Where can i find those abbreviation?

Nurses General Nursing

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Please help me,then i can use them too and probably i will understand better what people are saying.

P_RN, ADN, RN

6,011 Posts

Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Abbreviations.html

Try this site. If there are others that you can not find, just post a question and we will try to help.

Are you a nurse? Your English is very good.

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Jenny P

1,164 Posts

Specializes in CV-ICU.

or are you talking about some of the terms we use here such as LOL (laughing out loud), BTW (by the way), IMHO (in my humble opinion)?

Jenny P

1,164 Posts

Specializes in CV-ICU.

Riina, you should have posted that you are looking for the BB (bulletin board) abbreviations here and not just emailed that info to me. I'm pretty much a computer novice, so don't know a whole lot of the abbreviations.

People, I've given her a short list of terms that we use as short cuts: LOL, ROFLMAO (and varients), BTW, OMG, IMHO. What are some other abbreviations that are commonly used here and on other BBs that would make it easier for this (non English speaking) person to understand what the heck we are saying here?:confused:

nurs4kids

753 Posts

Specializes in Pediatric Rehabilitation.

try a search from anywhere for "internet acronyms" and you'll get some different ones. Here's the first one I found. I've never seen a few of these.

http://www.ourbrisbane.com/community/chat/abbrev.htm Abbreviations

Internet chat has developed its own set of acronyms. New ones are being added daily as people all around the world find ways to express themselves in a new way.

Abbreviations Definition

, [G] or [g] Grin

[bG] Big Grin

[EG] or [eg] Evil Grin

^5 A High Five Slap

AFAICT As Far As I Can Tell

AFAIK As Far As I Know

AFK Away From the Keyboard

AIUI As I Understand It

B4 Before

BAK Back At Keyboard

BBL Be Back Later

BCNU Be Seeing You

BRB Be Right Back

BSF But Seriously Folks

BTDT Been There, Done That

BTW By The Way

BWQ Buzz Word Quotient

CUL See You Later

D/L DownLoad

DYJHIW Don't You Just Hate It When ...

EOF End Of File

ETLA Extended Three-Letter Acronym

F2F Face to Face

FAQ Frequently Asked Question

FOC Free Of Charge

FWIW For What It's Worth

FYE For Your Entertainment

FYI For Your Information

GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out

HTH Hope That Helps

IAE In Any Event

IIRC If I Recall Correctly

IME In My Experience

IMHO In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMO In My Opinion

IOW In Other Words

IRL In Real Life

ISP Internet Service Provider

ISTM It Seems To Me

ISTR I Seem To Recall

ITRO In The Region Of ...

IYSWIM If You See What I Mean

JAM Just A Minute

KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid

L8R Later

LOL Laughing Out Loud

NP No Problem

NRN No Reply Necessary

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OTOH On The Other Hand

OTT Over The Top

PD Public Domain

PPL People

ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROTFL Rolls On the Floor Laughing

RSN Real Soon Now

RTFAQ Read The FAQ

RTFM Read The *Fantastic* Manual

RTM Read The Manual

RWE Real World Equivalent

SITD Still In The Dark

SNR Signal-To-Noise Ratio

[H|S]WMBO [He|She] Who Must Be Obeyed

TAM Tenner A Month (Account Fee)

TIA Thanks In Advance

TLA Three-Letter Acronym

TTFN Ta Ta For Now

TTYL Talk To You Later

WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get

YMMV Your Mileage May Vary

Jenny P

1,164 Posts

Specializes in CV-ICU.

Nurs4kids, Thank you! You are something else!:D :D I said I was a computer novice; I guess I'm not even that!

Riina, I hope this helps you (although I find that it boggles MY mind!);) Hope to hear from you again soon!

-Jenny

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