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10-13-2005, 12:34 AM
Instead of interupting threads, come here for a reference when you do not know an abbreviation.
Abbreviations can be a very confusing thing for newbies, so hopefully this will help. Here we go:
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AID - Account Identification
AIM - AOL Instant Messenger
AKA - Also Known As
A-Pillar - Framework on either side of front windshield
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
Attention Whore - Someone who thrives on the attention of others.
ATM - At The Moment
AWD - All Wheel Drive
Bling Bling - Expensive car owned by someone with too much money & nothing but shiny (bling) gold chains/rings and shiny (bling)chrome wheels to spend it on.
B-Pillar - Framework between front & back doors
BPV - By-Pass Valve
BOV - Blow-Off Valve
BT - Brain Trust
BTDT - Been There Done That
BTW - By The Way
Bump - When someone wants to put the thread at the top, so there is more of a chance to get viewed. This was possibly the most confussing one for me as a newbie.
BWW - 1. Band Width Warning (large file or picture) 2. Big Work Warning - usually only seen in the "off topic" forum(posting graphic pornography)
C - Convenience Package
CAI - Cold Air Intake
Cams - Camshafts
Cat - Catalytic Converter
CE - Check Engine
CEL - Check Engine Light
CPO - Certified Pre-owned
CF - Carbon Fiber
Chip - ECU Computer Chip
Chipped - ECU Performance Chip Installed
CHP - California Highway Patrol
Clay Bar - also known as Overspray Clay, Clay Bar is a plasticine matrix with an abrasive intermixed throughout. It is used to remove spots of paint overspray on the surface of your cars paint/clear coat. Most recently Clay Bar has been used as a detailng tool for removing foreign particles & contaminants from your car's paint/clearcoat. Must be used with a water based lubricant to avoid damaging paint/clearcoat(usually comes with the Clay Bar).
CMIIW - Correct Me If I'm Wrong
C-Pillar - Framework on either side of rear window
C/O - Coil Over Struts
CP - Coil Pack
DBW - Drive By Wire (also known as Electronic Throttle Control)
DC - District of Columbia This is what almost everyone from VA/DC/MD refer from where their from, when describing to someone from another state their general living area because its easier and "cooler" to say I am from "DC".
DD - 1. Drunk Driver 2. Daily Driver 3. Dunkin Donuts
Debaged - to remove some, if not all, of the following badges from the rear of the car.
DP - Down Pipe(s)
DIY - Do It Yourself
DOHC - Dual Over-Head Camshaft
DSM - Diamond Star Motors/also makers of the WW2 Zero Japanese Fighter "Submitted by RightDiddy"
DTM - Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (German Touring Car Championship)
DSG - Direct-Shift Gearbox
Dubs - 20" or larger rims
DV - Diverter Valve
E-codes - Eurospec Headlamps
ECU - Engine Control Unit
EFK - Electronic Fan Kit
ESP - Electronic Stability Program
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question, also see New Forum FAQ
F&F - Movie - "The Fast & The Furious" - Some people may refere to this, although most of us on this forum don't care. But this is just in case.
FIA - Federation Internationale De L'Automobile - Governing Body for both non-sporting automobile activities & international motorsport competition
FMIC - Front Mounted Inter-cooler
FOD - Foreign Object Damage
FPR - Fuel Pressure Regulator
FS - For Sale
FUBAR - F%*!ed Up Beyond All Recognition
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FWD - Front Wheel Drive
FYI - For Your Information
GB - Group Buy
Gap - 1. The distance between the top of the tires to the bottom of the fenders 2. The distance (gap)from the center electrode of a spark plug to the ground electrode(s)
GF - Girlfriend
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GTG - Get Together
HID - High Intensity Discharge (xenon lights)
HOF - Hall of Fame
HTH - Hope This Helps
IC - Inter-cooler
ICE - In Car Entertainment
ICV - Idle Control Valve
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMHO - In My Honest/Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Honest/Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
IWBTPWP - I Won't Believe This Post Without Pictures
JDM - Japanese Domestic Market
Jerks - Forum user who uses humor in the form of a sarcastic reply to make fun of anothers forum post. A "jerks" posts are never to be taken personally.
J2LUK - Just To Let You Know
J/K - Just Kidding
Kill - Beating another automobile while road racing on public roads, whether at speed on a highway or at a stoplight.
Killing Kittens - Euphemism for masterbating
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LMP - Le Mans Prototype
LOL - Laugh(ing) Out Loud
Lowers - Plastic Trim under doors (also known as side skirts)
M - Manual Transmission
MAF - Mass Air Flow Sensor
MD - Maryland we have many of them here for some reason, even if the site is called Drag "VA". But please refer to www.dcspeed.net for MD and DC. Usually you will see the exact same events and important information as posted here in DragVA.
Meow - Slang for "repost"
MSRP - Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
Mod(s) 1 - Modification(s) (Performance, Interior, Exterior)
Mod(s) 2 - Moderators of the forums. The evil, horrible people that believe they know everything . Usually these people you don't want to upset . . .
MOAR - Mother of All Reposts
MWW - Mild Work Warning - this will still get you in trouble with the boss - Refere to NWS.
MY - Model Year
Myspace - www.myspace.com Your nobody if you dont have a profile here.
n00b - See "Newbie"
NE - North East
NE1 - Any One
NWS - Not work safe - usualy related to things such as porn, or extremely graphic video/pic's for those who browse the forums as work. Or to warn not to show to your boss.
Newbie - New to the forum, with very little forum knowledge or posts and a high UID#.
NOYFB - None Of Your F#%king Business
NOS - Nitrous Oxide System
NOVA - Northern Virginia
NT - No Thread
NTTAWWT - Not That There's Anything Wrong With That
OBTW - Oh, by the Way
OC - Orange County
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacture
Offset - The offset of a wheel is the distance from its hub mounting surface to the centerline of the wheel.
OIC - Oh, I see
OMFG - Oh My F*%#ing God
OMG - Oh My God
OMGHI2U - Oh My God Hi To You
OP - Original Poster
OT - Off Topic
OTOH - On The Other Hand
Owned - variant: 0wned, pwned, 0wn3d, pwn3d, own3d 1. To be made a fool of; To make a fool of; To confound or prove wrong; embarrasing someone: Being embarrased. 2. Total and undeniable dominance of a person, group of people or situation as to make them/it akin to ones b1tch.
Peeps - slang for "people"
PCD - Pitch Circle Diameter: The diameter of the imaginary circle that goes through the center of all 5 bolts on a wheel/hub.
PSP - Sony's new portable video game player that made everyone else's look like shit.
Pic - Picture
PITA - Pain In The @$$
PLZ - Please
POS - Piece of Sh*t
PSA - Public Service Announcement
PSI - Pounds per Square Inch
PW - Post Whore (commonly found in the off topic forum), someone who posts for no apparent reason, but to waste others bandwidth and self gratify their own existence.
Pron - Porn
R - Repost
Rape - usualy in referance to "killing" or beating another car. This is usualy when the other car is completely demolished by the other.
REPOST - 1. The post, or linked post has already been posted numerous times on the forums. 2. The mascot of reposts
Rice - A car which is too flashy in regards to exterior modifications, with not enouph (if any) performance modifications. An over-sized rear wing and "Type R" decals are good examples.
Ricers - Those who drive "ricey" cars
RNTV - Red Neck Television(Speed Channel, formerly Speedvision)
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROFLMFAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My F#%!ing Ass Off
RTFF - Read The F@#%ing Forum
RTFM - Read The F@#%ing Manual
S - Sport Package
SC - Speed Channel(formerly Speedvision)
SCCA - Sports Car Club of America
STFA - 1. Search The Forum Archives 2. Search The F@#$ing Archives
STFU - Shut the f*ck up
SOL- $h*t Outta Luck
SIA - Sorry in Advance
Side Skirts - Plastic trim under doors (a.k.a. Lowers)
Sig - Signature
Sig Pic - Signature Picture
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SV - Speedvision(Now Called Speed Channel)
T - Turbo
teh - the - deliberate typo error of "The". used in online gaming discussion
TDI - Turbo Direct Injection
TGIF - Thank God it's Friday
THX - Thanks
TIA - Thanks In Advance
Tip - Tiptronic
TMI - Too Much Information
TPIWWP - This Post Is Worthless Without Pictures
Tramlining - Tramlining is a condition which occurs when an extremely wide, low profile tire with a lot of surface traction & contact patch causes an unpleasant response through the steering wheel. When tramlining occurs, the tire wants to follow the grooves and crowns of the road. The wider the profile of the tire, the more it wants to "drive itself". You will notice this in the steering wheel over uneven road surfaces. Proper tire inflation can help dramatically reduce this problem.
Troll - Usually a new user from another automobile forum who try to convince the forum how much better their ride is.
TSB - 1. Technical Service Bulletin; 2. Transmission Stabilizer Bar
TT - Track Thread
TTT - to the top "Submitted by RightDiddy"
UID - User Identification (number)
UMD - University of Maryland
UP - Update Thread
UPS - United Parcel Service
USPS - United States Postal Service
UT - Untrack Thread
V1 - Valentine 1 Radar Detector - You need to buy this, and no other.
VA - The State of Virginia
Valence - Front & rear plastic Trim under bumpers
VASCAR - Pacing/Clocking system used by law enforcement for measuring speed traveled a certain distance in a vehicle (those white bars you see on the side of highways are used for this)
VIN - Vehicle Identification Number
VT - Virginia Tech
VTB - Vote to Ban
VVT - Variable Valve Timing
W - Winter Package
WB - Welcome Back
WFO - Wide F#%king Open
WOOT - Woot is a gaming term that is used to express excitement over a situation.
WOT - Wide Open Throttle
WTB - Want To Buy
WTF - What The F#%k?!
WTH - What/Who The Hell?
WTK - Want to Know
WTT - Want To Trade
WVU - West Virginia University
WW - Work Warning - posting nude/pornographic pictures.
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
W/O - Without
X - Xenon lights
x-post - Cross Post from another forum
Hope this helps everyone out. Please add anymore that you know of. :D
Abbreviations can be a very confusing thing for newbies, so hopefully this will help. Here we go:
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AID - Account Identification
AIM - AOL Instant Messenger
AKA - Also Known As
A-Pillar - Framework on either side of front windshield
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
Attention Whore - Someone who thrives on the attention of others.
ATM - At The Moment
AWD - All Wheel Drive
Bling Bling - Expensive car owned by someone with too much money & nothing but shiny (bling) gold chains/rings and shiny (bling)chrome wheels to spend it on.
B-Pillar - Framework between front & back doors
BPV - By-Pass Valve
BOV - Blow-Off Valve
BT - Brain Trust
BTDT - Been There Done That
BTW - By The Way
Bump - When someone wants to put the thread at the top, so there is more of a chance to get viewed. This was possibly the most confussing one for me as a newbie.
BWW - 1. Band Width Warning (large file or picture) 2. Big Work Warning - usually only seen in the "off topic" forum(posting graphic pornography)
C - Convenience Package
CAI - Cold Air Intake
Cams - Camshafts
Cat - Catalytic Converter
CE - Check Engine
CEL - Check Engine Light
CPO - Certified Pre-owned
CF - Carbon Fiber
Chip - ECU Computer Chip
Chipped - ECU Performance Chip Installed
CHP - California Highway Patrol
Clay Bar - also known as Overspray Clay, Clay Bar is a plasticine matrix with an abrasive intermixed throughout. It is used to remove spots of paint overspray on the surface of your cars paint/clear coat. Most recently Clay Bar has been used as a detailng tool for removing foreign particles & contaminants from your car's paint/clearcoat. Must be used with a water based lubricant to avoid damaging paint/clearcoat(usually comes with the Clay Bar).
CMIIW - Correct Me If I'm Wrong
C-Pillar - Framework on either side of rear window
C/O - Coil Over Struts
CP - Coil Pack
DBW - Drive By Wire (also known as Electronic Throttle Control)
DC - District of Columbia This is what almost everyone from VA/DC/MD refer from where their from, when describing to someone from another state their general living area because its easier and "cooler" to say I am from "DC".
DD - 1. Drunk Driver 2. Daily Driver 3. Dunkin Donuts
Debaged - to remove some, if not all, of the following badges from the rear of the car.
DP - Down Pipe(s)
DIY - Do It Yourself
DOHC - Dual Over-Head Camshaft
DSM - Diamond Star Motors/also makers of the WW2 Zero Japanese Fighter "Submitted by RightDiddy"
DTM - Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (German Touring Car Championship)
DSG - Direct-Shift Gearbox
Dubs - 20" or larger rims
DV - Diverter Valve
E-codes - Eurospec Headlamps
ECU - Engine Control Unit
EFK - Electronic Fan Kit
ESP - Electronic Stability Program
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question, also see New Forum FAQ
F&F - Movie - "The Fast & The Furious" - Some people may refere to this, although most of us on this forum don't care. But this is just in case.
FIA - Federation Internationale De L'Automobile - Governing Body for both non-sporting automobile activities & international motorsport competition
FMIC - Front Mounted Inter-cooler
FOD - Foreign Object Damage
FPR - Fuel Pressure Regulator
FS - For Sale
FUBAR - F%*!ed Up Beyond All Recognition
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FWD - Front Wheel Drive
FYI - For Your Information
GB - Group Buy
Gap - 1. The distance between the top of the tires to the bottom of the fenders 2. The distance (gap)from the center electrode of a spark plug to the ground electrode(s)
GF - Girlfriend
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GTG - Get Together
HID - High Intensity Discharge (xenon lights)
HOF - Hall of Fame
HTH - Hope This Helps
IC - Inter-cooler
ICE - In Car Entertainment
ICV - Idle Control Valve
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMHO - In My Honest/Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Honest/Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
IWBTPWP - I Won't Believe This Post Without Pictures
JDM - Japanese Domestic Market
Jerks - Forum user who uses humor in the form of a sarcastic reply to make fun of anothers forum post. A "jerks" posts are never to be taken personally.
J2LUK - Just To Let You Know
J/K - Just Kidding
Kill - Beating another automobile while road racing on public roads, whether at speed on a highway or at a stoplight.
Killing Kittens - Euphemism for masterbating
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LMP - Le Mans Prototype
LOL - Laugh(ing) Out Loud
Lowers - Plastic Trim under doors (also known as side skirts)
M - Manual Transmission
MAF - Mass Air Flow Sensor
MD - Maryland we have many of them here for some reason, even if the site is called Drag "VA". But please refer to www.dcspeed.net for MD and DC. Usually you will see the exact same events and important information as posted here in DragVA.
Meow - Slang for "repost"
MSRP - Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
Mod(s) 1 - Modification(s) (Performance, Interior, Exterior)
Mod(s) 2 - Moderators of the forums. The evil, horrible people that believe they know everything . Usually these people you don't want to upset . . .
MOAR - Mother of All Reposts
MWW - Mild Work Warning - this will still get you in trouble with the boss - Refere to NWS.
MY - Model Year
Myspace - www.myspace.com Your nobody if you dont have a profile here.
n00b - See "Newbie"
NE - North East
NE1 - Any One
NWS - Not work safe - usualy related to things such as porn, or extremely graphic video/pic's for those who browse the forums as work. Or to warn not to show to your boss.
Newbie - New to the forum, with very little forum knowledge or posts and a high UID#.
NOYFB - None Of Your F#%king Business
NOS - Nitrous Oxide System
NOVA - Northern Virginia
NT - No Thread
NTTAWWT - Not That There's Anything Wrong With That
OBTW - Oh, by the Way
OC - Orange County
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacture
Offset - The offset of a wheel is the distance from its hub mounting surface to the centerline of the wheel.
OIC - Oh, I see
OMFG - Oh My F*%#ing God
OMG - Oh My God
OMGHI2U - Oh My God Hi To You
OP - Original Poster
OT - Off Topic
OTOH - On The Other Hand
Owned - variant: 0wned, pwned, 0wn3d, pwn3d, own3d 1. To be made a fool of; To make a fool of; To confound or prove wrong; embarrasing someone: Being embarrased. 2. Total and undeniable dominance of a person, group of people or situation as to make them/it akin to ones b1tch.
Peeps - slang for "people"
PCD - Pitch Circle Diameter: The diameter of the imaginary circle that goes through the center of all 5 bolts on a wheel/hub.
PSP - Sony's new portable video game player that made everyone else's look like shit.
Pic - Picture
PITA - Pain In The @$$
PLZ - Please
POS - Piece of Sh*t
PSA - Public Service Announcement
PSI - Pounds per Square Inch
PW - Post Whore (commonly found in the off topic forum), someone who posts for no apparent reason, but to waste others bandwidth and self gratify their own existence.
Pron - Porn
R - Repost
Rape - usualy in referance to "killing" or beating another car. This is usualy when the other car is completely demolished by the other.
REPOST - 1. The post, or linked post has already been posted numerous times on the forums. 2. The mascot of reposts
Rice - A car which is too flashy in regards to exterior modifications, with not enouph (if any) performance modifications. An over-sized rear wing and "Type R" decals are good examples.
Ricers - Those who drive "ricey" cars
RNTV - Red Neck Television(Speed Channel, formerly Speedvision)
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROFLMFAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My F#%!ing Ass Off
RTFF - Read The F@#%ing Forum
RTFM - Read The F@#%ing Manual
S - Sport Package
SC - Speed Channel(formerly Speedvision)
SCCA - Sports Car Club of America
STFA - 1. Search The Forum Archives 2. Search The F@#$ing Archives
STFU - Shut the f*ck up
SOL- $h*t Outta Luck
SIA - Sorry in Advance
Side Skirts - Plastic trim under doors (a.k.a. Lowers)
Sig - Signature
Sig Pic - Signature Picture
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SV - Speedvision(Now Called Speed Channel)
T - Turbo
teh - the - deliberate typo error of "The". used in online gaming discussion
TDI - Turbo Direct Injection
TGIF - Thank God it's Friday
THX - Thanks
TIA - Thanks In Advance
Tip - Tiptronic
TMI - Too Much Information
TPIWWP - This Post Is Worthless Without Pictures
Tramlining - Tramlining is a condition which occurs when an extremely wide, low profile tire with a lot of surface traction & contact patch causes an unpleasant response through the steering wheel. When tramlining occurs, the tire wants to follow the grooves and crowns of the road. The wider the profile of the tire, the more it wants to "drive itself". You will notice this in the steering wheel over uneven road surfaces. Proper tire inflation can help dramatically reduce this problem.
Troll - Usually a new user from another automobile forum who try to convince the forum how much better their ride is.
TSB - 1. Technical Service Bulletin; 2. Transmission Stabilizer Bar
TT - Track Thread
TTT - to the top "Submitted by RightDiddy"
UID - User Identification (number)
UMD - University of Maryland
UP - Update Thread
UPS - United Parcel Service
USPS - United States Postal Service
UT - Untrack Thread
V1 - Valentine 1 Radar Detector - You need to buy this, and no other.
VA - The State of Virginia
Valence - Front & rear plastic Trim under bumpers
VASCAR - Pacing/Clocking system used by law enforcement for measuring speed traveled a certain distance in a vehicle (those white bars you see on the side of highways are used for this)
VIN - Vehicle Identification Number
VT - Virginia Tech
VTB - Vote to Ban
VVT - Variable Valve Timing
W - Winter Package
WB - Welcome Back
WFO - Wide F#%king Open
WOOT - Woot is a gaming term that is used to express excitement over a situation.
WOT - Wide Open Throttle
WTB - Want To Buy
WTF - What The F#%k?!
WTH - What/Who The Hell?
WTK - Want to Know
WTT - Want To Trade
WVU - West Virginia University
WW - Work Warning - posting nude/pornographic pictures.
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
W/O - Without
X - Xenon lights
x-post - Cross Post from another forum
Hope this helps everyone out. Please add anymore that you know of. :D