Hey everyone
As I scroll through CAPTalk, I notice several acronyms i have never heard of.
I was thinking that this thread could be a dictionary of these for newcomers.
WIWAC
IMHO
feel free to post other acronyms for defenition or answer if you know the defenition
WIWAC = When I Was A Cadet
IMHO = In My Humble Openion
Don't forget TLA.
WIWAD - When I was Active Duty
BTDT - Been there, done that
ROFLMAO - Rolling on the floor, laughing my [Filter Subversion] off.
IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion
RTFM - Read the flippin' manual (polite version)
SMWOG = Senior Member WithOut Grade
FIMO = Forget It, Move On
CAP - Come And Pay
HWSRN - He Who Shall Remain Nameless, referring to a former National Commander
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
Quote from: CyBorg on June 26, 2011, 06:02:41 PM
CAP - Come And Pay
HWSRN - He Who Shall Remain Nameless, referring to a former National Commander
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
CAP also stands for "Cash and Plastic".
Rather than trying to find creative ways to subvert the curse filter, how about sticking to that which is appropriate for this forum. Offending posts edited or removed.
Quote from: MIKE on June 26, 2011, 08:20:28 PM
Rather than trying to find creative ways to subvert the curse filter, how about sticking to that which is appropriate for this forum. Offending posts edited or removed.
Actually, Mike, I wasn't trying...I normally don't post potty words and was self-censoring, but point taken.
The military vernacular can be tough on newcomers and non-members.
I recall my (at the time "new") girlfriend saying to me "I heard a bunch of words come out of your mouth, and I understood none of them."
;)
(of course, she attempted to use the phonetic alphabet one day to spell something in front of her son, and she says something like "Adam Puma.." and I about fell over laughing. "Puma? Really?"
TLAs are a hard one too. Another forum I frequent, nasaspaceflight.com, has a feature that dotted-underlines certain T, F and FLAs and terms, and you can click or hover over that word to get a definition. Pretty handy when the context doesn't tell you what it means, or they use a term that has the same TLA as another and you're unsure why they're using that one in that context.
Quote from: NIN on June 26, 2011, 10:12:17 PM
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I recall my (at the time "new") girlfriend saying to me "I heard a bunch of words come out of your mouth, and I understood none of them."
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Dude. Same situation. Explained I could give an entire briefing in nearly all acronyms/initalisms.
Quote from: NIN on June 26, 2011, 10:12:17 PM
TLAs are a hard one too. Another forum I frequent, nasaspaceflight.com, has a feature that dotted-underlines certain T, F and FLAs and terms, and you can click or hover over that word to get a definition. Pretty handy when the context doesn't tell you what it means, or they use a term that has the same TLA as another and you're unsure why they're using that one in that context.
That is something easily accomplished, actually. Codes. Actually used to have that feature on the PAWG website at one time, before I gave up on all that.
RTFM - Read The Furnished Materials
Darn, Heck, Phooey......see the curse filter doesn't work
BITD....Back In The Day (It was a Tuesday).
IIRC....If I Recall Correctly
Quote from: SarDragon on July 17, 2011, 04:20:18 AM
RTFM - Read The Furnished Materials
;D ummm I've heard differently
RTFM=Read The ******* Manual
But yours works too ;D
My squadron is undergoing another ORMS inspection, even though the Air Force inspectors gave us a clean bill of health on the same topic 2 months ago. So I'll propose the following:
CAP = Come And Pester
Quote from: titanII on July 17, 2011, 09:24:22 PM
Quote from: SarDragon on July 17, 2011, 04:20:18 AM
RTFM - Read The Furnished Materials
;D ummm I've heard differently
RTFM=Read The ******* Manual
But yours works too ;D
Oh, I know exactly what your version is, and have used it many times. But, my version plays to all crowds, and carries the same effect. ;)