List of Acronyms
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A good source to find acronyms, www.acronymfinder.com.
Please feel free to send me a post with additions, modifications, comments, spelling, etc., on any in the following list. For now, I’ll update the list as I receive the comments.
Thanks and regards, Joe
LAST UPDATED: 10/12/04, 6:00AM (added another 21 acronyms)
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*NM* - No Message
AAW - ???
ABP - All Points Bulletin
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AHJ - Authority Having Jurisdiction (aka, building inspector)
ALC - Acrylic Latex Caulk
AM - American Woodwooders
ATAPCW - Adhering To A Politically Correct World
B/C - BeCause
BB - ???
BP - Badger Pond - for-runner of SMC (Saw Mill Creek)
BF - Board Feet
BIL - Brother-In-Law
BLO - Boiled Linseed Oil
BLOG - weBLOG (web log) - online journal of web activity
BOAT - Bring On Another Thousand
BORG - Buying ORGanization, Home Depot, Lowe’s, etc
BOSS - Delta’s Bench Oscillating Spindle Sander
BPA - Back Panel Assembly
BRO - Best Reasonable Offer
BS - Band Saw
BTW - By The Way
BW - BridgeWood, machine manufacture
CA - CryanoAcrylate, basically super glue
CCD - ???
CE - Civil Engineer
CEFGW - Close Enough For Government Work
CFIC - Chief Flunky In Charge
CH - Campbell Hausfield
CSMS - Compound Sliding Miter Saw
CMS - Compound Miter Saw
CNU - ???
CRS - Can't Remember Stuff
CS - Contractors Saw also Cabinet Saw
CVG - ???
CWD - Cool Web Design
D4 - model number of Leigh Jig's 24" dovetail jig
DFW - Dallas/FortWorth area
DC - Dust Collector
DF - Douglas Fir
DIY - Do It Yourself
DAMHIKT - Don’t Ask Me How I Know This
DP - Drill Press
DPI - Dots Per Inch
E - Eurekazone, Saw Guide System Company
F - Festool, Tool Company
FAS - First And Seconds (wood grading term)
FA - Festoolies Anonymous
FHB - Find Home Builder
FIGG - ???
FIGMO - Forget It, Got My Marching Orders
FL - Flat Lander (one that works with flat wood, see FW)
FP - Freedom Pen
FPP - Freedom Pen Project
FOB - Free On Board
FOG - Felder's Owners Group
FS - For Sale
FUBB - Fouled Up Beyond Belief
FW - Flat Worker (one that works with flat wood, see FL)
FWIW - For What It’s Worth
FWW - Fine WoodWorking
GCSS - Guided Circular Saw System
GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
HD - Home Depot also Heavy Duty
HDL - Honey Do List
HEMI - HEMIspherically shaped combustion chambers
HF - Harbor Freight, catalog store
HO - Honest Opinion
HOA - Home Owners Association
HRO - Hampton Roads Online (where SawMill Creek lives)
HTH - How The Hell, also Hope This Helps
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMBF(EM) - It Must Be Friday (Eh Mark)
IME - ???
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion, also Initial Money Outlay
IOW - In Other Words
IR - Insoll-Rand, Pneumatics Products Company
ITURRA - Manufacture of Band Saw Equipment (not an acronym but ...)
LB - Leaf Blower
LOL - Love Of Life also Laugh(ing) Out Loud
LOHL - Love Of Her (His) Life
LOML - Love Of My Life
LOYL - Love Of Your Life
LV - Lee Valley, catalog of fine hand tools
LV - ???
Lyptus - (great) new wood from Brazil (not an acronym but ...)
J/P - Joiner/Planner
JACS - Just Above Congressioinal Standard
JD - John Deere, maker of farm equipment
JOB - Just Over Broke
M&T - Mortise & Tenon
MEK - Methyl Ethyl Ketone
MIL - Mother-In-Law
MM - Mini Max, machine manufacture
MOG - Minimax Owners Guide
MOL - More Or Less
MSRP - Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
NASA - Not Another Supid Accessory
NEC - National Electrical Code
NYW - New Yankee Workshop
NHLA - national Hardware Lumber Association
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacture
OSHA - Occupational Safety & Health Adminstration
OTDDTR - Out The Door, Down The Road
OTOH - On The Other Hand
OWWM - Old WoodWorking Machines
PB - Polish Brass
PDO - Personnel Day(s) Off
PM - PowerMatic, machine manufacture also Private Message
POC - Piece Of Cake also Pile Of Crap
POLY - POLYurethane i.e., gorilla glue
POND - badger POND, for-runner of SMC (Saw Mill Creek)
POS - Parent(s) over shoulder (chat room)
POV - Point Of View
PPI - Pixils Per Inch
PSL - Plumb, Square & Level
PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
PVA - PollyVinyl Acetates, glue
QED - latin for "which was to be demonstrated"
QS - Quarter Sawn
QSRO - Quarter Sawn Red Oak
QSWO - Quarter Sawn White Oak
RAS - Radial Arm Saw
RBO - ???
RBL2 - ???
REA - ???
REFURB - Refurbished (tool)
RFI - Request For Information
RO - Red Oak
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLOL - Rolling On Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROS - Random Orbit Sander
RSE - Rip Single Edge
RTFM - Read The Friendly Manual
RTFP - Read The Friendly Print
RTFT - Read The Friendly Topic
S1S - Surfaced 1 Side
S1E - Surfaced 1 Edge
S2S - Surfaced 2 Sides
S2E - Surfaced 2 Edges
S1S1E - Surfaced 1 Side 1 Edge
S1S2E - Surfaced 1 Side 2 Edges
S2S1E - Surfaced 2 Sides 1 Edge
S4S - Surfaced 4 Sides
SAL - Siliconized Acrylic Latex
SBC - Southwestern Bell Company
SCMS - Sliding Compound Miter Saw
SELECT - Select (wood grading term)
SF - Square Feet
SIGG - Sorry, I Gotta Go
SIL - Sister-In-Law also Son-In-Law
SLLYP - ???
SLR - ???
SMC - SawMillCreek also Saw Mill Creek
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
SPAM - Something Potted Ain't Meat
SO - Significant Other
SOS - Stuck On Stupid
SRL - ???
SS - Scroll Saw also Single Speed
SSS - Satelite Saw System (Dino, YFC’s System)
SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed
SYP - Southern Yellow Pine
TAT - Turn-a-Thon
TDY - Tour of DuTy also TempOry Duty
TEGO - The Eyes Glaze Over
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TIVO - ???
TOH - This Old House
TOS - Term Of Service
TPI - Teeth Per Inch
TS - Table Saw
UHMWP - Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene
URAC - ???
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
VCT - Vinyl Composite Tile
VS - Variable Speed
WC - WoodCentral, a wood forum
WTH - What The Heck (Hell)
WN - WoodNet, a wood forum
WO - White Oak
WTB - Want (Wanted, Wanting) To Buy
WWFW - WoodWorking For Women
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
YADA - Yet Another Dangling Acronym
YCF - Your Carpenter Friend (Dino)
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
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