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Thread: SWMBO, abbreviations?
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29th April 2008, 09:55 PM #31
Mick, this just reminds me so much of a joke I have to tell it here.
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No idea...
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
Still no idea...
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs and no willy?
Still no ????en idea...
Well I thought it was funny. Doesn't have a lot to do with acronyms though. So...
One of my favourites was one we used to use in my early days of working on IBM mainframe computers. The error manuals for those were filled with error message ids that started with the letter "I" (for example "IEH040" or "IEC201"). Whenever we encountered an error that was caused by user stupidity we used to call it an "ID ten T" error, spelt "ID10T".Bob C.
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29th April 2008, 10:18 PM #32
G'Day All (thats Good day)
When you youngsters start talking in shorthand I go to http://www.acronymfinder.com/
Cheers
Bernie
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29th April 2008, 11:14 PM #33
WGAF this tread is a PITA.
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29th April 2008, 11:56 PM #34
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30th April 2008, 07:30 AM #35Skwair2rownd
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Afew more
POSH = Port Out Starboard Home. For the well to do on their passages from and to England.
TIP = To Insure Promptness, i.e. a little extra for good service.
SPIV = a low level crim. Mostly used in England. Came from an act of parliament to deal with Suspected Persons Itinerants and Vagrants.
PDG = Pretty Damned Good. Other variations are known to exist.
MOBA = My Own Bloody Aircraft
DOEM = Department Of Education Manual. Pronounced "dome" or "do em" ( because they are rules and regs to be followed)
BWAT = Bloody Well Answer This!
When I was a teenager SWALK = Sealed With A Loving Kiss.
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30th April 2008, 09:58 AM #36
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30th April 2008, 10:03 AM #37
The first three of those are backronyms - someone has made up the words to fit the letters of an existing word.
Posh is probably from an old Gypsy word for money, tip is derived from the German word 'tippen'. I found a couple of versions of the origins of spiv, but none mention an act of Parliament.
Just keeping it real"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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30th April 2008, 11:11 AM #38Senior Member
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Them funny words
CF (Cluster ????, one or two more individuals involved in a ???? up)
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30th April 2008, 12:05 PM #39Skwair2rownd
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The Well to do had POSH put on their luggage. Port Out Starboard Home.
Something to do with the ladies protecting their complexions.
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30th April 2008, 12:18 PM #40
POSH is said to relate to the position of the sun in the days before air cnditioned ships. On the way out to the east from England the coolest side of the ship was the port(Southern) side and on the way back the starboard(Southern) side. Hence Port Out Starboard Home.
Jack the Lad.
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30th April 2008, 12:25 PM #41
Nup that's a myth. OED says: "The suggestion that this word is derived from the initials of ‘port outward, starboard home’, referring to the more expensive side for accommodation on ships formerly travelling between England and India, is often put forward but lacks foundation. The main objections to this derivation are listed by G. Chowdharay-Best in Mariner's Mirror (1971) Jan. 91-2."
Basically, there is no evidence of it in maritime records of the time. As far as I can tell, the port starboard thing came from a song written for the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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30th April 2008, 02:08 PM #42Retired
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Keep it clean and don't personally attack anyone.
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30th April 2008, 02:49 PM #43
Who got attacked? What did I miss? Is that being a mongrel again? Someone should salt his tea!
mine.... SWUTBO..... She Who Used To Be Obeyed, the "EX"
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30th April 2008, 02:53 PM #44
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30th April 2008, 02:56 PM #45
There are a couple of variations on FUBAR
There is FUBAB - Foul Up Beyond All Belief and SAPFU - Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups. (foul is not necessarily the word used)
Have also run across UFI UFI (pronounced oofy oofy) which roughly translated means You "fouled" it, you fix it.Incoming
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