Acronyms and abbreviations

Bonaventure · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:45 am

General and Family

Dh ~ Darling Husband (or dear husband)
Dw ~ Darling Wife
Dc ~ Darling Children
Ds ~ Darling Son
Dd ~ Darling Daughter
FIL ~ Father-in-law
MIL ~ Mother-in-law
SIL ~ Sister-in-law
BIL ~ Brother-in-law
SO ~ Significant Other
SAHM ~ Stay at home mom
WAHM ~ Work at home mom
AFAIK ~ As far as I know
BTDT ~ Been there, done that
BTW ~ By the way
CINO ~ Catholic in name only
DCF ~ Defender of the Catholic Faith (website or forum)
GB ~ God Bless
HS ~ Home school
HTH ~ Hope that helps
IIRC ~ If I recall correctly
IMHO ~ In my humble opinion
IMO ~ In my opinion
IRL ~ In real life
IYKWIM ~ If you know what I mean
KWIM ~ Know what I mean
:) ~ Laugh out loud
NAR ~ Not a roll
NPC ~ Non-practicing Catholic
OT ~ Off topic
OTOH ~ On the other hand
PM ~ Private message
ROFL ~ Roll on the floor laughing
STM ~ Seems to me
TIA ~ Thanks in advance
TMI ~ Too much information
TTFN ~ TaTa For Now
TWIT ~ That's what I thought
TYVM ~ Thank you very much
YMMV ~ Your mileage may very
WRT ~ With regard to
WTH ~ What the heck?
MIA ~ Missing in Action
SYL ~ See you later
TTYL ~ Talk to you later
ITA ~ I totally agree
OT ~ Off Topic
JOOC ~ Just of of curiosity
WRT ~ With respect to
AFAIC ~ As far as I'm concerned
ISTM ~ It seems to me
Poison ~ Vegemite

Catholic and Theological

B16 ~ Pope Benedict 16th
JPII ~ Pope John Paul II
VII ~ The Second Vatican Council/Vatican II
CCC ~ The Catechism of the Catholic Church
CCL or CIC ~ Code of Canon Law
GIRM ~ General Instruction of the Roman Missal
CDF ~ Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
CDWS ~ Congregation for Divine Worship and Sacraments
USCCB ~ United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
EO ~ Eastern Orthodox
LDS ~ Mormon
SSPX ~ Society of Saint Pius 10th
FSSP ~ The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter
DR ~ Douay Rheims Bible
RSV ~ Revised Standard Version of the Bible
NAB ~ New American Bible
NIV ~ New International Version of the Bible
KJV ~ King James Version of the Bible
SS ~ Sola Scriptura
EENS ~ Extra Ecclesium Nulla Salus (No Salvation outside the Church)
ST ~ The Summa Theologica of Saint Thomas Aquinas
CA ~ Catholic Answers
CAI ~ Catholic Apologetics International
HHS ~ Haugen, Hass, Schutte (bad liturgical music)
TLM ~ Tridentine Latin Mass
NO ~ Novus Ordo
OTT ~ The Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Ludwig Ott
IC ~ Immaculate Conception
HH ~ His Holiness (the Pope)
ABC ~ Artificial Birth Control
NFP ~ Natural Family Planning
STM ~ Sympto-thermal Method
OSAS ~ Once saved always saved

lowdenclear · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:42 am

Bonaventure wrote:

YMMV ~ Your mileage may very

I'm still none the wiser about what this means... :oops:

Context?

faithfulservant · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:14 am

if he had put vary instead of very...would it help?

it means loosely..your experience may be different

faithfulservant · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:18 am

i feel slighted however that my JOOC (just out of curiousity) or AFAIC (as far as i'm concerned) didn't make the list

how about wrt ... with regard to... that should have been in there

but i did get a chuckle out of
poison ~ vegemite though

and thanks for posting this bon 8-)

Helen · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:14 am

Ya know... there's already a lovely list in Feminae Fatales... Has been for months and months :wink:

lowdenclear · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:16 am

Yeah... us women... we rock! 8-)

lowdenclear · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:17 am

faithfulservant wrote:

if he had put vary instead of very...would it help?

it means loosely..your experience may be different

Even with "vary", I didn't get it... But i do now... ta!

Tatsu · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:48 pm

Wasn't IIRC "if I recall correctly"?

faithfulservant · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:41 pm

lilder wrote:

Ya know... there's already a lovely list in Feminae Fatales... Has been for months and months :wink:

and that helps those of us with the diverse chromosomes how?

yes tatsu... , i think he was just distracted and forgot the last word :wink:

Bonaventure · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:49 pm

faithfulservant wrote:

i feel slighted however that my JOOC (just out of curiousity) or AFAIC (as far as i'm concerned) didn't make the list

how about wrt ... with regard to... that should have been in there

but i did get a chuckle out of
poison ~ vegemite though

and thanks for posting this bon 8-)

Thank you for the suggestions. The list has been updated. And thank you Tatsu for catching that error.

Bonaventure · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:50 pm

lilder wrote:

Ya know... there's already a lovely list in Feminae Fatales... Has been for months and months :wink:

Sparky posted that list in the mod forum for me to use as the foundation for this list. I had to cut out some of the NFP acronyms though

Helen · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:54 pm

Bonaventure wrote:

lilder wrote:

Ya know... there's already a lovely list in Feminae Fatales... Has been for months and months :wink:

Sparky posted that list in the mod forum for me to use as the foundation for this list. I had to cut out some of the NFP acronyms though

Yes, yes ... quite right!

Of course that also explains the spelling mistakes :oops:

BrotherKnight · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:55 pm

lowdenclear wrote:

Bonaventure wrote:

YMMV ~ Your mileage may very

I'm still none the wiser about what this means... :oops:

Context?

Wait, you're on the metric system, right?

"Your kilometerage may vary."

How does that work for ya?

Signum Crucis · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:07 pm

ErikB wrote:

lowdenclear wrote:

Bonaventure wrote:

YMMV ~ Your mileage may very

I'm still none the wiser about what this means... :oops:

Context?

Wait, you're on the metric system, right?

"Your kilometerage may vary."

How does that work for ya?

They use both.

eco-Catholic · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:08 pm

We are forgetting one important acronym for theological- B V M (Blessed Virgin Mary)

Signum Crucis · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:11 pm

Outremer wrote:

We are forgetting one important acronym for theological- Blessed Virgin Mary (Blessed Virgin Mary)

B V M is not allowed.

eco-Catholic · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:14 pm

It's not? Is something offensive about it? I don't know, as I've been away from this board in some time.

Signum Crucis · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:00 pm

Outremer wrote:

It's not? Is something offensive about it? I don't know, as I've been away from this board in some time.

No, it's not offensive, just over-used.

I may take it off the censored list.

lowdenclear · **Posted:** Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:27 am

Signum Crucis wrote:

ErikB wrote:

lowdenclear wrote:

Bonaventure wrote:

YMMV ~ Your mileage may very

I'm still none the wiser about what this means... :oops:

Context?

Wait, you're on the metric system, right?

"Your kilometerage may vary."

How does that work for ya?

They use both.

No, I know what mileage means... :roll:

... just never heard that expression before... :oops:

AussieMama · **Posted:** Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:15 am

faithfulservant wrote:

i feel slighted however that my JOOC (just out of curiousity) or AFAIC (as far as i'm concerned) didn't make the list

how about wrt ... with regard to... that should have been in there

but i did get a chuckle out of
poison ~ vegemite though

and thanks for posting this bon 8-)

of course everyone except the aussies will think this. :roll:

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