Question on abbreviations.

Joyce B

At the risk of disclosing my ignorance I decided to ask if you have a list of abbreviations. I am a bit lost with many of them. FFBO? and many if not most others...
Please enlighten me on this.

12 years ago

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Latest reply was from Jewell

Liz

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FFBO = fast fall back outfit

If you type "abbreviations" into the search box (up at the top of the screen next to the log-in boxes), you'll pull up lots of threads.

12 years ago

anne

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http://youlookfab.com/2010/03/.....ck-outfit/

12 years ago

anne

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I was about to type the exact same thing as Liz - here is one to get you started
http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-lingo

12 years ago

Tina

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IKWYM- I know what you mean
IMO- in my opinion
IMHO- in my humble opinion
FWIW- for what it's worth
RATE- rough around the edges
ALGO- a lot going on
TCPITW- for Mary K's 'the cutest purse in the world'

12 years ago

April

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Here are a few that are highly YLF-specific:

UWP = Urban Warrior Princess (an awesome style vibe often seen on Rae and Una)

SYC = Shop Your Closet (a grim period of shopping deprivation during which members require creative input, moral support, and lots of chocolate)

PPL = Perfect Pants Length (along with oxygen and tea, required to keep our Angie from fainting dead away)

12 years ago

Suz

(website)

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Joyce, here is another helpful list, which is kept on the About YLF page:

http://youlookfab.com/backstag...../acronyms/

It might be a bit easier than reading through an entire thread for them.

It's a partial list -- we are always coining new ones! But it gives you a start.

12 years ago

Joyce B

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Thank you very much to all of you, now I will not feel so lost with the abbreviations. I like the shop in your closet one, I should do more of that.

12 years ago

Anonymous

I have one I use with certain family members:

IMNTBQO = In my not to be questioned opinion

12 years ago

catgirl

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I think we need to add WTFT (what the faux tuck)...

12 years ago

viva

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Love WTFT!!!!
Joyce, thank you for asking about FFBO!! It's been like a game to me. I have picked up on a lot of acronyms through context (although PPL alluded me for a while) -- but this one was tough.

12 years ago

Michelle

(website)

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MOTG: gal on the go (basis for many great outfit formulas in the archives)
SAHM: stay-at-home mom
WIW: what I wore
Many common shopping destinations get abbreviated in threads around here too. Examples include Banana Republic, Ann Taylor (both original and Loft) etc.

12 years ago

Joyce B

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Thanks for the education. Now I feel that if I start using the abbreviations I may use the wrong ones and get a totally different meaning...
They are cute though and hopefully now I will undestand better when they are used.

12 years ago

Missey

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And here I though SYC meant "save your cash". Same difference, I guess!

Una, I couldn't agree with you more. We should have a WTFT. Everyone needs a little cuss-like slang now and again!

12 years ago

Jewell

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Missey, you're not alone...I originally thought SYC meant "save your cash." And when I learned what it really meant, I thought to myself, "Same thing!"

12 years ago

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