This topic is for all those little short-cuts we use here on Hatrack. When someone asks what one of them means, we can refer them to this topic, as long as someone has posted the definition.
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
Okay, here are some, just to get things started:
WIP = work in progress (aka MIP = manuscript in progress)
AKA = also known as
POV = point of view
BIC = butt in chair (sometimes the only way to overcome writers block)
HUB = Hatrack Utility Belt
[ April 20, 2013, 04:23 PM: Message edited by: Kathleen Dalton Woodbury ]
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
Also some that I happen to like:
BTW = by the way
LOL = laugh out loud
IMHO = in my humble opinion
IMNSHO = in my not so humble opinion
AFAIK = as far as I know
IIRC = if I remember correctly
FWIW = for what it's worth
YMMV = your mileage may vary (meaning everyone has different takes and tastes on some things)
[ April 20, 2013, 04:25 PM: Message edited by: Kathleen Dalton Woodbury ]
Posted by x__sockeh__x (Member # 3069) on :
Here's another just to throw at you all: YAABMM - Your Abbreviations Are Blowing My Mind :P
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
WASP = white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
DINK = double income no kids
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
TANSTAAFL
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (Heinlein)
Posted by aspirit (Member # 7974) on :
MC = Main character
SAHM = Stay at home mom
SF = Speculative fiction -or- science fiction, depending on the author's intention
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
"pantser" is a newly coined (so far as I know) term here on the Hatrack River Writers Workshop forum that means "one who writes 'by the seat of the pants'" as opposed to "one who outlines the story before writing it."
Actually, there are lots of other possibilities in between these two.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
"pantser"...a Google search shows it popping up on a number of writing websites, so I guess the meaning has firmed up...however, it does have two alternate meanings (in English), one of which is the perpetrator of a sick practical joke and the other refers to someone who does something else (details of which might be too raw for posting).
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
Thanks, Robert. I suspected there might be something out there like that "something else" definition, which is why I decided it would be good to post a specific definition for how the term is used here.
Maybe writers can co-opt the term and make the writerly meaning stronger than other meanings. We can hope, anyway.
Posted by Treamayne (Member # 9700) on :
Bump, with a note that the links in Post 2 are broken now.
V/R
AT
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :