Reader's Guide to Acronyms

[Mr. Kabotz-migration]

So I'm reading the latest hot thread, constantly asking, "BSD, BSD... What the hell does BSD mean?" Someone finally posted the answer.

 

I thought it would be useful for those that haven't logged several hundred (or thousand...) posts to know what the acronyms mean that might be encountered on these boards. I'll start, and I'm sure others can chime in and add to the list.

 

BA = Bronze Age

SA = Silver Age

GA = Golden Age

PLOD = Purple Label of Doom (or Death) -- purple CGC label for "restored" book

BSD = Big Swinging Richard -- the big name dealers/collectors

BD = Big Richard (just a jerk)

[Rickdogg]

A few others off of the top of my head

 

MTU = Marvel Team-Up

MTIO = Marvel Two-in-one

ASM = Amazing Spider-man

TOS= Tales Of Suspense

TTA = Tales to Astonish

QP = Quality of Production

WWBN = Werewolf By Night

BFE = Butt in' Egypt

**** =

[FFB]

BLU (Blue Label of Uncertainty). Used to denote an obviously pressed and cleaned (or otherwise restored) book that somehow has made it into a Blue Universal label.

 

CGG (Charlatan Grading Group)

 

FOAD (F Off And Die). An acronym invented by Ian Levine round about the same time that he created the internet and invented comic book collecting as a higher art form. (Kidding, Ian!)

[Shield]

One that always had me confused:

 

LCS=Local Comic Shop

[s-man]

One I was called my first day on the boards: FNG = F**kin' New Guy

 

Another was a bit of friendly advice: RTFM = Read the F**kin' Manual

[Mr. Kabotz-migration]

Oh yeah...expressions of shock and dismay...

 

WTF = What The F*[!@#%^&^]?!

LMAO = Laughing My Off!

OMG or OMFG = Oh My (F*cking) God!

IMO or IMHO = In My (Humble) Opinion

[FFB]

How about:

 

GDTRMMSCOMKAWHPS -- it means "God damn that Redhook made me spit coffee on my keyboard again with his Photoshop skills"

[Bronty]

ROFL rolling on floor laughing

ROFLMFAO rolling on floor laughing my f'ing off

[drice6900]

Some more:

 

ROTFL = Rolling on the floor laughing

GTTSS = Greggy's too tight short-shorts

SSDC = Sweet, sweet DC's

BOCPF = Bachelor of Comics Popcorn Fetish

WTTB = Welcome to the boards!

 

[tth2]

PBOD=pretty book of the day

[texasknight]

TEC' - Detective Comics --- took me a while before this one was figured out when I first got here.

[kahml]

Ah yes, and lest we forget the wonderful state of New Jersey:

 

GTFOH - Get the F* outta here

 

Which can be either emphatic or questioning, depending on whether you use an exclamation mark or a question mark. To wit:

 

"Scooby, let's GTFOH!"

 

or

 

"Ebay ad: AF 15 CGC 9.9 MINT Single Owner" "GTFOH, really?"

 

 

Larry

[blowout]

MTU = Marvel Team-Up

 

 

 

...A worthy 5000th post if ever there was one.

[Dano]

GGA = Good Girl Art

 

Dan.

[BachelorOfComix]

old link

[ArAich]

TMNT = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....

[chrisco37]

OMGNAH181T = Oh My God! Not Another Hulk 181 Thread (not used as much anymore)

[lighthouse]

TOFTT... Took One For The Team (scheduling an appt with a new independent escort only to discover that her services fall far short of expectations... reporting back prevents the rest of the team from making the same mistake)

 

Oh... wait... wrong board...

 

Guess I don't need to explain Russian, GFE, Reverse Cowgirl, MSOG, and Birdwatching after all...

[FlyingDonut]

TOFTT... Took One For The Team (scheduling an appt with a new independent escort only to discover that her services fall far short of expectations... reporting back prevents the rest of the team from making the same mistake)

 

Oh... wait... wrong board...

 

Guess I don't need to explain Russian, GFE, Reverse Cowgirl, MSOG, and Birdwatching after all...

 

Russian I know (or am pretty sure).

Girl Friend Experience

Reverse Cowgirl

MSOG

Birdwatching?

 

Inquiring minds want to know!

[lighthouse]

TOFTT... Took One For The Team (scheduling an appt with a new independent escort only to discover that her services fall far short of expectations... reporting back prevents the rest of the team from making the same mistake)

 

Oh... wait... wrong board...

 

Guess I don't need to explain Russian, GFE, Reverse Cowgirl, MSOG, and Birdwatching after all...

 

Russian I know (or am pretty sure).

Girl Friend Experience

Reverse Cowgirl

MSOG

Birdwatching?

 

Inquiring minds want to know!

 

So I guess you figured out what MSOG meant? Since your first reply still had a question mark...

"Birdwatching" is one of the more creative terms used in that hobby, and the birds you would typically brag about watching are the ones that make their return to Capistrano every year...