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Acronyms

  • October 29, 2003 at 1:47 pm

    #480180

    One thrown around here quite a bit a while back was:

    NAPWAD - Not A Problem, Works As Designed

    Then there was one I saw as a signature in a post a while back that cracked me up:

    WWJD? JWRTFM!

    My hovercraft is full of eels.

  • October 29, 2003 at 3:10 pm

    #480194

    IMHO - in my humble opinion

    one I like. RTFM, but not very PC in the US. Some people get offended.

    Steve Jones

    sjones@sqlservercentral.com

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/sjones

    The Best of SQL Server Central.com 2002 - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/bestof/

    http://www.dkranch.net

  • October 29, 2003 at 3:16 pm

    #480195

    Here's one I first ran across while spending some of my youth in the Army Reserves. The regular army guys always referred to us as WOFTAM's.

    Waste Of F*****g Time And Money

    Funnily enough that acronym has been quite appropriate when describing some of the IT projects I've been working on through my career

    Hope this helps

    Phill Carter

    --------------------

    Colt 45 - the original point and click interface

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    Colt 45 - the original point and click interface

  • October 29, 2003 at 5:00 pm

    #480215

    The people who get offended over RTFM are usually the people who WON'T RTFM!

    Don

  • October 30, 2003 at 1:14 am

    #480244

    quote:

    The people who get offended over RTFM are usually the people who WON'T RTFM!

    <*big grin*>

    Yes, RTFM is really a classic

    ROTFL

    Frank

    http://www.insidesql.de

    --
    Frank Kalis
    Microsoft SQL Server MVP
    Webmaster: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs
    My blog: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs/frankkalis/[/url]

  • October 30, 2003 at 9:13 am

    #480333

    JACKO999 - PEBCAK is just AWSOME!! No one in our group heard it before but as developers and support group, it HTS or it Hit The Spot.

    TA (Thanks Again?)

  • November 14, 2003 at 4:37 am

    #482009

    I once spent an amusing lunch time in pub working this one out:

    IITYWTMYAHBTPTPITBB

    ... which was sign over the bar.

    (If I tell you what this means you are honor-bound to put ten pence in the blind box)

    Greg M Lucas MCDBA, MCSE

    Greg M Lucas
    "Your mind is like a parachute, it has to be open to work" - Frank Zappa

  • December 11, 2003 at 3:45 am

    #485677

    dillygaf

    DOES IT LOOK LIKE I GIVE A F....

    If it aint broke don't fix it!


    Andy.

  • December 18, 2003 at 5:44 pm

    #487120

    FNG: F***ing New Guy

  • December 19, 2003 at 8:49 am

    #487240

    SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F***** Up

    FUBAR - F***** Up Beyond All Recognition

    These are my favorites.

  • December 19, 2003 at 1:52 pm

    #487292

    TMI - Too Much Information

    This is one I just heard recently.

    Michelle



    Michelle

  • December 19, 2003 at 1:58 pm

    #487293

    AAAAA: American Association Against Acronym Abuse

    or

    WYSIWYMGIYRRLAAGW: What You See Is What You Might Get If You're Really Really Lucky And All Goes Well

    or

    MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teenagers

    Frank

    http://www.insidesql.de

    http://www.familienzirkus.de

    --
    Frank Kalis
    Microsoft SQL Server MVP
    Webmaster: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs
    My blog: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs/frankkalis/[/url]

  • December 19, 2003 at 3:32 pm

    #487312

    An Oldie:

    MCSE: Minesweeper Consultant / Solitaire Expert

    And I found this list with more play on the Microsoft Cert.

    http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/am-info/Week-of-Mon-20011105/007738.html

    I'm sure none of this is what the original poster had in mind, but TGIF (Thank God its Friday) because my brain is in... (and I could use a very non-global, US-centric acronym here, but I won't)

    Happy Holidays All!

    Michelle



    Michelle

  • December 30, 2003 at 10:48 am

    #488238

    Another old one that applies to IT:

    GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out.

    Data: Easy to spill, hard to clean up!

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