GYO Speak Translator

[Brengirl]

I am trying hard to pick up the new lingo and thought maybe the natives could recommend an authority on this. This small list is just the start of my education. I would also like to be introduced to any 'new' words I may encounter in the future with an interpretation please.


MOM.........
MOD.........
OH.........
OMG.....
YGBK.........

[jacob marley]

morning brengirl MOM member of the month
MOD moderater
OH other half
OMG o my god
YGBK... jacob

[HeyWayne]

I am trying hard to pick up the new lingo and thought maybe the natives could recommend an authority on this. This small list is just the start of my education. I would also like to be introduced to any 'new' words I may encounter in the future with an interpretation please.


MOM.........
MOD.........
OH.........
OMG.....
YGBK.........

I'm no authroity on the matter, but as far as I'm aware:

MOM - Member of the Month
MOD - Moderator
OH - Other Half
OMG - Oh My God
YGBK - I'm guessing You've Got to Be Kidding?

There's all sorts ot "text speak" including things like WTF as an expletive. IMHO - In My Honest Opinion.

People have been doing it for decades - lonely hearts ads have had things like GSOH, WLTM and so on.

Of course, there's also l33tsp34k.

leet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quite handy for passwords.

I still don't always understand all the abbreviations, but you can make a good guess when used in context.

[zazen999]

YGBK
You've got to be kidding!

HW = Hey Wayne [our Zen Master]
PW = Piglet Willie [Our, well, our Rock and banana shallot meister ]
Boble = Bob LePonge [Our resident, er, well he lives in France]

I'll think of more later, but got to do some spreadsheets now

Foodwise:

BNS = butternut squash
PSB = Purple sprouting brocolli

[Pumpkin Becki]

When I used to write in the local newspaper column (a bit like a forum) where I met my OH, LOL used to mean Lots of Love, it totally threw me for a while, until I worked out that it was now used to mean Laugh Out Loud.

PB xx

[Incy]

YGBK
You've got to be kidding!

HW = Hey Wayne [our Zen Master]
PW = Piglet Willie [Our, well, our Rock and banana shallot meister ]
Boble = Bob LePonge [Our resident, er, well he lives in France]

I'll think of more later, but got to do some spreadsheets now

Foodwise:

BNS = butternut squash
PSB = Purple sprouting brocolli

Thanks for that zazen. BNS has been driving me mad trying to work it out

[Pumpkin Becki]

WRHM: Well Rotted Horse Manure

[Brengirl]

WRHM: Well Rotted Horse Manure

You live and learn don't you. I always thought that was DUNG

[Alison]

I thought that MOD was Match of the Day but there you go. Also thought that LOL was lots of love for years until it was pointed out to me. Some are handy but too many of them just make it confusing and it's usually best not to use too many of them.

[SarzWix]

OMG is Oh My Goodness, or Oh My Gosh to me, seeing as I was brought up not to take the Lord's name in vain....

[OllieMartin]

If you don't like abbreviations, you should never get a job in the NHS.

I got an e-mail the other day, it's taken me a month to work out what an SHA, PCT, NPfIT, and EITS are.

My last job in a finance company was almost as bad, I had to train new starters so I produced a "Welcome Finance Dictionary" so they could understand all the short-hand on applications.

[HeyWayne]

My last job in a finance company was almost as bad, I had to train new starters so I produced a "Welcome Finance Dictionary" so they could understand all the short-hand on applications.

LadyWayne works in banking, and when any banking friends come round I just sit there wondering what dialect of English it is that they're talking, because I can pick out the odd word, but the rest is just noise for me.

[HotStuff]

Another common one, MPC, multi-purpose compost.

I guess lots of different professions have this kind of stuff, but I'd wager that the computer industry is one of the worst for TLA's (three letter acronyms).

There was one guy I used to work with who was always using them, whenever he launched into one of his incomprehensible explanations it always made me think of Robin Williams in "Good Morning Vietnam" going on about the VIP going MIA in the DMZ.

[Two_Sheds]

have we had TBH yet? to be honest

[HeyWayne]

There is also of course - GYO....