Definitions Please

[BoblyBill]

I thought I would start this thread (because I couldn't find one like it) to help people that might know some of the terminology like "LOL: laugh out loud" or "DOF: depth of field". As I was reading through some of the threads, I had a hard time with some of the abbreivations. So if you have any please put them here so that we could make a list for those new to forums and/or photography would have a place to start the definitions.

L o L: laugh out loud
DOF: depth of field
IOM: ?
KFC: Kentucky Fried Chicken
Opps how did that one get in here
Negative Density Filter: what does that do?

 

[Big Mike]

There used to a photography glossary around here somewhere...it used to be a sticky...but it has been buried now.

 

[fmw]

Neutral density filter. It is a gray filter that simply cuts down the amount of light reaching the lens. They are calibrated in X's - 2X is a one stop reduction in light, 4X is a 2 stop etc.

 

[Johno]

I
IOM: ?

Maybe you meant IMO? (In My Opinion)
or IMHO (In My Humble Opinion, In My Honest Opinion)

 

[Big Mike]

ADN Any day now
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
ARE Acronym-rich environment
A/S/L? Age/sex/location?
B4N Bye for now
BAK Back at the keyboard
BBIAB Be back in a bit
BBL Be back later
BEG Big evil grin
BFD Big f***ing deal
BFN Bye for now
BG Big grin
BIOYIOP Blow it out your I/O port
BL Belly laughing
BOTEC Back-of-the-envelope calculation
BRB Be right back
BTA But then again...
BTW By the way
BWL Burst With Laughter
BWTHDIK But what the heck do I know...?
CU See you
CUL See you later
CUL8ER See you later
CYA Cover your ass
CYO See you online
DBA Doing business as
DFLA Disenhanced four-letter acronym (that is, a TLA)
DL Dead link
DIKU Do I know you?
DITYID Did I tell you I'm distressed?
DQMOT Don't quote me on this
EG Evil grin
EMFBI Excuse me for butting in
EOM End of message
EOT End of thread (meaning: end of discussion)
ETLA Extended three-letter acronym (that is, an FLA)
F2F Face to face
FAQ Frequently-ask question(s)
FISH First in, still here
FLA Four-letter acronym
FMTYEWTK Far more than you ever wanted to know
FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing
FUBAR F***ed up beyond all repair or recognition
FUD Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For your information
G Grin
G2G Got to go
GA Go ahead
GAL Get a life
GD&R Grinning, ducking, and running
GIWIST Gee, I wish I'd said that
GMTA Great minds think alike
GOL Giggling out loud
GTRM Going to read mail
HTH Hope this helps
IAC In any case
IANAL I am not a lawyer (but)
IC I see
IDK I don't know
IHA I hate acronyms
IIRC If I recall/remember/recollect correctly
ILU or ILY I love you
IM Immediate/Instant message
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMing Chatting with someone online usually while doing other things such as playing trivia or other interactive game
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
IOW In other words
IPN I'm posting naked
IRL In real life
IYSWIM If you see what I mean
JBOD Just a bunch of disks (like redundant array of independent disks, etc.)
JIC Just in case
JK Just kidding
KOTC Kiss on the cheek
KWIM? Know what I mean?
L8R Later
LD Later, dude
LDR Long-distance relationship
LLTA Lots and lots of thunderous applause
LMLYG Let Me Let You Go
LOL Laughing out loud
LRF Little Rubber Feet (the little pads on the bottom of displays and other equipment)
LTM Laugh to myself
LTR Long-term relationship
LULAB Love you like a brother
LULAS Love you like a sister
MorF Male or female
MOSS Member of the same sex
MOTOS Member of the opposite sex
MUSM Miss you so much
NM Not much
NFG No f*****g good
NFW No feasible way or no f*****g way
NIFOC Naked in front of computer
NP or N/P No problem
NRN No response necessary
OIC Oh, I see
OLL Online love
OTF Off the floor
OTOH On the other hand
OTTOMH Off the top of my head
PANS Pretty awesome new stuff (as opposed to "POTS")
PCMCIA People can't master computer industry acronyms
PDA Public display of affection
PEBCAK Problem exists between chair and keyboard
PIBKAC Problem is between keyboard and chair
PITA Pain in the ass
PMFJIB Pardon me for jumping in but...
:OOF:: Goodbye (leaving the room)
POS Parent over shoulder (change the topic)
POTS Plain old telephone service
PU That stinks!
RL Real life (that is, when not chatting)
ROR Raffing out roud (Engrish for "laughing out loud")
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off
ROTFLMAOWPIMP Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off while peeing in my pants
ROTFLMBO Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off
RPG Role-playing games
RSN Real soon now
RTFM Read the f***ing manual
RYO Roll your own (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled yourself with tobacco and paper)
S4L Spam for life (what you may get when you become someone's customer or client)
SHCOON Shoot hot coffee out of nose
SEG S***-eating grin
SF Surfer-friendly (low-graphics Web site)
SNAFU Situation normal, all f***ed up
SO Significant other
SOHF Sense of humor failure
SOL Smilling out loud or sh*t out of luck
SOMY Sick of me yet?
STFW Search the f*****g Web
STW Search the Web
SWAG Stupid wild-a** guess
TAFN That's all for now
TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TFH Thread from hell (a discussion that just won't die and is often irrelevant to the purpose of the forum or group)
TGIF Thank God it's Friday
THX Thanks
TIA Thanks in advance (used if you post a question and are expecting a helpful reply)
TLA Three-letter acronym
TLK2UL8R Talk to you later
TMI Too much information
TOPCA Til our paths cross again (early Celtic chat term)
TPTB The powers that be
TTFN Ta-Ta for now
TTT Thought that, too (when someone types in what you were about to type)
TTYL Talk to you later
TU Thank you
UAPITA You're a pain in the ass
UW You're welcome
VBG Very big grin
VBSEG Very big s***-eating grin
WDALYIC Who died and left you in charge?
WFM Works for me
WIBNI Wouldn't it be nice if
WRT With respect to
WT? What/who the ?
WTFO What the F***! Over!
WTG Way to go!
WTGP? Want to go private?
WU? What's up?
WUF? Where are you from?
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YGBSM You gotta be s***tin' me!
YMMV Your mileage may vary.
YMIA You're welcome in advance

 

[BoblyBill]

Thanks big mike... That's pretty much what I was looking for... LOL... err I mean... ROTFLMAOWPIMP.

 

[.Steve]

OTE??

This is the only site that I've seen that on, what does it mean?

 

[BoblyBill]

OTE: ok to edit

 

[bitteraspects]

OMGWTFBBQ

 

[toastydeath]

ITER - International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
LDX - Levitated Dipole Experiment
LHC - Large Hadron Collider

 

[LaFoto]

Mike, you don't mean for us all to learn your whole list by heart now, do you!?!? :shock:

I so try to write whole sentences, even in chats and more so here on the forum in my posts, I just do not want to learn all the abbreviations, and even when I use some of our TPF (= The Photo Forum) abbreviations, I often enough explain them while I use them.

But that list :shock:
TIWTMFM!
(= that is way too much for me).

AIIS
(= and it is silly)

SOIIGBMIC
(=some of it is good but most is cr**)

Anyhow, used quite frequently on here are DOF, POV, IMO, OTE, IR and HDR.
Standing for: depth of field, point of view, in my opinion, ok to edit, infrared and high dynamic range (I hope I got this right THIS time ).

 

[BoblyBill]

Mike, you don't mean for us all to learn your whole list by heart now, do you!?!? :shock:

I so try to write whole sentences, even in chats and more so here on the forum in my posts, I just do not want to learn all the abbreviations, and even when I use some of our TPF (= The Photo Forum) abbreviations, I often enough explain them while I use them.

But that list :shock:
TIWTMFM!
(= that is way too much for me).

AIIS
(= and it is silly)

SOIIGBMIC
(=some of it is good but most is cr**)

Anyhow, used quite frequently on here are DOF, POV, IMO, OTE, IR and HDR.
Standing for: depth of field, point of view, in my opinion, ok to edit, infrared and high dynamic range (I hope I got this right THIS time ).

That makes me laugh... good post lol

 

[Weaving Wax]

Well, if you're talking about photography definitions you can go here: http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/glossary/glossaryContents.shtml

 

[Aetos]

ITER - International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
LDX - Levitated Dipole Experiment
LHC - Large Hadron Collider

You sound like a science fiction (I'm thinking Robert J. Sawyer) fan...

 

[toastydeath]

You sound like a science fiction (I'm thinking Robert J. Sawyer) fan...

Haha, thanks. I actually don't read science fiction - those are all real-world physics facilities either under construction (ITER, LHC) or currently running experiments (LDX).

I guess one could add NIF (National Ignition Facility) to that list.