Discussion shortcut

I searched this site. Problem is, that I really do not know what to search for.

Problem is, I'd really like to understand all these shortcuts like OT, OP (original post), DWDHWHSI or something like this.

You know what I am talking about? Is there a node describing the general and specific shortcuts used by experienced monks?

PS: I am not very advanced in participating in discussion groups, web forums or newsgroups. And... if there is no node here, I'd volunteer to create one, if approved.

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Re: Discussion shortcut by Tanktalus (Canon) on Feb 18, 2005 at 00:05 UTC
I think this is the one you want: Guide to PerlMonks Acronyms and Abbreviations. Funny enough, TMTWTDI isn't there. (That means "There's More Than One Way To Do It" - pretty much a perl motto.)	[reply]
Re: Discussion shortcut by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Feb 18, 2005 at 02:17 UTC
If you're new, probably your best bet is that little link above and to the right, below the big-mess-o-links and above the nodelets, that says Need Help??. If you'd like to go there directly, it's the Perlmonks FAQ. If you haven't used web forums much, Welcome to the Monastery! Make yourself at home. Do not rebuke them with harsh words ... but rather lead them gently - with URLs - so that they may learn wisdom.	[reply]
Re: Discussion shortcut by grinder (Bishop) on Feb 18, 2005 at 08:30 UTC
I have a link to a node I wrote from my Perlmonks Survival Guide: Re: Acronyms. (Perlmonks-specific Acronyms), you might find some goodies there. I know that someone else wrote a list more recently but I've lost its number; it contained the same material in any event. Hope this helps (HTH) - another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl	[reply]
Re^2: Discussion shortcut by demerphq (Chancellor) on Feb 18, 2005 at 16:34 UTC
I know that someone else wrote a list more recently but I've lost its number; I beleive the node you mean is: Guide to PerlMonks Acronyms and Abbreviations which is I think the "official" version of your list (and iirc taken from it too, although i dont see any direct attribution as to its origin). And yes the pesky thing was quite annoying to find I agree. :-) --- demerphq	[reply]
Re: Discussion shortcut by kutsu (Priest) on Feb 18, 2005 at 14:59 UTC
Theo has a list on his homenode that is, AFAIK, complete. Update: Added slight clarification. "Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - I think that I think, therefore I think that I am." Ambrose Bierce	[reply]