Abbreviations used at BGO

[Momo]

There are always new members who don't know what the abbreviations in our group mean. Today I saw another question and since I have seen a few lately, I'll just start with the ones I remember being asked lately.

TBR pile - to be read pile (books we have bought - or borrowed - and still not read)
RL - real life
ds1 - dear son 1 (ds2 would be dear son 2)
dd1 - dear daughter etc.
ABB - anything but books section

Feel free to add any abbreviations you can think of that we use from time to time or constantly.

[Royal Rother]

FWIW - For what it's worth
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion

[megustaleer]

I constantly use BGO, and have occasionally been asked what it stands for: BookGroupOnline

Because of my unreliable memory I sometimes use

IIRC (If I recall correctly)

[Barblue]

I use MOH to describe 'My Other Half', bless him.

[Flingo]

I use MOH to describe 'My Other Half', bless him.
I often refer to mine as "His Lordship" - on occasion I have had to change the abbreviation HL into it's full part as I thought you might not know what I meant! As it's now posted here, I won't worry quite so much!

[Flingo]

We also have quite a few abbreviations for other users names. Although they are mostly self-explanatory, I have included some of the more frequent ones here:

RR = Royal Rother
NSA = nospacesallowed
meg = megustaleer
deino - Deinonychus
MFJ = My Friend Jack
LL = Lady Lazarus

[David]

We also have quite a few abbreviations for other users names.
It struck me once that if the txting principle of vowel removal were applied I'd be turned into a DVD. All things considered, though, I'd rather not...

[FirelightSpirit]

No fear David. Yours is short enough to write out in full. Mine however...

I don't mind being called FLS, FlS, FS or just plain Katie :)

[Bill]

GPWM = Good Point Well Made

It's not been used on BGO yet, but it's about to be any second now.

[Adrian]

GPWM = Good Point Well Made

It's not been used on BGO yet, but it's about to be any second now.

OTOH (On The Other Hand) it might not be.

[FirelightSpirit]

There's also:

ETA = Edited to add, which I've just done this morning :)

[Jen]

ETA = Edited to add, which I've just done this morning :)
I'm glad you added this, I've been reading it as 'Expected Time of Arrival'... Most confusing! :D

[megustaleer]

AFAIK = As Far As I Know

[megustaleer]

OP Opening Post, (or OPer)

The first post in a thread (or the person who posted it). This gives you an idea what the subject of the thread is, even if it has gone off on a brief tangent.
It is advisable to check this before starting to post on a game or quiz thread, especially one that has been running for several pages, (or years :rolleyes: )

[Cathy]

LOTR = Lord of the Rings (I'm not the only one to use this am I?)
TBH = To Be Honest

[lunababymoonchild]

I've seen people using DiL which I had to look up, apparently it means daughter in law.