Please dear friends. Y2k aware and prepared, but new to this forum. I dont understand many of the acronyms used here. Can you brothers ans sisters help? OT...BTW...BITR...GI...DGI and any other you might think of. Oh yes, new years eve my birthday....nice huh? Best to all.

-- JB (noway@jose.com), November 18, 1999

Answers

OT= Off topic. A post which has little or nothing to do with Y2K.

BTW = by the way

BITR = Bump in the Road (A 1 or a 2 on a scale of 10)

TEOTWAWKI = The end of the world as we know it. (A 10)

GI = Gets it. Knows the risks of Y2K and the need of preps.

DGI = Doesn't get it.

DWGI = Doesn't want to get it. A denialist.

IMO = In my opinion

IMHO = In my humble opinion

BTW = by the way

LOL = Laughing out loud

ROTFLMAO = Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off

There are pages more and Web sites devoted to lists of them, but I can't find the URLs right now.

-- Gypsy (GypsiGold@aol.com), November 18, 1999.

Polly---One who has a realistic handle on Y2K

Doomer---One who does not have a realistic handle on Y2K

Tinfoil--A total nutbar loonatic - Somebody who looks forward to TEOTWAWKI

-- Y2K Pro (y2kpro1@hotmail.com), November 18, 1999.

Polly - "the Titanic? it's unsinkable!"; "the stock market outlook is better than ever" (October 1929); "peace in our time" (1939); "it is inconceivable that an enlightened, Christian Germany would..." (1941).

-- nemo (willfully@ignorant.com), November 18, 1999.

More acronyms.

-- bw (home@puget.sound), November 18, 1999.

Thanx

-- JB (noway@jose.com), November 18, 1999.

TEITRAH = The excretia impacts the rotating air handler...

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), November 18, 1999.

And another critical one that was missed:

IMNSHO = In my not so humble opinion...

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), November 18, 1999.

Mad Monk,

Thanks, that's a new one that I will steal shamelessly!

Best

-- Midas (midas_mulligan_2000@yahoo.com), November 18, 1999.

Not on the list: M2C = My Two Cents.

-- anonymous (anonymous@anonymous.com), November 18, 1999.

FWIW=for what it's worth TPTB=the powers that be

beej

-- beej (beej@ppbbs.com), November 18, 1999.

There are people here taking my name in vain! Try this site:

More Acronyms than You Can Ever Use

-- Tin(foil) Lizzie (par@noia.asylum), November 18, 1999.

From: Y2K, ` la Carte by Dancr (pic), near Monterey, California

TSHTF The shit hits the fan INHSWTW I never had sex with that woman

-- Dancr (addy.available@my.webpage), November 19, 1999.

Diane, Chuck, --- PHIL -- this subject, among others, is something that should be on a FAQ (frequently asked questions) page.

-- A (A@AisA.com), November 19, 1999.

FUBAR:F*cked Up Beyond All Reality (or Repair)

TARFU:Things Are Really F*ucked Up

SNAFU:Situation Normal, All F*ucked Up

...and the number one acronym dealing with Kosky and the spin, BOHICA:Bend Over, Here It Comes Again

-- Billy-Boy (Rakkasan@yahoo.com), November 19, 1999.