Acronyms

[Minadin]

Hey guys, I was wondering if perhaps there already was a semi-comprehensive list of acronyms and shorthand jargon that might help me out when reading some of these threads. I've been able to figure out some of them (LC=Loose Change, CT = Conspiracy theory/theorist, etc,) but others, I'm not having so much luck with. Such as:

OTC = (anti?) Conspiracy Theory / Theorist
IHOP = International House of Pancakes
LIHOP = ??
MIHOP = ??
ETA = Edit (something?)

If there's not already some reference I missed, is there any way we could start one?

Thanks in advance, I'm sure they're all common phrases here and I'll be kicking myself later, but I find it's always best to try to get past your ignorance as soon as possible after you realize it.

[DarkMagician]

LIHOP = Let it happen on purpose
MIHOP = Made it happen on purpose
ETA = Edited to add

[brodski]

Hey guys, I was wondering if perhaps there already was a semi-comprehensive list of acronyms and shorthand jargon that might help me out when reading some of these threads. I've been able to figure out some of them (LC=Loose Change, CT = Conspiracy theory/theorist, etc,) but others, I'm not having so much luck with. Such as:

OTC = (anti?) Conspiracy Theory / Theorist
IHOP = International House of Pancakes
LIHOP = ??
MIHOP = ??
ETA = Edit (something?)

If there's not already some reference I missed, is there any way we could start one?

Thanks in advance, I'm sure they're all common phrases here and I'll be kicking myself later, but I find it's always best to try to get past your ignorance as soon as possible after you realize it.


OCT- Official Conspiracy Theory (Theorist), used by 9/11 deniers to try and claim that the evidence based conclusions of NIST and the 9/11 commission are equivalent to deluded tossers posting drivel on myspace.
LIHOP= Let It Happen on Purpose, the slightly saner branch of Conspiracy theorists, who believe that Bush was not behind 9/11, but ah detailed knowledge prior to the attacks, but decided to do nothing.
MIHOP= Made It happen On Purpose- the nutty Bush/JOOOS!/ Reptoid CT's
ETA= Edited To Add.

Hope that helps.

[Arkan_Wolfshade]

OTC => Used by CTists as Original (or Official) Conspiracy Theory to describe the Commission/NIST/FEMA reports. Personally, I tend to use EBC (Evidence Based Conclusion)
LIHOP => Let It Happen On Purpose
MIHOP => Made It Happen On Purpose
ETA => Editted To Add

[defaultdotxbe]

MCT = Mass Coverup Theorist <-- thats one id liek to start using

pulls the deniers away from possible legitimate uses of the word "conspiracy"

[Crazy Chainsaw]

I thought OTC stood for Original True Conceptualization based on empirical Evidence. Or OTCE, shortened to OTC because of the Cters attention spans being to short.

[Gravy]

GAGOY – Get a grip on yourself

TILTTTACTR – This is like trying to teach a cat to read.

ISTYWGVRWRDY – I'm sorry that you weren't granted visiting rights when reality divorced you.

NCOMDMHTMSF – No, "conservation of momentum" doesn't mean "heavy things must stop falling."

GWLFTSYC – Great, we look forward to seeing your calculations.

HIITWYSODEESAHPOD – How is it that where you see only dust, everyone else sees a huge pile of debris?

WDYCLIITYCOWNS – Why do you constantly lie? Is it that you cannot, or will not, stop?

S? – Source?

PUTFSF – Please use the forum's search function.

TPTDTIEHA – That's probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Again.

FTTTPATQ – For the third time, please answer the question.

YMBSM – You must be s---ing me!

YFLFIFSITFR – Yes, four logical fallacies in four sentences is the forum record.

WDROTPTPCGSRWJNSIH – We don't rule out the possibility that PrisonPlanet.com could get something right. We've just never seen it happen.

WYRBW – Were you raised by wolves?

CYGWWPQITO – Can you guess what Wolfgang Pauli quote I'm thinking of?

PWMT – Praytell, who measured that?

IYRTTVYLTYAOHPW – If you're referring to the video you linked to, you are one hundred percent wrong.

SW – Still waiting.

WCAUGTUWTS – We can't answer until Gravy tells us what to say.

ATHCATBOTI – Actually, the hypothesis comes at the beginning of the investigation.

TWWROTROTEWSTI – That's why we rely on the reports of the experts who studied these issues.

HCWTWAPHC – How can we tell when a plane has crashed?

YMWTLUTDOPR – You might want to look up the definition of "peer review."

WWCLS – What would Claus Larsen say?

IYCPTIPHSOMKAEI – If you can prove that, I'll pour Hollandaise sauce on my keyboard and eat it.

IBYTSTB – I'm begging you to stop this behavior.

[T.A.M.]

I use LIHOI, which stands for Let It Happen Out of Incompetence/Ignorance.

TAM

[uk_dave]

I liked the one gravy (i think) used the other day...

SNGOTI

My version would have to be

SGDTP (Some guy down the pub)

[Arkan_Wolfshade]

Tanstaafl

[Ginarley]

TLA - Three Letter Acronym
AWFL - Acronym With Four Letters
AWFUL - Acronym With Five Uppercase Letters

:)

[firecoins]

FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation, the mob like agency that silences thousands of witnesses by rereading their library books.

CIA - Central Intelligence Agency an intelligence agency that failed to put WMD's in Iraq but invisably put them in the Twin Towers with super military precision

UBL - Usama Bin Laden who financed 9/11

OBL- Usama's twin brother Osama who is often blamed for 9/11 but worjed for the CIA. The reason the gov't has not found OBL is because they are looking for UBL.

NSA - National Security Agency or No Such Agency is the agency listening to my exciting phone calls to my mother on why I am not married.

POTUS - is short for a guy who is more interested in a My Pet Goat than National Security but doubles as a mastermind terrorist.

VPOTUS - Vice President of the United States, a person in an undisclosed location who shoots lawyers while hunting quaill. What is a quaill and how do you spell it?

[Lisa Simpson]

Quail. Or Quayle if you mean Papa Bush's VPOTUS. The first is a bird. The second, a guy who can't spell potato.

I rather like WYRBW. I think I should start using it in mod boxes. As in "WYRBW? Please keep in mind the Membership Agreement and be civil and polite."

[firecoins]

Quail. Or Quayle if you mean Papa Bush's VPOTUS. The first is a bird. The second, a guy who can't spell potato.

I rather like WYRBW. I think I should start using it in mod boxes. As in "WYRBW? Please keep in mind the Membership Agreement and be civil and polite."
I meant Cheney shooting birds but hitting lawyers instead. what wasn't civil or polite?

[Anti-sophist]

CYGWWPQITO – Can you guess what Wolfgang Pauli quote I'm thinking of?

"I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think"
"This isn't right, this isn't even wrong"


I'm pretty sure me and Wolfgang would get along great. His name being Wolfgang is also +1 points in my book.

[Lisa Simpson]

Cheney is evil. Nothing more needs to be said.

That wasn't an official mod box. That's just what I want to post the next time I need to post a "civility warning" mod box.

[firecoins]

oh

[Dava]

Thank you for asking this! I'd been too embarassed to ask, myself. ETA was throwing me off, because in my line of work, that has always stood for Estimated Time of Arrival.

[missyvanwinkle]

...too embarassed to ask...

I was just hoping to learn w/o having to pester people, but since folks have replied with them, I'm going to ask:
SNGOTI? (Yes, I even saw the hint and couldn't untease it)
TANSTAAFL (Yes, I know the old "free lunch" one. Is this just plural?)

Hitting the learning curve at a brisk stride,
Missy

[Anti-sophist]

TANSTAAFL (Yes, I know the old "free lunch" one. Is this just plural?)


I'm thinking "aint".

[qarnos]

I'm thinking "aint".

"There aint no" is a double negative, which means there is such a thing as a free lunch!

:woo

[Minadin]

I think Cheney was actually hunting doves . . . but thanks very much for the breakdowns on the acronyms. I was seriously looking at LIHOP and thinking, "mmmm . . . . pancakes".

[firecoins]

Thank you for asking this! I'd been too embarassed to ask, myself. ETA was throwing me off, because in my line of work, that has always stood for Estimated Time of Arrival.
you a cop, EMT or firefighter?

[uk_dave]

SNGOTI

I believe this stands for "Some nameless guy on the internet" and referred to a detailed scale drawing of two possible crash scenarios in pa which a resident CT'er obtained from a SNGOTI.

[W6102LA]

| - Strawman

:)

[brodski]

I think Cheney was actually hunting doves . . . but thanks very much for the breakdowns on the acronyms. I was seriously looking at LIHOP and thinking, "mmmm . . . . pancakes".

You mean you havn't heard the LIHOP/ MIHOP song yet? :D

[Arkan_Wolfshade]

I'm thinking "aint".

Yeah, I learned it as "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"

[gumboot]

Yeah, I learned it as "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"

I don't get it, you're not in New York...:confused:

-Gumboot

[jhunter1163]

BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again (applicable in most political situations here in the US)

[Oliver]

DFKAPD - Docker formerly known as Pdoherty

[firecoins]

FUBAR - ficked up beyond repair

[Arkan_Wolfshade]

I don't get it, you're not in New York...:confused:

-Gumboot

iirc it came from a Heinlein novel.

[Brainache]

iirc it came from a Heinlein novel.

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.

IMO his best.

[MortFurd]

"This isn't right, this isn't even wrong"

A better translation would be "That is not only not right, it isn't even wrong!"
"Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!"

Original German. (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Pauli)

[Anti-sophist]

"That is not only not right, it isn't even wrong!"


I actually prefer that wording.

Also,
AQIARQ - Ask Question. Ignore Answer. Repeat Question

-or-

IRAQ - Ignoring responses, ask questions...

[jhunter1163]

FUMTU - (Rule8)ed Up More Than Usual
FUBB - (Rule8)ed Up Beyond Belief
TARFU - Things Are Really (Rule8)ed Up
JANFU - Joint Army-Navy (Rule8)-Up
FUBAR - (Rule8)ed Up Beyond All Recognition

[Minadin]

I wanted to bump this because we were discussing an acronym guide to go along with the other "newbie" guides for this sub-forum.

[skepticalcriticalguy]

iirc it came from a Heinlein novel.

I liked Time Enough For Love. But kinda woo-ish.

[skepticalcriticalguy]

Crde,yk

Conspiracies do exist, ya know

[N.Texas]

<(((><- flounder

[defaultdotxbe]

FUMTU - (Rule8)ed Up More Than Usual
FUBB - (Rule8)ed Up Beyond Belief
TARFU - Things Are Really (Rule8)ed Up
JANFU - Joint Army-Navy (Rule8)-Up
FUBAR - (Rule8)ed Up Beyond All Recognition
you forgot SNAFU - Situation Normal, All (Rule8)ed Up

[GwionX]

Here are a few I have picked up over the years-- Some might apply to this forum, some might not.

PKB Pot calling the Kettle Black

IKYABWAI an "iky" or "pee-wee" = I know you are, but what am I? Used to point out someone using this juvenile tactic. They have pulled a "pee-wee"

PPOSTFU Post Proof Or Shut the F! Up. ( I can see this one being used..respectfully, of course.)

YHBT You Have Been Trolled

HAND Have A Nice Day

HTH Hope That Helps

IIRC If I Recall Correctly

TTFN Ta Ta for Now -- Signing off.

TTT To The Top-- Like this thread was brought back "to the top" of the forum list after being buried on back pages.

IMO In my Opinion-- variations IMHO=In my humble opinion-- IMNSHO=In my not so humble opinion.

Sock sockpuppet, nic-switcher, Sybil troll, or chameleon troll= A poster who changes their username, or has many different usernames in order to say or do things the more reputable, primary username wouldn't say or do. Also to make the main user's argument seem more supported ( by replying to oneself) Or to continue posting once one User account has been banned from a forum.

TTFN
HTH
HAND