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How about those abbreviations?
In the event that you get stuck, here's a list of commonly used abbreviations that find their way onto many gun boards. Feel free to add any that you don't see here.
2A 2nd Amendment ACE Alert, Cover, Evacuate [exec protection] ACOG Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight ACP Automatic Colt Pistol AE Action Express AF Alternative Force AFAIK As Far As I Know AIC Agent in Charge AOP Assault on Principal [exec protection] AOW Any Other Weapon (zip guns, other non-standard small-bore firearms) AWB Assault Weapons Ban (part of the 1994 Crime Bill) [legislation] BAR Browning Automatic Rifle BC Ballistic Coeffecient BF BoyFriend BFF Best Friends Forever BFO Blinding Flash of the Obvious BG Bad Guy, or Big Grin BHP Browning Hi-Power BMG Browning Machine Gun BOB Bug-Out Bag (or "Go Bag") BOHICA Bend Over, Here It Comes Again BP Black Powder BPCR Black Powder Cartridge Rifle BTT Back To Top BTW By The Way BUG Back-Up Gun (second or third gun carried in case the primary malfunctions) CCW Concealed Carry Weapon (may refer to the license, or to the activity itself) CHL Concealed Handgun License CIAO This is not an acronym. It's Italian for "bye." COD Cash On Delivery COM Center Of Mass CONUS CONtinental United States CQB Close-Quarters Battle CQC Close-Quarters Combat CRISAT Cooperative Research Into Small Arms Technology CRPA Certified Royal Pain in the A-- CUP Copper Units of Pressure; a method of measuring chamber pressure, most common with shotguns DA Double Action DAO Double Action Only DARFC Duck And Run For Cover DD Destructive Device (generally bombs and large-bore weapons) DFTT Don't Feed The Troll DILLIGAF Do I Look Like I Give A F___? DOA Dead On Arrival [police] DPS Department of Public Safety (most states have them) DVC Diligentia Vis Celeritas (latin for Accuracy, Power, Speed) EDC Every Day Carry EDP Emotionally Disturbed Person [NYPD] EIN Employer Identification Number EO Executive Order FFL Federal Firearms License or Licensee FIG JAM? F___ I'm Good, Just Ask Me FPS Feet Per Second FTE Failure to Extract FTF Face To Face (referring to non-FFL-mediated gun transfers) FTF Failure to Feed FTLOG For The Love Of God FUBAR F---ed Up Beyond All Recognition FWIW For What It's Worth FYI For Your Information GC gas check; a copper-zinc alloy cup used as gilding to protect the base of lead bullets from hot gas obduration during internal ballistics. GD&R Grin, Duck, & Run GF GirlFriend GG Good Guy GI Government Issue GMT Greenwich Mean Time (timezone, equivalent to Zulu/UTC) HAND Have A Nice Day HD Home Defense HDC Home Defense Carbine HMG Heavy Machine Gun HSP Highly Sensitive Person HTH Hope That Helps IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer IDLE International Date Line East IDLW International Date Line West IINM If I'm Not Mistaken IIRC If I Remember (Recall) Correctly IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion IRL In Real Life IWB Inside WaistBand IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean JBT Jack Booted Thug JMB John Moses Browning JMO Just My Opinion KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid KYPD Keep Your Powder Dry LDA Light Double Action LE Law Enforcement LEA Law Enforcement Agency LEO Law Enforcement Officer/Official LGS Local Gun Shop LLEA Local Law Enforcement Agency LMAO Laughing My A-- Off LMG Light Machine Gun LNIB Like New In Box, usually means the item looks new but has been lightly used (see also NIB) LOL Laughing Out Loud LOS Line Of Sight MG Machine Gun MIM Metal Injection Molding MOA Minutes Of Angle (angular measurement, 1/60 of a °, 360° in a circle) MOB Middle Of Back MOS Military Occupational Specialty MV Muzzle Velocity NAP Non-Aggression Principle (and criticism) NIB New In Box, usually means the item has not been used since bought, but can also mean LNIB. NIMBY Not In My Back Yard NOYB None Of Your Business OAL OverAll Length OMG Oh My God OODA (loop) Observe, Orient, Decide, Act (coined by USAF Col John Boyd) OOTB Out Of The Box ORM-D Other Regulated Materials - Domestic (seen on boxes of shipped ammo) OT Off-Topic OTOH On The Other Hand OWB Outside the WaistBand PASGT Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops PBR Point Blank Range PDW Personal Defense Weapon PHB Pointy-Haired Boss (Dilbert reference, a boss without a clue) PITA Pain In The A-- POA Point Of Aim POI Point Of Impact POI Person Of Interest POS Piece Of S--- PSI Pounds per Square Inch PT Physical Training PTL&PTA Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition REMF Rear Eschelon Mother F---er (derogatory name for a non-combatant in a combat zone or a military occupational specialty that would keep one from seeing combat) RINO Republican In Name Only (a liberal in conservative clothing) RKBA Right to Keep and Bear Arms ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A-- Off SA Single Action SAA Single Action Army (famous Colt revolver design that shows up in Westerns) SAK Swiss Army Knife SD Self Defense; Sectional Density (weight [lbs] to cross-section area [in^2]) SHTF S--- Hits The Fan SKS Samozaryadnaya Karabina Simonova, or Self-loading carbine Simonov. Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov was one of the old Soviet Union's foremost arms designers. The rifle was adopted by the USSR in 1945, and was made both there and in China. SLR Self-Loading Rifle SMG Sub-Machine Gun SNAFU Situation Normal: All F---ed Up SO Significant Other (boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife) SOB Small Of Back (6 o'clock carry) SOP Standard Operating Procedure SOT Special Occupational Tax license (administered by the BATFE) SPF Sold pending funds SWAT Special Weapons And Tactics SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed SxS Side by Side (i.e. a shotgun) TEOTWAWKI The End Of The World As We Know It TIA Thanks In Advance TID Tax ID number TLA Three Letter Acronym TNSTAAFL There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TPTB The Powers That Be TTW Taunting The Wookie (someone known to rip arms out of sockets when inflamed) TU Tits Up (military origin, meaning f---ed; often spelled phonetically as "Tango Uniform") UFB Un-F'n-believable URL Uniform Resource Locator UTC Universal Time Coordinate (timezone, equivalent to Zulu/GMT) VCA Violent Criminal Assailant WADR With All Due Respect WTF What The F---? WTSHTF When The S--- Hits The Fan WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get YMMV Your Mileage May Vary AP Armor Piercing API Armor Piercing, Incendiary APT Armor Piercing, Tracer BBWC Bevel Base WadCutter BT BoatTail FMJ Full Metal Jacket FP Flat Point HP Hollow Point J Jacketed JFP Jacketed Flat Point JHC Jacketed Hollow Cavity JHP Jacketed Hollow Point L Lead LRN Lead Round Nose LSWC Lead Semi-WadCutter LWC Lead WadCutter RN Round Nose SJ Semi-Jacketed SJHP Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point SP Soft Point SWC Semi-WadCutter TC Truncated Cone TMJ Total Metal Jacket WC WadCutter When in doubt: http://www.acronymfinder.com/ Last edited by searcher451; 01-11-2011 at 06:48 PM. Reason: Added m6amba's favorite |
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Stockholm, NJ
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my favorite one missed the list!!!
DILLIGAF Do I Look Like I Give A F___ ![]() i'm gonna find that sticker and slap one on my welding helmet. let's see how my boss likes that LOL.
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Halifax, PA
Posts: 160
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how about FIG JAM?
F___ I'm Good, Just Ask Me
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