| Acronyms & Meanings |
| Acronym / Term |
Meaning |
| <...> |
Denotes an action, i.e. <BSEG> |
| AACW |
Additions and corrections welcomed |
| AAMOF |
As a matter of fact |
| AAR |
At any rate |
| ABB |
Anybody but Bush |
| ABPF |
alt.binaries.pictures.fishing newsgroup |
| AFAIAC |
As far as I am concerned |
| AFAIC |
As far as I'm concerned, or As far as I care |
| AFAICR |
As far as I can recall |
| AFAICT |
As far as I can tell |
| AFAIK |
As far as I know |
| AFCAQTWCA |
Any fool can ask questions the wise can't answer |
| AGAN |
As good as new |
| ARR |
Anal-retentive Roffian |
| ASAP |
As soon as possible. This does NOT mean "immediately" as some people intend, so don't tell me to do something ASAP if you need it done right away. You will be disappointed. |
| ASC |
alt.smokers.cigars |
| ATCGWWGW |
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong |
| AWGTHTGTTA |
Are we going to have to go through this again |
| AYBABTU |
All your base are belong to us. |
| AYOR |
At your own risk |
| BFI |
Brute force and ignorance |
| BH |
Bead head (prefix for nymphs, i.e. BHPT) |
| BIBSD |
Built-in bullshit detector |
| BIOYA |
Blow it out your ass |
| BITGOD |
Back in the good old days |
| BMIA |
Bite me in advance |
| BMPIA |
A variation of BMIA. Explanation from Ken Fortenberry: "P for Powlesland. Jim Powlesland, a Canuckian as I recall, got
horribly hot under the collar every time Tim Walker posted one
of his anti-CR polemics/trolls and would fire up the vituperation
for which roff is justly famous in response, so T-Bone took to
appending BMPIA to his posts." |
| BOHICA |
Bend over, here it comes again (military for getting screwed) |
| BOTL |
brother of the leaf |
| BSEG |
Big sh.. eatin' grin - usually bracketed - <BSEG> |
| BTB |
By the by, Nawth Cackalakian for "By the way" |
| BTDT |
Been there, done that |
| BTW |
By the way |
| BUD |
Not an acronym, but a really lousy beer imbibed only by elitist assholes. |
| BWO |
Blue winged olive |
| BWSS,TW! |
Because we said (say) so, that's why! |
| C&K |
Catch and keep |
| C&R |
Catch and release |
| CLAVE |
Not an acronym, but an abreviation for CONCLAVE. The word itself is indicative of a secret meeting, but a ROFF 'clave is anything but. All are invited, and all are welcomed. Two or more fly fishers gather from all over the world to fish together and partake in ROFFian camaraderie. |
| CLM |
Career limiting move |
| CTS |
Consider the source |
| C|N>K |
Coffee through nose to keyboard. See SPLORK. |
| DARFC |
Ducking and running for cover |
| DAW |
Don't ask why |
| DAWJTI |
Don't ask why, just take it |
| DDFS |
Dog Days Fly Swap. An open sign-up fly swap held annually just after summer (unless the swapmeister forgets and holds it in December) to exchange flies that work well in the heat of summer. See Stan Gula's swap site at http://gula.org/roffswaps |
| DDTT |
Don't do that then |
| DIIK |
Damned if I know |
| DSFDF |
Different strokes for different folks |
| DSW |
Dick-size war |
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