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JmariC
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Member # 2698

posted

As a newbie to this forum, I have run across many abbreviations I am not familiar with, some I am. For example:
WotF= Writers of the Future
WIP = ??

Could we get a list of common Hatrack acronym's/abbreviations and their meaning?
Perhaps even get it added to the FAQ for future referencing?

Posts: 233 | Registered: Jul 2005 |

Christine
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Member # 1646

posted

We don't have as many at Hatrack as at other sitse because, as writers, we expect our peers here to, well, write.

There are a few we do use, though:

WIP = work in progress
BIC = butt in chair
HUB = Hatrack utility belt (someone will have to dig up this old thread)
POV = point of view

Posts: 3567 | Registered: May 2003 |

Robyn_Hood
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Member # 2083

posted

MC - Main Character

Posts: 1473 | Registered: Jul 2004 |

autumnmuse
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Member # 2136

posted

3PLO: 3rd person limited omniscient viewpoint.

There are other variations on that theme: FP = first person, etc.

Posts: 818 | Registered: Aug 2004 |

Ransom
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Member # 2712

posted

CCUWISIUCDMD

Can't Come Up With Ideas Sitting In Uncomfortable Chair Drinking Mountain Dew.

I've seen that one a lot.

Posts: 77 | Registered: Jul 2005 |

Spaceman
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Member # 9240

posted

OICURMT = what did the writer say when going to the cupboard for a snack?

Posts: 2 | Registered: Aug 2010 |

Ransom
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Member # 2712

posted

Umm, hold on, I know this one.

OICURMT

Olive ingots can't ultimately rectify my tie?

Posts: 77 | Registered: Jul 2005 |

autumnmuse
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Member # 2136

posted

Try saying it out loud.

Posts: 818 | Registered: Aug 2004 |

ChrisOwens
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Member # 1955

posted

Isn't it 1P?

Posts: 1275 | Registered: Mar 2004 |

JmariC
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Member # 2698

posted

What about RoF?

Posts: 233 | Registered: Jul 2005 |

Christine
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Member # 1646

posted

Ahhh yes, the popular markets for our work:

ROF = Realms of Fantasy
F&SF = Fantasy and Science Fiction
A&A = Abyss and Apex
SH = Strange Horizons (although this is usually spelled out around here, I have seen it written this way)

Posts: 3567 | Registered: May 2003 |

mikemunsil
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Member # 2109

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IOTTMCO = Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer

ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing

TANSTAAFL = there ain't no such thing as a free lunch

TANJ = There ain't no justice

Posts: 2710 | Registered: Jul 2004 |

Ransom
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Member # 2712

posted

OICURMT...

OH, I get it! That rocks, dude!

Posts: 77 | Registered: Jul 2005 |

Doc Brown
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Member # 1118

posted

Gosh, that's cool. You can make all kinds of words, even whole sentences that way. I wonder it it's possible to write a whole conversation, or even a short story this way?

LOQT. RUOKQT? OICUR2L8. YOYRUL8? ICQ. U2. CUL8TR. OK,U1.

I can also think or four or five lewd suggestions that include the number 4 and the letter Q, but I won't post them here.

Posts: 976 | Registered: May 2001 |

autumnmuse
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Member # 2136

posted

I have a children's book called C D B? which is entirely made of those.

Posts: 818 | Registered: Aug 2004 |

Jeraliey
Member
Member # 2147

posted

Hoosier version:

"CMBDIs? MR ducks. CMEDBD feet? MR mice."

"MR not!"

"OSAR"

"OIC. L, LB!"

Posts: 1041 | Registered: Aug 2004 |

Spaceman
New Member
Member # 9240

posted

I've created a monster!

Posts: 2 | Registered: Aug 2010 |

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