Tobasco
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Tuesday, December 31, 2002 10:24:00 PM

Getting a little confused out there on the forum? Seeing words you've never seen before? Print & save this. It will make you smarter overnight!!

I havent seen all of these terms used here, but a lot of them. Hope this helps. Its helped me from time to time, here and at other sites.

Mag

Cigar Terms/Abbreviations:

ISOM - Island South of Miami

In other words, ISOM refers to Cuba

898 varn - 898 Varnished

AF - Arturo Fuente

BBF = Bolivar Belicoso Fino

BCG = Bolivar Coronas Gigantes

BCE = Bolivar Coronas Extras

BTL = Hemingway Between The Lines

cA = Cigar Afficianado

CF = Cigar Family

CS = Conneticut Shade Wrapper

PSD4 = Partagas D-4 (Robustos)

EPI 1 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No 1 (corona gorda)

EPI 2 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No 2 (robusto)

ERDM = El Rey Del Mundo

FFOX = Fuente Fuente Opus X

HC?= Havana Club Cuban Rum - HC3-good for mixing, HC7-good straight, HC15-WOW!

HDM = Hoyo de Monterrey

Herf = A gathering of people enjoying cigars and the company of each other

ISOM = Island South Of Miami

JL = Juan Lopez

JL #2 = Juan Lopez Seleccion No 2 (Robustos)

Luci = Partagas Lusitanias

Maddie = maduro

MC = Montecristo

Nattie = natural (cameroon, Conneticut Shade, etc.)

PAM = Padron Anniversario Maduro

PAN = Padron Anniversario Natural

PP = Punch Punch

RAG = Ramon Allones Gigantes

RASCC = Ramon Allones Small Club Coronas

RASS = Ramon Allones Specially Selected

RyJ = Romeo & Julietta

RyJ CF = Romeo y Julieta Celestiales Finos (panatella)

RyJ POW = Romeo y Julieta Prince of Wales

SLR = Saint Louis Rey

TOP=A way bring attention to a msg thread without adding content

HUSW = H Uppman Sir Winston

VR = Vega Robaina

VR DA = Vega Robaina Don Alejandros (prominente)

VSG = Ashton Virgin Sun Grown

WOA = Hemingway Work of Art

xXx = Opus X^3 (Power Ranger)

General Abbreviations:

BTW - By The Way

FYI - For Your Information

IMO - In My Opinion

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO - In My Not-So-Humble Opinion

LOL - Laughing Out Loud

LMAO - Laughing My A$$ Off

ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off (sp?) - "Spelling?" You'll see this next to misspelled words. Simply means that the author is not clear as to whether or not they have made a spelling error

TIA - Thanks In Advance

TTYL - Talk To You Later

AFK - Away From The Keyboard

BBL - Be Back Later

BBS - Bulletin-Board System

BRB - Be Right Back

CUL - See You Later

EOT - End Of Thread

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

FWIW - For What It's Worth

HTH- Hope That Helps

L8R - Later

OIC - Oh I See

TIA - Thanks In Advance

URL - Universal Resource Locator (Web site address)

WB - Welcome Back

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

jreddoch
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 1:17:00 AM
Good work! It took me months to figure out what all these meant.
rjdc
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 1:27:00 AM
WHEW!
tarheel4lyf
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 4:09:00 AM
How could you forget:

CI = Cigars International

Tobasco
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Wednesday, January 1, 2003 4:26:00 AM
tarheel4lyf, Thanks for the addition(CI Cigarsinternational.com). I didnt make the list myself. If any of you see something incorrect or one you would like added. Please post the addition/correction. This would be appreciated. Thanks

Mag

eleltea
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 4:35:00 AM
Great list. Good job. Thanks!

Add:

BFO = Bolivar Fuerte Oscuro

LGC = La Gloria Cubana

ODO = Order Disorder (when you can't seem to stop ordering cigars even tho you're credit card is bleeding)"I've got a bad case of ODO."

OOS = Out of Stock

WTF = what the fudge. some people don't mean fudge.

WTGTG = when they're gone, they're gone

X = Maduro Maduro, Double Maduro, Oscuro, or Xibbumbero

eleltea
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 4:42:00 AM
YMMV = your mileage may vary (after a IMNSHO)
Tobasco
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Wednesday, January 1, 2003 4:46:00 AM
eleltea, Wow! Good job! Thank you. When this thread has all the corrections or additions, I'll copy/paste it all together for a final copy to print. Then we can all be a little smarter. Thanks again.

Mag

Charlie
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 7:30:00 AM
Mag, for you!!!

OKRWTNY,WWBB,KCC!

OK Raiders Wait till next year, we will be back, KC Chiefs!!!

Charlie

Tobasco
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Wednesday, January 1, 2003 7:37:00 AM
Charlie, Very funny !! I hope you had a good New Years Eve & continue to have a Happy New Year !! Go Raiders !!

Mag

xibbumbero
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 9:31:00 AM
Good job Mag and LLT. X
Danny
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 9:36:00 AM
OTT=off the truck
Tobasco
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Wednesday, January 1, 2003 5:56:00 PM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
hegemonic
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 5:59:00 PM
But what does "ISOM" stand for!? 😉

You forgot MY personal FAVE:

F_U

hehe!

Lowman
Thursday, January 2, 2003 3:41:00 AM
Thanks Mag... Being new to board, I didn't want to keep asking
fgruben
Thursday, January 2, 2003 5:45:00 AM
or

fubar

jimmy@ctconnect.com
Thursday, January 2, 2003 6:39:00 AM
My favorite:

B.O.H.I.C.A.

Bent Over Here it Comes Again ...

jamesconnors
Thursday, January 2, 2003 9:25:00 AM
ok so whats this mean???

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

jjohnson28
Thursday, January 2, 2003 9:33:00 AM
to go along with heg's theme STFU self explanatary No?
Tobasco
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Thursday, January 2, 2003 9:39:00 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

James

I just topped it because of the hurd of newbies this thread disappeared. This info I figured was worth bringing back to the top. Especially for them. Thats all

Mag