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Acronyms
« on: February 12, 2016, 11:52:59 AM »
Being a newbie to the craft of smoking meats, I see a lot of acronyms used on the forum. A few I have figured out over time, but others I am still clueless when I see them.

Is there a list of smoking acronyms anywhere on the forum that I could reference?
Andy - Broken Arrow, OK

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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2016, 12:08:28 PM »
I do not remember seeing such a list. But, I think it is a good idea. If you have a few of them that you have found, I would start a list and send it to Tony in a PM and he could create a topic in the most appropriate section. Then this list could periodically be updated as needed.
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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2016, 01:57:03 PM »
Andy...which acronyms are still puzzling you?
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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2016, 02:42:18 PM »
While we are on the subject:

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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2016, 04:45:35 PM »
LOL!
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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2016, 08:28:32 PM »
Not a bad idea, Andy!  But, the best solution is to stop using acronyms, and speak plain English!!  I try to write-out acronyms, to avoid confusion like you're talking about.  I will frequently use some, though, like "BBQ" for Bar-Be-Que, and "IT" for Internal Temperature.  Other than that, I don't think I use a lot of acronyms (someone please correct me if I'm wrong).

SOP, here at the FP, should be to speak in PE, so ECU!  (Standard operating procedure, here at the Forum Pages, should be to speak in Plain English, so Everyone Can Understand!!) ;)

TTYL! ;D

p.s. - let us know if you run across one you don't understand!

p.p.s.  - If we're using enough acronyms that we need a "Guide to Acronyms," we're using too many acronyms!!
 
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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2016, 09:50:40 PM »
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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2016, 10:37:39 AM »
I had to google TTYL to figure that one out...   :o
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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2016, 03:44:11 PM »
I had to google TTYL to figure that one out...   :o

Ha!  My work here is done...... ;D ;D ;D BOL!!  Sometimes, it's an advantage to having a 16 year-old son. ;)
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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2016, 04:41:57 PM »
Dave....that is a great list.

There were a few that I was curious about so I did Google search of bbq acronyms. Found a great list on thesmokering.com that addressed most of those I had seen on the SI forum.
Andy - Broken Arrow, OK

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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2016, 03:08:03 PM »
You might want to consider joining the Society to Ban the Use of TLAs.
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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2016, 06:20:15 PM »
Society to Ban the Use of TLAs.

"Too-many Lame Acronyms?"
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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2016, 05:01:38 PM »
Society to Ban the Use of TLAs.

"Too-many Lame Acronyms?"

Close Tony. "Three Letter Acronyms".
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Re: Acronyms
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2016, 11:18:38 PM »
Ha!  Thanks for the clarification, Barry!  Good one! ;D ;D
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