[deprecated] The Absolute Write Dictionary

OP - Original Poster (person who started the thread)

TYVM, MTFBWY. IIRC, YW to SYW or POV OT. IMHO, AW SOS is a MW JIT. AFAIR, YMMV for your WIP FWIW. FYI, I am BIC! BTW, I'll BRB I'm PIMP ROTFLMAO!!
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DYGGAT?!

In other words,...

Thank you very much, may the force be with you. If I remember correctly, you're welcome to share your work or point of view off topic. In my humble opinion, Absolute Write's Stories of Strength is a maestro work just in time. As far I remember, your milage may vary for your work in progress for whatever it's worth. For your information, I am butt-in-chair! By the way, I'll be right back, I'm peeing in my pants rolling on the floor laughing my "tushy" off!!
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DYGGAT: Did you guys get all that?!

Beloved said:

TYVM, MTFBWY. IIRC, YW to SYW or POV OT. IMHO, AW SOS is a MW JIT. AFAIR, YMMV for your WIP FWIW. FYI, I am BIC! BTW, I'll BRB I'm PIMP ROTFLMAO!!
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DYGGAT?!

In other words,...

Thank you very much, may the force be with you. If I remember correctly, you're welcome to share your work or point of view off topic. In my humble opinion, Absolute Write's Stories of Strength is a maestro work just in time. As far I remember, your milage may vary for your work in progress for whatever it's worth. For your information, I am butt-in-chair! By the way, I'll be right back, I'm peeing in my pants rolling on the floor laughing my "tushy" off!!
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DYGGAT: Did you guys get all that?!

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You are my hero.

Wack: 1) v. To hit something. 2) n. Euphemism for Joaquin Phoenix, commonly used by scarletpeaches and thethinker42 when taunting one another about their respective sex lives with said smokin' hot actor.

E.G. Gammon said:

With all the terms and abbreviations scattered about the boards, I felt it would be useful (especially to those new to the boards) to begin an AW Dictionary. I'll get it started:

1. AW - Abbreviation for the name of the boards (Absolute Write)

2. PA - Abbreviation for the publisher: 'PublishAmerica'

3. NEPAT - Abbreviation for the 'Neverending PublishAmerica Thread' located in the 'Bewares and Background Check' Board

4. BIC - 'Butt-In-Chair;' A method of writing involving sitting down at a desk to write and not moving until the words start to flow (or until you go crazy)

5. Atlanta Nights - A writing project by a group of writers (many from the Absolute Write boards) set into motion to expose PublishAmerica's flawed manuscript submission process. Read about and purchase the 'novel' here: http://www.lulu.com/content/102550

6. Travis Tea - Pseudonym of the group of writers behind 'Atlanta Nights.' If you know about the 'Atlanta Nights' project, I'm sure you'll appreciate the humor behind the author name chosen - that is, if you say it fast enough

7. WIP - Abbreviation for 'Work-in-Progress;' Term writers here use when discussing their current project

8. SOS - Abbreviation for 'Stories of Strength' - Absolute Write's Hurricane Relief project started by Jenna (the board's webmistress) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastation. Read about and purchase the novel here: http://www.storiesofstrength.com or visit the 'Stories of Strength' Message Board - a sub-forum of 'Office Party'

9. MS - Abbreviation for 'manuscript'

10. SF - Abbreviation for the 'Science-Fiction'/'Sci-Fi' genre

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So very helpful.

g2g- got to go

Didn't see this yet. Decided to add it for some random reason.

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expatbrat said:

OP - Original Poster (person who started the thread)

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OP can also mean Original Post, the first post in a thread.

brutus said:

Duhhhhhh.....

Just figured it out. TNR is Times New Roman. Same font I use in my WIP.

Oh well...........

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So, C12 is a font, and NOT an explosive???

SFW/NSFW = safe for work/not safe for work

I puzzled that one out all by myself today. Yeah, I'm that good.

benbradley said:

So, C12 is a font, and NOT an explosive???

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No. No, it's an explosive. I'm certain of it. Buncha anarchists round here, ya know.

MG--Middle Grade (children's fiction)

PB--Picture Book (children's fiction)

OAD - Oily Anal Discharge

Ahem. This one bears repeating:

maestrowork said:

TMI - Too much information

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While I'm here:

TLA - Three Letter Acronym (of which, "TLA" is an example)
FLA - Four Letter Acronym (of which, "FLA" is NOT an example)

Acronym originally meant a WORD made up of the initial letters of other words (the canonical example being laser), but its use has been abused expanded to also mean initialism, any sequence of letters made from the initial letters of a sequence of words.

ANNIE said:

LOL- laugh out loud

SO- significant other

DH- darling husband

DW- darling wife

DD-darling daughter

DS- darling son

BTW- By the way

lots of others, but I can't remeber anymore just now

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Not that it matters, but I always read those and Dear Hubby, etc.

ALSO,

You gotta be careful with OP, it can mean Original Poster, Original Post, or Office Party.

I've noticed the proliferation of "diddo" (meaning "ditto") after this plagiarism scandal popularized it (see highlighted "diddo" from the google cache).

This most helpful thread has found a new home in the FAQ forum.

The masochistic fool that I am, I copied all the definitions from this thread into a single list, standardized the format, and alphabetized it. (Also added a few.)

<3 - heart or love
143 - I love you
AAR - Association of Authors' Representatives
afair - as far as i remember/recall
Atlanta Nights - A writing project by a group of writers (many from the Absolute Write boards) set into motion to expose PublishAmerica's flawed manuscript submission process. Read about and purchase the 'novel' here: http://www.lulu.com/content/102550
AW - Abbreviation for the name of the boards (Absolute Write)
BFF - Best friend forever
BFFE - Best friend forever
BIC - 'Butt-In-Chair;' A method of writing involving sitting down at a desk to write and not moving until the words start to flow (or until you go crazy)
BRB - Be right back (usually used in chatrooms)
BTW - By the way
C12 - Courier 12. See monospaced font
Cat hoovering - see cat vacuuming
Cat vacuuming - completely pointless procrastination
Cat waxing - see cat vacuuming
DD - darling/dear daughter
DH - darling/dear husband
diddo - ditto, after this plagiarism scandal popularized it (see highlighted "diddo" from the google cache).
DS - darling/dear son
DW - darling/dear wife
ETA - Edited to Add.
fixed pitch font[FONT=&quot] - see monospaced font[/FONT]
FWIW - For what it's worth
FYI - For your information
g2g - got to go (usually used in chatrooms)
HOL - Ray's House of Love Party thread on the Take it Outside board
IANAL - I am not a lawyer.
IDK - I don't know
IIRC - If I Remember (or Recall) Correctly
IMDB - Internet Movie DataBase
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMNSHO - In my not-so-humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion
IRC (1) - International Reply Coupon (used in lieu of stamps).
IRC (2) - Internet Relay Chat
JIT - Just in time
JMO - Just my opinion
1337 - a writing system which uses various combinations of alphanumerics to replace proper letters. From "elite".
l33t - see 1337
leet - see 1337
LOL - laugh out loud
LOLCAT - system of spelling based on how cats would spell if they could write, usually used as titles for humorous pictures. See I Can Haz Cheezburger.
MC - Main Character (as opposed to Master of Ceremony)
MG - Middle Grade (children's fiction)
PB - Picture Book (children's fiction)
monospaced font - a font such as Courier, Pica or Prestige which resembles typewriter printing and in which each letter is the same width. If a publisher's guidelines do not specify a font, play it safe and print your manuscript with a monospaced font like Courier at 12 points (10 characters per inch).
MS - Abbreviation for 'manuscript'
Mss - manuscripts
mtfbwy - may the force be with you
MW - Maestrowork
NaNo WriMo - National Novel Writing Month
NEPAT - Abbreviation for the 'Neverending PublishAmerica Thread' located in the 'Bewares and Background Check' Board
Nine and Sixty - Kipling, "There are nine and sixty ways/ Of constructing tribal lays/ And every single one of them is right."
NM - Not much
NSFW - not safe for work, also see SFW
OP (1) - the Office Party forum
OP (2) - Original Poster (person who started the thread)
OP (3) - Original Post, the first post in a thread.
ORPCC - Obsessive Rep Point Checkers' Club, a rep sharing thread in Office Party
OT - off topic
OTOH - On the other hand
PA - Abbreviation for the publisher: 'PublishAmerica'
PDF - portable document file - a file format viewed with Adobe Reader (admittedly not the best explanation so if someone else wants to elaborate).
PIMP - generally attached to ROFL or ROFLMAO. It mean peeing in my pants.
POA - pays on acceptance
POP - pays on publication
POV - Point of view
proportional font - a font like Times New Roman, Georgia, Garamond or Book Antiqua in which the width of each character varies, i. e.: the letter i is narrower than the letter w. Suitable for cover or query letters but not manuscripts unless a publisher specifies it. If so, use Times New Roman at 12 points.
query - a one-page single-spaced letter (use Times New Roman, 12 point) summarizing your project to a publisher or agent. If you can't sell your story in three or four paragraphs, your writing might be just as flabby.
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my tushy off
SAE - stamped addressed envelope, generally used outside the US, also see SASE
sample chapters - the FIRST THREE chapters (or as many as the publisher requests) of your manuscript. Sending any other three smacks of some sort of cover-up.
SASE - self-addressed stamped envelope, US usage, also see SAE
SF - 'Science-Fiction'/'Sci-Fi'/'Speculative Fiction'
SFF - Science Fiction and Fantasy
SFW - safe for work, also see NSFW
SO - significant other
SOS - Abbreviation for 'Stories of Strength' - Absolute Write's Hurricane Relief project started by Jenna (the board's webmistress) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastation. Read about and purchase the novel here: http://www.storiesofstrength.com or visit the 'Stories of Strength' Message Board - a sub-forum of 'Office Party'
sp - spelling. Usually used when someone isn't sure of his/her spelling of a word, like: "I read this great book by Bob Hirdensheiler (sp?)."
SYW - Share your work forum
TAT - turnaround time (amount of time someone waits from submission to acceptance/rejection)
TIO - the Take it Outside board
TLA - Three Letter Acronym (of which, "TLA" is an example)
FLA - Four Letter Acronym (of which, "FLA" is NOT an example)
TMI - Too much information
TNR - Times New Roman. See proportional font
Travis Tea - Pseudonym of the group of writers behind 'Atlanta Nights.' If you know about the 'Atlanta Nights' project, I'm sure you'll appreciate the humor behind the author name chosen - that is, if you say it fast enough
ty - thank you
tyvm - thank you very much
UJ - Uncle Jim - James D. Macdonald (I know this one might seem obvious, but if you're a newbie or don't frequent the same forums that he does, you might not know, and he is mentioned quite often around here.)
variable pitch font - see proportional font
WIP - Work in Progress
WIR - Work in Revision
WNIP - Work Not in Progress
WPR - the weekend progress report, over in the humour section.
WTF - what the **ck
YA - Young Adult (fiction)
YMMV - Your mileage may vary
YW - You're welcome

Excellent work, FG. Thank you.

And now that the list is compiled... I have one more to add.

NaNo WriMo - National Novel Writing Month

This one took me the longest time to figure out; I actually had to Google it.

Aramis said:

And now that the list is compiled... I have one more to add.

NaNo WriMo - National Novel Writing Month

This one took me the longest time to figure out; I actually had to Google it.

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Can I suggest one?

A lot of folks here may not know what ORPCC means, which stands for Obsessive Rep Point Checkers' Club, a rep sharing thread in Office Party. A number of members carry a link in their sig lines with ORPCC present, so it might deserve a reference in the dictionary.

And I vote that FennelGiraffe should become the official keeper of the AW Dictionary.

Run and don't look back, FG. Next thing you know, you'll be serving coffee and donuts in the mod's lounge. They're sneaky that way.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

-- Jorge Luis Borges


I have always imagined that Limbo will involve the endless updating of a lexicon.

-- IceCreamEmpress

Silver King said:

Can I suggest one?

A lot of folks here may not know what ORPCC means, which stands for Obsessive Rep Point Checkers' Club, a rep sharing thread in Office Party. A number of members carry a link in their sig lines with ORPCC present, so it might deserve a reference in the dictionary.

And I vote that FennelGiraffe should become the official keeper of the AW Dictionary.

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Hmmph. I didn't know what ORPCC was, but OK.

brianm said:

Run and don't look back, FG. Next thing you know, you'll be serving coffee and donuts in the mod's lounge. They're sneaky that way.

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That's what I'm afraid of!