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EMAIL ABBREVIATIONS AND LINGO

People who use the Internet and email extensively have developed a
vocabulary of abbreviations for commonly used phrases and even
symbols for facial expressions. There is also "pseudo-formatting"
of plain text: asterisks indicate *italic* or *bold text* (emphasis)
and underscores suggest _underlined text_.

The following is a collection of email abbreviations that have been
used by Continuum List subscribers.


COMMONLY USED:
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CC or TCC - The Continuum Concept. Also, CC used as an adjective
   might be thought of as "continuum-correct", i.e., in accord with
   the principles of The Continuum Concept.

AP - attachment parenting (similar to CC parenting)

BTW - by the way

dh/dw/dd/ds - a reference to members of one's immediately family:
dear husband, dear wife, dear daughter, dear son (etc.)

FYI - for your information

e.g. - "for example" (from the Latin *exempli gratia*)

i.e. - "that is" or "in other words" (from the Latin *id est*)

IYKWIM - if you know what I mean
KWIM? - know what I mean?

IMO - in my opinion
IMHO - in my humble opinion
IMNSHO - in my not-so-humble opinion

JL - Jean Liedloff, author of The Continuum Concept

LCN - the Liedloff Continuum Network

LLL - La Leche League (international breastfeeding support
organization)

LOL - laugh out loud

TCC - The Continuum Concept (see "CC" above)

TCS - Taking Children Seriously, an organization that promotes a
   philosophy of "non-coercive" parenting and education. TCS has its
   own definition of coercion, which can be found at their website.
   (http://www.tcs.ac) Several members of the Continuum list have
   tried to integrate TCS with TCC.

:-) smiling   :-( frowning/sad   ;-) winking/joking

<g> - grin, also <grin> and <vbwg> (very big wide grin)
Any facial expression or non-verbal sound may be spelled out and
   placed in angle brackets. Examples: <smile>, <gulp>

<snip> or [...] - indicates that a quote has been edited or taken
   out of context.


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a.k.a. - also known as

AR - anal-retentive (in the Freudian sense) or, more politely,
   absolutely rigid (perfectionistic)

BF - breastfed or breastfeed

BTDT - been there, done that

dks/dk's - dear kids

FWIW - for what it's worth

H/G - hunter/gatherer

IRL - in real life

ISTM - it seems to me

JM2c - just my two cents

MIL/FIL/SIL/BIL - mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law,
   brother-in-law.
MOL - Mother OutLaw ;-)

MS - mainstream

OTOH - on the other hand

ROTFLOL - rolling on the floor laughing out loud

SAH - stay-at-home [mom/dad]

s.o. - significant other

(sp?) - "Spelling?" (indicates the previous word may be misspelled)

TANSTAAFL - "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."

TIA - thanks in advance

TTYL - talk to you later

TTFN - "ta ta" for now (goodbye)

UC - unassisted childbirth

WAH - work-at-home [mom/dad]

WRT - with regard to

YKHII - you know how it is

YMMV - your mileage may vary

:-D big smile   :-P sticking tonue out   :-O gasping

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use the list to request an explanation; rather, directly ask the
subscriber who used the abbreviation, or request help from the
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This file updated May, 2000