Translations

[clarsct]

Isn't there a FAQ for this place yet?

LIHOP=?
FFA=?

Someone needs to translate this Conspiracy Theory gibberish to something resembling the King's English.

[MetalPig]

And MIHOP.
LIHOP and MIHOP seem related, but I have no clue what they might mean.

[Architect]

Sheesh

Let it happen on purpose

Made it happen on purpose



And don't you mean the Queen's English?

[Cylinder]

LIHOP = Let it happen on purpose. This is the CT claim that the administration knew of the attacks but purposefully did nothing to prevent them. This is usually used as a fall-back position for CTists rather than an actively advocated scenario.

MIHOP=Make it happen on purpose. This is the CT claim that the administration conducted the attacks themselves.

[maccy]

LIHOP = Let It Happen On Purpose
MIHOP = Make It Happen On Purpose

Others that I've heard of

OCT = Official Conspiracy Theory
USG = United States' Government
POTUS = President of the United States
VPOTUS = Vice POTUS
CONINTELPRO = Counterintelligence Program

[Cylinder]

TLA=Three-letter acronym

[The Doc]

CT'er - Conspiracy Theorist
9/11 Denier - See above
JREF'er - Us :)
Disinfo - Disinformation (self explanatory really lol)
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology

[ref]

What others might there be..

CD = Controlled Demolition
FDR = Flight Data Recorder
CVR = Cockpit Voice Recorder
ISI = Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistani Intelligence Agency
OBL = Osama Bin Laden
AQ = Al Qaida

For starters.

[Architect]

Actually, he'll probably see OMFG a lot when we're repsonding to the real woo woo e-mails.........

And the educated folk here might actually use IMHO rather than making spurious claims of "common sense" understanding....

[PixyMisa]

Sheesh

Let it happen on purpose

Made it happen on purpose

What, no pancakes? :confused:

[JimBenArm]

Sheesh

Let it happen on purpose

Made it happen on purpose



And don't you mean the Queen's English?

Nope. We speak Murican in these here parts.

[Brainache]

Nope. We speak Murican in these here parts.

Well I speak Strine and I understand it.

[Architect]

Uill, tha mise ghaidhlig.

:p

[Dog Town]

CT'er - Conspiracy Theorist


Not to pick, but O' well...
Ctist= theorist
Ct'er= theorizer
In the generic, which either can be, they are equally annoying.

[clarsct]

Ok, someone needs to sticky this as a resource, as well as posting other anomolies that may pop up from time to time.


It's like these guys have a whole different reality that has only a passing relation to ours.....

[beachnut]

ARCP - air refueling control point
ARIP - air refueling initial point
IFF - Identification friend or foe
MODE C - transponder function returns altitude to ATC
ATC - air traffic control
FAA - federal aviation administration
BBC - British thing with news and neat british accent
CIA - central inteligence agency
ADI - attitude indicator (the thing pilots use in flight to represent the earth so they can fly in the clouds like ducks)
VVI - veritcal velocity indicator
KIAS - knots indicated airspeed (like mph but with 6000 feet)
KCAS - knots calabrated airspeed
KTAS - knots true airspeed
tolt - a total dolt
NO JOY - I can not find the traffic ATC is pointing out
ANGELS - altitude
TALLY HO - I have traffic in sight
POPEYE - can not see I am in the clouds

[Free Thinkr]

Just wanted to chime in to say that I find MIHOP to be the most redundant acronym of all time. The MIH sort of implies the OP, don't you think? That's always bothered me.

[T.A.M.]

Here is a compilation of those given by people above (sue me no quotes) for list purposes, as well as some I have added:

LIHOP = Let It Happen On Purpose
MIHOP = Make It Happen On Purpose
OCT = Official Conspiracy Theory
USG = United States' Government
POTUS = President of the United States
VPOTUS = Vice POTUS
CONINTELPRO = Counterintelligence Program
TLA=Three-letter acronym
CT'er = Conspiracy Theorist
9/11 Denier = See above
JREF'er = "James Randi Educational Foundation"er - Us :)
Disinfo = Disinformation (self explanatory really lol)
FAA = Federal Aviation Administration
NORAD = North American Aerospace Defense Command
NIST = National Institute of Standards and Technology
CD = Controlled Demolition
FDR = Flight Data Recorder
CVR = Cockpit Voice Recorder
ISI = Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistani Intelligence Agency
OBL = Osama Bin Laden
AQ = Al Qaida
ARCP = air refueling control point
ARIP = air refueling initial point
IFF = Identification friend or foe
MODE C = transponder function returns altitude to ATC
ATC = air traffice control
BBC = British Broadcasting Company
CIA = central inteligence agency
ADI = attitude indicator (the thing pilots use in flight to represent the earth so they can fly in the clouds like ducks)
VVI = vertical velocity indicator
KIAS = knots indicated airspeed (like mph but with 6000 feet)
KCAS = knots calabrated airspeed
KTAS = knots true airspeed
tolt = a total dolt
NO JOY = I can not find the traffic ATC is pointing out
ANGELS = altitude
TALLY HO = I have traffic in sight
POPEYE = can not see I am in the clouds
GWB = George W Bush
EOS = End Of Story
FEMA = Federal Emergency Management Agency
FDNY = Fire Department of New York
NYPD = New York Police Department
EMS = Emergency Medical Services
UA = United Airlines
AA = American Airlines


TAM:)

[T.A.M.]

Just wanted to chime in to say that I find MIHOP to be the most redundant acronym of all time. The MIH sort of implies the OP, don't you think? That's always bothered me.

Not neccessarily...remember Erkle from Family Matters....

"Did I do that?" would be MIHBA (Made It Happen by Accident)

lol

TAM:)

[Architect]

BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation, not Company.

[hellaeon]

PSYOPS - Paranoid stupidity attributed to anything to make it resemble an xfiles script. Sorry I meant Psychological Operations.

[T.A.M.]

BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation, not Company.

yes, quite...well then, sorry bout that old chap.

:)

TAM

[uk_dave]

One I saw recently over on LC was :

PTB in the context of NWO, so I assume that PTB stands for 'powers that be', though ICBW.

[The Doc]

Not to pick, but O' well...
Ctist= theorist
Ct'er= theorizer
In the generic, which either can be, they are equally annoying.

Ah touche!

I didn't want to put "conspiracy theorister" haha.

[Architect]

I'll add to acronyms some Scots words I use which seem to be confusing all you foreigners.....

Eejit (usually applied to CTers)

EEDIOT, n. Gen.Sc. form of Eng. idiot, a fool, simpleton. Also eedyit (Sh.10, Abd.2, m.Lth.1, Uls.4 1945); eejit (Ags.19, Fif.10 1945); eedit (Ags. 1922 J. B. Salmond Bawdee Bowden ii.; Slg.3 1942; Bwk.2 1949); eeduit, eedeet (Ags.17 1942); eedyut (Ags. 1893 F. Mackenzie Cruisie Sk. (1894) vi.); eadit; eediwat; eddiewut; eedyet (Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.). See also IDIWUT (http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/snda4frames.php?xref=yes&searchtype=full&dregion=form&dtext=all&sset=1&fset=20&query=Idiwut). [http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.quot.gifidihttp://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.at.gift, http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.quot.gifidjhttp://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.at.gift, http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.quot.gifidIwhttp://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.V.gift]
*Fif. a.1847 in Colville (1909) 75:

Tumshie (a kinder term applied to CTers)


TUMSHIE , n. Also tumzie (Fif. 1921 T.S.D.C.). A jocular or colloq. name for a turnip (m. and s.Sc. 1973). [http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.quot.gifthttp://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.V.gifmhttp://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.S.gifi]
*Gsw. 1947 J. F. Hendry Fernie Brae 128:
Gee we hid a lot o' fun pinchin' totties an' tumshie s.
[Prob. orig. a children's deformation of TURMET (http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/snda4frames.php?xref=yes&searchtype=full&dregion=form&dtext=all&sset=1&fset=20&query=Turmet) or Eng. dial. form tummit with dim. -SIE (http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/snda4frames.php?xref=yes&searchtype=full&dregion=form&dtext=all&sset=1&fset=20&query=-Sie) ending.]


Scunnered (What I am with CTers inane arguments)

SCUNNER, v., n. Also skunner, -ir, sconner, skonner, scouner; scunhur (Uls.), scunder (Rs.), -re, -dther (Uls.). [http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.quot.gifskhttp://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.V.gifnhttp://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.at.gifr; Rs., Uls. http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.quot.gifskhttp://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.V.gifndhttp://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/IPA/ipa.at.gifr] I. v. 1. absol. To get a feeling of aversion, disgust or loathing, to feel surfeited or nauseated (Uls. 1931 Northern Whig (27 Nov.)). Gen.Sc.


Keech (the average conspiracy theorist's "evidence")

KICH, n.1, v., int. Add variant kach
I. Add to defin.: A lump of excrement.
Add quots.:
*Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 40:
keech Pronounced with ch as in `loch', this means muck, especially excrement: `Ma shoe's aw keech .' ...

Crivents (invented by Griffiths and used by Scots who read his "theoies")


CRIVVENS, int. Gen. used as an excl. of surprise, and sometimes preceded by by or holy. Known to Bnff.2, Ags.17, Fif.13, Edb.1, Lnk.11 1941.
*Ags.(D) 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) i.:
By crivens , he's gotten a richt horse for Donal', noo.
*Lnk. 1932 G. Blake Sea Tangle 20:
``Holy crivvens!'' he cried then. ``It's a lassie!''
*Slk. 1914 Southern Reporter (17 Dec.) 3/4:
Crivens ! The schulemaister! A thocht, he wis tae be awa frae hame the nicht!
[Cf. CRIFFINS (http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/snda4frames.php?xref=yes&searchtype=full&dregion=form&dtext=all&sset=1&fset=20&query=Criffins).]

[Loss Leader]

Isn't there a FAQ for this place yet?

LIHOP=?
FFA=?

Someone needs to translate this Conspiracy Theory gibberish to something resembling the King's English.

Um, FFA is the Future Farmers of America (http://www.ffa.org/index.html), as in this usage by the political think tank The Dixie Chicks:

Mary Anne and Wanda were the best of friends
All through their high school days
Both members of the 4H Club
Both active in the FFA

[Anti-sophist]

Don't forget this one, from Gravy:

CYGWWPQITO? - Can you guess which Wolfgang Pauli quote I'm thinking of?

It's a useful one to know. Both the quote and the acronym.

[Big Al]

For all PM (perpetual motion) bleevers, there's always TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. :D

[Arkan_Wolfshade]

<snip>OCT = Official Conspiracy Theory<snip>
EBC (Evidence Based Conclusion) please.

[clarsct]

Another good one for the Noobs.

[bonavada]

Another good one for the Noobs.

i made the same request ages ago for a CT glossary. a couple of months ago, when i first got interested in this forum and woo in general i found a lot of the terms very confusing.
this thread will help a lot. i am (slowly) compiling a glossary for my fledgling site. ive got a bit of free time owing to me soon so i can spend a lot more time on it.

toodle pip

BV