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L ladee1 May 2014 · Answer 1 · 2014-05-24T16:55:34.000-0400

Ewwwww Veronica, I didn't even want to know all that !!!

A ASusan48 May 2014 · Answer 2 · 2014-05-24T17:01:26.000-0400

I have a new one!

ST*U. (Shut The **** Up - insert letter of your choice to replace the asterisks.)

I'm not explaining it fully - most of you know what it means. It's usually muttered quietly or thought LOUDLY inside your head and directed at the condescending relative who tells you you deserve a "pat on the back" for taking care of your LO when no one else would, followed by "I'll be praying for you" (instead of offering to help)...or, as in today's case here, the one who says how nice it was that another relative took Mom out to see the parade "so she could get out". Um....like I never take Mom out?? That just completely rubbed me the wrong way today. I was enjoying my 2 hours of peace and quiet while Mom was gone - and she had to go and say that. (sigh)

F freqflyer May 2014 · Answer 3 · 2014-05-24T17:09:20.000-0400

DHilBe, I know exactly what you mean. At first I thought most of the writers here were from AL [Alabama], NH [New Hampshire], VA [Virginia], IL [Illinois].

Then I thought someone was flying to IAD, which to me means Dulles International Airport in the Washington DC area. Then someone would say FML, which to me means Federal Medical Leave.

Thanks to others explaining what DH and DW meant. I know S/O means significant other because I have one of those.... easier to use S/O than spouse-in-training :]

A ASusan48 May 2014 · Answer 4 · 2014-05-24T17:12:46.000-0400

Ooh, and another -

GT = Guilt Trip.

Think we're all familiar with that one!

V Veronica91 May 2014 · Answer 5 · 2014-05-24T17:35:25.000-0400

CM What is your new Avatar? I am going to miss Alice. you did not ship her off to Sharryn did you?

G gladimhere May 2014 · Answer 6 · 2014-05-25T01:26:22.000-0400

GOAT
Geriatric Obnoxious, Angry, toad

J JeanetteB May 2014 · Answer 7 · 2014-05-25T01:52:24.000-0400

WTFIWWP?

Wh

S sharynmarie May 2014 · Answer 8 · 2014-05-25T03:20:04.000-0400

Glad~That is classic....I was thinking Getting Over Another Tantrum....yours is best!

S sharynmarie May 2014 · Answer 9 · 2014-05-25T04:34:00.000-0400

VIRONICA-ROTFL!! this is about abbreviations...not Whats for dinner!. Sorry CM...Alice is safe with me......

S sharynmarie May 2014 · Answer 10 · 2014-05-25T04:42:08.000-0400

I like the little mouse on the wheat shaft.

C Countrymouse May 2014 · Answer 11 · 2014-05-25T06:57:08.000-0400

Alice is safe and well and continuing to harass the dog - it was just the illogicality was getting to me - I did think of changing my name to countrychicken instead but I'm not quite that nuts (yet).

G gladimhere May 2014 · Answer 12 · 2014-05-25T07:54:50.000-0400

GOAT
Greedy Outsiders Always Trouble

L luanner May 2014 · Answer 13 · 2014-05-25T09:33:37.000-0400

You guys have no idea how much I needed a laugh this am. Thank you God for all these wonderful people who seem to have kept a sense of humor thru the most horrifying time of their lives. WBRA and MUPE are two of my faves so you know where Im at. Thank you all.. gonna keep reading

L luanner May 2014 · Answer 14 · 2014-05-25T09:38:00.000-0400

TO too old for TTOM

G gladimhere May 2014 · Answer 15 · 2014-05-25T11:11:44.000-0400

OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Very common in Alzheimer's, but just part of the disease is not the actual disorder unless exhibited before onset of dementia

C Countrymouse May 2014 · Answer 16 · 2014-05-25T11:31:31.000-0400

I suppose, thinking about the sheer waste of time and mental space spent on deciphering these bloody things when all we really want to know is what's wrong with our loved one, that it would be sensible to ask AC to provide a directory or glossary. If I can work out how, I'll ask.

Y yaya51 May 2014 · Answer 17 · 2014-05-25T15:41:16.000-0400

ISMRBAABRN - (I'd So much Rather Be At A Barbeque Right Now)......meh.

B BoniChak May 2014 · Answer 18 · 2014-05-25T16:20:02.000-0400

Love this thread! You broads crack me up!

V Veronica91 May 2014 · Answer 19 · 2014-05-25T22:08:33.000-0400

CM Now i know it's a mouse. I wish they'd do my d*mn cateracts, well really i wish i did not have them.
Just a thought all those kids can't learn a foreign language or even English in school but they can text. there is something wrong with this picture. DUTY. just made that up

S STP May 2014 · Answer 20 · 2014-05-25T22:18:11.000-0400

I'm slooooow learner WHAT'S that mean GOAT? You mean goat? or I should KMS... Keep Mouth Shot....I mean my mouth....

L LadeeC May 2014 · Answer 21 · 2014-05-26T06:38:57.000-0400

I had to laugh when I considered how to explain PITA ..

PITA = Pain in the A**
(where * = 's')

LOL .. having to explain the explanation.

And, speaking of LOL .. way back in the olden days of the early internet, I thought it meant "Lots of Love" .. and so rarely made sense, in context and was too embarrassed to ask!

L LadeeC May 2014 · Answer 22 · 2014-05-26T06:43:01.000-0400

One of the acronym sites suggests these for GOAT:

Greatest of All Time (LL Cool J music album)
Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test
Get Our Act Together
Government of All the Talents (Gordon Brown's first administration)
God of All Things
Gone On A Trip
Go Away Troll
Generalized Occupational Aptitude Test (gaming)
Gene Ontology Annotation Tool
Goes Over All Terrain (vehicle)
Glossary of Acronyms and Terms
Gap/Overlap Analysis Tool
Grouped Optimal Aggregation Technique
Guru Of All Trades

Pick one *laughs*

C Countrymouse May 2014 · Answer 23 · 2014-05-26T07:15:22.000-0400

Veronica I know cataract operations are a bit hit-and-miss, but fingers crossed we're getting a good result from the first one just over three weeks ago - nothing miraculous, but it's gone smoothly and she's reading subtitles on tv better. Oops way off topic..!

E enderby May 2014 · Answer 24 · 2014-05-26T07:31:57.000-0400

I like to make up some nonsense meaning for the annoying abbreviation and run with it.
Example:
I am sorry your Adjustable Posterior Sack (APS) is giving you problems. Maybe you should take it off before you sit down.

Even slow learners get the idea pretty quickly.
Thanks for the post. I thought there was an acronym dictionary here I had not seen.

G gladimhere May 2014 · Answer 25 · 2014-05-26T07:56:44.000-0400

LadeeC, interesting! GOAT, go away troll, and in the context of how it was originally used? Why would OP capitalize it? Because it is actually an acronym for something else? Maybe we have identified a troll and so they will not be back. My practice in the future when responding to questions of this sort may be something along the lines of

I don't know how to respond, your question really has my GOAT.

L LadeeC May 2014 · Answer 26 · 2014-05-26T11:17:03.000-0400

Uhhuh!

And, BTW, did we forget BRB, ASAP, SYL, TTFN, BIAB ... oh, and my new favorite, IKR?

I think the OP just missed it: APS comes up #9 in a list of 209 at freedictionary dot com .. I mean, I nearly missed it (and cheated by using an active page search with 'adult' as a keyword, already knowing the acronym). I like some of the alternatives:

Adobe Photoshop ........ (if only it were that fun!)
Amount Per Serving ........ (hmmm ... remotely possible, here)
Active-Pixel Sensor ......... (if only it were that funny)
American Peptide Society ........ (did someone mention Pepsi?)
Aboriginal Peoples Survey ........ (maybe our elders could be... right?)
Auto-Pilot System ........ (if only)
Ammonium Persulphate ......... (do I really wanna know?)
Apostrophe Protection Society ...... (the what???)
Automated Patent System

... wait .. isn't that really Automated Patient System?

C Countrymouse May 2014 · Answer 27 · 2014-05-26T11:43:09.000-0400

There's an Apostrophe Protection Society? Oh wow, fantastic! At last, an organisation my mother would agree with the virtue of...

A ASusan48 May 2014 · Answer 28 · 2014-05-26T12:01:34.000-0400

Well, that's a first. I came up with an abbreviation but didn't post it for fear of offending someone or causing an uproar. LOL

I'll just say that religion and politics are something I try to stay away from on forums like this. Unfortunately, not everyone feels that way. I get just a wee bit touchy when someone keeps shoving their religion in my face. I have my own, thanks.

S Shilo8 May 2014 · Answer 29 · 2014-05-26T14:09:09.000-0400

Glad and the rest of you - thank you for setting me staight, I think.
Now I know GOAT doesn't stand for Geriatric Outragous Alien Toddler.

L ladee1 May 2014 · Answer 30 · 2014-05-26T17:40:07.000-0400

Apostrophe Protection Society.... who knew !!!! I am dying here.... Oh Thank you all so much.... I check this thread every day.... this is one of the best threads on here !!!!!

thanks LadeeC for enlightening us !!! Oh, I can't see for laughing so hard... !!!!!

Abbreviations are getting my GOAT!

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