Tingly
March 5th, 2007, 04:35 AM
Every once in awhile here on "The Jam," someone will write something, and you won't know what the hell they are talking about, because they will include some mysterious letters or symbols with no clue as to what they mean.
Don't panic! It is not the DaVinci Code! Most likely, you have merely come across an arcane Internet chat room, or forum, abbreviation.
So, here's a list for you. The most common abbreviations appear below.
Of course, the "hip lingo" of the Internet is constantly changing, so there may never be a truly "complete" list, but this should at least be of some help.
If you know of any abbreviations not on the list, feel free to add them, or, as always, just write some sarcastic comment on the whole stupid system.
Now, [U]please note: NOT ALL OF THESE ARE ACCEPTABLE to use on *this* forum. But, they appear here so you can at least decipher their meaning.
<3 - love (a heart laid on its side)
ABITW - Another Brick in the Wall, song by Pink Floyd
AC - Alternating Current
addy - address
AFK - Away From Keyboard (away from the computer)
AFM - American federation of Musicians
AFAICS - as far as I can see
AFAIK - As far as I know
AIM - AOL Instant Messaging
AJFA- And Justice For All, by Metallica
Amp - amplifier
AMSTD - American Standard, a Fender Stratocaster guitar model
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
arr. - arranged (by, for)/arrangement (by, of)
ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASFIK - As far as I know
ATM - At the moment
AVI - Audio Video Interleave, a type of Microsoft audio visual file format
AVVID - Architecture for Voice Video & Integrated Data [Cisco]
AWE - Advanced Wave Effects [Creative Lab]
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
BC - BC Rich Guitar, a manufacturer of guitars
bf - boyfriend
BIOS - basic input/output system
BMI - Broadcast Music Inc.
Bonzo - John Henry Bonham (May 31, 1948 – September 25, 1980), was a British drummer and member of the highly successful rock band Led Zeppelin. Bonham is still widely respected in the music world as one of the best rock drummers of all time.
BT - BitTorrent, a file-sharing application effective for distributing very large, or Backing Track; also, British telecom
btw - by the way
Cab - short for speaker cabinet
CAD - computer aided drafting, the method used to make most guitars
CAM - Computer Aided Machining
CBS - Columbia Broadcasting System
CD - compact disk
CFB - Concert For Bangladesh, a famous concert that took place in NY in 1971
CFH - Cowboys from Hell album, by Pantera
CMF - Creative Music Format
CN - Custom number, used in numbering Fender Custom guitars
CNC - Computer numeric controlled, a computer controlled router machine that makes guitar parts
CO - Chamber Orchestra
collab. - collaboration/collaborated (with)
Combo - Combination, usually used to denote an amplifier and speaker in one unit
Comp - computer
CPU - central processing unit
.CRD Cardfile (file name extension) or Chord (music file name extension)
CRT - cathode ray tube, a video display device
CS - Custom Shop, as in Fender Custom Shop, a part of the Fender Musical Instrument Co.
Cya - "see you," as in "good-bye"
db. - double bass
DARMS - Digital Alternate Realization of Musical Symbols
DG - Dreadnaught Guitar, a style of acoustic guitar
DI - Digital Input
DJ - Disk Jockey
DLS - downloadable sounds
DLX - DeLuxe
Dmus - Doctor of Music
DSOTM - Dark Side of the Moon, an album by Pink Floyd
DSP - Digital Sound Processor
E&A - Eyedea & Abilities band
EB - Ernie Ball, a guitar manufacturer
EBMM - Ernie Ball Music Man
EC - Eric Clapton, guitarist
EMG - Electro-Magnetic Generator, a type of guitar pickup, made by EMG Pickups
Emo - Short for emotional or "emocore," or emotional hardcore, part of the hardcore punk movement
EMS - Electronic Music Studio
ens. - ensemble
Epi - Epiphone guitar
ESP - Guitar manufacturer, ESP Japan. The letters stand for Electric Sound Products
EQ - Equalizer, a device for changing sound output
ES - a type of guitar, Electric-Spanish, as in ES-335
EVH - Eddie Van Halen, guitarist
EW - Exotic Wood
fav - favorite
FBD - Far Beyond Driven, an album by Pantera
FDP - Fender Discussion Page, a forum at www.fenderforum.com
FG - Folk Guitar
FMIC - Fender Musical Instrument Company
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FX - Special effects
g2g - got to go
GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome (the desire to buy additional guitars and equipment)
gf or g/f - girlfriend
Gibby - a Gibson guitar
GIT - The MUSICIANS INSTITUTE of North Hollywood, CA Guitar Program, which started as the Guitar Institute of Technology
GFS - Guitar fetish, a manufacturer of guitar pick ups.
G&L - George and Leo (Fullerton and Fender, respectively), a guitar design based on the Stratocaster body
GND - ground
GP - Guitar Pro, tablature editor software for guitar, banjo and bass
GnR or G&R - Guns & Roses band
HB - Hollow Body, a style of guitar
HM - Heavy Metal, also a Stratocaster guitar model
hp. - harp
H/S/S - A listing of the pick ups on a guitar. In this case, a humbucker, then a single coil, then another single coil
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IC - integrated circuit
ICQ - an instant messaging computer program, created by Mirabilis based in Tel-Aviv
ICQ is a play on the words "I seek you" or "I see you"
idk - I don't know
IIRC If I recall correctly
IM - Instant Messaging
IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMNSHO - In my not-so-humble opinion. (Used when one is certain)
IOW - In other words or Isle of Wight, the site of a famous music festival
ISM - Incorporated Society of Musicians (Britain)
JEM - A series of guitars made by Ibanez. JEM Custom Guitars was a Long Island compnay, owned and operated by Joe Despagni, a friend of famous guitarist Steve Vai's. Despagni sold the "JEM" name to Ibanez. It is unknown if "JEM" ever stood for anything.
j/k - just kidding
jkn - joking
JMHO Just my humble opinion
JPJ - John Paul Jones, bassist and keyboardist for Led Zeppelin until the band's breakup after the death of John Bonham in 1980
JT - Jay Turser, guitar maker
JV - Japanese Vintage
KEA- Kill 'em All, by Metallica
LED - Light Emitting Diode, a small light used in various musical applications
kl - cool
l33t - ‘leet, short for "elite"
13375p34k - "Leetspeak," the modifying of written text. For example, the term "leet,," from the word "elite," is often written "l33t" or "1337."
LMA - London Musician's Association
LOL - Lots of laughter
LP - Les Paul, a type of guitar
LPC - Les Paul Custom, a type of guitar
.LYR - Lyrics (music file name extension)
LZ - Led Zeppelin band
MIA - Made in America (usually referring to a Stratocaster guitar)
MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIJ - Made in Japan (usually referring to a Stratocaster guitar)
MIM - Made in Mexico (usually referring to a Stratocaster guitar)
MIR - Music Information Retrieval
MM - Melody Maker, a low priced Gibson guitar model
Modem - modulator-demodulator, a data communications interface for use with analog telephone lines
MONO - Monoral, or single channel
MoP - Master of Puppets, by Metallica
MOP - Mother of Pearl, the material commonly used for inlay work on guitars
MPA - Music Publishers Association
MU - Musician's Union
MULTI - Multiple
MUSIC - Multiparty Multimedia Session Control
Don't panic! It is not the DaVinci Code! Most likely, you have merely come across an arcane Internet chat room, or forum, abbreviation.
So, here's a list for you. The most common abbreviations appear below.
Of course, the "hip lingo" of the Internet is constantly changing, so there may never be a truly "complete" list, but this should at least be of some help.
If you know of any abbreviations not on the list, feel free to add them, or, as always, just write some sarcastic comment on the whole stupid system.
Now, [U]please note: NOT ALL OF THESE ARE ACCEPTABLE to use on *this* forum. But, they appear here so you can at least decipher their meaning.
<3 - love (a heart laid on its side)
ABITW - Another Brick in the Wall, song by Pink Floyd
AC - Alternating Current
addy - address
AFK - Away From Keyboard (away from the computer)
AFM - American federation of Musicians
AFAICS - as far as I can see
AFAIK - As far as I know
AIM - AOL Instant Messaging
AJFA- And Justice For All, by Metallica
Amp - amplifier
AMSTD - American Standard, a Fender Stratocaster guitar model
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
arr. - arranged (by, for)/arrangement (by, of)
ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASFIK - As far as I know
ATM - At the moment
AVI - Audio Video Interleave, a type of Microsoft audio visual file format
AVVID - Architecture for Voice Video & Integrated Data [Cisco]
AWE - Advanced Wave Effects [Creative Lab]
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
BC - BC Rich Guitar, a manufacturer of guitars
bf - boyfriend
BIOS - basic input/output system
BMI - Broadcast Music Inc.
Bonzo - John Henry Bonham (May 31, 1948 – September 25, 1980), was a British drummer and member of the highly successful rock band Led Zeppelin. Bonham is still widely respected in the music world as one of the best rock drummers of all time.
BT - BitTorrent, a file-sharing application effective for distributing very large, or Backing Track; also, British telecom
btw - by the way
Cab - short for speaker cabinet
CAD - computer aided drafting, the method used to make most guitars
CAM - Computer Aided Machining
CBS - Columbia Broadcasting System
CD - compact disk
CFB - Concert For Bangladesh, a famous concert that took place in NY in 1971
CFH - Cowboys from Hell album, by Pantera
CMF - Creative Music Format
CN - Custom number, used in numbering Fender Custom guitars
CNC - Computer numeric controlled, a computer controlled router machine that makes guitar parts
CO - Chamber Orchestra
collab. - collaboration/collaborated (with)
Combo - Combination, usually used to denote an amplifier and speaker in one unit
Comp - computer
CPU - central processing unit
.CRD Cardfile (file name extension) or Chord (music file name extension)
CRT - cathode ray tube, a video display device
CS - Custom Shop, as in Fender Custom Shop, a part of the Fender Musical Instrument Co.
Cya - "see you," as in "good-bye"
db. - double bass
DARMS - Digital Alternate Realization of Musical Symbols
DG - Dreadnaught Guitar, a style of acoustic guitar
DI - Digital Input
DJ - Disk Jockey
DLS - downloadable sounds
DLX - DeLuxe
Dmus - Doctor of Music
DSOTM - Dark Side of the Moon, an album by Pink Floyd
DSP - Digital Sound Processor
E&A - Eyedea & Abilities band
EB - Ernie Ball, a guitar manufacturer
EBMM - Ernie Ball Music Man
EC - Eric Clapton, guitarist
EMG - Electro-Magnetic Generator, a type of guitar pickup, made by EMG Pickups
Emo - Short for emotional or "emocore," or emotional hardcore, part of the hardcore punk movement
EMS - Electronic Music Studio
ens. - ensemble
Epi - Epiphone guitar
ESP - Guitar manufacturer, ESP Japan. The letters stand for Electric Sound Products
EQ - Equalizer, a device for changing sound output
ES - a type of guitar, Electric-Spanish, as in ES-335
EVH - Eddie Van Halen, guitarist
EW - Exotic Wood
fav - favorite
FBD - Far Beyond Driven, an album by Pantera
FDP - Fender Discussion Page, a forum at www.fenderforum.com
FG - Folk Guitar
FMIC - Fender Musical Instrument Company
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FX - Special effects
g2g - got to go
GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome (the desire to buy additional guitars and equipment)
gf or g/f - girlfriend
Gibby - a Gibson guitar
GIT - The MUSICIANS INSTITUTE of North Hollywood, CA Guitar Program, which started as the Guitar Institute of Technology
GFS - Guitar fetish, a manufacturer of guitar pick ups.
G&L - George and Leo (Fullerton and Fender, respectively), a guitar design based on the Stratocaster body
GND - ground
GP - Guitar Pro, tablature editor software for guitar, banjo and bass
GnR or G&R - Guns & Roses band
HB - Hollow Body, a style of guitar
HM - Heavy Metal, also a Stratocaster guitar model
hp. - harp
H/S/S - A listing of the pick ups on a guitar. In this case, a humbucker, then a single coil, then another single coil
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IC - integrated circuit
ICQ - an instant messaging computer program, created by Mirabilis based in Tel-Aviv
ICQ is a play on the words "I seek you" or "I see you"
idk - I don't know
IIRC If I recall correctly
IM - Instant Messaging
IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMNSHO - In my not-so-humble opinion. (Used when one is certain)
IOW - In other words or Isle of Wight, the site of a famous music festival
ISM - Incorporated Society of Musicians (Britain)
JEM - A series of guitars made by Ibanez. JEM Custom Guitars was a Long Island compnay, owned and operated by Joe Despagni, a friend of famous guitarist Steve Vai's. Despagni sold the "JEM" name to Ibanez. It is unknown if "JEM" ever stood for anything.
j/k - just kidding
jkn - joking
JMHO Just my humble opinion
JPJ - John Paul Jones, bassist and keyboardist for Led Zeppelin until the band's breakup after the death of John Bonham in 1980
JT - Jay Turser, guitar maker
JV - Japanese Vintage
KEA- Kill 'em All, by Metallica
LED - Light Emitting Diode, a small light used in various musical applications
kl - cool
l33t - ‘leet, short for "elite"
13375p34k - "Leetspeak," the modifying of written text. For example, the term "leet,," from the word "elite," is often written "l33t" or "1337."
LMA - London Musician's Association
LOL - Lots of laughter
LP - Les Paul, a type of guitar
LPC - Les Paul Custom, a type of guitar
.LYR - Lyrics (music file name extension)
LZ - Led Zeppelin band
MIA - Made in America (usually referring to a Stratocaster guitar)
MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIJ - Made in Japan (usually referring to a Stratocaster guitar)
MIM - Made in Mexico (usually referring to a Stratocaster guitar)
MIR - Music Information Retrieval
MM - Melody Maker, a low priced Gibson guitar model
Modem - modulator-demodulator, a data communications interface for use with analog telephone lines
MONO - Monoral, or single channel
MoP - Master of Puppets, by Metallica
MOP - Mother of Pearl, the material commonly used for inlay work on guitars
MPA - Music Publishers Association
MU - Musician's Union
MULTI - Multiple
MUSIC - Multiparty Multimedia Session Control