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Thread: SWMBO, abbreviations?
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30th April 2008, 03:02 PM #46
I always liked WOFTAM,
Waste Of F(reakin') Time And Money.
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30th April 2008, 03:19 PM #47Who got attacked?"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, 03:58 PM #48
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30th April 2008, 05:15 PM #49
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30th April 2008, 05:38 PM #50
Yeah fair enough. I got that wrong, the song is from a recent musical version of the movie.
It's still a backronym though"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, 05:57 PM #51Skwair2rownd
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Huh?
Maybe the axe wielder thought I was attacking Silent! Not so, just disputing. If he wants an attack I can oblige.
I still maintain my position on POSH. Learnt that when very young and it sparked a bit of an interest in words."Ask Oxford" backs up my claim. So there!
As for TIP, the "tippen'' seems to be correct. I was Given the promptness explanation by an older American gentleman many years ago and assumed it to be correct because tipping is an American thing.
As for SPIV other sources back up my assertion on suspected person etc, but it appears to be a police acronym for suspected persons and itinerant vagrants.
The word Spiv is also associated, as silent said, with the Romany sparrow, as in a petty thief.
Who knows for sure?
OK is possibly from early US Army checklisting - Orl Kerrect! That was possibly poor spelling or smart arsery.
How come nobody had yet mentioned CGRA? Come on fellas, tou are letting the side down.
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30th April 2008, 06:01 PM #52Retired
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30th April 2008, 06:04 PM #53Retired
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30th April 2008, 06:19 PM #54
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If it was me that the axe should fall on then humbly I bow my head to the blow.
Jerry
War does not decide who is right. War only decides who is left.
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30th April 2008, 06:23 PM #55
posh
poshly, adverb. poshness, noun.
/posh/. Colloquial
adjective
1. elegant; luxurious; smart; first-class.
phrase
2. posh up, to make smart or elegant.
[origin unknown; ? obsolete posh a dandy. The conjectured acronym from p(ort) o(ut,) s(tarboard) h(ome), a reference to the better (i.e. cooler) accommodation on vessels sailing from Britain to India, Australia, etc., is not supported by available evidence]
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30th April 2008, 06:36 PM #56anne-maria.
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1st May 2008, 01:39 AM #57
My late Dad had an earlier career as a wireless operator in the Merchant Marine (1920s). The original purpose of many acronyms was to reduce transmission time (and therefore cost) of Morse code telegrams (landline) and radiograms. Newspaper homicide reports of the era almost always included the stilted phrase "shot and instantly killed" which was sent in code as SAIK from the scene of the offence.
Ham radio operators use CQ (seek you) as a general call of "anybody listening?" Tonnes more.
JoeOf course truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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1st May 2008, 02:20 AM #58
Back in the early days of computing most computers were called FRED - "Freakin' Ridiculous Electronic Device"
Then there's the TWAIN device, referring to scanners: "Thing Without An Interesting Name"
Lucky I remembered those two because I have CRAFT disease: "Can't Remember A Freakin' Thing"KEEP A LID ON THE GARBAGE... Report spam, scams, and inappropriate posts, PMs and Blogs.
Use the Report icon at the bottom of all Posts, PM's and Blog entries.
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1st May 2008, 10:06 AM #59Skwair2rownd
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Bosh and tosh to other opinions on posh!
Yahoo = Yet another officious hierachical organ.
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1st May 2008, 10:21 AM #60I still maintain my position on POSH. Learnt that when very young ..."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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