I'm so fed up with the use of initials and funny names for things. It's a sort of one-up-manship like having to know the name of all the streets or the every type of wine. I'm so sick of being stumped and distracted everytime I come across that [censored]. And the more some of you do it, the bigger the [censored] I think you are. It's like a bogan metric. Like you're so in the know. Esoteric nick names, "the Hun", "West Toast", "Carltank" - it's just so f'n funny.

And RHS? Rex Hunt Syndrome

TLA is my favourite

"West Toast"

"Wet Toast"...

Is that so, k.d.?

WTF?

What does this have to do with MFC?.......

FML

What does this have to do with MFC?.......

STFU

STFU

LOL

Phew!!! I thought it stood for Really Hairy Snatch

Edited February 26, 201313 yr by GrandOld

Phew!!! I thought it stood for Realy Hairy Snatch

lol

could be my nickname

Edited February 26, 201313 yr by Courtney_Fish

Meth coast was one that made me smile, but I tell you what, it took me a very long time to work out who this Pickles guy was

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I'm so fed up with the use of initials and funny names for things.

lol

WCI: West Coast Illegals.

wgaf

RHS means "right hand side" in my line of work. I thought this might be a thread about constraint equations.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/

Yeh, those 3 seconds of confusion are rough.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/

Yeh, those 3 seconds of confusion are rough.

Thank you for trivializing my frustration. Very constructive of you. I feel so much better now.

It aint all about you Courtney.

FWIW.

I'm so fed up with the use of initials and funny names for things. It's a sort of one-up-manship like having to know the name of all the streets or the every type of wine. I'm so sick of being stumped and distracted everytime I come across that [censored]. And the more some of you do it, the bigger the [censored] I think you are. It's like a bogan metric. Like you're so in the know. Esoteric nick names, "the Hun", "West Toast", "Carltank" - it's just so f'n funny.

And RHS? Rex Hunt Syndrome

I know what you mean. I have worked in lots of industries and each has its own lingo and TLAs - it is part exclusivity - part convenience ( a form of code and code is partly about efficiency of language) - part sniff test - but it should be said that sometimes there is wit involved and humour does work on the revelation effect - "oh that is what they are talking about!" I think rhyming slang is a similar thing. You can also say things within the code that is offensive but less obvious eg...

"One example is "berk", a mild pejorative widely used across the UK and not usually considered particularly offensive, although the origin lies in a contraction of "Berkeley Hunt", as the rhyme for the significantly more offensive" word

I'm so fed up with the use of initials and funny names for things. It's a sort of one-up-manship like having to know the name of all the streets or the every type of wine. I'm so sick of being stumped and distracted everytime I come across that [censored]. And the more some of you do it, the bigger the [censored] I think you are. It's like a bogan metric. Like you're so in the know. Esoteric nick names, "the Hun", "West Toast", "Carltank" - it's just so f'n funny.

And RHS? Rex Hunt Syndrome

RHS = Rectangular Hollow Section. If you were an Engineer you'd know this.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/

Yeh, those 3 seconds of confusion are rough.

Like 98% of the male population, I'm guilty of eyeolating. The benefits are it doesn't strain your eyes.

LOL

I had a friend once who thought lol was for 'lots of love' and used to put it on the end of texts or emails to his partner. She understandably read it as 'laugh out loud' and was not amused. Thought he was a rude bastard taking the p!ss all the time.

My Aunty also thinks LOL is for 'lots of love' and put it on the end of a card she sent to a friend recently diagnosed with cancer! *facepalm*