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            ACRONYMS (and things that look like them)

(Note: the purpose of this list is to provide folks with a place where they can find out what all of those strange acronyms they see in here mean without having to write a lot of "What is that?" messages (good- ness knows we've enough traffic in here already.) Please don't deluge me with obscure acronyms unless they're actively in use in here…)

AFAIK: As Far As I Know APA: Amateur Press Association. Sort of like this bulletin board

   only each member prints up his/her own comments and passes
   them to the Official Collator (or Official Editor) to fasten
   together and distribute copies to members.  Most appear
   monthly or quarterly, but there is at least one yearly one
   (WOOF - the Worldcon apa) and a weekly (gisp) one, APA-L,
   collated and distributed at LASFS meetings.

AWGTHTGTTA?: Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?

   Alternative form is AWGTHTGTATA (...Through ALL This
   Again?).

BNF: Big Name Fan BOOF: A typo for "book" which appears to have caught on. It

   means "book".

BTW: By The Way DUFF and TAFF: Respectively the Down Under Fan Fund and the Trans

   Atlantic Fan Fund (funds to import fen from same for World-
   cons.)  A Mid Atlantic Fan Fund for well known fuggheads is
   occasionally suggested...

DUOE: Dried-Up Old Eunuch. To quote Jo Peshek "An organization of

   folks who have thoughts about things other than sex. We do
   occasionally think about sex, but it isn't an exclusive
   subject in our lives. In other words, we have brains as well
   as hormones."

FBT: Frigging Blue Turtleoid. Refers to the gigantic blue six

   legged turtle like critter with several people tied to its
   back which appears on the cover of John DeChancie's novel,
   CASTLE KIDNAPPED.  It does not appear anywhere INSIDE the
   book.  (Upon his visit to the LA, John was presented with a
   Super Sculpy model of an FBT by yours truly which may ex-
   plain why he has gone home again, heh, heh...)

FIAWOL: Fandom Is A Way Of Life FIJAGH: Fandom Is Just A Ghoddam Hobby (or possibly "Ghu-dam

   hobby" if you're into invoking fannish ghods [personally I
   like The Great Spider or The Church of Herbangelism -
   "Praise Herbie and Pass the Buck"], note also the fannish
   insertion of silent "h"s into things, such as "bheer".)

FIJASOI: Fandom is Just Another Source of Income FITB = Fill In The Blank…. FYI: For Your Information GAFIATE: Get Away From It All (as in drop out of Fandom) GIWIST: Gee I Wish I'd Said That IITYWIMWYBMAD: If I tell you what it means, will you buy me a

   drink?

IMHO: In My Humble Opinion. Also IMNSHO: In My Not-So Humble

   Opinion and IMOBO: In My Own Biased Opinion.

INPO: In No Particular Order LASFS: The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, which is the

   oldest continuously meeting science fantasy society in this
   world.  Founded on October 27th, 1934, it settled on weekly
   Thursday meetings by the end of 1939, and has an unbroken
   record ever since, including Thanksgivings.  It can current-
   ly be found at: 11513 Burbank Blvd., N. Hollywood, CA  91601
   telephone (818) 760-9234.

LLTA: Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause LOL: Laughing Out Loud NASFiC: North American Science Fiction Convention (aka North

   AmeriCon)

OOK!: This is not an acronym - it's the abbreviated form of Ook

   ook slobber drool!"  This started out as "Ook ook!" which Ed
   Buchman introduced to the LASFS claiming a strange lady told
   him it meant "your pleasure centers had been diddled."  He
   soon modified it to the longer form. Lee Gold, who was LASFS
   secretary at the time says that once at a LASFS auction when
   Pelz was auctioning off a thingie looking like a toilet bowl
   and lid, Ed exclaimed "Ook Ook Slobber Drool!", Bruce asked
   Lee for a definition, and Lee defined it as a bid amount.
   So an "Ook" is worth $.50, a "Slobber" is $.75 and a "Drool"
   is $1, and OOSD = $2.75.

OOTC: Obligatory On Topic Comment POV: Point Of View ROFLASTC! (or ROFLASC!): Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Scar-

   ing The Cat.  Originated, I'm told by Pamela Dean, who types
   with a cat on her lap.

RSN: Real Soon Now RTFM: Read The Fershlugginer Manual SFBC: Science Fiction Book Club SFWA: Science Fiction Writers of America SMOF: Secret Masters of Fandom SPAM: SPiced hAM or something like that. A brand of semiedible

   canned meat referred to in a famous Monty Python's Flying
   Circus sketch.

ST:TOS, ST:TNG: Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The

   Next Generation

TANJ: There Ain't No Justice TANSTAAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TINAR: This Is Not A Review TPTB: The Powers That Be TTBOMK: To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN: Ta Ta For Now. WAMKSAM: Why Are My Kids (or Kitties) Staring At Me? WYLABOCTGWTR, WYLASOMWTC: Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go

   With That Remark?, Would You Like A Saucer Of Milk With That
   Comment?  Created by Steven Brust (& common in Minneapa)

YATI: Yet Another Trek Inconsistency YMMV: Your mileage may vary. y'yin quap'je: A Klingon salutation used by Gary Akins, it trans-

   lates approximately as "survive and succeed".
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