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Joseph N. Myers
11-27-2004, 10:53 PM
Following is a list of woodworking acronyms. Please feel free to send me a PM 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, try www.acronymfinder.com (http://www.acronymfinder.com/).

(Note: acronyms in RED may not be included in some of the other wood forums because of:
1) objectionable language,
2) subjective language and/or
3) subject matters, i.e., forum member names

Added/Modified 68 items (see items with an *)

Regards, Joe
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* Added/Modified since last post

*NM* - No Message

AAW - American Association of Woodturners
AMF - Adios My Friend
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
* AGTH - Always Glad To Help
AHJ - Authority Having Jurisdiction (aka, building inspector)
ALC - Acrylic Latex Caulk
* ANI - Automatic Number Identification (as in caller ID)
* APB - All Points Bulletin
* ARU - Automatic Response Unit (as in push 1 for service, 2 for complaints,
etc)
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
* ASWR - ??? (could it be answer ?)
ATAPCW - Adhering To A Politically Correct World
AWW - American WoodWorkers Magazine

B/C - BeCause
BB - Baltic Birch, also Best Buy
* BDFT - BoarD FeeT
* BFD - Big Flippin' Deal
* BFH - Big Friendly Hammer
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, also "A group of different races on the Star Trek Next Generation series that ..."
BOSS - Delta’s Bench Oscillating Spindle Sander
BPA - Back Panel Assembly
BRO - Best Reasonable Offer
BS - Band Saw
BTW - By The Way
* BYOB - Bring Your Own Bottle
BW - BridgeWood, machine manufacture

CA - CryanoAcrylate, basically super glue
* CC - CentiMeters (cm = .3937in, 10cm = mm)
CCD - Charged Couple Device - chips used in Digital Cameras
* CDAOWTSIO - ???
CE - Civil Engineer
CEFGW - Close Enough For Government Work
CFIC - Chief Flunky In Charge
CH - Campbell Hausfield, manufacture of air compressers
CMS - Compound Miter Saw
* CNC - Computer Numerical Control
CNU - ???
* CPS - CentiPoiSe - measurement of flow (viscosity) as in glue, where 1 cps = water, 1000 cps = honey
CRS - Can't Remember Stuff
CS - Contractors (Cabinet, Circular) Saw
CSMS - Compound Sliding Miter 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
* DILLIGIFF - Do I Look Like I Give A Flyin' Flip
* DDC - Dino’s Dust Collector
DIY - Do It Yourself
DP - Drill Press
dpi - Dots Per Inch
* DW - DeWalt, manufacture of power tools
* DWJFDI - Don't Wimp, Just Flippin' Do It

E - Eurekazone, Saw Guide System Company

F - Festool, Tool Company
FA - Festoolies Anonymous
* FAY - For All of You
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)
* FMLA - Family & Medical Leave Act
FMT - leigh jig’s Frame Mortise and Tenon Jig
FOB - Free On Board
* FUBBAR - Fouled Up But All Right
* FUBR - Foulded Up Byond Repair (Reality, Reason, Recall, Recovery, Relief, Restitution, Running)
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

* G1S - Good 1 Side
GCSS - Guided Circular Saw System
GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GNW - Great NorthWest
* GRAY - as in Porter Cable, power tool manufacture (not an acronym but ...)
* GRR - ripper and mt splitter (by Micro Jig) (not an acronym but ...)
* GOLD - as in Powermatic, machine manufacture (not an acronym but ...)
* GR - Guide Rail
* GREEN - as in Bridgewood, machine manufacture (not an acronym but ...)
* GUMP - Graphical User Menu Pop-up

HD - Home Depot, also Heavy Duty
HDL - Honey Do List
HDPE - High Density Polyethylene
HEMI - HEMIspherically shaped combustion chambers
HF - Harbor Freight, catalog store
* HFCD - Harbor Freight Dust Collector
* HM (Home Magazine, as in woodworking@HM)
HO - Honest Opinion
* HOOGAFF - wHoo Gives A Flyin' Flip
HOA - Home Owners Association
HRO - Hampton Roads Online (where SawMill Creek lives)
* HTH - How The Heck, also Hope This Helps, also Happy To Help

IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
*IIRYC - If I Read You Correctly
* IJWFMOML - I Just Wasted Five Minutes Of My Life
IMBF - It Must Be Friday
* IME - In My Experience (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
* ISA - Industry Standard Architecture (PC software)
ISC - I Stand Corrected
ITURRA - Manufacture of Band Saw Equipment (not an acronym but ...)
*IVROCS - Integrated, Variable, Rotational, Overhead, Clamping System (w/ piece of wood)

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
* KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KMA - ???

LB - Leaf Blower
LFOD - Live Free Or Die
* LOA - List Of Acronyms
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
* LN - Lie-Nielsen, also Like New
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), also Moisture Contents
* MDF - Medium Density Fiber(board), also Multi-Density Fiberboard (construction)
MEK - Methyl Ethyl Ketone
melamite - a hard plastic used for laminated coatings (not an acronym but...)
* MFT - ???
MIA - Missing In Action
MIL - Mother-In-Law
MM - Mini Max, machine manufacture, also MilliMeter (25.4mm = in)
* MO - Modus Operandi (latin: mode of operation)
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
* NTMS - ???
NYW - New Yankee Workshop

OBO - Or Best Offer
* OBS - Oriened Strand Board
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacture
OMG - Oh My Goodness (God, Gosh)
* OMS - Odorless Mineral Spirits
OSHA - Occupational Safety & Health Adminstration
* OSRDCHS - Overhead, Supended, Rotational, Dust Collection Hose System
(w/ string)
OTDDTR - Out The Door, Down The Road
OTOH - On The Other Hand
* OTR - Off The Record
OWWM - Old WoodWorking Machines

* P/V - ???
PB - Polish Brass
* PC - Personal Computer(s)
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), also Piece Of S***
POV - Point Of View
PPI - Pixils Per Inch
PSL - Plumb, Square & Level
PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
* PTO - Power Take Off
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
* RBL2 - "handle" of a woodnet.net member, a wood forum
* RED - as in Milwaukee, power tool manufacture (not an acronym but ...)
RBO - ???
REA - ???
REFURB - Refurbished (tool)
* RFB - Request For Bid
RFI - Request For Information
* RICK - "pile of hay", also "pile of wood, stacked, ready for air drying
(not an acronym but ...)
RO - Red Oak
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
* ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My A** Off
ROFLOL - Rolling On Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROS - Random Orbit Sander
RSE - Rip Single Edge
RTFM - Read The Friendly Manual
* RTF - Rigid ThermoFoil (panel, laminate or veneer)
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
* SK - Solar Kiln
SLLYP - ???
SLR - Single Len Reflex (camera)
SM - Service Measure
SM&N - ???
SMC - SawMillCreek, also Saw Mill Creek
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
SO - Significant Other
* SOL - S*** Outa Luck
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)
* TLA - Telephone Network Adapter
TOH - This Old House
TOS - Term Of Service
TPI - Teeth Per Inch
TS - Table Saw
* TSC - Tractor Supply Company
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
* WGAF - Who Gives A Flip
WTH - What The Heck (Hell)
WN - WoodNet, a wood forum
WO - White Oak
* WRT - With Regards To
WTB - Want (Wanted, Wanting) To Buy
* WTH - What The Heck, also "What This ? Help"
* WVTR - ???
WWFW - WoodWorking For Women
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

YADA - Yet Another Dangling Acronym
YCF - Your Carpenter Friend (Dino)
* YELLOW - as in DeWalt, manufacture of power tools (not an acronyms but ...)
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

* ZCI - Zero Clearance Insert
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Robert Grady
11-28-2004, 7:56 AM
Thanks Joseph, that answered a lot of questions I had.

ETYWTKAABWATA(everything you wanted to know about acronyms but were afraid to ask):rolleyes:

Dan Mages
11-28-2004, 8:56 AM
here are a few others...

TARFU - "Things are really fouled up".
FUMTU - "Fouled Up More Than Usual"
SUSFU - "Situation Unchanged, Still Fouled Up"
JANFU - "Joint Army/Navy Foul Up" (Does not really apply here tho)
FUGAZI - Fouled Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In
WOFTAM - Waste of fracking time and money (Home Depot is a real WOFTAM)
SIGMO - Screw it, (I've) Got my orders

6Ps - Piss Poor Planning Produces Pitiful Performance

BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again :eek:

Don't you love that great book, Catch-22? It really gives you an insight into military thinking ;)
Dan

David Wilson
11-28-2004, 9:33 AM
Here is an old Navy tirm slightly cleaned up
FUBAR fouled up beyond all repair

Rob Littleton
11-28-2004, 10:40 AM
My wife is good at preaching this one :-)

DAISNAID

Do As I Say Not As I Do

Rob Littleton
11-28-2004, 10:43 AM
My wife is good at preaching this one :-)

DAISNAID - Do As I Say Not As I Do

NFG - No Good
RTFM - Read the manual (an engineering term)
JFDI - Just Do It
PFM - Pure magic

DYGWTHGADYETYS - dont you go where the huskies go and dont you eat that yellow snow (me being silly, not a real one (i dont think))