Acronyms of Piston Heads

[LotusACBC]

For the sake of all those American (me) or not and just out of the loop of message board acronyms, please, due tell what the following mean.

And of course, others would be keen to take involvement in their own questions of such...

HO or is it OH? (it was referenced in regards to a mans wife I suppose)
EFA

[Cara Van Man]

R

(repost)

[Justayellowbadge]

OH Other Half

EFA Explained For Americans

[Simpo Two]

EFA - edited for accuracy

(usually to defame OP)

(OP - original poster)


ETA (edited to add): NB (nota bene) - you mean 'Acronyms in PistonHeads'. The only acronym of 'PistonHeads' is 'PH'

Edited by Simpo Two on Friday 5th September 18:15

[LotusACBC]

Justayellowbadge said:

OH Other Half

EFA Explained For Americans

hahah thats appropriate for this OP

[GarC]

LotusACBC said:

For the sake of all those comma American (me) or not comma and just out of the loop of message board acronyms, please, do tell what the following means.

Example of pedantry (probably wrong)

Edit to add: this is meant as a joke.

Edited by GarC on Friday 5th September 18:17

[_daveR]

I have only just realised what SWMBO means and I've been reading PH for a fair old time!

[Saddle bum]

_daveR said:

I have only just realised what SWMBO means and I've been reading PH for a fair old time!

Also:

Leader of the Opposition.
Ball and chain.
Trouble and strife.
Financial controller.
CO.

[Baby Huey]

AFAIK.

Americans fk Animals In Kennels.

[anonymous-user]

Saddle bum said:

_daveR said:

I have only just realised what SWMBO means and I've been reading PH for a fair old time!

Also:

Leader of the Opposition.
Ball and chain.
Trouble and strife.
Financial controller.
CO.

..and Rev Limiter.

[BigLepton]

LotusACBC said:

For the sake of all those American (me) or not and just out of the loop of message board acronyms, please, due tell what the following mean.

And of course, others would be keen to take involvement in their own questions of such...

HO or is it OH? (it was referenced in regards to a mans wife I suppose)
EFA

Those are not acronyms, they are initialisms. Acronyms are new words made up usually from the first letters of each word of a phrase or name to make a new, pronounceable word such as 'LASER' - Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation or 'NATO' - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, whereas initialisms are simply the initials of a phrase or name which do not produce a new, pronounceable word such as OH, BBC or LED.

PH - pedantry matters!

[chevy-stu]

Baby Huey said:

AFAIK.

Americans fk Animals In Kennels.

ONLY IN CERTAIN STATES....

[Baby Huey]

chevy-stu said:

Baby Huey said:

AFAIK.

Americans fk Animals In Kennels.

ONLY IN CERTAIN STATES....

Sorry Stu, was that a bit of a generalisation?

[aussiebruce]

Cara Van Man said:

R

(repost)

could everyone starting a thread please read the 2,000,000+ previous threads so as not to repost!!!!!!!

Thank you

[Cara Van Man]

aussiebruce said:

Cara Van Man said:

R

(repost)

could everyone starting a thread please read the 2,000,000+ previous threads so as not to repost!!!!!!!

Thank you

Yeah! Lazy B'stards.

[Einion Yrth]

BigLepton said:

LotusACBC said:

For the sake of all those American (me) or not and just out of the loop of message board acronyms, please, due tell what the following mean.

And of course, others would be keen to take involvement in their own questions of such...

HO or is it OH? (it was referenced in regards to a mans wife I suppose)
EFA

Those are not acronyms, they are initialisms. Acronyms are new words made up usually from the first letters of each word of a phrase or name to make a new, pronounceable word such as 'LASER' - Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation or 'NATO' - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, whereas initialisms are simply the initials of a phrase or name which do not produce a new, pronounceable word such as OH, BBC or LED.

PH - pedantry matters!

Oh, are you sure about that, or am I just easily led?

Ok I'll grant you BBC and I know I spelt 'lead' wrongly, and I know that when used in their original contect we don't pronounce them that way, but OH and LED do form pronouncable words, (and in fact my hardware guy does sometimes pronounce L.E.D as 'led').

[LotusACBC]

aussiebruce said:

Cara Van Man said:

R

(repost)

could everyone starting a thread please read the 2,000,000+ previous threads so as not to repost!!!!!!!

Thank you

My friend, from one joke to another , have you any idea how many reposts there must be on every message board? Sometimes old posts can be rekindled to include new members and the such.

Now, go eat some pie and ham and L.M.B < figure this initialism out! LOL

[B17NNS]

Crossflow Kid said:

..and Rev Limiter.

...and the handbrake...

[andy_s]

LotusACBC said:

aussiebruce said:

Cara Van Man said:

R

(repost)

could everyone starting a thread please read the 2,000,000+ previous threads so as not to repost!!!!!!!

Thank you

My friend, from one joke to another , have you any idea how many reposts there must be on every message board? Sometimes old posts can be rekindled to include new members and the such.

Now, go eat some pie and ham and L.M.B < figure this initialism out! LOL

If you read it again in context you may detect some quick humour. Unless you suffer from irony deficiency...

[minimax]

LotusACBC said:

aussiebruce said:

Cara Van Man said:

R

(repost)

could everyone starting a thread please read the 2,000,000+ previous threads so as not to repost!!!!!!!

Thank you

My friend, from one joke to another , have you any idea how many reposts there must be on every message board? Sometimes old posts can be rekindled to include new members and the such.

Now, go eat some pie and ham and L.M.B < figure this initialism out! LOL

lick my balls?

love my beach?

lovely much breakfast?

hmmm...