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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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DUH...I keep seeing IIRC in posts. What does it mean?

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Patrick...Thank you kindly. :D

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What does AFAIK or whatever that acronym is, what does it mean?

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What does AFAIK or whatever that acronym is, what does it mean?


As Far As I Know (I think)

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AFAIK = As Far As I Known

AFAIR = As Far As I Remember

IMHO = In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion

HTH = Hope That Helps

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"educable"?

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Of words, that is. :wink:


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AFAIC As far as I'm concerned
AFGO Another F***ing (or Fabulous) Growth Opportunity
BFD Big f'in Deal!
BFO Blinding Flash of the Obvious
BO Buffer (Brain) Overload
EFLA Extended Four Letter Acronym!
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FC Fingers Crossed
FCFS First Come First Served
FEAR F*** Everything And Run
FIIOH F** (or Forget) It, I'm Outta Here
FOAD F*** Off And Die
FUBAR F******-Up Beyond All Recognition
FUCT Failed Under Continuous Testing
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GR&D Grinning, Running, & Ducking
HSIK How Should I Know
HTH Happy To Help
HTH Hope This Helps
IAE In Any Event
IBK Idiot Behind Keyboard
IMCO In My Considered Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
INAL I'm Not A Lawyer
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
IYKWIM If You Know What I mean
JFYI Just For Your Information
J/K Just Kidding
LMAO Laughing My tushy Off
LMKOAP Let Me Know Of Any Problems
LOL Laugh(ing) Out Loud
LOEL Laugh(ing) Out Extremely Loud
MIL-TFD-41 Make It Like The F*****g Drawing For Once
MMP More Money, Please
NBD No Big Deal
NFW No F****** Way
NOYB None Of Your Business
NRN No Reply Necessary
OIC Oh, I See!
OOH Out Of Hand
OOTB Out Of The Box
OTOH On The Other Hand
PITA Pain In The tushy
PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMJI Pardon My Jumping In
POV Point Of View
PTB Powers That Be
PU That Stinks!
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLWMP Rolling on the Floor Wetting My Pants
ROTF Rolling On The Floor
ROTFL Rolling On the Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My tushy Off
ROTFLOL Rolled on the Floor Laughing Out Loud
RTFM Read The F***ing Manual (or Message)
RTM Read The Manual (or Message)
SEP Someone Else's Problem
SITD Still In The Dark
SLAP Sounds Like A Plan
SNAFU Situation Normal- All F*****-Up
SOL Smiling Out Loud
SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TBH To Be Honest
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTYL Talk To You Later
WGFF? Who Gives A Flying Flood?
WIC Where I'm Concerned
WOA Work Of Art
WRT with respect to
WTF What The F***
WTFIGO What The F*** Is Going On?
WTH What The Heck (Hell)
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get

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You missed HGUSCU...


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You missed HGUSCU...


IMHO NFW LOEL :D

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Sorry Jim...That's one I didn't make up. It's the adjective for educate.

Mudge the thesauric

(THAT one, I made up. :P )

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and the best of all
BOHICA

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Here is one I see regularly on one of the forums i belong to,

OMGWTFBBQ

Stands for Owe My God, What The F***, Barbecue

I have no idea what the barbecue has to do with anything.


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Either SWISS MUSTANGS has teenagers, or he himself has a texting jones......... 8)

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Finally!!! I've been wondering what a lot of those things meant.

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