A Plea to Forum Members

[gallahadesquire]

Ladies and Gentlemen--

 

A simple plea:

 

FWIW: Please do not use an acronym unless it is clearly in the common parlance.

FYI is pretty obvious to most of us [For Your Information]

WHET is borderline [what ever happened to]

DYKWIA is way out there [Do You Know Who I Am?]

 

If you must, I would suggest you write the acronym out the first time.

"IMHO, Toyota is TBCITW". [The Best Car In The World].

 

Some of us are (a) a little more senior; (b) not so hip in our vocabulary; and/or © just slow on the uptake.

 

Thank you all for your support. I shall now STFU.

[+ Funguy]

Ladies and Gentlemen--

 

A simple plea:

 

FWIW: Please do not use an acronym unless it is clearly in the common parlance.

FYI is pretty obvious to most of us [For Your Information]

WHET is borderline [what ever happened to]

DYKWIA is way out there [Do You Know Who I Am?]

 

If you must, I would suggest you write the acronym out the first time.

"IMHO, Toyota is TBCITW". [The Best Car In The World].

 

Some of us are (a) a little more senior; (b) not so hip in our vocabulary; and/or © just slow on the uptake.

 

Thank you all for your support. I shall now STFU.

 

TBCITW (see above) is a Mini Cooper convertible with the top down and the wind blowing through what's left of your hair! IMHO.

[mike carey]

Good point, but UD will help with answers. FWIW, I didn't know what DYKWIA meant but it has all become clear. And @Kurtis Wolfe can say whatever he likes. As for Toyota, no it isn't.

[AdamSmith]

Invaluable resource:

 

http://www.acronymfinder.com

 

...second only to:

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com

 

[+ quoththeraven]

Invaluable resource:

 

http://www.acronymfinder.com

 

...second only to:

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com

 

 

Although sometimes the acronym is so obscure even Urban Dictionary doesn't cut it.

 

Oddly enough, I figured out DYKWIA from context.

[jjkrkwood]

After the onslaught of KUWTK, I tend to shudder at, and totally dismiss acronyms. Except for WTF and IMO that is.

[mike carey]

Haha, I don't expect DYKWIA to reappear on this forum. If the topic relates to travel I will use the acronyms found on FlyerTalk.

Well, I flew out of* DFW, DCA, STL and LAX and I damn well want to be recognised. But I am a foreigner so that won't happen! I had no idea to start with what DYKWIA meant but I didn't really care, now I know, the discussion of it is funny. As I said earlier, KW can say whatever he likes, my mouth would be full do I couldn't object.

*'out of' should be 'from'.

[whipped guy]

Shoot!!!! Does that mean that I can't use BDSM!? Please say that ain't so! It's really the only one I ever use! So please can we make an exception for that one! Purdy please!!!

[AdamSmith]

Shoot!!!! Does that mean that I can't use BDSM!? Please say that ain't so! It's really the only one I ever use! So please can we make an exception for that one! Purdy please!!!

Big Daddy Sandwich Maker...

 

Bull Dyke Sewing Machine...

 

...Beyond some point everything starts to sound salacious.

[jackjackjack]

Shoot!!!! Does that mean that I can't use BDSM!? Please say that ain't so! It's really the only one I ever use! So please can we make an exception for that one! Purdy please!!!

I think you should be able to use BDSM... but whipped, not sure if you should be using BDSM with' purdy please '. How about 'fuck yea, I'm using BDSM.'

[whipped guy]

I think you should be able to use BDSM... but whipped, not sure if you should be using BDSM with' purdy please '. How about 'fuck yea, I'm using BDSM.'

 

Actually the letters in BDSM can refer to all of the following. So depending on the context things can get a bit convoluted. Still, JJJ is right. FUCK YEA I'm gonna keep using it!

 

Bondage

 

Bottom

 

Discipline

 

Dom/Dominatrix

 

Dominance

 

Sadism

 

Slave

 

Sub

 

Submission

 

Masochism

 

Master/Mistress

 

...............................

 

Either that or it references Bored and Deprived Soccer Moms!

 

Hopefully never here!

[mike carey]

Haha,WG, how about 'I never do BDSM but if you want to try me on bondage and domination I'll see how that goes'?

[whipped guy]

Haha,WG, how about 'I never do BDSM but if you want to try me on bondage and domination I'll see how that goes'?

It's worth a try and I can guarantee that it won't be boring and you won't be deprived. Plus no moms or soccer will be involved!

[bigvalboy]

 

And FWIW, the "ass eating" thread is more fun.

[mike carey]

WG, I'm paying attention. And I know that there are providers out there. I know I mentioned @Lance_Navarro and if I were in SF that would be important. Time will tell, professional or otherwise!

[MikeyGMin]

Haha, I don't expect DYKWIA to reappear on this forum. If the topic relates to travel I will use the acronyms found on FlyerTalk. The massive list of those acronyms & terms can be found at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/glossary.php

 

You travel divas crack me up! I was able to figure it out, but it amazes me that Platinum travelers have occasion to use "Do you know who I am?" often enough that they have an established acronym in the frequent flyer bible. As a member of the travel peasant class, I never knew these secrets of the travel nobility. I'll just keep my head down on my half-dozen flights per year and try not to look any nobles in the eye.

[Kuriousity]

Well, I flew out of* DFW, DCA, STL and LAX and I damn well want to be recognised. But I am a foreigner so that won't happen! I had no idea to start with what DYKWIA meant but I didn't really care, now I know, the discussion of it is funny. As I said earlier, KW can say whatever he likes, my mouth would be full do I couldn't object.

*'out of' should be 'from'.

 

Well, Mike, I think ICAO codes don't exactly count on do not use....some cities I know better by their ICAO than their actual names...go figure

[mike carey]

I know who I am, but I never feel the need to ask anyone else if they know who I am. If I have premium status, I just enjoy that, it doesn't need to affect anyone else and it shouldn't.

[rvwnsd]

I've always operated under the following principle: If you have to ask "Do you know who I am" then you aren't.

[mike carey]

I don't know who I am!

[+ honcho]

I would recognize IMO, IMHO, IMNSHO, but generally my style would be to write "it seems to me",

in the vain hopes of minimizing the adversarial aspects ...

[+ quoththeraven]

Actually the letters in BDSM can refer to all of the following. So depending on the context things can get a bit convoluted. Still, JJJ is right. FUCK YEA I'm gonna keep using it!

 

Bondage

 

Bottom

 

Discipline

 

Dom/Dominatrix

 

Dominance

 

Sadism

 

Slave

 

Sub

 

Submission

 

Masochism

 

Master/Mistress

 

...............................

 

Either that or it references Bored and Deprived Soccer Moms!

 

Hopefully never here!

 

The standard line - at least the one I've seen - is that it stands for the following:

 

Bondage/discipline (BD)

Sadism/masochism (SM)

Dominance/submission (DS)

 

with a lot of overlap between categories.

[+ quoththeraven]

I would recognize IMO, IMHO, IMNSHO, but generally my style would be to write "it seems to me",

in the vain hopes of minimizing the adversarial aspects ...

 

I generally avoid IMO and the like because they strike me as self-important ways of putting it. (No disrespect to those who use them.) If it weren't my opinion, I wouldn't express it.

 

If the point is to indicate it's a subjective matter where opinions may reasonably differ, there are other circumlocutions that express that more clearly, like "in my view" or "it seems to me."

[Brian Kevin]

We've pretty much covered them all but G4P. When I seen that, it made me giggle. I haven't seen it used on the forum. But its everywhere else

 

(gay4pay) LOL

[rvwnsd]

*principle* (Sorry)

Oops. Changed.