WTFIT??? The acronym thread.

I thought it might be nice for people to have a place to come to to look up various acronyms they find around the forum. Yes, Google is there to help, but there are also TS-specific acronyms that could be harder to find.

So, whenever you come across/think of/use an acronym, pop over here and post it, whether you know what it means or not, and we can add it to the list, which I'll update in alphabetical order as more come in.


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*g*/<g> - Grinning.
*G*/<G> or *bg*/<bg> - Big grin.
*vbg*/<vbg> - Very big grin.
<g,d&r> - grinning, ducking and running

A
AFAIC - As far as I'm concerned.
AFAIK - As far as I know.
AFK - Away from keyboard.
AKA - Also known as.
Amirite - Am I right?
ASAHP - As soon as humanly possible.
ASAP - As soon as possible.
ATM - At the moment.

B
BRB - Be right back.
BTDT - Been there; done that.
BTW - By the way.
BIAB - Back in a bit
BBL - Be back later

C
CB - Community building(s).
CS - Customer support/services.

D
Devs - Developers (township game makers).
DL - Download

E
ETA - Edit(ed) to add.
EOM - End of message

F
FB - Facebook.
FIGJAM - F...rick I'm good, just ask me.
FWIW - For what it's worth.
FYI - For your information.
FTW - For the win
FTFY - Fixed that for you

G
GL - Graylady (forum user).
GLB - Global Leader Board

H
HoL - House of Luck.
HP - Hot products.
HW - Hardware.
HTH - Hope this helps

I
IIRC - If I recall correctly.
IKR - I know, right?
IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion.
IMO - In my opinion.
IRL - In real life.
IOW - In Other Words

J
JIC - Just in case.

L
LMGTFY - Let me Google that for you.
LOL - Laugh(ing) out loud.
LMAO - Laughing my a** off

M
MAIG - My ass is grass.
MIA - Missing in action.

O
OOH - On one hand.
OP - Original post/er.
OS - Operating system (device).
OTOH - On the other hand.
OMG - Oh my god

P
Pls - Please.
PM - Private message.

R
RL - Real life.
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing.
RSN - Real(ly) soon now

S
SM(D)H - Shaking my (darn) head.
SW - Software.
SMOG - Senior Moments On Going

T
TBH - To be honest.
TC/T Cash - Township cash (AKA - Tickets, green money, township dollars).
Tnx - Thanks.
TQ - Thank you.
TS - Township.
TY - Thank you.
TL;DR - Too long, didn't read
TIA - Thanks in advance

W
WTFIT - What the f...luff is this.

X
XP - Experience Points

Y
YC - Yacht club.
YW/YVW -You're (very) welcome.
YMMH - You might mean here

ETA - Edit To Add
TBH - To Be Honest
PM - Private Message
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
CS - Customer Support
BTW - By The Way
OTOH - On The Other Hand (used a lot by DD, i *think* that's what it means, DD must confirm :D)

HOL - House Of Luck

IRL - in real life

Great ones coming in already :)

I was going to expand it to include the other stuff but I can't remember what the word is for the other stuff... (Having a total brain fart here... Stupid word's completely vanished...)

So like Devs, which isn't an acronym... Also Playrix, vBulletin, Admin, Mod... A kind of, glossary? What's the friggin word I mean?

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Originally Posted by Nevada

Great ones coming in already :)

I was going to expand it to include the other stuff but I can't remember what the word is for the other stuff... (Having a total brain fart here... Stupid word's completely vanished...)

So like Devs, which isn't an acronym... Also Playrix, vBulletin, Admin, Mod... A kind of, glossary? What's the friggin word I mean?

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Abbreviations? :confused:

But Playrix and vBulletin are not abbreviated. So ... Index?

Glossary would work as it is specific to the Forum.

“Forum Glossary”

ASAP - as soon as possible

CB community building (s)
FB Facebook

GL = Graylady ;)

Glad you added that Graylady, I use GL a lot to shorten typing out your name!! :)