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Topic: Definition of some short Abbreviations used on forum. Everyone should know; (Read 712 times)

jr. member
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I have found some additional abbreviations. I apologize if some are the same.

P2P = Peer to Peer
DYOR = Do your own research
FOMO = Fear of Missing Out
ATH = All Time High
TA = Technical Analysis
FA = Fundamental Analysis
ROI = Return on Investment
MCAP= Market capitalization of the coin
ICO = Initial coin offering
IPO = Initial Public Offering
POS = Proof-Of-Stake
POW = Proof-Of-Work
ASIC = Application Specific Integrated Circuit
FUD = fear, uncertainty and doubt.
DAO = Decentralized Autonomous Organization
ANN- Announcement
FWIW = For what it's Worth


hero member
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I would like to post this thread to my daily news on our local board, to make my fellow countrymen aware of what words are behind those Abbreviations. there are still many abbreviations we don't know, I would like to help them with this thread.
Here's the daily news I'm talking about: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcointalk-daily-november-04-2019-bagong-balita-5146288
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Temp= Temporary
ROFL = Roll On The Floor Laugh
I found some people here in the forum that includea P.S. after their statement or post.
P.S. = Post Script which means written after
E.g. = exampli gratia or example given in english.
Etc = etcetera which means "and other things" in english.
ATM = At The Moment, At The Most and Automated Teller Machine (cash machine)
ETA = Estimated Time of Arrival
ASAP = As Soon As Possible
legendary
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Don't forget the forum specific ones

VOM - Vulpine Order of Merit
TEMP - Thousand Earned Merit Poster

legendary
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Are these dedicated to this forum, or are you used to using it like this?
Many of the abbreviations on the OP are/can be used in other social media chats and forums,abbs such as lol,ffs,brb,smh etc
But there are so many abbreviations that originated from the forum,and are 90 percent used only only the forum as they are peculiar to it,abbs such as hodl,fomo,whale,Ico,Op,Hq etc
Get yourself acquainted with most of the forum abbreviations,so you wouldn't be "lost" when others use them
copper member
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Perhaps add some explanation or brief information about these technical terms? or add URL that redirect the word to it's definition.

DT = Default Trusted. - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/marketplace-trust-211858
PoS = Proof Of Stake. - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/proof-stake-pos.asp
PoW = Proof of Work. - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/proof-work.asp
SMAS blacklist = Signatute Manager Against Spam blacklist - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/smas-signature-managers-against-spam-light-version-1545652
ERC20= Ethereum Request for Comment ( 20 is a unique ID number). - https://www.investopedia.com/news/what-erc20-and-what-does-it-mean-ethereum/
ICO = Intial Coin Offering. = https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/initial-coin-offering-ico.asp
ANN = Announcements. = Short for Announcement which is commonly used on newly launched coin, you will mostly see this abbrv. word around Alternate cryptocurrencies sections
SMT = Spam Mega Thread. - Threads around 'Economics/Speculation' section that has more than 100 pages with nonsensical/spam comments.
i.e.
Is it better to save money or invest it? « 1 2 ... 713 714 »
Bitcoin or gold? « 1 2 ... 581 582 »
The future of the paper money « 1 2 ... 285 286 »
MEW = MyEtherWallet. - MyEtherWallet (our friends call us MEW) is a free, client-side interface helping you interact with the Ethereum blockchain. more
hero member
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Dont forget our ANN = Announcements.

When I was new, I always wondered what the hell ANN was.
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Are these dedicated to this forum, or are you used to using it like this?
legendary
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HODL= Hold On for Dear Life
Uh, for newbies' sake, you should link this thread to the actual "roots" of the term HODL. <- Link to the historical thread "I AM HODLING" (Checkout the gained Merit of that post)

It wasn't actually abbreviated before, just a typo that became a MEME and have been passed through the years.
Honestly, I didn't know where "Hold on for Dear Life" came from, I'm just altering the word hold as hodl (in all caps), just for aesthetics or fun.

Up for newcomers
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jr. member
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I think to my own best knowledge, the most popular and most used one's are:


Fear of Uncertainty and Doubt
DYOR  Do Your Own Research
TA   Technical Analysis
ICO  Initial Coin Offering
MEW  MyEtherWallet
TS  Total Supply
BTT  BitcoinTalk
TC  Total Circulation
FOMO Fear of Missing Out
legendary
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By the way, there is a little typo in the very first word - Defination  Cool

Good catch  Wink, corrected.
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A few very well known ones I haven't seen anybody mention here. Though some of them are acronyms but still commonly used in forums.

BTFD = Buy the fucking dip

REKT = from wrecked, or completely destroyed

WHALE = Somebody with a lot of crypto, not necessarily though, a very rich person

SATS = short for Satoshis



By the way, there is a little typo in the very first word - Defination  Cool


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I've also seen (and I actually had to look for the meaning) Smiley:
LMAO: Laughing My Ass Off
YOLO: You Only Live Once

Nice compilation!!!!
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most of them are not used on forum, it is easier to type them in google than to search through the forum or find the topic.
also, what do these people with all that time that they have when they use these shorteners?  Grin
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This is mainly useful for non-native English speakers, as it is easy for native English speakers to understand these short abbreviations, which are all composed of the first big letters of the original words, but for non-native English speakers to understand accurately the meaning of these short abbreviations may need to know which words they are composed of.
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Since you added the RSI (Relative Strength Index) then you can also add MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) which it is an indicator the same as RSI that is in your list. You add BTC (Bitcoin) as some might get fooled/tricked by the abbreviation of bitcointalk (BCT), BCT and BTC..
DYOR=Do Your Own Research
JOMO=Joy Of Missing Out
MCAP=Market Capitalization
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tl;dr = too long; didn’t read.
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I think there are 2 short forms which are popular but did not make it to original
 Terminolgy thread, by yogi  or this thread.

SMT => Spam Mega Thread.
SMAS blacklist => Signatute Manager against Spam blacklist

SMAS Blacklist is a good initiative by Lauda, lutpin and Yahoo. I guess if all of the Campaign Manager start making this list and sharing it our all spam problems will be solved.
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SCAM - Sigger Chasing After Merits
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You forgot something OP(Original Poster) Grin , maybe add this abbreviation on your list :
FYI = For Your Information
HODL = Hold On for Dear Life
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It's better to make in one list.
I'm afraid it was already created as Terminolgy thread, by yogi Tongue

BTW good work OP.

legendary
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Good to have them all at one place. Being relatively new here, I had to search some of them to understand the posters. I can give you a couple of them more:

AKA   = Also known as
FWIW = For what it's Worth
IOW = In other Words
MMW = Mark my Words


Thanks for suggest.  Your given abbreviations has been added on my list. It's better to make in one list.


It's better to make in one list.
I'm afraid it was already created as Terminolgy thread, by yogi Tongue

BTW good work OP.



Oh, in was unable to find. By the way, it look totally different post and formats. I never copied from his post. Anyway thanks for remind. I just try to list thoes are used mostly.
You forgot something OP(Original Poster) Grin , maybe add this abbreviation on your list :
FYI = For Your Information
HODL = Hold On for Dear Life
Added.

I think there are 2 short forms which are popular but did not make it to original
 Terminolgy thread, by yogi  or this thread.

SMT => Spam Mega Thread.
SMAS blacklist => Signatute Manager against Spam blacklist

SMAS Blacklist is a good initiative by Lauda, lutpin and Yahoo. I guess if all of the Campaign Manager start making this list and sharing it our all spam problems will be solved.


Added
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Good to have them all at one place. Being relatively new here, I had to search some of them to understand the posters. I can give you a couple of them more:

AKA   = Also known as
FWIW = For what it's Worth
IOW = In other Words
MMW = Mark my Words
legendary
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Defination of some short abbreviations used on forum. Everyone should know about it. I just describe abbreviations, you should use in appropriate place.

OP= Original Poster/Post.
DT= Default Trusted.
BTW= By The Way.
IIRC= If I Recall/Remember Corrcecrly.
HQ= High Quality.
IMO= In My Opinion.
IMHO= In My Humble Opinion.
AFAIK= As Far As I Know.
AKA= Also Known As
FYI = For Your Information
HODL= Hold On for Dear Life
FWIW = For What It's Worth
IOW = In Other Words
MMW = Mark My Words
LOL= Laughing Out Loud.
WTF= What The Fuck.
FFS= For Fuck's Sake.
LMK= Let Me Know.
IDK= I Don't Know.
OFC= Of Course.
IKR = I Know Right.
OMG= Oh My God.
BRB= Be Right Back.
OIC= Oh I See.
CNP= Continued Net Post.
BBL= Be Back Later.
BBS = Be Back Soon.
NRN= No Reply Necessary
NP: No Problem.
OTOH= On The Other Hand.
SMH= Shaking My Head.
PM= Private Maessage.
DM= Direct Message.
RIP= Rest In Peace.
SYS = See You Soon.
TNT= Till Next Time.
FTFY = Fixed That For You.
IRL= In Real Life.
NSFW= Not Safe For Work.
NSFL= Not Safe For Life.
QFT= Quoted For Truth.
BCT= Bitcointalk.
FA = Fundamental Analysis.
FOMO = Fear Of Missing Out.
FUD = Fear Uncertainty & Doubt.
OTC = Over The Counter.
TA=Technical Analysis.
RSI = Relative Strength Index.
ICO: Intial Coin Offering.
ERC20= Ethereum Request for Comment ( 20 is a unique ID number).
MEW= MyEtherwallet.
PoS= Proof Of Stake.
PoW= Proof of Work.
SMT = Spam Mega Thread.
SMAS blacklist =Signatute Manager Against Spam blacklist

If any wrong abbreviations here or I missed any, let me know I will update.

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