Abbreviations! Let's do it

[Alicewave]

Ok this came up in chat. A member was not familiar with a lot of the abbreviations most of us use and take for granted. Stuff like LOL=laugh out loud that sort of thing. There are also lots of reptile related abbreviations that not everyone is familiar with. I thought we could put our heads together and make a good list of them all. I will be happy to put it into a word doc or something for future reference. I've seen it on other sites and it is very helpful

[josefg]

brb = be right back
afk = away from computer
bbl = be back later
lmao = laughing my @ss off
roflmao = rolling on the floor laughing my @ss off

Those are all that I can remember for now

[doenoe]

bbiab = be back in a bit
c u = see you
ne = any
bcc = boa constrictor constrictor
bci = boa constrictor imperator
cb = captive bred
wc = wild caught
i can think of alot with lmao, but i will just wont do that.

Think my brain has a time-out or something, cant think of any thing else

[Alicewave]

ty=thank you
yw=you're welcome
tc=take care
gg=gotta go
bbs=be back soon
ttyl=talk to you later
ttys=talk to you soon

Reptile ones:
UTH=Under Tank Heater
CHE=ceramic heat emmitter
BP=Ball Pyton

(there are lots lots more but I can't think of them)

[Tim_Cranwill]

Here are a few more....

wc = wild caught
ltc = long term captive
cb = captive born (but not necessarily captive bred)
cbb = captive bred and born

brb = brazilian rainbow boa
bp = ball python
ijcp = irian Jaya carpet python
jcp = jungle carpet python
etb = emerald tree boa
gtp = green tree python
atb = amazon tree boa

pb = peanut butter
pb and j = peanut butter and jam
kd = kraft dinner

doa = dead on arrival
wwf = world wildlife foundation
ec = either: elvis costello or eric clapton
wfi = water for injection

ok, enough joke ones...

tjc signing off.... (that's me, timothy john cranwill)

hey, does anybody know what HMV stands for???

[Lisa]

Cranwill: HMV = His Masters Voice

[silke]

ROFL - roll on floor laughing

Thanks Lisa...i was wondering that myself

[Lisa]

np - no problem
lwmcomn - laughing with milk coming out my nose

[Lisa]

dor - dead on road
ford - found on road dead
ford - fubared on race day
fubar - #&*$ed up beyond repair
snafu - situation normal, all *$&@ed up
nfg - no #*%@ing good

ks - kingsnake
vb - viperboa

asl - another stupid loser
aol - another online loser

[Linds]

LOL... I'm the first to admit it's takin me a while to learn the online abbreviations for chat rooms, etc - I know the basics... but here's one I didn't see covered...

asl = age sex location?

[AaliahReed]

Thanks this is a good idea, could someone please explain how
to put up what herps we have? is left or right male?, sorry been keeping for a fair while just new to the net,
thanks in advance

[josefg]

Aaliah, if u have

X.Y.Z

then you have:
X males
Y females
Z unsexed

Hope this helped!

[corr]

I thought FUBAR was F____ Up Beyond All Recognition...

[AaliahReed]

Thanks Josef,
it did, and when it comes to comps,
i need all the help i can get,

[Kat]

Corr, you're right that's what FUBAR is! At least here it is! F.I.N.E also has other meaning...(******-up, Insecure, Nurotic and Emotional)