Joseph N. Myers
10-29-2004, 8:30 AM
List of Acronyms
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Following is a list of woodworking acronyms. Please feel free to send me a post with additions, modifications, comments, spelling, etc. I’ll update the list as I receive the comments. (Note: not all acronyms listed are strictly woodworking terms, rather used frequently in wood forums).
If you can’t find the acronym(s) here, www.acronymfinder.com. (http://www.acronymfinder.com./)
Added/Modified 47 items: AAOW, AAW, ADOS, AGTH, AMF, ASAP, AWW, BB, BJ, CCD, CS, CSR., CVG, dpi, FMT, GNW, HDPE, IMBF, IME, IMHO, IMNSHO, ISC, JFS, JMHAO, KIA, LFOD, MC, MIA, NHLA, NSL, OBO, OMG, POS, PVR, QED, SCVG, SLR, SOS, spam, SPAM, SSDD, SWIWTP, TAIGFN, TAT, TIVO, TTFN and URAC.
Deleted 1 items: RBL2
10 Items Not Added Because Of Questionable Language Or Subject Matter: BFD, BFH, DILLIGAFF, DWJFDI, IJWFMOML, HFCC, POS, ROFLMAO, SOL and WAG. (Note: at this time, I really don’t want to get into the pro’s/con’s of the language issue - if someone really wants to know what this acronyms means, send me a PM. I think that most are easily guessed or use www.acronymfinder.com). (http://www.acronymfinder.com)./)
Thanks again and regards, Joe
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* Added/Modified since last posted (10/20/04)
*NM* - No Message
* AAW - American Association of Woodturners
* ABP - All Points Bulletin
* AMF - Adios My Friend
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
* AGTH - ???
AHJ - Authority Having Jurisdiction (aka, building inspector)
ALC - Acrylic Latex Caulk
* ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ATAPCW - Adhering To A Politically Correct World
* AWW - American WoodWorkers Magazine
B/C - BeCause
* BB - Baltic Birch, also Best Buy
BP - Badger Pond - for-runner of SMC (Saw Mill Creek)
BF - Board Feet
BIL - Brother-In-Law
* BJ - Biscuit Joiner
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 - Charged Couple Device - chips used in Digital Cameras
CE - Civil Engineer
CEFGW - Close Enough For Government Work
CFIC - Chief Flunky In Charge
CH - Campbell Hausfield, manufacture of air compressers
CSMS - Compound Sliding Miter Saw
CMS - Compound Miter Saw
CNU - ???
CRS - Can't Remember Stuff
* CS - Contractors (Cabinet, Circular) Saw
* CSR - Customer Service Representative
* CVG - Clear Vertical Grain
CWD - Cool Web Design
D4 - model number of leigh jig's 24" dovetail jig
DAMHIKT - Don’t Ask Me How I Know This
DC - Dust Collector
DF - Douglas Fir
DFW - Dallas/FortWorth area
DIY - Do It Yourself
DP - Drill Press
* dpi - Dots Per Inch
E - Eurekazone, Saw Guide System Company
F - Festool, Tool Company
FA - Festoolies Anonymous
FAS - First And Seconds (wood grading term)
FHB - Find Home Builder
FIGG - ???
FIGMO - Forget It, Got My Marching Orders
FL - Flat Lander (one that works with flat wood, see FW)
* FMT - leigh jig’s Frame Mortise and Tenon Jig
FOB - Free On Board
FOG - Felder's Owners Group
FP - Freedom Pen
FPP - Freedom Pen Project
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
* GNW - Great NorthWest
HD - Home Depot also Heavy Duty
HDL - Honey Do List
* HDPE - High Density Polyethylene
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 - It Must Be Friday
* IME - In My Estimate
* IMHO - In My Humble (Honest) Opinion
* IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble (Honest) Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion, also Initial Money Outlay
IOW - In Other Words
IR - Insoll-Rand, Pneumatics Products Company
* ISC - I Stand Corrected
ITURRA - Manufacture of Band Saw Equipment (not an acronym but ...)
J/P - Joiner/Planner
JACS - Just Above Congressioinal Standard
JD - John Deere, maker of farm equipment
* JFS - Just For Starters
* JMHAO - ???
JOB - Just Over Broke
* KIA - Killed In Action
KMA - ???
LB - Leaf Blower
* LFOD - Live Free Or Die
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
Lyptus - (great) new wood from Brazil (not an acronym but ...)
M&T - Mortise & Tenon
* MC - Methlene Chloride (Paint Stripper)
MEK - Methyl Ethyl Ketone
* MIA - Missing In Action
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
* NHLA - National Hardwood Lumber Association
* NSL - No Such Luck
NYW - New Yankee Workshop
* OBO - Or Best Offer
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacture
* OMG - Oh My Goodness (God, Gosh)
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 the Shoulder (chat room)
POV - Point Of View
PPI - Pixils Per Inch
PSL - Plumb, Square & Level
PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
PVA - PollyVinyl Acetates, glue
* PVR - Personel Video Recorder (see TIVO)
* QED - latin for "Quod Erat Demonstratum" or "which was to be demonstrated"
QS - Quarter Sawn
QSRO - Quarter Sawn Red Oak
QSWO - Quarter Sawn White Oak
RAS - Radial Arm Saw
RBO - ???
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
* SCVG - Straight Clear Vertical Grain
SELECT - Select (wood grading term)
SF - Square Feet
SIGG - Sorry, I Gotta Go
SIL - Sister-In-Law also Son-In-Law
SLLYP - ???
* SLR - Single Len Reflex (camera)
SM&N - ???
SMC - SawMillCreek also Saw Mill Creek
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
SO - Significant Other
* SOS - Stuck On Stupid also Same Old Stuff
* spam - unwanted sales solicitation via internet
* SPAM - registered trade mark of Homel’ canned meat product
SRL - Single Lens Reflex (camera)
SS - Scroll Saw also Single Speed
* SSDD - Same Stuff, Different Day
SSS - Satelite Saw System (Dino, YCF’s System)
* SWIWTP - She Who I Want To Please
SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed
SYP - Southern Yellow Pine
* TAIGFN - That’s All I Got For Now
* TAT - Turn-a-Thon
TDY - Tour of DuTy also TempOry Duty
TEGO - The Eyes Glaze Over
TIA - Thanks In Advance
* TIVO - A brand of personal video recorder (see PVR)
TOH - This Old House
TOS - Term Of Service
TPI - Teeth Per Inch
TS - Table Saw
* TTFN - Ta Ta for Now
UHMWP - Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene
* URAC - yoU aRe A Champ (Chump)
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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Last edited by Joseph N. Myers : 10-28-2004 at 6:00pm.
Reason: added/modified 47 items, deleted 1 items and 10 items not added because of questionable language or subject matter.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Following is a list of woodworking acronyms. Please feel free to send me a post with additions, modifications, comments, spelling, etc. I’ll update the list as I receive the comments. (Note: not all acronyms listed are strictly woodworking terms, rather used frequently in wood forums).
If you can’t find the acronym(s) here, www.acronymfinder.com. (http://www.acronymfinder.com./)
Added/Modified 47 items: AAOW, AAW, ADOS, AGTH, AMF, ASAP, AWW, BB, BJ, CCD, CS, CSR., CVG, dpi, FMT, GNW, HDPE, IMBF, IME, IMHO, IMNSHO, ISC, JFS, JMHAO, KIA, LFOD, MC, MIA, NHLA, NSL, OBO, OMG, POS, PVR, QED, SCVG, SLR, SOS, spam, SPAM, SSDD, SWIWTP, TAIGFN, TAT, TIVO, TTFN and URAC.
Deleted 1 items: RBL2
10 Items Not Added Because Of Questionable Language Or Subject Matter: BFD, BFH, DILLIGAFF, DWJFDI, IJWFMOML, HFCC, POS, ROFLMAO, SOL and WAG. (Note: at this time, I really don’t want to get into the pro’s/con’s of the language issue - if someone really wants to know what this acronyms means, send me a PM. I think that most are easily guessed or use www.acronymfinder.com). (http://www.acronymfinder.com)./)
Thanks again and regards, Joe
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* Added/Modified since last posted (10/20/04)
*NM* - No Message
* AAW - American Association of Woodturners
* ABP - All Points Bulletin
* AMF - Adios My Friend
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
* AGTH - ???
AHJ - Authority Having Jurisdiction (aka, building inspector)
ALC - Acrylic Latex Caulk
* ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ATAPCW - Adhering To A Politically Correct World
* AWW - American WoodWorkers Magazine
B/C - BeCause
* BB - Baltic Birch, also Best Buy
BP - Badger Pond - for-runner of SMC (Saw Mill Creek)
BF - Board Feet
BIL - Brother-In-Law
* BJ - Biscuit Joiner
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 - Charged Couple Device - chips used in Digital Cameras
CE - Civil Engineer
CEFGW - Close Enough For Government Work
CFIC - Chief Flunky In Charge
CH - Campbell Hausfield, manufacture of air compressers
CSMS - Compound Sliding Miter Saw
CMS - Compound Miter Saw
CNU - ???
CRS - Can't Remember Stuff
* CS - Contractors (Cabinet, Circular) Saw
* CSR - Customer Service Representative
* CVG - Clear Vertical Grain
CWD - Cool Web Design
D4 - model number of leigh jig's 24" dovetail jig
DAMHIKT - Don’t Ask Me How I Know This
DC - Dust Collector
DF - Douglas Fir
DFW - Dallas/FortWorth area
DIY - Do It Yourself
DP - Drill Press
* dpi - Dots Per Inch
E - Eurekazone, Saw Guide System Company
F - Festool, Tool Company
FA - Festoolies Anonymous
FAS - First And Seconds (wood grading term)
FHB - Find Home Builder
FIGG - ???
FIGMO - Forget It, Got My Marching Orders
FL - Flat Lander (one that works with flat wood, see FW)
* FMT - leigh jig’s Frame Mortise and Tenon Jig
FOB - Free On Board
FOG - Felder's Owners Group
FP - Freedom Pen
FPP - Freedom Pen Project
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
* GNW - Great NorthWest
HD - Home Depot also Heavy Duty
HDL - Honey Do List
* HDPE - High Density Polyethylene
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 - It Must Be Friday
* IME - In My Estimate
* IMHO - In My Humble (Honest) Opinion
* IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble (Honest) Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion, also Initial Money Outlay
IOW - In Other Words
IR - Insoll-Rand, Pneumatics Products Company
* ISC - I Stand Corrected
ITURRA - Manufacture of Band Saw Equipment (not an acronym but ...)
J/P - Joiner/Planner
JACS - Just Above Congressioinal Standard
JD - John Deere, maker of farm equipment
* JFS - Just For Starters
* JMHAO - ???
JOB - Just Over Broke
* KIA - Killed In Action
KMA - ???
LB - Leaf Blower
* LFOD - Live Free Or Die
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
Lyptus - (great) new wood from Brazil (not an acronym but ...)
M&T - Mortise & Tenon
* MC - Methlene Chloride (Paint Stripper)
MEK - Methyl Ethyl Ketone
* MIA - Missing In Action
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
* NHLA - National Hardwood Lumber Association
* NSL - No Such Luck
NYW - New Yankee Workshop
* OBO - Or Best Offer
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacture
* OMG - Oh My Goodness (God, Gosh)
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 the Shoulder (chat room)
POV - Point Of View
PPI - Pixils Per Inch
PSL - Plumb, Square & Level
PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
PVA - PollyVinyl Acetates, glue
* PVR - Personel Video Recorder (see TIVO)
* QED - latin for "Quod Erat Demonstratum" or "which was to be demonstrated"
QS - Quarter Sawn
QSRO - Quarter Sawn Red Oak
QSWO - Quarter Sawn White Oak
RAS - Radial Arm Saw
RBO - ???
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
* SCVG - Straight Clear Vertical Grain
SELECT - Select (wood grading term)
SF - Square Feet
SIGG - Sorry, I Gotta Go
SIL - Sister-In-Law also Son-In-Law
SLLYP - ???
* SLR - Single Len Reflex (camera)
SM&N - ???
SMC - SawMillCreek also Saw Mill Creek
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
SO - Significant Other
* SOS - Stuck On Stupid also Same Old Stuff
* spam - unwanted sales solicitation via internet
* SPAM - registered trade mark of Homel’ canned meat product
SRL - Single Lens Reflex (camera)
SS - Scroll Saw also Single Speed
* SSDD - Same Stuff, Different Day
SSS - Satelite Saw System (Dino, YCF’s System)
* SWIWTP - She Who I Want To Please
SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed
SYP - Southern Yellow Pine
* TAIGFN - That’s All I Got For Now
* TAT - Turn-a-Thon
TDY - Tour of DuTy also TempOry Duty
TEGO - The Eyes Glaze Over
TIA - Thanks In Advance
* TIVO - A brand of personal video recorder (see PVR)
TOH - This Old House
TOS - Term Of Service
TPI - Teeth Per Inch
TS - Table Saw
* TTFN - Ta Ta for Now
UHMWP - Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene
* URAC - yoU aRe A Champ (Chump)
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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Last edited by Joseph N. Myers : 10-28-2004 at 6:00pm.
Reason: added/modified 47 items, deleted 1 items and 10 items not added because of questionable language or subject matter.