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Senshi

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Not sure if this has been covered anywhere else on this forum, if so could someone link me to it, and if this thread isn't in the correct place could an admin/moderator relocate it elsewhere please :)

Its just to see if someone could let the people who don't know on this forum of what the abbreviations mean? I know there are a lot of them and I know some of them but I keep seeing new ones now and again and end up confused as to what they mean! Maybe someone could make it a sticky so people can see what they mean before proceeding? Just a thought!
 
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Where would this start and how far in depth and how basic would it need to go.
EG would it need NRE, or ridiculously obscure terms that are rarely used?
 
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Just terms that's used on this forum, so when us newbies are reading threads that we can understand it without getting lost :lol: as I said there's loads and loads but just common terms people use. A few I've seen are OP, DOO, NRN to name a few, just any that are common to this site....
 
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OP = Original Poster - basically the person who started a thread - that's a generic term used on many forums across the net.
 
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Some other generic forum terms that crop up all over the net:

AFAIK - As far as I know.
AIUI - As I understand it.
FWIW - For what it's worth.
IMHO - In my humble opinion.

Anyone feel free to expand :D
 
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The one guaranteed to make a drivers eye roll. NFF. (no fault found)
 
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TLA = three letter acronym (number of letters may not necessarily be three)

TMTLA = too many three letter acronyms

OMGNATLA = oh my goodness not another three letter acronym
 
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