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chucketn
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Aug 08, 2021

abbreviation lookup or glossary

I owned a travel trailer 40 years ago, and am now looking into buying a motor home. Just joined this forum this morning to educate myself.
I am confused by the use of acronyms. I can figure out some based on the content of the post. Others, I have no clue. Is there a abbreviation lookup or glossary function here? If there is, I can't find it. Using the search function is not much help.

Chuck

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    chucketn
    Explorer
    Aug 08, 2021
    wa8yxm wrote:


    There is a long list of multiple meaning TLAs' and though I won't post them here I often have some serious fun with GOP


    I remember being called on to read a page from our 'social studies' text in the 7th or 8th grade(1962 or 1963) and coming across the acronym GOP. My teacher nearly had a stroke when I pronounced it rhyming with 'mop'...
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    wildtoad
    Explorer II
    Aug 08, 2021
    capacitor wrote:
    Ok, what is DW?


    The W is for wife. Pick anyone of the following:

    Dear, dang, ****, dopey, dumb, dead, dorky, da lovely.

    I would suggest you select the first one or the last one.
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    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Aug 08, 2021
    The Problem with so many abbreviations is they vary based on who is speaking

    EMS: Emergency Medical Service
    EMS: Energy Management System
    EMS: Energy Monitoring System

    Three different meanings

    AC (Alternating current) some folks use A/C to mean air conditioning some use AC.

    There is a long list of multiple meaning TLAs' and though I won't post them here I often have some serious fun with GOP
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    chucketn
    Explorer
    Aug 08, 2021
    Thanks for the links.
    I actually stumbled on a thread from 2006 that listed a lot.

    Chuck

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