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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. I sometimes find it highly annoying that people

Reply to captain queeg (Original post)

Thu Sep 21, 2017, 11:55 AM

Sep 2017

here can't be bothered to type out a full word or name.

Sometimes putting the abbreviation into Google will help. Sometimes the abbreviation has more than one meaning, but you can usually figure out which one applies.

Over time you'll learn most of them.

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please explain some of the shortcut nomenclature I see here [View all] captain queeg Sep 2017 OP

It's short for KnighTRider. Orrex Sep 2017 #1

Lol! cwydro Sep 2017 #4

You're too kind! Orrex Sep 2017 #6

Never fear, it's the noobs that are doing it, not the rest of us who can't figure out half shraby Sep 2017 #2

I sometimes find it highly annoying that people PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #3

it's a Belgian auto racing team leftstreet Sep 2017 #5

K & R usually means "kick" and "rec(ommend)" Orrex Sep 2017 #7

Maybe he means n/t which stand for no text. That means everything is in the reply title/subject line FSogol Sep 2017 #9

I see what you did there Orrex Sep 2017 #12

LOL, n/t FSogol Sep 2017 #14

Might be thinking of NT, which, Capt. Queeg, means "no text" and means the response is short enough WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #11

Maybe, but don't tell him about eom Orrex Sep 2017 #13

Lol, me too. eom cwydro Sep 2017 #21

In this context probably tweeted. defacto7 Sep 2017 #16

I once was called a mole when I asked what 2a was. cwydro Sep 2017 #8

2a is the smallest bra size. HTH. n/t FSogol Sep 2017 #10

Lol! cwydro Sep 2017 #17

OK - I'll bite. 3catwoman3 Sep 2017 #30

Lol! You made me feel much better about my ignorance. cwydro Sep 2017 #31

Happy to be of service! 3catwoman3 Sep 2017 #33

Wait! What is HTH? cwydro Sep 2017 #22

Head-to-head, hand-to-hand? Iggo Sep 2017 #28

lol! cwydro Sep 2017 #29

I thought it was 6.02 x1023 Orrex Sep 2017 #23

thanks all captain queeg Sep 2017 #15

Kicked, tweeted and recommend defacto7 Sep 2017 #18

Looks like mostly true facts, except for the bra size one. Iggo Sep 2017 #19

And if you see "moran", it is not a mispelling. cwydro Sep 2017 #20

I'lll tell you, Aristus Sep 2017 #24

tl;dr n/t eom MGKrebs Sep 2017 #25

K&R "Kick and Recommend". N/T "no text in my post, just the title" emulatorloo Sep 2017 #26

etc. Achilleaze Sep 2017 #27

IOKIYAR Greybnk48 Sep 2017 #32

The only important abbreviation that gets used is tiaihtsdcotywwytdycybidyd Dr. Strange Sep 2017 #34