1401. Author: delta1 | Date: Fri, 11/10/2017, 5:24PM EST | |
here's an updated version of a thread that slimboli started back on March 2, 2009. It went through several updates, which are HTF in the various pages of the original thread, so...
Slimboli wrote: Time to start a 'fresh' new thread on the commonly used acronyms ... since the old one finally was killed off. Now we can all add-on to the ones that are missing in the list below:
Hope this helps some of you 'newbies' ...
898 varn = Partagas 898 Varnished, cc
AB = Alec Bradley
AF = Arturo Fuente
AFAIK - = As far as I know
AKA = Also known as
BnA = Berger and Argenti
BBF = Bolivar Belicoso Fino
BLTTW = Be less trouble that way
B&M = Brick and Mortar, local shop, also BnM
Boli CG = Bolivar Coronas Gigantes
BOTL/SOTL = Brother/Sister of the Leaf
BS = Hemingway Best Seller
BTL = Hemingway Between The Lines
CA = Cigar Afficianado
CAT = Cigar A Thon
cammie = Cameroon
CBL = Connecticut Broad Leaf
CC = Cuban Cigar
Connie = Consuegra (seconds to Punch, HdM, ERDM) or Connecticut leaf
Coolerdor = Ice Chest/Cooler used to store cigars
CS = Connecticut Shade Wrapper
D4 = Partagas D-4 (Robustos), also PSD4
DC = Don Carlos, Double Corona, or Diamond Crown
DD = Donkey Dropping
DE = Drew Estates
DILLIGAF = Do I Look Like I Give a F@#%?
DMS = Don't 'Member Sh*t
Dog Rocket = POS, PI, White Owl Pineapple, unsmokeable
DPG EC = Don Pepin Garcia, El Centurian
EPC = E.P. Carillo
EPI 1 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No 1 (corona gorda)
EPI 2 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No 2 (robusto
ERDM = El Rey Del Mundo
FAQ = Frequently Asked Question
FCOL = For Crying Out Loud
FFOX = Fuente Fuente Opus X
FFP = Feral Flying Pig
FMITA = F*** Me In The Azz
FNG = F***ing New Guy, see "noob"
FOAD = F*** off and Die
FOG = F***ing Old Guy
FUBAR = F***ed up beyond all recognition
FWIW = For what it's worth
FYA = For your amusement
FYI = For your information
GH = Gran Habano
HDM = Hoyo de Monterrey
Herf = A gathering of people enjoying cigars and the company of each other
HTF = Hard to find
IBTL = In Before the Lock, I'll Be Trish Licked: defiant posts before getting tossed/banned (ty Tiger)
IHNDIWTFYATA = I Have No Damned Idea What The F*** You Are Talking About
IIRC = If I recall correctly
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO = In my not so humble opinion
IMO = In my opinion
INWAP! = I'm Not Wearing Any Pants!
ISO = In search of
ISOM = Island South Of Miami, Cuba
JDN = Joya de Nicaragua
JG = Jaime Garcia
J/K = Just kidding
JL = Juan Lopez
JL S2 = Juan Lopez Seleccion No 2 (Robustos)
L = Laugh
LA = La Aurora
LAdC = La Aroma de Cuba
LAM = Look At Me, posting without circumspection, also LAME, Look At Me Everybody!
LFR = Large Flat Rate, large fixed cost shipping box, U.S. Postal Service
LE = Limited Edition
LFD = La Flor Dominicana
LG = Litto Gomez
LGC = La Gloria Cubana
LHC = La Herencia Cubana
LMAO = Laughing my a** off
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
LOTL = Lovers of the Leaf
LP = Liga Privada
Lusi = Partagas Lusitanias
LVR = Hemingway Limited Vintage Release
Mac = Macanudo
Mad or Maddie = maduro
MAP = Minimum Advertised Price, a price floor set by cigar makers to purveyors, trying to hold the line on their products
MF = My Father, also, Mouthfeel - total oral sensory experience: taste, texture, temperature and tactile, from food, drink or smoke
MF LB = My Father Le Bijou
MFR = Medium Flat Rate, medium fixed cost shipping box, U.S. Postal Service
MPM = Hemingway Masterpiece Maduro
MOAB = Mother of All Bombs
Monte = Montecristo
MOW = Man O War
MP = Hemingway Masterpiece
MT = empty, squat, barren, nada, zilch... ie: Blueboy's gunador is MT
MUWAT = My Uzi Weighs A Ton
Nat, Nattie = natural (cameroon, Connecticut Shade, etc.)
NC, nc = Non Cuban
NH, nh = never had
NONV = noob on noob violence
noob = Odious POS unworthy of consideration, newbie
nood = See above
OLH = Online Humidor, website where private persons sell and buy cigars
OP = Original Post(er)
OR = Original Release
OpFTH = Operation From The Heart, charitable org. that sends care packages to the troops overseas
OSOK = One Shot One Kill
OTT = Off The Truck
PAD = Padron
PAM = Padron Anniversario Maduro
PAN = Padron Anniversario Natural
PBP = Punch Black Prince
PC = Petite Corona
PERF X = FFOX Perfexcion X
PI = Puros Indios
PIB/PIF = Pay it Back/Pay it Forward, types of box-passes occasionally offered here
PL = Petite Lancero, Por Larranaga
POS = Piece of Sh*t
PP = Punch Punch
PSD4 = Partagas Serie D #4
RAG = Ramon Allones Gigantes
RAOK = Random Act of Kindness
RASCC = Ramon Allones Small Club Coronas
RASS = Ramon Allones Specially Selected
RC = Bolivar Royal Coronas
RdC = FFOX Reserva de Chateau
RH = Relative Humidity
ROTFL = Rolling on the Floor Laughing (also ROFL)
ROTFLMAO = Roll on the floor laughing my a** off
ROTFLMAOPIMP = ROTFLMAO Peeing in My Pants
ROTT = Right Off The Truck
RP = Rocky Patel
RTFI = Read the F****** Instructions!
RTFWP, RTFWOP = Return to Forum Without Posting
RyJ = Romeo & Julieta
RyJ CF = Romeo y Julieta Celestiales Finos (panatella)
RyJ POW = Romeo y Julieta Prince of Wales
Sams-a-dor = a cheap, but nice, humidor, purchased at Sam's Club
SB = Skull and Bones
SCdLH = San Cristobal de La Habana
SDB = Standard Dress Box
SFR = Small Flat Rate, small fixed cost shipping box, US Postal Service
SG = Sun Grown
shpo = local cigar store, B&M, possibly in protection racket, definitely dyslexic
SIG = Hemingway Signature
SLB = Slide Lid Box (box or mini-cab with a top that slides open)
SLR = Saint Louis Rey
SnS = Saints and Sinners, Tat cigar club
SNAFU = Situation Normal All F@#ked Up
SS = Hemingway Short Story
STIR = Spend(ing) Time In Reality
TAA = Tobacco Association of America
TAD = Tobacco Acquisition Disorder, common affliction caused by hanging around here
Tat = Tatuaje
TIA = Thanks in Advance
TOP = A way bring attention to a msg thread without adding content/ posting this will take the thread to the top of the board: also "ttt = to the top"
TTT = To the Top, also "ttt" and "TOP," to take a thread to the top of the board.
TTYL = Talk to You Later or Type to You Later
Tupperdor = Tupperware container used to store cigars
UC = Undercrown, Unholy Cocktail
UPP SW = H Uppman Sir Winston
UTS = Hemingway Untold Story
V = Vintage
Vet = Glorious Articulate Smart Benevolent Accomplished Giant
VR = Vega Robaina
VR DA = Vega Robaina Don Alejandros (prominente)
VSG = Ashton Virgin Sun Grown
WGAF - Who gives a frig?
WOA = Hemingway Work of Art
WOAM = Work of Art Maduro
WTF = What the Foobar?
xXx = Opus X^3 (Power Ranger)
YMMV = your mileage may vary
Edited 12/2017 |
1402. Author: delta1 | Date: Fri, 11/10/2017, 5:29PM EST | |
Hank_The_Tank wrote:What is a PC CC (not referring to size)? Post or Pre Castro? Sorry for the dumb question. Not sure...can you provide the context? BTW: whenever you post here, it tops the thread. You have to then top the "Newbies Info: Read" thread. This keeps the two information threads paired up, providing ease of access to newcomers. |
1403. Author: delta1 | Date: Fri, 11/10/2017, 5:32PM EST | |
not fast enough |
1404. Author: NapalmMan67 | Date: Mon, 11/27/2017, 1:05PM EST | |
Top |
1405. Author: delta1 | Date: Sat, 12/2/2017, 10:19PM EST | |
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1406. Author: Bur | Date: Fri, 12/8/2017, 6:26PM EST | |
%($#*%$&%*#* Numbers don't match |
1407. Author: Bur | Date: Fri, 12/8/2017, 6:27PM EST | |
Now they do.
Been on the "briars and stogies" site scoring two pounds of pipe baccy, pipe and accessories at a steal, especially after they messed up, sent me a big can of Velvet by accident and then "donated it". Maybe sending it along to OpFTH, or at least a couple of baggies |
1408. Author: Phil222 | Date: Fri, 12/8/2017, 8:36PM EST | |
"noob = Odious POS unworthy of consideration, newbie" |
1409. Author: delta1 | Date: Fri, 12/15/2017, 11:39PM EST | |
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1410. Author: frankj1 | Date: Fri, 12/15/2017, 11:48PM EST | |
might be time to thin the herd. lots of archaic terms...
do I need to top this again? |
1411. Author: Hank_The_Tank | Date: Fri, 12/15/2017, 11:58PM EST | |
frankj1 wrote:might be time to thin the herd. lots of archaic terms...
do I need to top this again? Agreed too many |
1412. Author: delta1 | Date: Sat, 12/16/2017, 1:40PM EST | |
done (somewhat) |
1413. Author: delta1 | Date: Sun, 12/31/2017, 8:03PM EST | |
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1414. Author: delta1 | Date: Sun, 1/7/2018, 3:00PM EST | |
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1415. Author: delta1 | Date: Sat, 1/13/2018, 8:59PM EST | |
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1416. Author: NapalmMan67 | Date: Tue, 1/16/2018, 3:28PM EST | |
Top |
1417. Author: NapalmMan67 | Date: Sat, 1/27/2018, 12:52PM EST | |
Top |
1418. Author: jwb44 | Date: Sat, 1/27/2018, 1:45PM EST | |
Another post chock full o info....
Jim |
1419. Author: NapalmMan67 | Date: Tue, 2/6/2018, 5:04PM EST | |
Top |
1420. Author: SmokeMonkey | Date: Mon, 2/12/2018, 11:22AM EST | |
TTT |
1421. Author: SmokeMonkey | Date: Tue, 2/13/2018, 2:49PM EST | |
Top |
1422. Author: NapalmMan67 | Date: Thu, 2/15/2018, 4:50PM EST | |
Yep. |
1423. Author: NapalmMan67 | Date: Tue, 3/13/2018, 2:21PM EST | |
Topitty top top top. |
1424. Author: delta1 | Date: Thu, 3/15/2018, 12:38PM EST | |
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1425. Author: NapalmMan67 | Date: Tue, 3/20/2018, 2:10PM EST | |
Top. |
1426. Author: delta1 | Date: Tue, 4/10/2018, 3:48PM EST | |
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1427. Author: Hank_The_Tank | Date: Wed, 4/18/2018, 11:19AM EST | |
ttt |
1428. Author: delta1 | Date: Tue, 5/1/2018, 8:00PM EST | |
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1429. Author: Bur | Date: Sun, 5/6/2018, 2:42PM EST | |
So of course the numbers are jacked up since I've been gone
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1430. Author: Bur | Date: Sun, 5/6/2018, 2:43PM EST | |
One more and then... |
1431. Author: Bur | Date: Sun, 5/6/2018, 2:43PM EST | |
Wopner, must watch Wopner.
Miss me? |
1432. Author: delta1 | Date: Sun, 5/6/2018, 7:57PM EST | |
I sure did, Bur...great to see you...was worried you got blowed up... |
1433. Author: Bur | Date: Tue, 5/8/2018, 10:36PM EST | |
Nah just working a bunch and not checking in every now and again. Congrats on the grandkid ya FOG! |
1434. Author: delta1 | Date: Fri, 5/11/2018, 10:58AM EST | |
Thank you, Sir...my wife and I do enjoy our grandkids! |
1435. Author: Bur | Date: Wed, 5/16/2018, 6:39AM EST | |
Toppity top top and shameless post count boost |
1436. Author: delta1 | Date: Thu, 5/24/2018, 5:09PM EST | |
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1437. Author: Bur | Date: Thu, 5/24/2018, 11:23PM EST | |
Fixing the count |
1438. Author: Bur | Date: Thu, 5/24/2018, 11:24PM EST | |
And uhnudder one |
1439. Author: Bur | Date: Thu, 5/24/2018, 11:24PM EST | |
1430-NINE |
1440. Author: NapalmMan67 | Date: Wed, 6/13/2018, 8:15AM EST | |
To keep Bur's ocd in check... |
1441. Author: delta1 | Date: Mon, 6/18/2018, 4:17PM EST | |
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1442. Author: delta1 | Date: Mon, 6/25/2018, 12:34PM EST | |
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1443. Author: Bur | Date: Tue, 6/26/2018, 5:03PM EST | |
I leave for a bit and this gets all fubar'd up again. |
1444. Author: Bur | Date: Tue, 6/26/2018, 5:04PM EST | |
Now they've created a Pipe category, so I don't even have to search for auctions on this devil site anymore. Goodbye discretionary income.
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1445. Author: Bur | Date: Tue, 6/26/2018, 5:05PM EST | |
And the numbers are fixed.
Hiya Delta and Napalm! |
1446. Author: delta1 | Date: Fri, 7/6/2018, 11:15AM EST | |
Hey Bur, good to see you.
Somebody didn't keep this paired.... |
1447. Author: delta1 | Date: Mon, 7/9/2018, 12:56PM EST | |
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1448. Author: Bur | Date: Tue, 7/10/2018, 12:55PM EST | |
Grumble grumble, somebody posted about the mythical membership and vets in the other thread and now the count is way off, plus they didn't cut and paste the info into post #1451. I got work to do (real work) then work here before my OCD crushes me. |
1449. Author: Bur | Date: Tue, 7/10/2018, 12:55PM EST | |
Bastages |
1450. Author: Bur | Date: Tue, 7/10/2018, 12:56PM EST | |
Stinkin' stinkers |