What do they all mean?

[Love2cruisegirl]

Hello to all-

I'm fairly new to the boards here...What is up with all the shorthand abbreviations in the posts? I'm not saying they're bad...I just don't know what half of them mean. :confused: After being on the boards for a few weeks, I've picked up on some. I would think I'm not the only "newbie" that has had this problem. For all the seasoned CC folks-do you mind giving us "newbies" a rundown of your lingo? Think it might be of help to some folks. THANKS!:)

[kenandlaura06]

LOL = Laugh out loud

 

DW = Dear Wife

 

DH = Dear Husband

 

IMHO = In My Humble Opinion

 

 

Others???

[Mike2131]

Hello to all-

I'm fairly new to the boards here...What is up with all the shorthand abbreviations in the posts? I'm not saying they're bad...I just don't know what half of them mean. :confused: After being on the boards for a few weeks, I've picked up on some. I would think I'm not the only "newbie" that has had this problem. For all the seasoned CC folks-do you mind giving us "newbies" a rundown of your lingo? Think it might be of help to some folks. THANKS!:)

 

Here are just a few. I'll let others fill in additional terms:

LOL - Laughing out loud

DH/DD/DW/DS, et al - Dear Husband, Dear Daughter, Dear Wife, Dear Son, etc. The "D" could also be devoted. In certain instances, you can draw you own conclusions for other meanings;).

IMHO - In my humble opinion

WWYD - What would you do?

Any others you were wondering about?

 

[kenandlaura06]

Mike, we think alike!

[Max Circus]

A few others:

 

 

OP = Original Poster

 

SIL/BIL = Sister-in-law/Brother-in-law

 

Often you'll see the cruise ship abbreviated as in JOS = Jewel of the Seas

[CaptData]

Ok here goes some

 

it's a ship not a bost unless you are talking tenders.

Bow is the front (pointy end)

Aft (back of the ship)

Port (Left)

Starboard (right-side)

Deck is the floor

Bulkhead is the wall

the head is the bathroom

 

DH Dear/dumb/darn Husband

DW Dear Wife (or she who must be obeyed)

SO Sinificant Other (sp)

BF Boyfriend

GF Girlfriend

(sp) Spelling error/don't know how to spell it

DD Dear Daughter

DS Dear son

Mil Mother-In-Law

Fil Father-in-law

lol Laugh out loud

IMO In My Opinion

 

Sometimes the ship's names are shortened, then you may have to read the whole thread to figure out which one they mean

CP Caribbean Princess

VOS Voyager of the Seas or Vision ofthe Seas

NOS Navigator of the Seas

FOS Freedom of the Seas

POA Pride of Aloha

POAM Pride of America

[lszu]

TIA - Thanks in advance

HTH - hope this helps

[Mike2131]

Mike, we think alike!

 

Scary, huh!

[nosnobunny]

Here are a few more...

ROTFLMAO - roll on the floor laughing my a** off

YMMV - your mileage may vary

SIL - this can mean both sister-in-law OR son-in-law

And a new one I saw last night...

BBW - big beautiful woman

Beth

[Mike2131]

CaptData : SO Sinificant Other (sp)

Captain, I am definitely not correcting your spelling, but this is much funnier the way you posted it than with the missing "g". Please don't take offense, but I love these little Freudian moments. Just my dirty mind at work.

CaptData: CP Caribbean Princess

This one always confuses me since I see it both ways. I thought CP was the Coral Princess and CB was the Caribbean Princess.

[98Charlie]

Here is a link to a list of acronyms.

 

You may like it or YMMV

 

Charlie

[Love2cruisegirl]

Wow! Thanks...good thing I started this-I had misread one or two abbreviations to mean something different:eek: . Can anyone think of any more? :rolleyes:

[MGoBlue2]

A few others:

 

 

OP = Original Poster

 

SIL/BIL = Sister-in-law/Brother-in-law

 

Often you'll see the cruise ship abbreviated as in JOS = Jewel of the Seas

That last one get overused (IMO) a lot, considering there are 3 M's, 3 S's, 3 E's, 2 R's and 2 V's in Royal Caribbean's fleet.

Too often you see a post like "I'm sailing on the SOS next week and need to know ....".

Well, we need to know if that's the Sovereign, Splendour, or Serenade.

[lszu]

ITA - I totally agree

IIRC - If I remember (or recall) correctly

[lauram]

Here is a link to a list of acronyms.

 

You may like it or YMMV

 

Charlie

Excellent link! Thanks!:D

[Host Kat]

Pax = Passengers

[just4kixx]

FWIW = for what it's worth

A~:)

[Rala]

To the OP-- I had problems with this lingo when I first arrived here at the boards. If you hang around for awhile .you will pick it up quickly. Another one I just thought of--BTW (by the way). BTW, welcome to the boards. There is no better place to find out everything you ever wanted to know about cruising and you don't have to be afraid to ask!!!!!

[piercetc4]

how funny if everyone used initials for each word in the question or statement- and vanna white offered to sell you a vowel--------- rftm---really funny to me- okay, am having a beer and havent eaten today- tfu--- thanks for understanding- better stop now!

what a fun drinking game-

[kenandlaura06]

Learned some new ones myself reading this thread...thanks!

[TrentS]

Sometimes the ship's names are shortened, then you may have to read the whole thread to figure out which one they mean

CP Caribbean Princess

Actually Caribbean Princess is CB... CP is Coral Princess ;)

[LenaDaLlama]

TA - travel agent

***** - what the f***

 

instead of "dear", it's "darling" for me!! :D

[Love2cruisegirl]

Well, being the OP (see I've picked up on some lingo already!)-I guess it isn't taboo to add one myself...I just read this on some thread...don't even know which one.

 

BUG=big ugly guy :D the poster was ref. someone at one of the port sites-LOL!

[ssoceo]

for those who may get it...

 

 

SOS - spitting on the screen

[madforcruising]

for those who may get it...

 

 

SOS - spitting on the screen

 

I think I got it;)