Here is a few more!

CNG=Clueless new guy
LAN=Lost at Nursery
SIS=Search it stupid
CTF=Check the FAQ's

Just a few I thought pertained to me!

John

Hi RoRo,

Thanks much for taking the initiative to start this.

John,

Are those actually in use here or are you just inventing them now (since I haven't seen any of yours used on here)? Maybe we can omit nasty/snarky ones like your 'SIS'?

and another couple I had to ask about:

IIRC = If I recall correctly

YMMV = Your mileage may vary

BBS=Big Box Store (Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart)

Thanks Rosemarie!

Pirate just having a little fun!

TIHWDI - Montell Jordan

OG - Original Gangsta (Original GardenWebber)
PTSD - what happens after you repot an Aeonium during summer.

"TIHWDI - Montell Jordan"?

Excuse me?

You're not really a pirate, are you?

ROFL at you guys & gals!

Okay, I have some editing to do...(give me a few minutes)...some of the suggestions will NOT be added to the list...but we're getting good chuckles out of them. Thanks for those!! If they are USED REGULARLY on the forum, I will add them. =)

It has been brought to my attention (& I will also edit my beginning post) ~that Acronym is not the correct term for what we have here. I have been edumacated (JK-just kidding, I know it is "educated") ~thanks, Jeff! Technically, an acronym is a pronounceable word made up of the first letters of other words. But, as things go on the Internet, I have found over the years many sites giving lists of "Acronyms" on the Internet that really aren't. I also understand now these things we've been using are really initiators of abbreviated phrases.

So, we are making a list of abbreviated phrases...with a few acronyms thrown in (like PIG)!!

Had me LOL right away, John! Thanks for the additions, Karen & Notolover. They will be added ASAP. I thought of a few more as well...& some of these fun ones made me think of even others I had forgotten! I, too, am curious about that one, Ryan. Karen...he made you ask!! :D Okay, look for changes soon.

TIHWDI - This is how we do it (#3 in a Google search)

IME - in my experience

Thanks, RoRo, for the hat-tip. It may be meaningless to some, but I'm not some, and you wouldn't want me that way anyway.

This post was edited by cactusmcharris on Thu, May 16, 13 at 12:59

Oops, some more...caught me editing.

Big hat tip to you Jeff, for knowing the difference! I would've never thought to check! I like to KNOW. It's my LSNFT item! Thanks again!

Okay, I have to ask..does anyone here USE that TIHWDI...or plan to use it often? Glad you explained it, so I wouldn't have to go look up the meaning. =) I have 3 post researches going on simultaneously. One more would break this camel's back!

Where is the colorful vernacular?

WTH
WTF
OMFG
IBLD

One hump or two?

No, Ro, I don't think it's needing inclusion - a certain someone was reaching out for help with his jade plant and he was being shy about it, too, for fear I would be mean.

Nah ah ah, GS. We're keeping it clean. :P

Maybe OMG =Oh my goodness/gawd? (although I don't see too many use this one)

Well OK. How about this one?

WWJD = What Would Jeff Do?

IMO = in my observation, often used by me if and when I have a same plant OBSERVATION from both past and present times

WWJD is subject to WEJWTD ( WHAT EVER JEFF WANTS TO DO ) After all he is an adult.
WIWD ( what I would do) is IMO the drainage holes of a container and not have to drill them.

WTH = water the Haws
WTF = water the Faucaria
OMFG = overwatered my Faucaria... great

IBLD - That was a dirty trick, GS... dirty trick.

WWJDFAKB = what would Jeff do for a Klondike bar?

Ron, Wes and Ryan,

You've got me in stitches, I say stitches. And Klondike bars aren't my thing, but a piece of fresh bumbleberry pie is.

You guys!!

Fatties : Succulent plants that have a caudex and/or able to caud form with a thicker base or trunk

Epics: Hello spell check why do you fail me now when.....
GIWE: Google isn't working either.

PING: Peat is not grit

OMFG = overwatered my Faucaria... great
Hah haha, nailed that one.

This is GREAT Stuff!! Nice to have a place to go to and see what some of these Acronyms mean...Thanks for starting this thread and for everyone's input :o)

Keep it coming...

Updated!

Can those of you who made suggestions...that were serious about including them...please let me know if/which I left out? Yes, we got some good chuckles from those others! :P

Wes, could you check the definition for fatties to see if it is correct? I don't quite follow what you had. :/

Any more to add?

STOP - serious trouble on plant
SFLR - sorry for late response
WIP - water it please
HT..GT - Here today, gone tomorrow
SIS - succulent inappropriate soil

For fun!
Had a good laugh, thanks.

sp = shovel prune: remove from collection permanently using a shovel.

Ha ha, Beachplants...good ones!!

Thanks, Gail! That's one I never knew!

Updated again!

Interesting thread, have 'learnt' quite a lot, ha-ha!! We get a lot of BOGOFs here in the UK..... 'buy one, get one free'!
Gill UK.

SP for succulent plants in out of zone areas would be PT= pot toss. Maybe PT should be Plant Toss cause the pot seems to remain in ones possession for a future CJ = Cart Jumper

"fatties" A succulent plant that has a caudex

Used in a sentence:
A few "fatties" can be viewed by clicking this blue text.

FF= future fatties

Okay, updated list a bit. Any more?

Glad I found this thread! I have been wondering what those "acronyms" meant o.o

A bit funny too :))

Just bringing this back up so newer folks can take a gander at abbreviations we use around here. Might be something you'd like to print & keep nearby for reference! =)

Okay-updated my acronym vocabulary to include the succulent version of WTF, along with the others. Thanks!