OneWed Lingo - Acronyms

[shelbyoliver]

Ok this is for all of you who feel really alkward reading our posts because you aren't sure what the initals stand for, please keep adding to the list so we can have a complete one for all of the new members.

Family and Wedding Party:
DH=Dear Husband
FH=Future Husband
H2B= Husband to be
BM=Brides Maids
MOH=Maid of Honor
BM=Best Man
GM=Groomsmen
SIL=Sister in Law
MIL=Mother in Law
BIL=Brother in Law
FIL=Father in Law
FSIL=Future Sister in law
FMIL= Future Mother in Law
FBIL=Future Brother in Law
FFIL=Future Father in Law
FG=Flower Girl
RB=Ring Bearer

Non-standard Online Speak:
OW=OneWed
BTW=By the Way

[shawnsgirl]

STD-save the date

[WebLady]

I will 'Sticky' this post; there are a few other older posts about acronyms that may help too ...

http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=3993

http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=2003

http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=893

[WebLady]

Here is one I saw today on another board - IOW= In Other Words ... like if you were saying something like "OneWed is one of the best wedding websites/boards on the net; IOW, OW ROCKS" ;)

[BingBot]

Yeah, I'm glad I found this! I could usually understand what people were saying but at times I was a little confused. :whoa:

[WebLady]

Here are a couple that I have discovered more recently ...

IDK - I don't know

TFS - Thanks for sharing

[Kirby]

One that got me at first was:
STD- Save the Date (cards)

[RevMatty]

IMO= In My Oppion
FW=Future Wife
DW=Dear Wife

[FFC]

Oh, let's not forget:

TIA: Thanks in Advance

TY: Thank you

FWIW: For what it's worth

IMHO: In my honest opinion

These are probably on those other threads, but it doesn't hurt to have em here too... :D

[SerendipityCrafts]

IMHO: In my honest opinion

Ohhhhhhh I always thought I was writing .... In my humble opinion :) :rofl: Same dif I suppose.

[FFC]

Ohhhhhhh I always thought I was writing .... In my humble opinion :) :rofl: Same dif I suppose.


Goes both ways :D Never heard it that way before :happy:

[Kfancii]

Okay...what is ETA? That one has me stumped!

[SerendipityCrafts]

Okay...what is ETA? That one has me stumped!

As I know it .... it's Estimated Time of Arrival.

[WebLady]

Okay...what is ETA? That one has me stumped!
In the forum world it means Edited To Add ;)

There is also ETR, which means Edited To Remove :puppy:

[Kfancii]

As I know it .... it's Estimated Time of Arrival.

Yeah...I know it as that too, but that doesn't make sense with some of the postings I have seen.

Like this one- I'm guessing the E might be for Edit??

"ETA: I should've posted here originally! It seems posting helped me find the Avalon font."

[Kfancii]

Is it:

Edited to Add?

[Kfancii]

In the forum world it means Edited To Add ;)

There is also ETR, which means Edited To Remove :puppy:

Thanks Brandi! I was heading in the right direction as you were posting! :puppy: