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Is there a guide for all these acronyms?
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 | Brainhose
Posted on 09/18/2004 8:02:24 AM PDT by Brainhose
Please pardon my ignorance, but.... Even though I've been using the Net for over 12 years,
I often find myself flummoxed by all the acronyms being used. Is there a good online dictionary
to help feeble old men such as myself.
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:02:25 AM PDT
by 
Brainhose
 
To: Brainhose
    You don't need a guide, you need a diarama!
 
2
posted on 
09/18/2004 8:03:09 AM PDT
by 
HairOfTheDog
(Republicans are better at balloons - It's a simple kind of competence.  ~Chris Matthews)
 
To: Brainhose
    WTF are you talking about. 
 
< |:)~
 
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:04:04 AM PDT
by 
martin_fierro
(_____oooo_( ° ¿ ° )_oooo_____)
 
To: Brainhose
    Which acronyms? I have most of them figured out.
 
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:04:45 AM PDT
by 
annyokie
(Now with 20% More Infidel!)
 
To: Brainhose
    First one... PNV. Stands for Post No Vanities.
To: Brainhose
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:06:41 AM PDT
by 
chicagoJ
 
To: Brainhose
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:07:03 AM PDT
by 
xrp
(Executing assigned posting duties flawlessly -- ZERO mistakes)
 
To: Brainhose
    FYI, IMHO you will learn them eventually. 
 
BTW, It's not as if not knowing them is TEOTWAWKI.
 
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:07:31 AM PDT
by 
Maceman
(Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
 
To: martin_fierro
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:08:04 AM PDT
by 
Fierce Allegiance
( "Stay safe in the "sandbox", cuz!)
 
To: chicagoJ
    My first post here. 
 
How am I doing? Can you see this post? 
 
RSVP
 
To: TheBrotherhood
    Can you see this post? It's a little fuzzy. Are you logged in?
 
To: Brainhose
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:10:34 AM PDT
by 
Buck W.
(The Berger archive scandal, aka the Folies Bergere!  How apropos: It's French!)
 
To: chicagoJ; Brainhose
    brainhose: good question. 
 
chicagoJ: Thanks for the link to Netlingo. Lots of good info. re: acronyms there.
 
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:12:50 AM PDT
by 
Joann37
 
To: Brainhose
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:13:05 AM PDT
by 
bad company
(What's the font kenneth?)
 
To: HairOfTheDog
    You may mean diorama. Which according to webster's on-line dictionary means:
Function: noun Etymology: French, from dia- + -orama (as in panorama, from E) 1 : a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening
 2 a : a scenic representation in which sculptured figures and lifelike details are displayed usually in miniature so as to blend indistinguishably with a realistic painted background b : a life-size exhibit (as of a wildlife specimen or scene) with realistic natural surroundings and a painted background
 
A polite answer would have been appreciated instead of a snide remark.
Thanks for your feedback though.
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:13:07 AM PDT
by 
Brainhose
(THINK OF THE KITTENS!)
 
To: Brainhose
    Seeing how the VP is such a VIP, maybe we should keep the PC on the QT, cuz if it leaks to the VC he might end up an MIA -- then we'd all be put out on KP.
 
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:13:54 AM PDT
by 
xrp
(Executing assigned posting duties flawlessly -- ZERO mistakes)
 
To: Brainhose
    WAH! If you can't appreciate a little snide humor, your silly thread will soon be something you regret!
 
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:15:42 AM PDT
by 
HairOfTheDog
(Republicans are better at balloons - It's a simple kind of competence.  ~Chris Matthews)
 
To: martin_fierro
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posted on 
09/18/2004 8:17:04 AM PDT
by 
Brainhose
(THINK OF THE KITTENS!)
 
To: Brainhose
    Anyone who posts a question that makes a good straight line is going to get teased. It's happened to me, and to pretty much everyone on FR. Don't take it personally.
 
To: xrp
    Seeing how the VP is such a VIP, maybe we should keep the PC on the QT, cuz if it leaks to the VC he might end up an MIA -- then we'd all be put out on KP...Of course, that's just the initial report.
 
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