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vippymini
architeuthis moderator
Posts: 851 Joined: Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:00 pm
Location: hertfordshire
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by vippymini » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:24 pm
couldnt decide where to put this so put it in here as it wont be to hard to find. please add any known acronyms so everyone knows what they mean!!
ill start with a few
TT = trickle towel
CT = Chloramine T
PP = Potassium permanganate
MG+F = Malachite green and formalin
BS = Bakki shower
KHV = Koi herpes virus
TDS = Total dissolved solids
KH and GH = Carbonate hardness and genral hardness
PH = power of hydrogen or potential hydrogen
HP = Hydrogen peroxide
ORP = oxidation reduction potential
QT = quarentine tank
LOL = laugh out loud
OH = Other half
GERRY5
Great White Shark
Posts: 903 Joined: Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:54 pm
Location: feurteventura canary islands spain
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by GERRY5 » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:22 pm
imho = in my honest opinion
imo = in my opinion
svc = spring vireamia in carp
more will follow im sure (but not the naughty ones )
Cashybai
Lemon Shark
Posts: 47 Joined: Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:34 pm
Location: Oakham, Rutland
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by Cashybai » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:17 pm
Here's one for my system...
F U B A R
translations by pm only
GERRY5
Great White Shark
Posts: 903 Joined: Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:54 pm
Location: feurteventura canary islands spain
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by GERRY5 » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:00 pm
Cashybai
Lemon Shark
Posts: 47 Joined: Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:34 pm
Location: Oakham, Rutland
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by Cashybai » Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:10 am
Nearly forgot, its S N A F U as well....
gingeletiss
Great White Shark
Posts: 839 Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:54 pm
Location: Southampton
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by gingeletiss » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:06 pm
TFSBIMP......That Fish Should Be In My Pond
mekoi
Lemon Shark
Posts: 38 Joined: Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:23 am
Location: Sydney, Australia
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by mekoi » Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:40 am
DidIdothat
Black Tip Reef Shark
Posts: 197 Joined: Thu May 11, 2006 1:45 pm
Location: Wigan
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by DidIdothat » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:26 pm
I have a stamp in my office and I have used it for years, people think that it’s for paperwork to be filed and I’ve had it that long that nobody has questioned it.
W.O.F.T.A.M.
Waste Of Fliping Time And Money. (I have a slightly different wording)
Phil
fisherman
Tiger Shark
Posts: 457 Joined: Fri May 05, 2006 11:45 am
Location: Grays, Essex
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by fisherman » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:31 am
FULB that was used to describe anyone that was useless I.E. one of the managers at work
Fat useless lazy bars**** and I was the only one that would ask why he was called it
Graham.
Tiger Shark
Posts: 346 Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:01 am
Location: Essex
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by Graham. » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:24 am
As im a systems engineer for IBM we have a few well known acronyms for systems techies..
F.U.C.T - Failed under conditional testing
J.F.D.I - Just f*#@ing do it
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get
Jagger
Hammer Head shark
Posts: 296 Joined: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:32 am
Location: Kemsing,Kent.
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by Jagger » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:00 pm
DOC = D idn't O ften C lean.......no it ain't, it's....D one 0 C leaning......okay okay ....it's D issolved O rganic C arbon.