I posted this last year and remember if there are some that need to be added let me know and I can edit post. some acronyms you might see in the posts:
H=hero
h=herione
HEA=happily ever after
TBR=to be read, TBB= to be bought, TBF=to be found
IMO=in my opinion, IMHO= in my humble opinion
dMIL and dFIL=dear mother in law and dear father in law, dbil and dsil= dear brother in law and dear sister in law, dh,dw, ds,dd= dear husband, dear wife, dear son, dear daughter (the "d" can mean a number of d words only you know, depending on moodLOL)
TPTB=the powers that be
TSTL= to stupid to like/love live
harl=harlequin, sil or S=Silhouette, SB= Bombshell, SIM= Intimate Moments, SD= Desire, SSE= Special Edition, SR=Special Release, SRS=Romantic Suspense, SN= Nocturne, SILR= Silhouette Romance, HAR= American Romance, HT=Temptation, HBZ=Blaze, EL=Everlasting Love, HH= Historical, HR= Romance, HMR=Medical Romance, HI= intrigue, HP=Presents, HLAL= Love and Laughter, HD= Duet, HS= Super Romance, RDI= Red Dress Ink, LI= Love Inspired, HHU= Harlequin Historical Undone
LOL=laugh out loud, ROTFL=Rolling on the floor laughing, ROTFLMAO= Rolling on the floor laughing my a@@ off
If I missed some, chime in. If I got some wrong, chime in.
Some other suggestions, thanks all:
TTFN= ta ta for now, TTYL= talk to you later, CU= see you
LMK=let me know
PITA= pain in the a@@
ONS= one night stand
DNF= did not finish
SOTB= Sisters of the Brotherhood, LATB= Lusting After The Brothers, SLATB=Sisters Lusting After The Brothers
SYT= Silhouette Yours Truly, HFL= Flipside, AN= anthology
BTW= by the way
OMG= oh my God
TMI= too much infomation
<g> or<G>= grin, <gg> or <GG>= huge grin, <eg>= evil grin, {{{name}}} or [[[name]]]= hug
NFM= No Further Message (great if review ends in preview box, prevents people from clicking "more")
OTOH= On the Other Hand
POV= Point of View
FWIW= For What It's Worth
BICHOK= Butt in Chair, Hands on Keyboard
IOW= In Other Words
BISHRS=Books-I-should-have-to-read-sooner
YTD= Year to Date
IIRC=If I Recall/Remember correctly or If I read Correctly
GMTA= Great Minds Think Alike
TIA= Thanks in Advance
TMTH= Too Much to Handle
IM= Instant Message
QC= team name Quiet Canadians(KatherineT, scoobie and I)
TBLT= To Be Listened To
NMQ=No More Question(s)
Christa ~ Quiet Canadians ~ 2008-2009 Challenge Blog
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This year, I added "TBLT" for my audio books --
To Be Listened To. It's my audio book version of the TBR. I didn't have one before this year. sigh. :) If someone has a better shorthand for it, I'll change to that. I haven't seen anyone else reference a TBLT pile (which isn't a pile, since it resides in an electronic library, like iTunes or whatever Windows has, so I guess I should call it my TBLT collection or TBLT library or something -- HELP!).
Penn
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Very Helpful...
Where I don't spend a lot of time online chatting or stuff, these are very helpful to me.
Thank you,
Kel
Kel (scoobie)
Quiet Canadians ~ 2008-2009 Challenge Blog
Thanks Christa
I added this to my favorites
February 2009 Member of the Month
When I get a little money I buy books, and then if any is left I buy food and clothes..-- Erasmus
Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause the most inconvenience.--Pam Brown
Question...
Any idea what NMQ is? I saw that on a blog...
Kel (scoobie)
Quiet Canadians ~ 2008-2009 Challenge Blog
Christa I'm really glad that
you re-posted this. I can't tell you the number of times I'd check after seeing some acronym.
And if it wasn't here, there was always someone that knew.
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"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading,
or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” ~ Confucius
~ Books, gotta love 'em
Kel, I'm just guessing...
but could it be "No More Question(s)" or something like?
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"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading,
or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” ~ Confucius
~ Books, gotta love 'em
I forgot, does anyone?
know acronyms for Spice, Mira, Kimani, Red Dress ink, LUNA, Worldwide Library, Steeple Hill or Briefs, Bites. I believe Undone is HHU and I think Bombshell is SBO.
Cool thanks Penn. I wouldn't have thought of that because I don't listen to audio books(I only started reading ebooks this year)
Glad these are helpful Kel. just goes to show you acronyms are all around us. I think I was watching American Idol last year and one of the contestants used one
Kaelee- I just find sometimes they are time savers instead of writing out Happily Ever After or hero or heroine or etc... in reviews or comments
Kalko- I think it took me half of 2007 to figure out TSTL(and when this was posted last year I still didn't have it right) but I didn't want anybody to think I was TSTL and ask LOL
Christa ~ Quiet Canadians ~ 2008-2009 Challenge Blog
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In the Silhouette Bombshelter (the discussion thread)
that existed back when the line was around, we used SBS for Silhouette Bombshell. I've seen other people use SB, and I guess that makes sense b/c it gets the first letter of each word. There's not another line that could be SB is there?
I think that Spice, MIRA, and LUNA go by their full names.
I think Steeple Hill is SH and Red Dress Ink is RDI.
Those are the only ones that I think I know. :)
Penn
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DH, DD, etc.
Hehe. I always thought the "D" stood for "Darling." I suppose "Dear" makes more sense!
Valerie (Lots of Cats)
Our Family Blog: http://ertmantrowbridgefamily.blogspot.com
the d
can stand for anything you like. if he's your darling husband, think of the d as darling, if he's devious that day he can be your devious husband(only you'll know what d stands for) and if he to reads the harlequin site he'll just see himself refered to as dh
Christa ~ Quiet Canadians ~ 2008-2009 Challenge Blog
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Blake
Here's this years version.
February 2009 Member of the Month
When I get a little money I buy books, and then if any is left I buy food and clothes..-- Erasmus
Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause the most inconvenience.--Pam Brown
Thanks
Thanks Kaelee.
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Use the talents you have, for the woods would be silent if no birds sang except the best. (from a flip inspiration book-'Thoughts for my daughter')
OMG!
OMG! I thought educators used a lot of alphabet soup!
This is so much! IMHO
Marialina