A list of abbreviations for non-english native speakers

[Fox Mulder]

As many people visiting this nice forum, english is not my mother tongue. So I think this attached list of chat abbreviations may help you people who still wonder what things like IMHO, AFAIK and ROTFLMAO means, LOL.:D

[diji1]

good idea - does it have "IIRC" on that list ? i must be thick or something but even tho my first language is english i always forget what that stands for. :^(

( actually, disregard the "or something" above :) )

[TactX]

I got a nice german/english site for that. It is a search-engine for acronyms and abbrevations.

http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/acronym


Have fun.

[ProfDrMorph]

Originally posted by diji1
does it have "IIRC" on that list ? i must be thick or something but even tho my first language is english i always forget what that stands for. :^(

IIRC = if I remember correctly

yes such a list is a good idea.... ( /me waits for an admin so that I can see the attachment )

EDIT: LOL

either I'm blind or the list just showed up after I replied! hehe

[Acaila]

I have always known IIRC as "If I Recall Correctly" and IMHO as "In My Honest Opinion"....but I guess abbreviations vary from person to person.

[Fox Mulder]

I think that this abbreviations are used a lot in the english forums I visit and many of my friends that do the same, keep asking me what is this? and that? and I've seen a couple of post here with questions like this, so it must be usefull at some point; though I don't know if it deserves to be made a sticky.:D

[killingspree]

i found it very useful on several occasions...
especially when asking 'what does this/that mean?' does not seem appropriate :-P

thanks (:

[erossetto]

Over 242.000+ acronyms:

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

[ChannelK]

but heres the mother off them all....

TLA: three letter acronym

[phrentec]

I just saw that list and man . I think every little colloquial phrase in the english language has been acronymed on that list. It has been over done. I mean. Here's one for you that you haven't gotten on that list. it's NMA! yeah. can you guess what that one is? well it stands for NO MORE ACRONYMS! I mean it. Acronyms have become over done with. They are becoming grossly gibberish. I could've thrown up and mellow the carpet around me after seeing that "chat abbreviations.txt" profane list of acronyms. ugh! you might as well just take out all the vowels of every word you type and make sense out of that as you read it. blah!

here goes: Se frm rls blw fr mr nfrmtn abt wht cds yu r alwd to ys n yr psts.

Now there's your perspicuous sentence with NMA.

[mpucoder]

It is missing the ultimate TLA, which is, of course, TLA. (Three Letter Acronym)

[sherpya]

Take a look here:
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/

[dani82]

why don't someone just create a program that does a instant translation of the acronym, instead of asking what they just said (or did someone already did that)

Ex: someone is reading a post and is wondering what "wtf" stands for; so they type it into the program and find out it stand for (well, you know what it stands for)

[phrentec]

Stenography. Oh yes how much I miss the sway. or do you all miss it and thats why you want to encourage the habit of acronomizing typed language.


ste·nog·ra·phy (st…-n¼g“r…-f¶) n. Abbr. sten., stenog. 1. The art or process of writing in shorthand. 2. The art or practice of transcribing speech with a stenograph machine. 3. Material transcribed in shorthand. --sten”o·graph“ic (stµn”…-gr²f“¹k) or sten”o·graph“i·cal (-¹-k…l) adj. --sten”o·graph“i·cal·ly adv.

[midiguy]

ROTFLMAOWPIMP

[trodas]

Acaila - IIRC, shortcut IMHO is always being translated/decrypted as In My HUMBLE Opinion... Even years ago i asked goy, what the hell was that shortcuts :rolleyes: ;) :D

I think that humble also more fits the reason, and usage of this shortcut. As people over net always trying to write his expressions honestly, but we are using IMHO into cases, where we have disagree with other opinion, and we have to do this politely.

So, its not like sayin - you are f*cking wrong, you as*hole, and im right.

Its like politely pointing that my opinion and / or experience slightly difers from the presented one :D


...but i can be wrong. After all, im from Czech and not US or UK :p ;)

[phrentec]

how do you remove this post from being a sticky. it gets a little annoying when not so important topics become stickies and end up staying there for months on the top of the list.

[killingspree]

of this post?!?

just as a reminder: it reads:

A list of abbreviations for non-english native speakers

well since you are an english native speaker (i believe so at least since you've stated LA as your 'position') this post is not intended for you. you are a native speaker and I as one of the non native speakers find this post from time to time very very useful!
regards
steVe

PS: and i'd hate to have to search it each time i need it!

[kelproit62]

*spam and profanity deleted by the moderator*

[killingspree]

post gone... reply useless... hope this was a one time event!

[Selur]

so sum up some "common" TLAs&Co for chat:

TLA = three Letter Acronym
Ih8U = I hate You
Cu = See You
n8 = neight
LOL= laughing out loud
rofl= rolling on the floor laughing
2fast4u = too fast for You
IIRC = if I recall/remember correctly
IMHO = in my humble/honest opinion
AFAIK = as far as I know
wtf = what the f*ck/frell

[mf]

ROFLMAO, I just submitted 31 (anime) acronyms to that site (acronymfinder), and got blocked temporarily because of too many submissions. LOL

Originally posted by Selur
n8 = neight
Actually it's "nacht" (which means night), which can be either german or dutch.

wtf = what the f*ck/frell
Somebody's been watching too much Fartscape :D.

[Wolfman]

this thread is F U B A R!!

[Neo Neko]

Originally posted by Wolfman
this thread is F U B A R!!

Frelled up beyond all recognition?

[Tom|420]

What attachment??

IMHO I think Wolfman wanted to point out that he found this thread useless lol cu 2n8 ah! I like those TLA's ....

well I finally learned what IMHO, IIRC and AFAIK are for... never wanted to look stupid by asking :P

[Fox Mulder]

Yes, my attachment it's gone for some reason... :confused:

[Wolfman]

also other more esoteric ones such as
NORWICH
SWALK
FOYOLB <----Y=you f=???? B=B**T*** (very nasty)

[Fox Mulder]

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Interesting posts.

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[Soulhunter]

Posted this already @ mf's forum, but I think its good to post it here as well...
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ME = Motion Estimation

BW = Bandwidth

MV = Motion Vector

CM = Chroma Motion

PP = Post Processing / Pre Processing

SP = Simple Profile

LC = Low Complexity

LQ = Low quality

HQ = High quality

KB = Kilobyte

MB = Megabyte

GB = Gigabyte

TB = Terabyte

DX = DirectX

QT = Quicktime

RV = Realvideo

BR = Bitrate

PS = Photoshop

HW = HardWare

SW = SoftWare

PIC = Picture

DCT = Discrete Cosine Transform

VFW = Video for Windows

PCM = Pulse code modulation

CLI = Command Line Interface

CAP = Capture

STD = Standard Definition

VCR = Video Cassette Recorder

ASP = Advanced Simple Profile

AAC = Advanced Audio Coding

AVC = Advanced Video Coding

AVI = Audio Video Interleaved

MPA = MPEG Audio

MP2 = MPEG Audio Layer 2

MP3 = MPEG Audio Layer 3

MPC = Musepack audio

MPC = Mediaplayer classic

VFR = Variable Frame Rate

VBR = Variable Bit Rate

ABR = Average Bit Rate

CBR = Constant Bit Rate

VOP = Video Object Plane

GOP = Group of Pictures

PEL = Picture Element / Pixel

DSP = Digital Signal Processor/Processing

PSP = Paintshop Pro

PSU = Power Supply Unit

D3D = Direct3D

B/W = Black and White

CQM = Custom Quantization Matrix

AGC = Automatic Gain Control

ALC = Automatic Level Control

DCT = Discrete Cosine Transform

DRC = Dynamic Range Control

DAC = Digital / Analog Converter

VGA = 640x480 resolution

SVGA = 800x600 resolution

XGA = 1024x768 resolution

DAR = Display Aspect Ratio

AR = Aspect Ratio

AV = Audio / Video

RC = Rate Control

Q = Quantizer / Quality

HD = High Definition

LC = Low Complexity

HE = High Efficiency

P = Progressive

I = Interlaced

Chroma = Color

Luma = Brightness

RGB, YUY2, YV12 = Colorspace's

WXGA = 1280x720 resolution

SXGA = 1280x1024 resolution

UXGA = 1600x1200 resolution

QXGA = 2048x1536 resolution

QSXGA = 2560x2048 resolution

QUXGA = 3200x2400 resolution

WSXGA = 1920x1080 resolution

WUXGA = 1920x1200 resolution

MBPS = Megabits per second

KBPS = Kilobits per second

BPS = Bits per second

QPEL = Quarter Pel

GMC = Global Motion Compensation

FPS = Frames Per Second

HVS = Human Visual System

PAR = Pixel Aspect Ratio
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Bye

[Phoenyx]

Thanks @Soulhunter :D

This post I found quite useful!

[damianl]

Hi,
I am really very happy for this information, i'll use it.
Again thanx
Damian Lucy

[ukb008]

Soulhunter provides a technically oriented list. But where's a list that contains abbreviations like:

LOL
PCT
CQR
IIRC

etc etc.

Regards.

[Soulhunter]

Originally posted by ukb008

Soulhunter provides a technically oriented list. But where's a list that contains abbreviations like:

LOL
PCT
CQR
IIRC

etc etc.

Regards.

Some of this stuff like "LOL" and "IIRC" you can find in this thread !!!

For all other stuff give Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) and AcronymFinder (http://www.acronymfinder.com/) a try... ;)

EDIT: Some more links -> 1 (http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm), 2 (http://www.mikeshardware.com/reports/humor_acronym_list.html), 3 (http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/abbrev.html), 4 (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx) !!!

[Wolfman]

qpel = quarter pixel
pixel = picture element
just to be picky :devil:

and to show someone, somewhere cares....

[Soulhunter]

Originally posted by Wolfman

qpel = quarter pixel
pixel = picture element

Well, then i just need to add the abbreviation for pel !!!

Pel = Picture Element / Pixel... ;) :p :D


Bye

[Mug Funky]

DRC = Dynamic Rate Change

i thought it was "dynamic range compression", a-la AC3? dynamic rate change sounds like a roundabout way of saying VBR to me.

[edit]

oh, and soul: why not add the one in your sig: CQM = Custom Quantisation Matrix

[Soulhunter]

Originally posted by Mug Funky

i thought it was "dynamic range compression", a-la AC3? dynamic rate change sounds like a roundabout way of saying VBR to me.

Dunno, this is what Google gives me...

- Dynamics Research Corporation
- Distribution Review Committee
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Diagonal Reverse And Center
- Disability Rights Commission
- Defense Review Committee
- Dynamic Range Control
- Dynamic Rate Change
- Data Resource Center
- Design Rule Checking


EDIT:

Dynamic Range Control and Dynamic Range Compression is the same thing, no?


Originally posted by Mug Funky

oh, and soul: why not add the one in your sig: CQM = Custom Quantisation Matrix

Uhm, its already included... :P

Search somewhere in the middle !!!


Bye

[Soulhunter]

Ok, I did a small research !!!

Seems Dynamic Rate Change has more to do with data transmission...

As Dynamic Range Control fits more to A/V I gonna edit my list (and add some new stuff) !!!


Bye

[guada 2]

ooohoh!!!

It is now that I note that the abbreviations have a real significance.
Thank you, for your contribution.

Ultimately, I do not even know if these abbreviations will be useful to me.

[ANDYKELLYELVA]

As many people visiting this nice forum, english is not my mother tongue. So I think this attached list of chat abbreviations may help you people who still wonder what things like IMHO, AFAIK and ROTFLMAO means, LOL.:D


my english is poor , you give me confendens , I am a collge student ,

and my major is computer . I hope I can learn something from here .

I believe what you will what you success .

thank you

[ukb008]

Take heart.

Regards.

[Alex26]

ROFL: rooling on floor laughing

ASAP: As soon as possible

TTYL: Talk to you later

:goodpost:

[zeszut]

http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm

[ukb008]

Tyvm.

R.

[Schnoodledorfer]

but heres the mother off them all....

TLA: three letter acronym

Amateurs!

TLA: Three Letter Acronym
ETLA: Extended Three Letter Acronym
TETLA: Twice-Extended Three Letter Acronym or DETLA (double-...)
SA: Short Acronym

I could have replied in the same way to a post a couple of ones down from the one I chose, but I didn't want to call a mod (moderator) an amateur. Not on my second post here, anyway. ;)

Here's a TETLA that entered English as a regular word (from the military): snafu (Situation Normal -- All F***ed Up). It usually means a problem or mistake now. I suppose FUBR/FUBAR probably comes from the military as well. It is as likely to mean "... beyond (all) repair" as it is to mean "... recognition" and often is written as "foo bar" to hide where it came from.

What does it say about me that I can only contribute with useless or obscene acronyms? Yeesh! :confused:

[waQ1141570]

edit mod: removed spam. Next time you will get a ticket.

[mitsubishi]

My favourite acronym is GTK, because it is stacked with a recursive at the end.

GTK
GIMP Tool Kit
GNU Image Manipulation Programme
Gnu Not Unix

There's probably even another acronym that makes use of GTK.

[G_M_C]

My favorite is one that is an acronym for having no acronym at all :D

TWAIN --> Technology Without An Interesting Name.

Look it up in wikipedia ... it's really true ;)

[Schnoodledorfer]

My favorite is one that is an acronym for having no acronym at all :D

TWAIN --> Technology Without An Interesting Name.

Look it up in wikipedia ... it's really true ;)

Oh well, since a TWAIN driver isn't really a driver either, I guess the name is kind of consistent. (The acronym, which isn't really an acronym, is interesting because the acronym says it's not.) And they said irony was dead.

It's kind of like the Holy Roman Empire, which wasn't holy, nor Roman, nor an empire (it was a secular German confederacy), but other than that they got the name right. No wonder history was confusing.

[Asiadeep]

Thanks for putting it up. Helps considerably.

[RealGreatIdea]

I think that if this topic is for non-native english speaking ppl....most of those abbreviations are going to be pretty confusing! You should stick to simple ones for now, maybe.

[sarahjohn]

Take a look here: Many speak at a native level, but many do not. The ability to communicate with people who speak a limited amount of English is actually a skill that can be developed over time with practice
http://www.wikihow.com/Communicate-with-a-Non-Native-English-Speaker

[stellargellar]

I just saw that list and man . I think every little colloquial phrase in the english language has been acronymed on that list. It has been over done. I mean. Here's one for you that you haven't gotten on that list. it's NMA! yeah. can you guess what that one is? well it stands for NO MORE ACRONYMS! I mean it. Acronyms have become over done with. They are becoming grossly gibberish. I could've thrown up and mellow the carpet around me after seeing that "chat abbreviations.txt" profane list of acronyms. ugh! you might as well just take out all the vowels of every word you type and make sense out of that as you read it. blah!

here goes: Se frm rls blw fr mr nfrmtn abt wht cds yu r alwd to ys n yr psts.

Now there's your perspicuous sentence with NMA.

that really got me LMAO (i did that inentionally haha)

[kalia]

wow - i'm a native english speaker and even i didn't know some of these terms... thanx alot!

[rica]

Here is what you are looking for, i suppose:

http://www.internetslang.com/


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[moon916]

I think this abbreviations is useful.

[ramicio]

Anyone who has any language skill can get their point across in a non-native language. Some people I can understand just fine who have heavy accents and barely speak English, because they at least know how to compose a Latin sentence, but some people just spout random nouns and verbs in no particular order and expect people to understand them. Reading bad English is a different story. It should NOT be tolerated here.

[ramicio]

IMHO - In my honest opinion
AFAIK - As far as I know