A question about : Abbreviations on MSE
hi, am always seeing newbies/peeps asking about some of the abbreviations we use on here so thought it might be a good idea to have them in here & perhaps if the question gets asked in other boards peeps can redirect them here, hope that's ok 
AIOE - All In One Envelope (when sending pcards to same comp addy)
AOOP - All One One Postcard
AKA - Also Known As
ASA - The Advertising Standards Authority
BG - Board Guide (on the comps board.. Glad , Dalkirst
BL ~ Bloglovin
CL ~ Clout
CCC - Compers Chat Corner
CG - Compers Guide Comping Guide - Getting Started & Other FAQs
CYE - Check Your Email
CYL - Catch You Later
Daily Clickwins -
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=66520590&postcount=2
Daily Mags
Magazine Dailies/Click to Win competition thread - updated regularly
DUPE - Duplicate (of another comp)
DTT - Daytime Telephone Number
DISC - Discussion
DM - Direct message
DYOR - Do Your Own Research
E: (date) - End Date (for the competition)
EE - Extra Entries (as in gain another by sharing f/b/tw)
ETA - Edited To Add
EF - Entry Form
FB - Face Book
FB - Freebies (no spend required) Board
FPD - Free Prize Draw
FYI - For Your Information
FF - FireFox https://www.cnet.com/firefox/
Grabbit - Quick! Grabbit while you can
GFC ~ Google Friend Connect
IIR - If I recall
IIRC - If I recall correctly
IIH - If It Helps
ICYMI - In case you missed it
IWIWIW - I won! I won! I won!
IOW - (How you're) Informed Of Wins - How you are informed of wins..
JWD - Job Well Done
LWE - Long White Envelope (or Winning Envelope)
as in the magazines Take A Break, That's Life, puzzler
etc who only send out headed letters to inform you of wins)
LEM - Losing EMail
L&S (l&s) - Like & Share
MT - Modified tweet
MRS - Merge Request Sent
NPN - No Purchase Neccesary
NI/Norn Iron - Northern Ireland
NSFW - Not suitable/safe for work (the NSFW tag is used in e-mail, videos, and on interactive discussion areas (such as Internet forums, blogs, or community websites) to mark URLs or hyperlinks which contain material such as pornography or profanity, which the viewer may not want to be seen accessing in a public or formal setting such as at work.
OMG! - Oh My Gosh (God)
OEPHH - One Entry Per Household
OEPP - One Entry Per Person
PAYG - Pay as you Go
POP - Proof of Purchase
PPE - Please Press Expired
puzzler.com
puzzler.com competitions - regularly updated
Take a Break monthly -
Take a Break Puzzle Magazines - regularly updated
RC's (Regs) - Regular Competitions
Robo - Roboform - https://www.roboform.com/everywhere
RC - Raffle Copter - entering & help for RC https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4782122
ROI - Republic of Ireland
RU or R/U - Runner(s) Up
RL - Real Life
RT - retweet
SU ~ Stumbleupon
SKS - Some Kind Soul
SNR - Standard Network Rate (sometimes SNWR or SNC) used for text comps
SYL - See You Later
SYT - See you tomorrow
SMY - Shaking my head
SF - Site Feedback
Tw -Twitter
Twitter Jail - Having reached your tweeting limit
T&Cs - Terms and Conditions
TBH/TBF - To Be Honest/To Be Frank
TYVM - Thank You Very Much
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
URL = Uniform Resource Locator = The web page address (eg. www.google.co.uk) .. (thanks to one-eye for info)
UPD - Unexpected Parcel Delivery
WTC -Winning Telephone Call
WTM - Winning text message
WPC - Winning Phone Call
WEM - Winning EMail
wltw - Would like to win
WTG - Way To Go!
WL - Winners List
Wі - World Wide Web
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AE - Alter Ego
AFAIK- As Far As I Know
AFAIR - As far As I Recall
AFAIC - As far As I'm Concerned - (thanks to Van Popple)
BOGOF - Buy One Get One Free
BRB - Be Right Back
DD - Dearest/Darling Daughter
DFD - Debt Free Date
DFW - Debt Free Wanabee (Debt Free Wanabee Board)
DGC - Dear Grand Children
DGD - Dear Grand Daughter
DGK - Dear Grand Kids
DGS - Dear Grand Son
DDH - Dearest/Darling Husband
DDS - Dearest/Darling Son
DSD - Dearest/Darling StepDaughter
DSS - Dearest/Darling StepSon
DW - Dearest/Darling Wife
FAO - For Attention Of
HTH - Hope This Helps
IM(H)O - In My (Humble) Opinion
IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean
IYSWIM - If You See What I Mean
LOL - laughing Out Loud
MIL - Mother In law
MSE - Money Saving Expert
OH - Other Half
OP - Original Poster
OS - Old Style (MoneySaving Old Style Board)
PM - Private Message
PMSL - Peeing MySelf Laughing
POV - Point of view
PPOV - Personel point of view
PPR - Posting Privileges removed
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A!! Off
SO - Significant Other
SOA - State(ment) Of Affairs
TIA - Thanks In Advance
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Twitter Slang Terms
https://www.noslang.com/twitterslang.php
RT - Retweet
OH - Overheard
FF - Follow Friday
HT - Heard Through
MM - Music Monday
@(at) - sends a message to a user
#Hash tag - used to 'tag' tweets on certain topics
$ - Used to denote a company's stock symbol
DM - Direct Message
Tweetup - A real life meetup announced on twitter
SM - Social Media (Not to be confused with Scott Monty)
SB - Small Business
ICYMI - In Case You Missed It
MRT - Modified ReTweet
MT - Modified Tweet
NTS - Note To Self
NP - Now Playing
CC - Carbon Copy (like in E-Mail)
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from Forum member andrew71
new abbreviations 
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=66703605#post66703605
EN - Effort Needed
LET - Lots Effort Needed
NSYNLE - No Seriously You Need Lots Effort
RCM5EA - Rafflecopter More (than) 5 Entries Available
RCLWA - Raffle copter Lots Ways Allowed
RCHMECYHFAP - Raffle copter How Many Entries Can You Have For A Prize
WTB - watch tick boxes
WNTB -Watch nasty/naughty tick boxes
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Unofficial A-Z
As with any forum, abbreviations are often used on
For an extensive list of abbreviations used on the internet
see
Netlingo
Best answers:
- ah brilliant topic firefly as some of them i didnt know and always wondered
- LEM - Losing email. The emails we all hate getting!
- Thank you, very useful
- What does ETA stand for then? I have seen that a few times and not sure what it means.
- Not "estimated time of arrival" but have seen it on here when folk are giving out advice.
- Brill idea. What about OMG! (Oh my god) - my favourite abbreviation as it usually means someone's won big?
- Having seen that unfeasibly long list of abbreviations, I've LTWTL.
E.T.A. (see, I've learnt something )
Sorry, should have said thanks to firefly for useful list. Didn't realise this was posted on the comps board, thought it was DT and was mucking about. - T&Cs Terms and conditions
- thanks fire**fly.
as a newbie im still finding my feet so this thread helps - This should be a sticky in the main comping board
- What does BG stand for?
- SNR = Standard Network Rate (sometimes SNWR or SNC) - used for TEXT comps
DUPE = Duplicate (of another comp)
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