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Here is a list of acronyms and abbreviations and their common meaning here.  This list is by no means a complete list, but is a list of acronyms that are commonly used here at CAFCNA.  Most of these are automotive specific and cannot be found elsewhere.  I have included some of the more common chat room acronyms in the list because they appear in posts here fairly regularly.  If you cannot find the acronym here, try here acronym finder.

AFK - Away From Keyboard
ASE - Automotive Service Excellence
AV, AVY, Av, Avy - Avalanche, Audio Visual, Audio VisuallY
BCM - Body Control Module
BFE - Bum F**k Egypt
BFH - Big F**king Hammer
BHP - Brake Horse Power
BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
CAI  - Cold Air Intake
CEL - Check Engine Light
CMFD - Color MultiFunction Display
DIC - Driver Information Center
DDM - Driver Door Module
DGM - Dark Green (or Gray) Metallic
DNF - Did Not Fit, Did Not Finish, Device Non Functional
DRL - Daytime Running Lights
ECM - Electronic Control Module
EGR - Exhaust Gas Recirculation, Embedded GPS Receiver
FGM - Forest Green Metallic
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FIPK -  Fuel Injection Performance Kit
FUBAR - F**ked Up Beyond Recognition (or Recovery)
FWIW - For What It's Worth  
FYI - For Your Information
GM - General Motors
GTG - Get ToGether
GTH - Go To Heaven (not)
HID - High Intensity Discharge
HP - Horse Power, Hewett Packard, Higher Power
HPP3 - Hypertech Power Programmer 3
HTH - Hope This Helps
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IM - Instant Message
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
ISP - Integrated System Processor, Internet Service Provider
LMAO - Laughing My A$$ Off
LOF - Line Of Fire - light strip below tailgate that works with brakes and turn signals, Laughing On Fire, Lube, Oil & Filter
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LPM - Light Pewter Metallic
MAF - Mass Air Flow
MISP - Mission Integrated System Processor
NFE - North Face Edition
NOX or NO2 - Nitrous Oxide
OBD - On Board Diagnostics
OBX - Outer Banks (of North Carolina, USA)
OD - Outside Diameter, Over Dosed
OEM- Original Equipment Manufacturer
OMG - Oh My Goodness
OMW - On My Way
OP - Original Post
OT - Off Topic, Over Time
PC - Porter Cable(tools), Personal Computer
PCM - Powertrain Control Module
PCV - Positive Crankcase Ventilation
PDQ - Purdy Darn Quick
PITA - Pain In The A$$
PM - Private Message
PNW - Pacific North West
RAP - Reserve Accessory Power
RBG - Rear Bumper Guard, Red Blue Green (or Grey or Gold)
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off
ROTFLMAOPIMP - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off Pi$$ing In My Pants
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute
RTFM - Read The Fine/F***ing Manua
RWB - Red White & Blue
RWHP - Rear Wheel Horse Power
SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers, Standard American Equivalent
SEMA - Specialty Equipment Marketing Association
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
SOM - Sunset Orange Metallic
SS - Stainless Steel, Super Sport, Silver Star
SSDD - Same S**T Different Day
SSR - Super Sport Roadster
STFF - Search The/This Freaking Forum
STI - Savannah-Tybee Island (in the state of Georgia, USA)
TB - Technical Bulletin, Throttle Body
THBLOL - Throw Head Back Laughing Out Loud
TMI - Too Much Information
TOG - Technical Objectives & Guidelines, Technical Oversight Group, The Other Guys (Headers)
TOS or ToS - Terms of Service
TPMS - Tire Pressure Monitoring System
TSB - Technical Service Bulletin
TTYL - Talk To You Later
WB - Welcome Back
UBEC: Underhood Bussed Electrical Center.
WBH -  Without Body Hardware - no body cladding
WTF -  What The F**k
UPD - Ultimate Performance & Design

Hopefully this list or the link to the acronym finder has the acronym or abbreviation that you are looking for.  If you think that something else that is Avalanche or modification specific that needs to be added to the list, PM myself or one of the moderators/administrators and we will add it to the list.

Here is another CAFCNA thread here that also discusses acronyms and abbreviations
 
Maybe I'm a little old fashioned....but I love these boards, and it seems to me that the people that are participating in them are a notch above your average people? DO Avi owners really need to abbreviate or use the "F" word in their discussions? Juat my opinion, but I'd like to see those abbreviations and references to bad profanity disappear...but again, maybe I'm too oldfashioned??  ???
 
Thanks 02 Z71!!!  Over time, I have pretty much figured out the more commonly used abbreviations. However, there were a few on your list, ROTFLMAOPIMP, that I now am aware of. I had no idea what the PIMP stood for. That is definitely one I will be using from now on. Thanks. :B:
 
Since you have BFE and FUBAR, you might as well add BOHICA ( Bend Over Here It Comes Again ), BRB ( Be Right Back ), AFK ( Away From Keyboard ), SSDD ( Same S**T Different Day ), OMW ( On My Way ),  and lastly, RTFM ( Read The Fine/F***ing Manual ).

I don't know if these are in the other thread mentioned, as that thread seems to be off limits to me at the moment :).

 
gjjb said:
Maybe I'm a little old fashion....but I love these boards, and it seems to me that the people that are participating in them are a notch above your average people? DO Avi owners really need to abbreviate or use the "F" word in their discussions? Juat my opinion, but I'd like to see those abbreviations and references to bad profanity disappear...but again, maybe I'm too oldfashioned?? :9:
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Same goes for the "D" word.

Profanity, yes, but they're just the other brands.. 


>:D          J/K  <- Note: NOT in the above list!
 
As a member of a younger generation, but not the youngest ( I'm 29 ).
Profanity is pretty much a day to day thing.  I don't think it holds generally the same meaning as it used to.  Generally refrain from it, but in the majority of cases it's just another adjective or used in place of longer adjectives.

I try to be respectfull of the old people hanging around here ( j/k  >:D ).

Though I try to refrain anymore as a bunch of people I work with are Mormon, and it becomes hard to use some phrases without having to explain what they mean.
 
gjjb said:
Maybe I'm a little old fashion....but I love these boards, and it seems to me that the people that are participating in them are a notch above your average people? DO Avi owners really need to abbreviate or use the "F" word in their discussions? Juat my opinion, but I'd like to see those abbreviations and references to bad profanity disappear...but again, maybe I'm too oldfashioned?? :9:
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I could not agree with you more. I understand that they have gotten very common in our society, but that does not excuse the fact that they are still very negative words.
 
Can I ask a question?
Do you get offended when you see an underwear commercial on the television too?

J/K  ;D

I would rather see the abr. of the "f" word rather than the entire "f" word. I do understand it does bother some, I am not one of those that it does...  :cautious:
 
So are colloquialisms. What has become of "gotten". >:D

BTW, This geezer isn't really a prude..  :6: It's just necessary to keep profanity off a family friendly board.

 
Generally I agree, that this is a family board.  I don't recall ever really using the negative words on this board, or in general any board. Maybe a few acronyms like WTF, but IMHO they are just words to me, and society would be better off knowing they are just words.  Though, context does count.

Most of the words are really better used in verbal expression :)

Though IANAL, so sue me ;)


IANAL ( I Am Not A Lawyer ).
 
LOF is also used on here as Lube, Oil and Filter. Which has caused me to stop and think a couple times just what the thread I was reading was supposed to about. :-[
 
BAT said:
Can I ask a question?
Do you get offended when you see an underwear commercial on the television too?

J/K? ;D

I would rather see the abr. of the "f" word rather than the entire "f" word. I do understand it does bother some, I am not one of those that it does...? :cautious:
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Underwear commercials don't offend me, but truthfully all the blood and gore on TV these days does. I have a 6 y/o boy that at the end of a long day, we sometimes sit down to watch a little TV together. It takes me a long time to find something worth watching...In fact, we usually end up watching the animal planet. It's safe and intersting, all at the same time.
 
I gave up; rarely even watch TV; If so, it's a DVD movie.. If that counts..

It's not worth my time to watch repeating ad's with only occasional programming anyway.
 
gjjb said:
Underwear commercials don't offend me, but truthfully all the blood and gore on TV these days does. I have a 6 y/o boy that at the end of a long day, we sometimes sit down to watch a little TV together. It takes me a long time to find something worth watching...In fact, we usually end up watching the animal planet. It's safe and intersting, all at the same time.
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Cartoon Network with Scooby Doo is good ;)
Dora the Explorer on Nogin
What ever network BOOM is has alot of old cartoons I used to watch as a kid.

Though, even the new "kids shows" are about retarded and lacking in any depth and pretty much at the intellectual level of Scary Movie 1, 2, and 3.

My daughter is 2 and half and we don't watch much TV, but she loves Scooby Doo and Dora.  Sometimes Higglytown Heros and JoJo's Circus, but that's about all she can watch, though she likes some of the shows about airplanes and naval ships on the History Channel and Military Channels.
 
gjjb said:
Underwear commercials don't offend me, but truthfully all the blood and gore on TV these days does. I have a 6 y/o boy that at the end of a long day, we sometimes sit down to watch a little TV together. It takes me a long time to find something worth watching...In fact, we usually end up watching the animal planet. It's safe and intersting, all at the same time.
Animal Planet,Don't they show like giant Nile crocodiles eating unsuspecting Zebras,and Lions ripping apart Water buffalo.No GORE there. ;)

Guess it all comes down to upbringing,perspective ,and openness  ;D

P.S. You might not want to listen to Limp Bizkit chocolate starfish and hotdog flavored water.

But you are right, I find it hard to find a program my 5 year old can watch without explaining its only a movie.
Should have seen the look on his face when in Jurassic park the T-Rex ate the guy on the pot.I don't ever want to see my Son look like that again.

P.P.S. I have two Quote's for you

"Freedom of speech just watch what you say"  Ice-T
"If you don't like what you see on TV just turn it off" Jimmy Dean the sausage guy/singer

Just my two cents
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Added a couple more of "appropriate" acronyms
 
A co-worker gave me the movie Pulp Fiction to watch.  She absolutely loved the movie, as do many other people.  I couldn't get through more than 15 minutes before the profanity and violence totally turned me off.  And I am not easily offended.
 
I went to an AA (alcoholics anonymous) meeting once and they kept mentioning HP. I couldn't figure out what computers had to do with getting sober, I'd recently purchased an HP  :rolleyes:

HP - Horse Power, Hewett Packard or Higher Power
 
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UBEC: Underhood Bussed Electrical Center

You thought this thread had died, didn't you? :wave:
 
02 Z71 said:
You thought this thread had died, didn't you? :wave:
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I thought maybe it OD'd from TMI  :p
 
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