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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by sauoq (Abbot) on Dec 23, 2003 at 06:28 UTC
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CSV is often understood more generally to be "Character Separated Values". It just so happens that a comma is a common character used to separate values. Other common ones include a vertical bar ("|"), a tab ("\t"), and a colon (":"). Really, though, any character will do.
-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by valdez (Monsignor) on Dec 23, 2003 at 00:06 UTC
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by jsprat (Curate) on Dec 23, 2003 at 00:12 UTC
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TTBOMK usually means "To the best of my knowledge"
You might want to add another one, PEBKAC: "Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair" | [reply] |
Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by Nkuvu (Priest) on Dec 22, 2003 at 23:55 UTC
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How is ick an acronym for yuck?
And you overlooked SoPW and IMnsHO.
Edit: Sorry, forgot to point out the actual definition for these two acronyms, but it looks like you've updated so I don't need to do that.
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by jZed (Prior) on Dec 23, 2003 at 00:05 UTC
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ROFLMAO - which is both a comment on your meditation and an addition to it (Rolling On Floor, Laughing My Ass Off) | [reply] |
Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by b10m (Vicar) on Dec 23, 2003 at 00:07 UTC
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Here are some additional acronyms found:
TTBOMK - To The Best Of My Knowledge
YHBT - You Have Been Trolled
(not) STFU - (not) Shut The Fuck Up
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by TVSET (Chaplain) on Dec 23, 2003 at 00:18 UTC
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There are few people in CB (oh, that's another one missing) who use 'TTFN' instead of 'Good Bye'. Being a non-native English speaker that I am, it took me a while to figure that out. 'Ta Ta For Now'. Weird. :)
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The first place I (saw|heard) TTFN was from a Winnie The Pooh character, Tigger.
-Theo-
(so many nodes and so little time ... )
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 23, 2003 at 14:37 UTC
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More acronyms in PM
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As Far As I'm concerned |
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| IANAL | I am not a lawyer | You hear that as a disclaimer when somebody is asking for advice concerning legal issues. |
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by grinder (Bishop) on Dec 23, 2003 at 07:53 UTC
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Many of these are common Internet acronyms. A complete (AFAIAA1) list of Perlmonk-specific acronyms can be found here.
1. as far as I am aware
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery (PM)
by tye (Sage) on Dec 24, 2003 at 05:27 UTC
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"PM" is used here for PerlMonks, Private Message, Perl Module, Perl Monger, and Evening (at least). "Send me a PM on PM about the PM PM PM tutorial." (Update: I just got a PM PM that used "PM" to, I assume, mean "project manager")
Most of these are common net acronyms that you can find many places (if a few of the best aren't listed in the Monk Help, then we should add such). The ones that aren't should get included in the Monk Help on acronyms (Guide to PerlMonks Acronyms and Abbreviations -- found quickly via Super Search).
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery - PHB
by inman (Curate) on Dec 23, 2003 at 08:57 UTC
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phb /P-H-B/ (Usenet; common; rarely spoken) Abbreviation,
"Pointy-Haired Boss". From the Dilbert character, the archetypal
halfwitted middle-management type. See also pointy-haired.
As defined by Dictionary.com
Monastary usage example - The developers want to code in Perl but the PHB's insist in Java | [reply] |
Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by parv (Parson) on Dec 23, 2003 at 01:35 UTC
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by nimdokk (Vicar) on Dec 23, 2003 at 14:17 UTC
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If you've got BoFH, then you might want to include the companion (although slightly less common) acronym: PFY (Pimply-faced Youth). My personal favorite was from a friend of mine in a chatroom many many years ago: ROTFLMAOWHCIROTFATATST (Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Arse Off - Wait How Can I Roll On The Floor And Type At The Same Time? :-)
"Ex libris un peut de tout"
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by hardburn (Abbot) on Dec 23, 2003 at 14:39 UTC
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by seattlejohn (Deacon) on Dec 23, 2003 at 19:32 UTC
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If you want to avoid the naughty words in the definition of RTFM and variants, you could always replace the F with "Friendly", a usage I've frequently seen here and that's rather less combative.
Being pedantic here, I've never seen "LUSER" capitalized, because it's really more a regular word than an acronym.
In addition to SoPW, I think I've occasionally encountered CUFP (Cool Uses for Perl).
And don't forget JAPH (Just Another Perl Hacker), specifically an obfu(scated) way of printing that message...
Updated: Abigail-II points out that RTFM is meant to be blunt. Although RTFM sometimes is used in a nicey-nicey way, replacing Fucking with something Friendlier does diminish the impact of the acronym in its default, unqualified usage. So upon further consideration, I withdraw that suggestion.
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There's just one meaning to RTFM and that's "Read The Fucking Manual". Replacing "Fucking" with
"Friendly" gives it a whole other meaning. RTFM is
intended to be not be nicey-nicey.
Abigail
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery (linguistic nitpickery)
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Dec 26, 2003 at 05:11 UTC
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Almost none of these are specific to PerlMonks.
Also, while it's common to call them "acronyms", the correct term is "initialisms". Acronyms are a subset of those initialisms which form pronouncable words, such as ANSI, ASCII, DOS or GUI.
Makeshifts last the longest.
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I guess I can see that, but....
While you are technically correct, I move this out of the nitpickery realm and into the Anal Retentive realm. Does my opinion even matter here?
Probably not, but just wanted to let you know that there are others of us out here. You are not alone!
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 23, 2003 at 05:27 UTC
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Dec 26, 2003 at 15:42 UTC
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You forgot one very important one.
SWMBO = Wife or other female significant other.
It stands for She Who Must
Be Obeyed.
It is interesting to note that I have never seen a version
of this referring to the male partner in a male:female
pairing.
Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
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...I could be mistaken, but I believe the phrase originated as a reference to the English Queen. I think it might have been Victoria, but I'm not certain.
Although there may be men who believe that they are "He Who Must Be Obeyed" they are always wrong.
...All the world looks like -well- all the world,
when your hammer is Perl.
---v
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I believe the phrase originated as a reference to the English Queen.
I seem to remember that as well. I also remember one of
the British shows (Rumpold of the Bailey?) that shows
here in the states on PBS having its main character
refer to his wife that way. I started seeing it in other
chat contexts as well prior to my being with PM.
The phrase and its associated abbreviation have gotten
around.
Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
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Dog trainer, dog agility exhibitor, brewer of
fine Belgian style ales. Happiness is a warm, tired, contented dog curled up at your side and
a good Belgian ale in your chalice. |
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Not Single White Male Bedroom Occupant? Well, that changes things a bit...
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...yes, that is the expansion of the acronym for those who neglected to recognize its original meaning. Damn! It gets cold sometimes.
...All the world looks like -well- all the world,
when your hammer is Perl.
---v
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by hsmyers (Canon) on Dec 26, 2003 at 05:54 UTC
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Context may not be accurate but I'd add SFA => Sh*t F**king All to the list. Not normally used in polite conversation but succinct and to the point when needed.
--hsm
"Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by spartan (Pilgrim) on Dec 23, 2003 at 17:41 UTC
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Re: Acronyms seen in the Monastery
by ysth (Canon) on Dec 24, 2003 at 19:17 UTC
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Variants:
IMHO, some of us express honest opinions, not humble ones.
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