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Is there an archive for acronyms used in many posts? I have no idea what some of them mean. wwh
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I think we don't regularly use as many acronyms as most discussion forums -- this is a Good Thing, IMHO*.  two, which are apposite for this venue: YCLIU - you could look it up YART - yet another rehashed topic *in my humble opinion
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"at the very least, it will take you into some fascinating backwaters and byways"such lovely imagery.... of course, the alligators have sharp teeth; i spent a good hour digging through the murky waters the other day trying to figure out where one of the threads was coming from. gee, i need another internet addiction like a fish needs a bicycle... oopsie, wrong thread. and wwf, you're in good company (well, you're in company, at least... the rest is pretty subjective). i had to ask faldage what an AYLEUR was  bridget=) Ipsa scientia potestas est ~Bacon
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Thanks, Max, tsuwm,& Bridget96: I'm willing to RTFM if I can find it. I have looked at Internet offerings, but you creative creatures have your own crop. I was hoping to avoid alienating of troy by asking her what IITYBMAD (should have used Edit,Copy, Edit Paste on that one)meant.
Tell me, what did the face that launched a thousand ships mean by that? I was hoping some else would give a clue.
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I am beginning to regret ever telling you guys this one.  I can see that it is going to cut down on my free drinks wow
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Sorry to take such rampant advantage of it, but I fell for it hard the first time, so I thought I'd try to recoup a jot or two of pride.
We had a thread on acronyms vs. abbreviations (also called initialisms, I've learned) a bit ago. Is there a specific term for collections of letters such as this one, which tend to be specific to the internet, which actually stand for a sentence (as in YCLIU) or a phrase (YART)? They seem somehow different from terms like scuba (acronym) or FBI (initialism).
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Dear wow: You are tantalizing me also, which is unkind, even to a senile citizen who drinks only Adam's ale.
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