AllNurses Abbreviations

[AllieSparksRN]

I'd like to start a helpful thread. We throw around abbreviations left and right and while some of them seem incredibly obvious, not everyone knows what they mean, plus we have new people joining all the time. Let's make the new people feel welcome and let's help those of use who can't remember what everything stands for :) .

Simply post the abbreviation(s) you use or see and write what it means. No comments or discussion needed are here. If this is successful, maybe Admin can make it a sticky?

Thanks for your anticipated contributions,

Allie

AN = AllNurses

OP = Original Post/Original Poster

COB = Crusty Old Bat

[cracklingkraken, ASN, RN]

These aren't specific to AN but used generally across the web. (Putting it for those who may not be familiar with common Internet abbreviations):

TBH = to be honest

FWIW = for what it's worth

ETA = edited to add

SO = significant other

[A&Ox6, MSN, RN]

Just out of curiosity, in the terms of service (TOS) it says to avoid text speak. What happened to that?

[cracklingkraken, ASN, RN]

Just out of curiosity, in the terms of service (TOS) it says to avoid text speak. What happened to that?

I thought it was more of this kind of text:

U r correct. Txt speak is against the TOS but ppl still like 2 talk like this.

ETA: I like your name, by the way. :))

[NurseSpeedy, ADN, LPN, RN]

I thought it was more of this kind of text:

U r correct. Txt speak is against the TOS but ppl still like 2 talk like this.

ETA: I like your name, by the way. :))

I'm a COB:saint: that had to text my father back asking what certain text lingo meant. I had to use urban dictionary to interpret a text from an employer (Okay Smartphone, I know I can use the Google function to decode this message from the nursing agency!) I could definitely use a list of abbreviations to understand the alphabet soup.

[cracklingkraken, ASN, RN]

I'm a COB:saint: that had to text my father back asking what certain text lingo meant. I had to use urban dictionary to interpret a text from an employer (Okay Smartphone, I know I can use the Google function to decode this message from the nursing agency!) I could definitely use a list of abbreviations to understand the alphabet soup.

I am guilty of doing that more than once. Although I am in my mid-20s, some of the abbreviations and slang used by my generation escapes me. Why not just sound educated and use REAL WORDS?

[Purple_roses]

LOL means "little old lady."

[Purple_roses]

I'm a COB:saint: that had to text my father back asking what certain text lingo meant. I had to use urban dictionary to interpret a text from an employer (Okay Smartphone, I know I can use the Google function to decode this message from the nursing agency!) I could definitely use a list of abbreviations to understand the alphabet soup.

I'm 23 and usually have no idea how to go about interpreting some things. I usually just ask the person, and then we joke about me being a grandma trapped in a 23 year-old's body.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

LOL means "little old lady."

Or . . .Laugh out loud!

As a new nursing student, it was hard to get used to SOB.

Shortness of breath.

DH on AN means "dear husband" but I thought it meant something else. And not "designated hitter" even though I'm a Giants fan!

[NurseSpeedy, ADN, LPN, RN]

I'm 23 and usually have no idea how to go about interpreting some things. I usually just ask the person, and then we joke about me being a grandma trapped in a 23 year-old's body.

This reminded me of when a music award show (maybe VMAs? Cannot remember which) was repeatedly talking about tweeting and kept throwing around the word "hashtag" a few years ago. My husband and I were SO confused about what the heck the host was talking about. Finally I gave up and took the time to text my younger brother "Um, what's a 'hashtag'?". He texted back "the # sign"...we were even more confused and frustrated with the lingo at that point!

[Farawyn]

I'll abbreviate the boards and names all the time. Lazy thumbs.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

This reminded me of when a music award show (maybe VMAs? Cannot remember which) was repeatedly talking about tweeting and kept throwing around the word "hashtag" a few years ago. My husband and I were SO confused about what the heck the host was talking about. Finally I gave up and took the time to text my younger brother "Um, what's a 'hashtag'?". He texted back "the # sign"...we were even more confused and frustrated with the lingo at that point!

Yeah . . .. I hate that.