HTF lingo... (1 Viewer)

[Jason Co]

Okay I admit it. When I first started in this forum I had no idea what WAF meant. Don't even get me started on IMHO. Are there any other sayings that a noob needs to be aware of in here? I think we should feel free to come up with some new abbreviations or acronyms to use this humble thread as a dictionary of sorts.....or not.


DLYML (Don't let your meat loaf)

Jason

 

[JasenP]

WTF??!!

 

[Jason Co]

Good one Jasen...Wait Till Friday....very nice. BTW you might want to spell check your post. Jason is spelled with an o....sheeesh!

JasOn

 

[JasenP]

Holy cow!! You are right!! It's misspelled on my birth certificate too!!! WTF?

 

[Evan S]

AFAIK
HTIB

 

[Zen Butler]

IBTL

 

[JasenP]

OK, how about spelling some of this stuff out.

 

[Denward]

Most of this stuff is not HTF specific but different shorthands that have evolved in forums and chat rooms.

AFAIK - As far as I know
HTiB or HTB - Home Theater in a Box
IBTL - In Between the Lines
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
YMMV - Your mileage may vary

Don't get me started on all the movie title acronyms. It took me a long time to figure out BTTF.

 

[ThomasC]

what's j6p (i think it's related to tv)? what about dh? i asked about that one in one of the baseball threads, but no one replied.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Joe six-pack (J6p), is a pejorative term referring to the unenlightened masses who prefer to watch pan & scan movies (rather than Original Aspect Ratio (OAR)) on 4:3, non-digital sets (still in their picture settings provided by the manufacturer), using the display’s sound system (instead of 500 watts powering seven speakers and a couple of powered subwoofers).
I’m not actually sure if you need to drink beer or not.
I don’t know the baseball thread to which you refer, but ‘dh’ usually refers to the ‘designated hitter’, in baseball discussions.

 

[Dave Falasco]

IBTL - In Between the Lines

Or, In Before the Lock. Some people feel compelled to type this in a post that they feel will be locked soon. No one know why, though.

 

[Jason Co]

Did someone just say pejorative??? Do that allow filthy language like that in this forum?

J

 

[Ted Lee]

didn't saurav start ibtl?

i use some of the following too:

b&m = brick and mortar store (circuit city, etc.)
fwiw = for what it's worth
imo = in my opinion
imho = im my honest opinion
lol = laugh out loud
rotflmao = rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
brb = be right back
sol = s**t out of luck
syh = screw you hippie (have to be a south park fan i guess)

ttyl (talk/type to ya later)

ted

 

[Holadem]

didn't saurav start ibtl?

Nope, I did. Well, I think.

--
Holadem - not to blow my own horn or anything :b

 

[Holadem]

A quick search shows that I was wrong :b, Patrick Sun used it here 8 (EIGTH) months before I did in May 2002. It was never used in between!
Which probably explain the reaction to my post , leading me to believe I started it (that thread actually became more about IBTL than the friggin Outlaw 950). Oh well, there goes my shot at HTF notoriety
--
Holadem

 

[Ted Lee]

that's okay holdadem - i still say you're too cool for school!

 

[ThomasC]

thanks, lew!

 

[Jason Co]

That would mean he is TCFS?


J

 

[Dana Fillhart]

TCFS over OS* I always say
(*OS: Old-School)

 

[Kevin P]

My claim to fame is coining the term MAR* a year or two ago, during the Willy Wonka debacle. And it actually stuck!
* MAR = Modified, or Mutilated Aspect Ratio - as in the opposite of OAR.
And it looks like one of my quotes stuck in Dana's sig!