Sorry to ask....

[gemi_babe]

Well I have been asking questions about a few things to do with my house and I have been reading posts, starting to get the feel for the forum and I keep coming across the BB and SWMBO?
Guys can you please explain what they mean?

BB=Big Brother???? :rolleyes:

SWMBO= ???

They are probably really simple and I might regret asking this tomorrow LOL

:o

[Dan]

Bulletin Board
She who must be obeyed

[vsquizz]

Gemi, don't worry I had the same thing when I started.

BB = Bulletin Board
SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed

and some more

lol - Laughing Out Loud
DAMHIK - Don't Ask Me How I Know
IMO or IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
FYI - For Your Info

Cheers

[Ben from Vic.]

SCMS = Sliding Compound Mitre Saw
CMS = Compound Mitre Saw.

These had me stumped for a while. :o

Ben.

[journeyman Mick]

FWIW: for what it's worth.
ROS: Random Orbital Sander
RAS: Radial Arm Saw

Mick

[fxst]

oops.....................shouldnt have done that :D

[bitingmidge]

DC - Dust Collector

(Usually in conjunction with a ducting project that's been going on forever and still doesn't show any sign of being finished)

:D :D :D
P

[craigb]

AFAIK = As far as I know

[Barry_White]

LOML = Love of my Life

[Bob Willson]

oops.....................shouldnt have done that :D Apparently you didn't. :)

[gemi_babe]

Thanks guys. Made me laugh!

Would just be my luck to be surrounded buy a group of men who seem to know who is boss hahahahaha

jk (just kidding...LOL)

In my case, SWMBO would have to be SWMDIHS

She Who Must Do It Her Self

:p

[bsrlee]

And, in the interests of P.C. (Political Correctness)

POOSSLQ (Pronounced 'posel-qew') - Person Of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters.

as opposed to S.O. - Significant Other.

[Iain]

Lets not forget BS, gets quite an airing on this BB.
Bandsaw of course. :D
ROFLMAO :p

[Ben from Vic.]

Just wondering if someone could tell me what these three mean? :o

(sic)

(sp)

et al


Thanks.

Ben, the gramaticly challenged. :D

[PaulS]

sic

this means that a quote given has retained its original spelling, particularly if it has a mistake in it.

et al
this is latin for "and others" you will see this when references are given to books that are written by a number of authors. Usually the first author is given and the others just get "et al"

sp
I think this is an abreviation for "spelling"

[Zed]

FIIK - F if I know
DGARA - dont give a rats
BAU - business as usual
POS - piece of sh%t

[Wood Borer]

DNA - National Dyslexic Association

- Wood Borer

[PAH1]

sp can also be species ie Eucalyptus sp. referring to the fact you know it is a eucalyptus but not what species.

[kiwigeo]

sp can also be species ie Eucalyptus sp. referring to the fact you know it is a eucalyptus but not what species.
"Spp" seems to be used alot...does this have a different meaning than "sp"? Maybe spp refers to all species within a genus while sp as you say denotes an unknown spesice whithin a genus.

Any botanists with an answer?

[PAH1]

I have always used sp. Spp would seem unusual because it defies the naming convention all in lower case for second name. In forest trees of australia it uses spp. to refer to multiple species.

[AlexS]

WOFTAM - Waste of F'ing time and money

[kiwigeo]

I have always used sp. Spp would seem unusual because it defies the naming convention all in lower case for second name. In forest trees of australia it uses spp. to refer to multiple species.
Caps was my goof...Botany 101 was my best subject but thats as far as I went in that subject.

Id say youre right in that it refers to multiple species..ie when you are referring to a genus in general. Was just curious.

Heres another one...Im seeing Inoceramus (Mesozoic mollusc) shell fragments in my rock samples out here at work. How would you refer to more than one Inoceramus?? Would it be Inocermus's....Inocerami....

[PAH1]

Id say youre right in that it refers to multiple species..ie when you are referring to a genus in general. Was just curious.

Heres another one...Im seeing Inoceramus (Mesozoic mollusc) shell fragments in my rock samples out here at work. How would you refer to more than one Inoceramus?? Would it be Inocermus's....Inocerami....

It is a little more subtle than that. It is normally used like sp. refers to an individual specimen or perhaps a small group of identical specimens, but you do not know which actual species. spp. generally refers to more general aspects eg all Eucalptus spp. have opercula and fused sepals.

The second bit is a bit outside how I would think of things. I work on bloodworm, Chironomus tepperi, the plural becomes Chironomids. I am not too good on latin grammar but that may make the plural Inoceramids....

[julianx]

TPFKASWMBO the person formaly known as she who must be obeyed

[hexbaz]

sp in brackets (as it was in the original question) would normally refer to spelling. It is used when you are unsure whether you have spelt something correctly, like if I referred to the Thorpedo as Ian Thourpe (sp).

(sic), as has already been said, is kind of the opposite. If you were to quote my poor spelling above (particularly if I had not used the 'sp'), you would say "... Ian Thourpe (sic)". Sic is Latin for "so", or "in this way".
ROFLMAO: rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
IMAO: in my arogant opinion

[Dylan SJ]

IANAL = I am not a lawyer. Prefaces any legal advice :D

[Toggy]

DILLIGAS---- Do I look like I give a .

Ken

[HappyHammer]

IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In my "honest" opinion
GOD - Grubby old dood
SWCMC - She What Cleans My Clothes
SWWLMBLOT - She who won't let me buy loads of tools
BANK - SWMBO