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05-13-2007, 01:29 AM | #1 | ||
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It's been getting very intense on here the last couple of days, so lets try to lighten things up. I just cannot read another 3000 word web site paste!!
Being from the UK many of the acronyms and abbreviations used by the predominately USA based users are lost on me. I get the easy ones: PWP - People with Parkinson's PD - Parkinson's Disease Meds - Medication After that I am struggling so come on PWP help me please. Any contribution's welcome including new ones. My suggestion for a new one with more P's in it: PP - Painful Pasters (that's a joke before anyone takes offence!!) I am British so I have a strange sense of humour, well being British I guess I am just strange! And being a PWP makes me even stranger. Thank you Chris |
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05-13-2007, 08:11 AM | #2 | |||
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Okay Chris,
You asked for it!! I am sure that you will get tons of responses on this one! I only know a few.........but others on here know many! Here's some fun ones for im: LOL - Lots of Love or Laughing out Loud BRB - Be Right Back LMAO - Laughing my a-- off yw - your welcome ty - thank you sec - means one second (but usually more!) k - means okay MYOB - Mind Your Own Business and there are many, many more! Mary |
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05-13-2007, 08:13 AM | #3 | |||
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Chris, here in Spain PP are the initials of the right-wing political party Partido Popular and, yes, they would fit the profile of painful pasters!
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05-13-2007, 08:17 AM | #4 | |||
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My personal favorite:
BYOB Bring your own booze! The religious right, Vicky |
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05-13-2007, 08:25 AM | #5 | ||
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I'm with you Chris. Although I am married to a PWP, I find myself too depressed at times and that's when I plunge ahead and write stuff, hit that send button, and wonder "why the hell did I do that"? After I read what I wrote, I come out sounding like a whinning baby. I always enjoy your reading your posts, so keep up your attitude.
When I try to follow some of those long postings, I start to get a glaze over my eyes and can't continue. I want to know what they mean; however, I get too bored and overwhelmed. A few jokes wouldn't hurt and Steve is great with keeping it light no matter what difficulties he's been dealing with. This isn't to say this isn't serious business, just sometimes a breadth of fresh air is necessary and something to put a smile on our faces. Sometimes out of curiosity, I will read messages that people write when they're looking to meet someone and I don't even know what kind of person they're looking for because they have abbreviated everything and I can't figure out what the abbreviations stand for. Good thing I'm not trying to date again, I would be Abbreviation Deprived Illiterate. |
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05-13-2007, 08:27 AM | #6 | ||
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05-13-2007, 08:36 AM | #7 | ||
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Yes, Chris, Brilliant Of You. That could be BOY!
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05-13-2007, 08:38 AM | #8 | ||
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05-13-2007, 08:49 AM | #9 | ||
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Chris, you have no idea how long it took me to figure out what lol means. I was sitting at my desk and when I had the epiphany, I said to myself, God, you are really stupid. I kept getting emails from people, but I wouldn't ask what lol meant, because sometimes the message wasn't all that funny.
When I had my first job at 18 for a large corporation in NYC, I had no knowledge of corporate abbreviations. I had a boss I hated and when I would go into his office to get papers from the outbasket, he would have F/U on everything. Being the genius I was, I thougt he was cursing me out and I would think what's his fff'n problem? It finally dawned on me he wanted to Follow Up!! I look back and think how could I have ever been so dumb. Now I share this embarrasing story with everyone. |
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05-13-2007, 08:59 AM | #10 | ||
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Maureen
This current world of Text messages, chat rooms, internet forums and corporate speak has all gone acronym/abbreviation crazy and I am sure there are times when we all think what is this person talking about. There is no hope! But at least this thread has been declared a PP free zone. C |
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