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Re: acronyms

To: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
Subject: Re: acronyms
From: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 19:42:08 -0700
Chuck Rothfuss wrote:
> 
> List,
> 
>    Wow, are we off topic?  Maybe not.  TTFN is easy.  "ta ta for now".
> "Webspeak" is pretty easy for me after 20 years in the military.  My
> favorites obviously have a GI flavor, with the beat one being ERMA - "Easily
> Recognizable Military Acronym."  If you got confused in a briefing you
> needed to "get your GOAT".  "Glossary of Acronyms & Terms."  I know there
> was even an acronym for the guy in charge of keeping the GOAT, but the only
> acronym title I can remember is the "FAGO" - "Fun & Games Officer" (The guy
> who always had his hand out on payday, but made sure we were all in good
> cheer at the O-Club, even when the "Club" was an unheated tent 300 miles
> above the arctic circle.)
> 
>    My quick list of webspeak (as fast as I can type) is pretty generic.
> 
> FWIW - for what it's worth
> LOL - Laughing out loud
> HBLOL - Head back, Laughing out loud. (Also HWBLOL - Head way back...
> IMHO - In my humble opinion
> AFAIK - As far as I know
> G - Grin (BG - Big Grin)

Yes, my favorite... ROTFLMAO.

Rolling On The Floor, Laughing My Ass Off.

Cheers.

-- 

Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM
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`71 GT6 Mk. III (organ donor)
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