Nurses General Nursing
Published Jan 19, 2002
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
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
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)?
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?
nurs4kids
753 Posts
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
Nurs4kids, Thank you! You are something else! :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