Ancronyms and Abbreviations

[Crash Of 47]

We really dont use alot of these, but i thought id help some newbs out.

AKA Also Known As
4WS 4 Wheel steering
AWD All Wheel drive
4WD Four Wheel Drive
ABS Anti-lock Braking System
AC Air conditioning
A/Wh Alloy wheels
A/E Angel Eyes
A/F Air Fuel
AFC Air Fuel Control
AFAIK As far as I know
ASAP As soon as possible
AWOL Absent without leave
BBTB Big Bore Throttle Body
BDC Bottom Dead Centre (crank/piston positioning)
BTDC Before Top Dead Center
BBDC Before Bottom Dead Center
BSOD Blue Screen Of Death (Windows error screen)
BTW By The Way
BTT = Bump To Top or Bump To Top
BOV Blow Off Valve
CAI Cold Air Intake
CAT Catalytic converter
CC Colour coded
C/C Cruise control
CLC Climate Control
CD Canadian Dollars
CL Central locking
CV VT Continuous Variable Valve TIming
CEL Check Engine Light
CF Carbon Fiber
COTM Car Of The Month
Co2 Carbon Dioxide
DIY Do It yourself
TDC Top Dead Center
EBC Electronic Boost controller
ECU Electronic Control Unit
EGT Exhaust Gas Temp
EM Electric mirrors
ES Electric seats
ESR Electric sunroof
EW Electric windows
FFSR Factory fitted sunroof
F/I Fuel Injection//Forced Induction
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FMIC Front Mount Intercooler
FUBAR Fouled up beyond all repair
FSH Full service history
FPR Fuel Pressure Riser/Regulator
FDSH Full dealer service history
FTL for teh lose! :loser:
FTW For Teh Win!
FWIW For What It's Worth
FWD Front wheel drive
FWH Free wheeling hubs
FUQ Frequently unasked questions
FS For Sale
GBP Great Britain Pounds (Sterling)
GK Hyundai production name for Tiburon
HOSED Hardware Or Software Error Detected
HID High Intensity Discharge
HW WW Headlamp wash/wipe
HS Heated seats
HU Head Unit
HT/ST Hard & soft tops
I4 Inline 4 Cylinder
IAT Intake Air Temprature
IC Intercooler
Immob Engine immobiliser
I/H/E Intake/Headers/Exhuast
IM Intake Manifold
IOW = In Other Words
IMO Im My Opinion
IMHO In My Humble/Honest Opinion
IIRC If I Remember Correctly
LMAO Laughing My A$$ Off
LMK let me know
LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas
KDM Korean Domestic Motors
MAF Mass Air Flow sensor
MBC Manual Boost Controller
Mod Modification/Forum Moderator
MPG miles per gallon
MSRP Manufacturers Suggest Retail Price
N/A Naturally Aspirated/Not Applicable
N2O Nitrous
np No Problem
NOK = Norske Kroner (Norwegian Crowns)
O/D Overdrive
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OBO Or Best Offer
OIRO Offers In Region Of
ONO Or nearest offer
OMG Oh My God
OMGBS Oh My God Buttsock
OVNO Or very nearest offer
PAS Power assisted steering
PCM Primary Controller Module
PITA Pain In The Ass
PX Part Exchange
PM Private Message/Personal Message
PSI Pounds per Square Inch (tire pressure and F/I boost)
RHR Rear head restraints
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
RRM - Road Race Motorsports
S/C Superchargr
SRI Short Ram Intake
SEK Svenske Kroner (Swedish Crowns)
SQ - Sound Quality
SPL - Sound Pressure Level
STS Short Throw Shifter
SDS - Supercharger Drive System
SRS Supplemental Restraint System (Airbags) (
SWAG Scientific Wild A$$ Guess
SNAFU = Situation Normal, All F***ed Up
TMI Too Much Information (Info)
TB Throttle Body
TC Torque Converter
T/C Turbo Charger
UDP Underdrive Pulley
USD U.S. Dollars
VGC Very good condition
WGA Waste Gate Actuator
WHP Wheel Horsepower
WOT Wide Open Throttle or
WOT Waste Of Time
WOT Way off topic
WTB Want To buy
WTF What The F***
WOOT - (not an abbrieviation) Term of happiness, also Woohoo!
WW Wire Wheels
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary



anyone wanna add. go for it.

[Tonk]

Abberivation is a really long word for what it means

[l3it3r]

I added a couple-few

also this should be in the intro section, it has nothing to do with teck and shouldnt be in the general disccusion.

[Sephy]

Abbreviation...

[Tonk]

If woot is in there, then ORLY should be in there too :dunno: and:

STFU - Shut the fuck up
ROFLOL - Rolling on floor laughing out loud
ROFLMFAO - Rolling on floor laughing my fuckin ass off

[l3it3r]

Abbreviation...
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[Sephy]

^^^^lulz

[Tonk]

hahahaha. I just cut & pasted the title when I said the word in my first post. [oops]

[clarksvegasdsm]

wrong description of fubar :thumbs:

[FiRe_OpTiKz©]

jdm - japanses domestic motoring
dtm - dutch tuned motorsports
teckarmy - teckademics Army
GFYS - go fuck your self

[Vader13]

Vader13 - cool

[Casse]

Awesome idea OMGBS FTW LMAO

[Th4R4t]

Vader13 - cool

word!


i thought that BTT - stands for Back to Topic

[Tonk]

wrong description of fubar :thumbs:

Fucked up beyond all recognition :werd:

[Teck Mafia]

PIIDB - Put it in da butt
IDBORBAN - Put it in da butt or you will be banned
*insert command here*ORBAN - do random command, or you will be banned
SPA V-BALL - you don't want to know....
FAP - sound of leghumpers(can be used multipletimes: ex. fapfapfap)

[Suspence]

o m g

sean i bet your happy you dont have to make me that chart even though your far on it. LOL OWN

[llegos]

wrong description of fubar :thumbs:


yea....it should=DSM/RX-7/etc.

[Sephy]

llegos stfu.

Fap is a great addition cause we get asked what it means alot.

Spencer list is still coming.

[Crash Of 47]

hmmm PF = Panface?

[2 FN LOW]

TWisM - The World Is Mine

[Anthony C]

PIDB

[Teck Mafia]

Anthony it's PIIDB, there's two I's, and we've already covered that. STFU and GTFOORBAN plzdiekthxbye :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :D

[shifty]

ftmfw = for the mother fucking win

[Suspence]

PFFTW

panface for the win

[NOLUQ]

FTMFW = For The Mother Fucking Win.

[Anthony C]

Anthony it's PIIDB, there's two I's, and we've already covered that. STFU and GTFOORBAN plzdiekthxbye :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :D


lol

[kookeemonster]

wots NWS?

[Sephy]

NWS - Not Work Safe. Means there is usually porn in the thread.

Usually this will be added to a thread title after the thread has been made and was not previously NWS, but someone has to post either straight or gay porn. Watch out, because you never know which it could be.

[theAnomaly]

NSFW is the same thing, too.

[llegos]

IFYS

[kidwitamagna]

so many abbreviations

[H00T]

utb- up the butt (can decribe a bad deal or a intense sexual situation)

[RokkumanEXE]

kind of late, but FUBAR means Fucked up beyond all recognition

[domoarigato]

It's spelled acronyms

[98S-10Dude]

WOOT = We Own the Other Team

[Olli]

jdm - japanses domestic motoring
dtm - dutch tuned motorsports
teckarmy - teckademics Army
GFYS - go fuck your self

DTM is also the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, somewhat equal to the TOCA (what is the touring car championship in Britain I think)

Greetz Chaos

[zapata2119]

hth=hope that helps

[SOLO8thGenSi]

pretty nice lil listing of abbreviations there. nice to know for general knowledge... and i didnt know SOME of those oddly enuf. thanks! :clap:

[Omega777]

what about SE? Like a 240SX SE? Special Edition?

[Colin]

gtfo = get the fuck out

[Joel]

smb suck my balls

[Hellrazer]

FML- For My Loss
FYL- For Your Loss

[Sephy]

what about SE? Like a 240SX SE? Special Edition?

This is mostly for internet abbreviations in conversations, some people jusy happened to throw in some other things.

[123456]

Vtec
STI
ETC

People can figure those out and put them up.

[Sephy]

Vtec
STI
ETC

People can figure those out and put them up.

VTEC - Variable timing and lift electronic control
STi - Subaru Technica International
ETC - Electronic traction control?

[1faSStchevy]

Don't forget about MOPAR
made of parts already ruined

[Colin]

narb no apparent reason boner

[rapt0r0]

WOOT - we own the other team...

EDIT: yes, i played computer games wayyyy too long...

[UberToyotaX]

jdm - japanese domestic market

fixed

[Sephy]

jdm - M4D TYT3

fixed

fixed

[UberToyotaX]

jdm - M4D TYT3 Y0!

fixed
fixed

[Sephy]

fixed

fixed

fixed

[Top Secret]

fixed


fixed


fixed


fixed

fixed

[Colin]

honda

had
one
never
did
again

[-Tom-]

If NISMO stands for NISsan MOtorsports does HOMO Stand for HOnda MOtorsports?

[bmx_a4]

Ford --- F*ckin' Owners Real Dumb



haha

[Cornercarver82]

Dodge=Dear Ol Dads Garage Experiment

[WildHareMS]

Sooo...
Technically the thread doesn't state "Internet Abreviations & Anacronyms" lol I'd love to hear some more of the one that are out there for the makes & models around.

Ford has so many... f*cked on race day; f*cker only runs downhill; f*ckin Okies really dig'em(told to me by a redneck from Oklahoma) and there's tons more

Chevrolet- Cheap Heap Every Vehicle Relies On Leftover Engine Technology

I remember seeing a list online at one point that had a couple hundred on there for ALL makes, several models, and even funny ones about VTec and things like that.

[slayer9019]

dodge

Dodge Owners Dont Get Excited

my friend made that one up....he owns a ford.

FORD
found on road dead

[Brice63]

FORD
found on road dead

no no no

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

[slayer9019]

no no no

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

it WOULD be fix or repair daily BUTTTT........it was just dead on the road and unable to be fixed






lol

[Cornercarver82]

Flipped
Over
Reservation
Decoration

[bmwm5lov]

chevy all the way

[kamikazeDA]

FTW

for the win, but very commonly confused with, f*** the world

[7ohnny]

OSIM - Oh Sh** it's Monday
TGIF - Thank God it's Friday

[richy_21]

FML Fuck my life

[AWD ATTK]

BENZ= cock who doesn't need to use turn signals.

[richy_21]

^i thought it was corvette drivers? lol.