mikjr Posted July 23, 2007 #1 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I've been on the board for just a few months, and I'm picking up some of the jargon, but the ACRONYMS still drive me crazy... I keep running across new ones I can't figure out. is there a legend page that identifies there mysterious little letters?? DH... DW... MUTS... CB... TA... AA... OBC... it just never ends... :eek: AHHHHHH!!! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted July 23, 2007 #2 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I've been on the board for just a few months, and I'm picking up some of the jargon, but the ACRONYMS still drive me crazy... I keep running across new ones I can't figure out. is there a legend page that identifies there mysterious little letters?? DH... DW... MUTS... CB... TA... AA... OBC... it just never ends... :eek: AHHHHHH!!! :eek: DH=Darling Husband DW=Dizzy Wife MUTS=Movies Under The Stars CB=Caribbean Princess TA=Travel Agent AA=Alcoholics Anon/American Airlines/:D OBC=onboard Credit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy lady Posted July 23, 2007 #3 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I've been on the board for just a few months, and I'm picking up some of the jargon, but the ACRONYMS still drive me crazy... I keep running across new ones I can't figure out. is there a legend page that identifies there mysterious little letters?? DH... DW... MUTS... CB... TA... AA... OBC... it just never ends... :eek: AHHHHHH!!! :eek: You forgot B2Bs ;>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdood Posted July 23, 2007 #4 Share Posted July 23, 2007 ...you can google almost any acronym and figure it out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikjr Posted July 23, 2007 Author #5 Share Posted July 23, 2007 DH=Darling HusbandDW=Dizzy Wife MUTS=Movies Under The Stars CB=Caribbean Princess TA=Travel Agent AA=Alcoholics Anon/American Airlines/:D OBC=onboard Credit Hey... thanks alot... that really helps... but, why is the husband a darling and the wife dizzy?? Do the ladies on this board know about this??:D Also, I ran across one I cannot figure out... "the UBD experience"? thanks again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassCruise Posted July 23, 2007 #6 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Ultimate Balcony Dinner:D and it is a delightful experience!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nylsor Posted July 23, 2007 #7 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I posted a similar question back in February and was directed to this site by poster dforeigner: http://www.acronymfinder.com/ Hope you find this helpful. Also if you go to Search on this board and enter 'abbreviations' you will find other threads. Ros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casshew Posted July 23, 2007 #8 Share Posted July 23, 2007 AA=Alcoholics Anon/American Airlines/:D Mini Suite category on the grand class is AA (also AB, AC, AD, AE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pia1913 Posted July 23, 2007 #9 Share Posted July 23, 2007 DH=Darling HusbandDW=Dizzy Wife DH may = "darling", but DW is definitely "dear." After all, how dizzy can she be if she's the one who does most of the cruise arrangements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloriaF Posted July 23, 2007 #10 Share Posted July 23, 2007 DH may = "darling", but DW is definitely "dear." After all, how dizzy can she be if she's the one who does most of the cruise arrangements? How true!! And DH can also mean darn, demented,and dilapidated husband as well as darling and dear husband --- all depending on what he's done lately :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pia1913 Posted July 23, 2007 #11 Share Posted July 23, 2007 How true!! And DH can also mean darn, demented,and dilapidated husband as well as darling and dear husband --- all depending on what he's done lately :p Mine does the dishes. Definitely dear and darling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted July 23, 2007 #12 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I've been on the board for just a few months, and I'm picking up some of the jargon, but the ACRONYMS still drive me crazy... I keep running across new ones I can't figure out. is there a legend page that identifies there mysterious little letters?? DH... DW... MUTS... CB... TA... AA... OBC... it just never ends... :eek: AHHHHHH!!! :eek: What's NUTS? Is that an acronym like MUTS? - Nachos Under The Stars? AFAIK, acronyms can be part of normal society. BTW, when did it become OK to call passengers PAXs. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtevrfltsurbt Posted July 23, 2007 #13 Share Posted July 23, 2007 What's NUTS? Is that an acronym like MUTS? - Nachos Under The Stars? AFAIK, acronyms can be part of normal society. BTW, when did it become OK to call passengers PAXs. Cheers, OMG! too funny! IDK when they became PAX, WU w\that? IMHO, TISNF to those who don't speak acronym;) (Oh my gosh! too funny! I don't know when they became pax, what's up with that? In my humble opinion this is so not fair to those who don't speak acronym.:D ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted July 23, 2007 #14 Share Posted July 23, 2007 PAX for passengers came about far before computers became the norm. It has been around for a couple of hundred years or so. Railroads used the term, along with three letter alpha codes for stations, long before airlines took up the practice. Many acronyms were used in Morse telegraphy for many moons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boytjie Posted July 23, 2007 #15 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Pax — an abbreviation for "passengers" used by the travel industry. Some hotels now use it to mean individual guests opposed to rooms. In Gastronomy and/or event management it may also stand for "participants" PAX or pax — an American acronym for "Persons At Table" (as in '20pax' = 20 Persons At Table) used by the hospitality industry. Originally written as 'PAT' but through ambiguous written characters (T being mistaken as X), over time became 'PAX' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaRalphie Posted July 23, 2007 #16 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Acronyms are driving me NUTS!! Not Until Tomorrow Sonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted July 23, 2007 #17 Share Posted July 23, 2007 *ROFLMAO* (Rolling on floor laughing my arse off!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted July 23, 2007 #18 Share Posted July 23, 2007 PAX for passengers came about far before computers became the norm. It has been around for a couple of hundred years or so. Railroads used the term, along with three letter alpha codes for stations, long before airlines took up the practice. Many acronyms were used in Morse telegraphy for many moons. Thanks Michael, I thought acronyms were useful. Save time & space & effort. If it is suitable to shorten a 4 letter word like okay to OK, it makes sense to do it for longer phrases as well. Thanks for the extra detail boytjie. I was just having a bit of fun with the subject, but have learnt a couple of things as well. Cheers Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug R. Posted July 23, 2007 #19 Share Posted July 23, 2007 What's NUTS? Is that an acronym like MUTS? - Nachos Under The Stars? AFAIK, acronyms can be part of normal society. BTW, when did it become OK to call passengers PAXs. Cheers, NUTS- N**KIE Under the Stars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynda90 Posted July 23, 2007 #20 Share Posted July 23, 2007 And don't forget pita (pain in the a**). Also known as DH. Just joking, of course. :D :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pia1913 Posted July 23, 2007 #21 Share Posted July 23, 2007 And don't forget pita (pain in the a**). Also known as DH. Just joking, of course. :D :p On occasion of course. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyscot Posted July 23, 2007 #22 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Many acronyms were used in Morse telegraphy for many moons. Why were people talking so much about moons????? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloriaF Posted July 23, 2007 #23 Share Posted July 23, 2007 NUTS- N**KIE Under the Stars? I like that one - but not on the public decks, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sonomaphil Posted July 23, 2007 #24 Share Posted July 23, 2007 *****????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pia1913 Posted July 23, 2007 #25 Share Posted July 23, 2007 *****????? I'm certainly not going to be the one to translate this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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