On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Roll On Floor Laughing My **** Off
A&E - Accident and Emergency
One I see in small ads, and never understand, is "WHY"...
What does that mean? "Will Hold Yours"?
Keith.
Roving Rich
23-04-2004, 14:37
Thanks to all those who helped compile the list :biggthump
Rich
WHY normally means "What Have You". :-)
'Bug-out Bag' (BOB) is like the military 'Go Bag'. There's a couple of different meanings:
Firstly, it's something that has enough kit in to allow you to survive/operate if your site is overrun and you have to grab something quick and go - or 'bug out'. It's usually smaller than a began and could just be a day pack or your webbing.
Secondly, it can mean your kit in a bag at home ready to go at a moment's notice. It means you don't have to mess about at 3am looking for all of your stuff because you've been called out. Equally, in buchcraft terms, it could be a bag of your essential kit for a weekend out just in case a mate calls late Friday afternoon and says 'Do you fancy a couple of days in the woods? Can you be ready in 15 minutes - I'm on my way!
Are there any other meanings for Bug-out Bag?
bushwacker bob
11-06-2004, 01:14
yep It admirably describes my mother in law. When the old bag arrives or notifies her arrival,I bug out. :-D :-D
Roving Rich
11-06-2004, 11:22
Thanks, i will be putting one together shortly. I got stranded a hundred miles from home at one in the morning the other weekend, and could really have done with a BOB. I spent the night in a wood on the edge of town with nothing but a plastic water bottle. I didn't even have a coat just the fleece top i was wearing :cry:
Still focused me as to what i needed. A hat was first on the list....
Cheers
Rich
snafu - situation normal, all "fouled" up :lmao:
British Red
08-03-2007, 13:45
FUBAR :D
"Fouled" Up Beyond Any Repair
RodStrod
08-03-2007, 14:17
ATB can also be "All The Best"
HWMBLT.... He who must be listened to :)
HWTHMBLT.... He who thinks he must be listened to :rolleyes:
IIMMC....If I make myself clear
How about a list of words with descriptions, too? Lotsof folks get confused by these as well.
Hootchi
Everyday carry
Possibles pouch
atb,
Toddy
HWMBLT.... He who must be listened to :)
HWTHMBLT.... He who thinks he must be listened to :rolleyes:
IIMMC....If I make myself clear
How about a list of words with descriptions, too? Lotsof folks get confused by these as well.
Hootchi
Everyday carry
Possibles pouch
atb,
Toddy
Maybe added to the list of words some american english confusions.
Benders are simerlar to Wickiups and are not slang terms for gay men.
I have being laughing at myself all day, I nearly e-mailed an american a question on the hole size that benders need to take a hot pipe. :lmao:
Well, some folks seeem to be having a little difficulty in understanding the abbreviations we are using, so I thought a list stuck here may help. Please add to it as they come up....
In no particular order: Well alpherbetical - ATM
AIIC = As if I Care
ATB - All Terrain Bicycle
ATM = At The Moment
BOB - Bug Out Bag (don't ask me :?: )
BTDT = Been There Done That
DPM - Dissruptive patterned material - (that means camoflage)
DUCWIM = Do You See What I Mean
EDC - every day carry
EOD = End Of Discussion
F2F = Face To Face
FAK - First Aid Kit
FUBAR = "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition
FWIW = For What Its Worth
FYI = For Your Information
GBA - Gränsfors Bruks Axes
GPS - Global Positioning System
HTH - Hope That Helps
IAE = In Any Event
IDK = I Dont Know
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOW = In Other Words
IRL = In Real Life
KFS=knife fork spoon
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
MYOB = Mind Your Own Business
NIMBY = Not In My Back Yard
OIC = Oh, I See
OTOH = On The Other Hand
PITA - Pain In The **** :roll:
PSK - Personal Survival Kit
RTFM = Read The "Flippin" Manual
SAK - Swiss Army Knife
SFA - no :nono: that means Small Forest Axe
SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed :notworthy
TIA = Thanks In Advance
TIC = Tounge In Cheek
TLA - Three Letter Abbreviation
WRT = With Respect To
WS - Wilkinson Swords
WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get
MFS = Magnesium Flint and Steel
WTF: What The "Flip"
PMWL - Pi$$ing Myslef With Laughter
IIRR - If I Remember Rightly
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
OP - Original Poster (i.e., thread starter) or Original Post
ROFL - Roll On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Roll On Floor Laughing My **** Off
A&E - Accident and Emergency
Erm I'll edit the rest in as you point em out :wink: and sort em again soon...
Cheers
Rich
I was wondering why all you guys were saying LoL to each other, here's me thinking you were all saying 'Lots of Love' !:lmao:
Thank Christ for that, I was beginning to worry!!:lmao:
What's the difference between a hootchie and a basha? Unless I'm missing something
they both seem to be greenish coloured plasticised sheets with loops for ropes and
whatnot. Eg: http://www.proadventure.co.uk/acatalog/Shelter_-_Bushcraft_Shelters_.html
It's fun acclimatising to the jargon - bivis, bashas, hootchies, billies and my personal
favourite 'poncho liner' :D
British Red
27-05-2007, 00:34
Now *** seems to have become an expression of imaptience..I can't work that one out :sad6:
...and presumably hootchies or bashas are the same as tarps. Confused :o
British Red
27-05-2007, 01:13
Yeah hootchies are the Aussie version, bashas are Brit fundamentally the same thing though
Red
Thanks :)
http://www.outdooridiots.com/features/200606/pitchingatarp/pitchingatarp.asp
BushFire
10-08-2007, 15:39
***-for **** sake
Wallenstein
14-10-2008, 15:39
YMMV = your mileage may vary (i.e. your experience may be different to this)
drewdunnrespect
12-11-2008, 19:54
imho = in my honest opion,
or
laughing my head off
Asa Samuel
05-06-2009, 14:45
FTW = for the win
e.g. in a contest between gas/meths:
meths FTW!
EDIT: Can sometimes mean "flip" the world.
Whittler Kev
10-10-2009, 17:54
DILLIGAF = Do I look like I give a "FIG"
I can't believe it isn't in your list:nutkick:
ColdIron
10-10-2009, 20:41
WAF = Wife Acceptance Factor
monkey spanner
05-07-2010, 16:11
KISS.... keep it simple stupid
PPPPPP.... proper planing prevents pi*s poor performance
TTFN.... ta ta for now
dwolfhunter
08-02-2011, 16:59
SWAG = scientific wild-a**ed guess
BITH= "Banged in the head" or non functional
FNG= "flipping" new guy
JAFO= Just another "flipping observer"
plan F= "if you can't fix it, F it"
NG or NDG= no good or no D-nd good
ID10T= high maintenance user
santaman2000
18-06-2012, 16:45
...It's fun acclimatising to the jargon - bivis, bashas, hootchies, billies and my personal
favourite 'poncho liner' :D
"Poncho Liner" actually isn't jargon. That is exactly what the are; liners to be tied inside of an issue poncho used as a makeshift sleeping bag. T least that was the original intended use. They kinda took on a life all their own. The jargon term for them is "woobie."
PHEW i thought it was **** the what but knew it was wrong!!! haha
lmfao- laughing my ******* **** off
You might want to reconsider the language you use on this family forum and re-read the rules and regs for any implications this may have.
thebushcrafter99
18-06-2012, 21:38
You might want to reconsider the language you use on this family forum and re-read the rules and regs for any implications this may have.
sorry will try to improve on my language!!! :) but thanks for pointing it out :sad6:
Is it so hard to type out full words? Remember not all our members use English as a first language although would recognise something basic like 'LOL' which is pretty universally used, certainly in Europe.
Elen Sentier
12-11-2012, 13:53
Just went for a lookee here and found this ...
ATB - All Terrain Bicycle
I've been using ATB as a shortform of "all the best" - I do apologise to folk I've PM'd for wishing/calling them an "all terrain bicyle" :lmao:
thebushcrafter99
04-03-2013, 14:18
so what does FGYT mean then???
Its the username of Duncan. Knifemaker with the company name Dorset Woodland Blades.
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Hog On Ice
04-03-2013, 16:33
might want to toss in a link to the hammock acronyms - I think those people over on hammock forums have such a list
otherwise it might be in order to add things like WS - whoopie sling, UCR - utility constrictor rope, UQ - under quilt, TQ - top quilt