Common Forum Acronyms and Their Meanings

[DoggyDaddy]

GTFO

And the extended version... GTFOH

 

[loudgroove]

Or Failure To Fire.

As well as FTE = Failure To Eject

And dtf should mean - down to fire lol

 

[Lpherr]

And the extended version... GTFOH

TL;DR

 

[KellyinAvon]

Acronyms, they come from all directions here. From texting like IKR, and from the Military with NCOIC (Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge) FUBAR (F'd Up Beyond All Recognition) and of course WTF came from the Military (usually followed by "over" in GI slang.)

Now INGOisms... oh boy there is a bunch. @indyblue mentioned "Denny'd a thread" (a serious response to a humorous post.)

State Trooper stole my wallet. 5 year old girl steals your gun when OCing.

And of course we can't forget, The Boner Drone.

 

[Lpherr]

IANAL, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

 

[Shadow01]

LOFT Lack Of F…… Talent.

 

[jamil]

A global debate does not = an acronym. Stay on point man!

Fine. 5YOG

 

[indyblue]

Now INGOisms...

This should be a sticky, called Acronyms, and INGOism’s.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Now INGOisms... oh boy there is a bunch.

To quote a great Moderator...

"Let's keep this between the ditches".

 

[DoggyDaddy]

This should be a sticky, called Acronyms, and INGOism’s.

I mean if we're gonna be mixing them up, then I agree!

 

[El Conquistador]

Here's an idea, maybe there should be a thread that has a list of the common acronyms and jargon used on the forum, especially to help out people new to forums. Some of the acronyms used are more INGO specific, and I have seen many times where new users get confused due to some of the acronyms used. There are still a bunch that I don't know what they mean, or if someone did explain it, I forgot and can't find the post that explained it. Perhaps if we get enough, the mods could make this a sticky. I'll start with some that I do know (At least I think I know).

LOL - Laugh Out Loud
SMH - Shake My Head
SMFH - Shake My Freaking Head
FTF - Face To Face
IRL - In Real Life
IBTL - In Before The Lock
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Honest Opinion

That's all I could think of at the top of my head. The rest I still don't know what they mean. Hopefully more can be explained as members reply below.

I'll amend my Original Post as time goes on to include what others have contributed below, so that this is a little more consolidated.

Purple Text - Indicates Sarcasm, Jokes, Non-Literal Banter
QFT - Quoted For Truth
OP - Original Post , Original Poster
FATWO - F*** All The Way Off
FAFO - F*** Around; Find Out
t2bf - Trying To Be Funny
WTF - What The F***
WTAF - What The Actual F***
FFS - For F***'s Sake
IDK - I Don't Know
IKR - I Know Right
IDGAF - I Don't Give A F***
DILIGAF - Does It Look Like I Give A F***

SSS
shoot, shovel shut up

 

[WebSnyper]

@Kirk Freeman is the one that really needs to compile a list. He is a prolific acronym user and I'm pretty sure nobody but him knows what they mean. Sometimes I think he wants it that way.

It's that lawyer speak. Only costs $3 for the acronym vs $9 for the whole word.

 

[jamil]

This one is just for DD.

I heard at the LGS the lifetime LTCH is going away. That’s a twofer. Now stay off my lawn.

 

[jamil]

Are we sticky yet?

 

[Lpherr]

Are we sticky yet?

New acronym? AWSY...

 

[jamil]

Hey people. Get yer minds out of the gutter. I was talking about mods making the thread sticky!

Dang it. Made me denny my own post!

 

[oze]

True enough, but that's more of an INGO quirk. Like pineapple on pizza is an INGO quirk. Maybe we need an INGO quirks thread.

Every forum that I've been on uses some color font to declare a comment to be snark, sarcasm or such. Kinda like saying, "Just kidding" .

 

[Cameramonkey]

Are we sticky yet?

Maybe eventually.

 

[ditcherman]

I This is INGO after all, so derailment is likely to occur somewhere.

You've got to be kidding here.

 

[Doug]

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