List Of Acronyms

Following is a list of woodworking acronyms. Please feel free to post/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. If you can't find it there or want to find new acronyms, try www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm.

There have been 76 items added or modified since the last update (see items with an *). And I've changed the format so that multiple acronyms appear on separate lines instead of being separated by "also". (Note: this editor eliminates duplicate blanks so to keep things in alignment, I substituted underscores for those blanks, e.g., see AH).

Regards, Joe

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* Added/Modified since last post

6Ps - Piss Poor Planning Produces Pitiful Performance (also see PPPPPP)
*7Ps - Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance (also see PPPPPPP)

*NM* - No Message

AAW - American Association of Woodturners
* ABC - Anything But Craftsman
* AD - Air Dried (something that has beed dried just by exposure to air)
* AH - Absolute Humidity
*____- Air Handler
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
* BANANA - Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
BB - Baltic Birch,
___- Best Buy
* BDC - Bottom Dead Center
BDFT - BoarD FeeT
BF - Board Foot
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
* BISS - Because I Said So
BJ - Biscuit Joiner
BLO - Boiled Linseed Oil
BLOG - weBLOG (web log) - online journal of web activity
BOAT - Bring On Another Thousand
BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
BORG - Buying ORGanization, Home Depot, Lowe’s, etc
_____- "A group of different races on the Star Trek Next Generation ....
*____- Big Old (Orange) Retail Giant
BOSS - Delta’s Bench Oscillating Spindle Sander
BPA - Back Panel Assembly
BRO - Best Reasonable Offer
BS - Band Saw
__ - Big Shot
* BTDT - Been There, Done That
BTW - By The Way
BYOB - Bring Your Own Bottle
BW - BridgeWood, manufacture of woodworking machines

CA - CryanoAcrylate, basically super glue
CC - Cube Centimeters (1 cc = .061 sq in)
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 compressors
CM - CentiMeter (1 cm = .3937 in)
*__- CraftsMan
CMS - Compound Miter Saw
CNC - Computer Numerical Control
CNU - ???
* CNY - Central New York
* COTE - Curvature Of The Earth (what I forgot to take into consideration
_______ when the cut came out wrong)
CPSC - Consumer Preduct Safety Commission
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
DAISAID - Do As I Said, Not As I Do
DAMHIKT - Don’t Ask Me How I Know This
DC - Dust Collector
DF - Douglas Fir
DFW - Dallas/FortWorth area
* DIB - ??? (something to do with diameter of tree log)
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
* DKTM - Don't Kill The Messager
DW - DeWalt, manufacture of power tools
DWJFDI - Don't Wimp, Just Flippin' Do It

E - Eurekazone, Saw Guide System Company
* EADJ - Electrically Assisted Dovetail Joinery
* EC - Entertainment Center
* EMC - Equilibrium Moisture Content
ETYWTKAABWATA - EveryThing You Wanted To Know About Acronyms But
_________________Were Afraid To Ask
EVSPK - model number of a Bosch Router
* EWP - Eastern White Pine

F - Festool, manufacture of woodworking tools
FA - Festoolies Anonymous
* FAIT - Fix It Again Tony
* FAQ - Frequent Asked Questions
FAS - First And Seconds (wood grading term)
FAY - For All of You
* FCLP - Field Carrier Landing Practice
FHB - Find Home Builder
FIADO - Forget It And Drive On
FIGG - ???
FIGMO - Forget It, Got My Marching Orders
* FIOS - Fiber To The Perimeter (aka Fiber Optic Services)
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
FOG - Felder's Owners Group
* FOR - For Obvious Reason(s)
FP - Freedom Pen
FPP - Freedom Pen Project
FS - Feet Square
___- For Sale
FT - FeeT
FUBAR - Fouled Up But All Right
FUBB - Fouled Up Beyond Belief
FUBR - Foulded Up Beyond Repair (Reality, Reason, Recall, Recovery, Relief, Repair,
______Restitution, Running)
FUGAZI - Fouled Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In
FUMTU - Fouled Up More Than Usual
FW - Flat Worker (one that works with flat wood, see FL)
FWIW - For What It’s Worth
FWW - Fine WoodWorking
* FYI - For Your Information

G1S - Good 1 Side
* GB - GigaBytes (thousand megabytes, i.e., thousand million, 1,000,000,000)
GC - Gift Certificate
GCSS - Guided Circular Saw System
GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GFY - Good For You
* GHR - ???
GNW - Great NorthWest
* GOB - Good Old Boy
GOLD - as in Powermatic, manufacture of woodworking machines (not an acronym
______but ...)
* GOOB - Good Oold Boy
GRAY - as in Porter Cable, manufacture of woodworking tools (not an acronym _______but ...)
GRR - ripper and mt splitter (by Micro Jig) (not an acronym but ...)
GR - Guide Rail
GREEN - as in Bridgewood, manufacture of woodworking machines (not an acronym
_______but ...)
GTH - Glad To Help
GUMP - Graphical User Menu Pop-up

* HAB - Have A Beer
HCWG - Howard County Woodworking Guild
HD - Home Depot,
___- 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
* HHAB - Here, Have A Beer
Hitachi - manufacture of woodworking tools (not an acronym but ...)
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,
___ - Hope This Helps,
___ - Happy To Help

IGIT - ???
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IIRYC - If I Read You Correctly
IJWFMOML - I Just Wasted Five Minutes Of My Life
* ILO - In Leau Of
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,
___ - 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 Congressional Standard
JD - John Deere, manufacture of farm equipment
JFDI - Just Freaking Do It
JFS - Just For Starters
JMHAO - ???
* JMO - Just My Opinion
JOB - Just Over Broke

* KB - KiloBytes - thousand bytes (bits) (thousand, in binary, is really 1024)
KIA - Killed In Action
* kilm - over of some type used for drying things, especially pottery and wood
* kilm dried - wood that has been dried in a kilm
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KMA - ???

LB - Leaf Blower
LFOD - Live Free Or Die
LOA - List Of Acronyms
LOL - Love Of Life,
___ - Laugh(ing) Out Loud
LOHL - Love Of Her (His) Life
LOML - Love Of My Life
LOYL - Love Of Your Life
LN - Lie-Nielsen,
__ - Like New
* LULU - Locally Unwanted Land Use
LV - Lee Valley, catalog of fine hand tools
Lyptus - (great) new wood from Brazil (not an acronym but ...)

M&T - Mortise & Tenon
M12V - a hitachi's router number
*MB - MegaBytes - million bytes (bits)
MC - Methlene Chloride (Paint Stripper),
___ - Moisture Contents
MDF - Medium Density Fiberboard
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
* MO - Mineral Oil
MM - Mini Max, manufacture of woodworking machines,
___ - 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
* multi-function table (aka, Festool)

NASA - Not Another Supid Accessory
NEC - National Electrical Code
* NEEBEE - see NEWBEE
* NEWBEE - new to a particular item, i.e., career, forum, hobby, etc
NFG - No Freaking Good
NHLA - National Hardwood Lumber Association
* NMP - Not My Problem
* NOOB - None Of Our Business
NSL - No Such Luck
NTMS - ???
NYW - New Yankee Workshop
* NYWS - 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)
* OSS - Oscilating Spindle Sander
* ____- On Site Service
OTDDTR - Out The Door, Down The Road
* OTH - ???
OTOH - On The Other Hand
OTR - Off The Record
* OTS - Offer To Sell
OTW - Off The Wall
OWWM - Old WoodWorking Machines

P/V - ???
* PAD - Precision Adjustment Device (dead blow hammer)
PB - Polish Brass
PC - Personal Computer(s)
__ - Porter Cable (manufacture of woodworking tools)
PDO - Personnel Day(s) Off
* PDQ - Pretty Damn Quick
PFM - Pure Freaking Magic
PM - PowerMatic, manufacture of woodworking machines,
__ - Private Message
PPPPPP - Piss Poor Planning Produces Pitiful Performance (also see 6Ps)
* PPPPPPP - Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance (also see 7Ps)
POC - Piece Of Cake,
___ - 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
PS - Pocket Screws
PSI - Pounds per Square Inch
PSL - Plumb, Square & Level
PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
* PTL - Praise The Lord
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
* QTRSWN - QuarTeR SaWN

RAS - Radial Arm Saw
RED - as in Milwaukee, manufacture of woodworking tools (not an acronym but ...)
RBO - ???
REA - ???
REFURB - Refurbished (tool)
RFB - Request For Bid
RFI - Request For Information
* RFQ - Request For Quote
* RGH - RouGH (lumber)
* RL - Random Length
RICK - "pile of hay",
_____- "pile of wood, stacked, ready for air drying" (not an acronym but ...)
RO - Red Oak
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLOL - Rolling On Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROS - Random Orbit Sander
RR - Router Raizer
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
* RWRL - Random Width/Random Length

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
* SAFIMID - Stick A Fork In Me, I’m Done
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
SIGMO - Screw It, i've Got My Orders
SIL - Sister-In-Law,
___- Son-In-Law
SK - Solar Kiln
SLLYP - ???
SLR - Single Len Reflex (camera)
*__- Straight Line Rip
SM - Service Measure
SM&N - ???
SMC - SawMillCreek,
____ - Saw Mill Creek
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
SO - Significant Other
* SOAP - Significant Other Assimilation Program
SOS - Stuck On Stupid,
____- Same Old Stuff
spam - unwanted sales solicitation via internet
SPAM - registered trade mark of Homel’ canned meat product
SQRT - SQuare Root
SRL - Single Lens Reflex (camera)
SS - Scroll Saw,
___- Single Speed
SSDD - Same Stuff, Different Day
SSS - Satelite Saw System (Dino, YCF’s System)
STFU - Shut The Freak Up
* STS - Sad To Say
SUSFU - Situation Unchanged, Still Fouled Up
* SWHTM - She Who Has The Money
SWIWTP - She Who I Want To Please
SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed
* SYL - See You Later
SYP - Southern Yellow Pine

* T/L - Truck Load
* T/Ls - Tractor Loads
TAIGFN - That’s All I Got For Now
* TANSTAAFL - There Airn't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TARFU - Things Are Really Fouled Up
TAT - Turn-a-Thon
*___ - This And That
* TBA - To Be Announced
TC - Technologically Challenged
___- Triple Cities (minn/st paul, mn)
* TDC - Top Dead Center
TDY - Tour of DuTy,
____- TempOry Duty
TEGO - The Eyes Glaze Over
TIA - Thanks In Advance
* TIR - Total Indicated Runout (reading)
TIVO - A brand of personal video recorder (see PVR)
TLA - Telephone Network Adapter
TMI - Too Much Information
TOH - This Old House
* TMOA - The Mall Of America (i.e., shopping mall)
TOS - Term Of Service
*___- Time Of Sale
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
WOFTAM - Waste Of Freaking Time And Money
* WTF - What The Freak
WTH - What The Heck (Hell)
WN - WoodNet, a wood forum
WO - White Oak
* WRC - Western Red Cedar
WRT - With Regards To
WTB - Want (Wanted, Wanting) To Buy
* WTF - What (Where, Who, Why) The Freak
* WTF- Wood turners finish by General Finishes.
WTH - What The Heck,
____- "What This ? Help"
WVTR - ???
WW’ing - WoodWorkING
WWFW - WoodWorking For Women
* WYE - ???
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
YOYO - You’re On Your Own

ZCI - Zero Clearance Insert
* ZTI - Zero Tolerance for Intolerance
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To All,

I just updated the list --- I think I have 24 hours to "edit" this post until it locks out additional edits. So I'll try to get at least one more in before time runs out.

BTW, I made up two new acronym --- 1) DSTM - Don't Shoot The Messager and 2) FOR - For Obvious Reason(s).

I post this list on other forums so its kind of hard to keep an even balance between language, what is appropriate, etc. All suggestion will be appreciated but please keep them on the positive side as the negative ones can't really be incorporated into the list. And remember, DSTM.

That said, I've corrected some typo errors added 14 new acronyms since last night, most of them the result of feedback from forum members. They are:

BISS, "Big Shot", DSTM, FOR, FYI, GOB, GOOB, HAB, HHAB, ILO, SLR, TANSTALLFL, "This And That" and ZTI

Regards, Joe

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Your project, two weeks, your project will be ready in two weeks --- for the "Money Pit"


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DA / DNA = Denatured Alcohol / DeNatured Alcohol

DIB = diameter inside bark. This is useful for determining the size of the scaling cylinder of a log, measured at the small end of a log.

DPO- dumb previous owner

Please use these with caution as some have other definitions that are not tolerated on SMC and they will be deleted.

I realize this is an old thread, but at risk of being LTTP (Late To The Party), I'd interject these:

In furniture and cabinetry industry, these are used for accurate part locations very regularly:

LSF = Left Side, Facing
RSF = Right Side, Facing

Most of what is listed are initialisms - an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g., CPU, FBI, WYSIWYG, etc)
An achronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA, POTUS, SNAFU, etc)

Just sayin’.

WYSIWYG Wisywig

FBI Febs (long E) or Feds

CPU Cuppa Cupu (or cupoo if it went caput).

But yes Scott, it could have been named Acronyms, Abbreviations & Initializations.

Kind of late now as this thread is going on 17 years now.

jtk

. Scott, I posted that point here once. Thanks for your efforts to stop “acridnyms “ , I coined that because when I see lists of nuttiness my
eyes burn.