The Ultimate Unofficial Guide to Forum Abbreviations

Thank you for the list.

I want to bookmark this just in case I have to look something up......

It will be useful.

I read all your threads(well alot anyways)....

POTUS!! = President of the United States

Lol for those who don' know...

great list Dave;

BTW, I am the unofficial president of PAFUSA

People Against Frequent Use of Stupid Anagrams

WYSIWYG IMHO

Here is one to add:

TL;DR = Too Long, Didn't Read

Also, you have "OP = Observation Post", but on most forums like ATS, "OP = Original Post / Poster".

Thank you, thank you thank you!!!!!!!!

Such a great help.

so, i was on the internet, and someone called grampa told me what ROFL means 15 years after it was annoying on aol.

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Thanks for the list, many on here I did not know.

a couple to add to the list

FTA - From the article

IANAL - I am not a lawyer

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BRILLIANT POST THANKS SO MUCH!!!

Originally posted by GrandpaDave
OP == Observation Post

This one is misleading.

In ATS usage, the OP is either the Opening Post (of a thread) or the Opening Poster, depending on context.
So you will read many remarks on the lines of "I agree/disagree with the OP".

thanks, this has helped me a lot lol

Originally posted by MissPoovey
Sorry but I believe MSM means Main Stream Media
in other words... NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, all the regular media news

So why do MSM outfits all have three alphabets just like CIA, FBI, NSA, DIA, IOA, etc etc etc

Curious that... oh wait so does ATS

I thought that I read in the 'etiquette" section that using anagrams was frowned upon here at ATS. It does tend to isolate those 'not in the know'. I don't use them unless I am certain my reader(s) will know what I'm saying and often put the spelled out meaning in parenthesis if used.

I'm vexed by the overuse of them and will pass on posts if unintelligible. IMHO, it's just lazy writing.

All the same thanks for the list.