Excuse me for being dumb
08-15-2009, 08:55 AM
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As a newby, I'm having a little trouble with some of the acronyms. I know BOM, PIGS, MIL, and WIP, but I'm having trouble with some of the others: UFO, dd, for example, and I'm sure there are probably many others I haven't seen yet or that I'm leaving out. I would very much appreciate it if someone would give me a short tutorial on the acronyms commonly used on this site. Any you can think of would be great! Thanks.
08-15-2009, 09:11 AM
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UFO unfinished object. Projects you have started but have set aside for a while. I have tons
DD Dear or Darling Daughter, DS dear son, DH dear Husband Sil, sister or son-in-law, DGD darling grand daughter, DGS dear grand son etc
HST Half square triangles
D9P Disappearing nine patch. A pattern many of them have made
There are a billion more. There is a website somewhere that defines what all these are but I don't know where it is.
LOL laugh out loud
ROFL rolling on floor laughing
LMAO Laughing my A-- off
Hope this helps a little
DD Dear or Darling Daughter, DS dear son, DH dear Husband Sil, sister or son-in-law, DGD darling grand daughter, DGS dear grand son etc
HST Half square triangles
D9P Disappearing nine patch. A pattern many of them have made
There are a billion more. There is a website somewhere that defines what all these are but I don't know where it is.
LOL laugh out loud
ROFL rolling on floor laughing
LMAO Laughing my A-- off
Hope this helps a little
08-15-2009, 09:14 AM
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for internet acronyms and general web slang, try http://www.internetslang.com/default.asp
for quilting acronyms try http://quiltinggallery.com/2009/04/2...ters-acronyms/
for quilting acronyms try http://quiltinggallery.com/2009/04/2...ters-acronyms/
08-15-2009, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by bstanbro
As a newby, I'm having a little trouble with some of the acronyms. I know BOM, PIGS, MIL, and WIP, but I'm having trouble with some of the others: UFO, dd, for example, and I'm sure there are probably many others I haven't seen yet or that I'm leaving out. I would very much appreciate it if someone would give me a short tutorial on the acronyms commonly used on this site. Any you can think of would be great! Thanks.
08-15-2009, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider
for internet acronyms and general web slang, try http://www.internetslang.com/default.asp
for quilting acronyms try http://quiltinggallery.com/2009/04/2...ters-acronyms/
for quilting acronyms try http://quiltinggallery.com/2009/04/2...ters-acronyms/
08-15-2009, 09:35 AM
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Thses are confusing at times, and new ones crop up from time to time.
I make up my own sometimes, and whether they are right or wrong, they work for me! Don't worry about being "dumb" on this forum. Sometimes I have a brain freeze and what I used to know, is no longer filed in the right place in my brain, and I can't pull it up to use it right now.
So ask away with out reservations.
IMHO - in my humble opinion
I make up my own sometimes, and whether they are right or wrong, they work for me! Don't worry about being "dumb" on this forum. Sometimes I have a brain freeze and what I used to know, is no longer filed in the right place in my brain, and I can't pull it up to use it right now.
So ask away with out reservations.
IMHO - in my humble opinion
08-15-2009, 11:33 AM
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There was one recently that I had to think about as I hadn't come across it before: kwim=know what I mean.
Another for your list, dtms=does this make sense
Not quilting but useful still.
And an FYI (for your information) no one here is dumb----we are just individually paced learners! :lol:
Another for your list, dtms=does this make sense
Not quilting but useful still.
And an FYI (for your information) no one here is dumb----we are just individually paced learners! :lol:
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