Msg : 131 of 187
From : Kay Shapero 1:102/524 .ōp 02 .íâ 96 12:34
To : All
Subj : (2/3) Acronym List
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ACRONYMS (and things that look like them)
(part 2 of 3)
FIAWOL: Fandom Is A Way Of Life
FIJAGH: Fandom Is Just A Ghoddam Hobby (or possibly "Ghu-dam hobby" if you're
into invoking fannish ghods [personally I like The Great Spider or The Church of
Herbangelism - "Praise Herbie and Pass the Buck"], note also the fannish
insertion of silent "h"s into things, such as "bheer".)
FILK: Is not an acronym. It started out life as a typo of "fannish folk songs"
and was adopted by the perpetrators of same. So Filksongs are fannish
folksongs. (for more information ask me via e-mail, or see the FILK echo if you
have it available...)
FITB: Fill In The Blank....
F.U.B.S. (fubs) n. [ F(ido) U(sed) B(ook) S(quad)] 1. A pack of hounds ravaging
the countryside in search of a copy of _A Spell for Chameleon_. 2. A gallant
band of FidoNet readers roaming Used Book Stores (UBS) around the world for
books to trade with others (hopefully that the "others" want, in trade for
another book, money, or gratitude). (definition by Will Purvine) Some notables
include Zane Melder & Travis Butler, but a message to All with FUBS in the title
will probably get you the attention you need. (Term credited to Glenn Chambers)
And special blessings on Travis, Keith Stokes, and Lisa Reeves for the FUBS
t-shirt they came up with.
FUGGHEAD: Fannish term meaning roughly airhead, someone whose head is thoroughly
fogged. One can also consider the "fugg" to be a substitute for the more famous
four letter word beginning with "f".
FYI: For Your Information
GAFIATE: Get Away From It All (as in drop out of Fandom)
GIWIST: Gee I Wish I'd Said That
ICOCBW: I Could, Of Course, Be Wrong
IIRC: If I Remember Correctly. "The obligatory statement of modesty before
making a sweeping generalization about something read five years ago."
(credited to Travis Butler)
IITYWIMWYBMAD: If I tell you what it means, will you buy me a drink?
IMHO: In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion. Also IMNSHO: In My Not-So Humble Opinion
and IMOBO: In My Own Biased Opinion.
INPO: In No Particular Order
LASFS: The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, which is the oldest continuously
meeting science fantasy society in this world (since Oct 17, 1934). Every
Thursday at 11513 Burbank Blvd., N. Hollywood, CA 91601 telephone (818)
760-9234.
LLTA: Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause
LOL: Laughing Out Loud
MLAS: Mind (or Memory) Like A Sieve (variant introduced by Joshua Kronengold,
MLASBWABHII [Mind Like A Steel Bucket With A Bloody Hole In It])
NASFiC: North American Science Fiction Convention (aka North AmeriCon)
NECROHIPPOSADISM: Not an acronym, and probably self evident, but anyway a
reference to beating a dead horse.
NESFA: The New England Science Fiction Association home of NESFA Press among
other things. P.O. Box 809, Framingham, MA 01701-0203
OOK!: This is not an acronym - it's the abbreviated form of Ook ook slobber
drool!" This started out as "Ook ook!" which Ed Buchman introduced to the LASFS
claiming a strange lady told him it meant "your pleasure centers had been
diddled." He soon modified it to the longer form.
OOP, OP: Out Of Print
OOTC: Obligatory On Topic Comment
OOTQ: Obligatory On Topic Quote
OYDB: Over _your_ dead body. (Sam Tuirel)
PJF: Pre Joycean Fellowship. Steven Brust, Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will
Shetterly, Jane Yolen, and Neil Gaiman and various others who consider that
James Joyce did the literary world a disservice by deemphasizing plot. To quote
Pamela; " We're a bunch of writers who worry about the divorce of so-called
popular and so-called literary values, and hope to reconcile them. Some of us
don't really blame Joyce for the breakup, and some of us do."
POV: Point Of View
RAH: Robert A. Heinlein
ROFLASTC! (or ROFLASC!): Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat.
Originated, I'm told by Pamela Dean, who types with a cat on her lap. Variants
include ROFL!, ROTFLH and SITCLH("ROFL Hysterically", and "Sitting in the chair
LH"). Also ROFLWMCSOIA (While My Cat Stared On In Amazement), ROFLSHIFOMCASMC
(So Hard I Fell Off My Chair And Scared My Cat), and any number of other things
along that line.
ROTBA: Reality On The Blink Again (scientific inaccuracy or just plain
nonsense).
RSN: Real Soon Now
RTFM: Read The Fershlugginer Manual
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Msg : 132 of 187
From : Kay Shapero 1:102/524 .ōp 02 .íâ 96 12:35
To : All
Subj : (3/3) Acronym List
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ACRONYMS (and things that look like them)
(part 3 of 3)
The Salmon Of Correction: A useful creature for whapping those who annoy you.
SFBC: Science Fiction Book Club
SFWA: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. Sometimes abbreviated
SFFWA. Pronounced "sif-wa".
SIASL: Stranger In A Strange Land
SMOF: Secret Masters of Fandom
ST:TOS, ST:TNG, ST:TAS, ST:TMP, ST:DSN: Respectively Star Trek: The Original
Series, The Next Generation, The Animated Series, The Motion Picture (the first
one), and Deep Space Nine.
TANJ: There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TITLE, NUMBER/BIGGER NUMBER: Not an acronym, but a method of indicating where
you are in a book. Write the title first, followed by a parenthesis, followed
by the page number you are on, followed by the total number of pages in the
book. For example, if you were on page 12 of Mort, it would be MORT, 12/285.
Who came up with this is unclear.
TPTB: The Powers That Be
TRQ: To Read Queue. Also VTRQ "Virtual To Read Queue".
TSTMATS: The Sun, The Moon and the Stars by Stephen Brust. Good book.
TTBOMK: To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN: Ta Ta For Now.
TTYL: Type (or Talk) To You Later
UBS: Used Book Store
WAMKSAM: Why Are My Kids (or Kitties) Staring At Me?
WIP: Work In Progress
WYLABOCTGWTR, WYLASOMWTC: Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go With That
Remark?, Would You Like A Saucer Of Milk With That Comment? Created by Steven
Brust (& common in Minneapa)
YAHI, YAMI, YATI: Yet Another (Highlander, Mets, or Trek) Inconsistency
YAWA: You and what army? (Sam Tuirel)
YMMV: Your mileage may vary.
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moderator of FILK is Kay Shapero (1:102/524) (note shameless plug... :->)
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Msg : 133 of 187
From : James Walton 1:129/260 .ōp 02 .íâ 96 18:35
To : Robert Lidgren
Subj : Re: VIRTUAL SEX
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> Something HAS GONE WRONG when the concept of virtual sex rears
> its head (no pun intended)... Seems to me that virtual sex
> is a non-starter...sort of like virtual chocolate!
I have to disagree, considering how many problems in this country are caused by
sex. All those people out there who were forced to marry a person you didn't
like, just because you couldn't control your hormones, raise your right hand.
> Interacting with people face-to-face has got to be better than
> EXCLUSIVELY meeting people on the Internet or the Fido Net.
> Virtual sex - does it lead to virtual families...?
I recently read a short story about a couple who met, mattied and started a
family via virtual reality. He was on Mars and she was on the Earth. He sent a
frozen sperm sample to her when the decided to start a family. Finally he came
to Earth and met the lady in person for the first time, along with his 2
children. Things didn't go well. It seems that everyone liked each other much
better when they could shut off the machine at any time. I found some of the
ideas expressed in the story to be very true to life.
> An interesting concept but, I think, distasteful in the
> extreme...
You have lead a very good life. I hope it never goes bad.
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Msg : 134 of 187
From : Steve Thomas 1:279/27 .pä 03 .íâ 96 05:34
To : All
Subj : elfquest
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Hi!
Any Elfquest fans on here?
--Steve
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Msg : 135 of 187
From : Frank Glover 1:2613/477 .cę 31 .åę 95 21:08
To : ROBERT LIDGREN
Subj : Re: VIRTUAL SEX
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
RL> -> ER> Sex . . . uh . . . "Brainstorm" I think.
RL> ->
RL> -> That's the one. Lawnmower Man would qualify, too.
RL> ->
RL> -> ER> Showed one ill effect of being hooked up into a Virtual Loop
RL> of
RL> -> ER> orgasm being a palsy. Kind of a Virtual MS.
RL> ->
RL> -> Too much of a good thing, it seems....
RL>
RL> Something HAS GONE WRONG when the concept of virtual sex rears its
RL> head (no pun intended)... Seems to me that virtual sex is a
RL> non-starter...sort of like virtual chocolate!
RL>
RL> I don't think so!
RL>
RL> Interacting with people face-to-face has got to be better than
RL> EXCLUSIVELY meeting people on the Internet or the Fido Net.
I understand what you're saying (Cliff Stoll, in his book Silicon Snake Oil
has said similar things, but I don't fully agree with him, either), but
nevertheless, some people will. Some will be perfetcly social people who see all
this as an alternative (not a substitute) to normal human interaction (I've met
a few people I first knew electronically), and some will do this because they
cant't get it any other way. Virtual sex (like electronic socializing) is better
than none at all....
Frank
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Msg : 136 of 187
From : Frank Glover 1:2613/477 .cę 31 .åę 95 21:18
To : ROBERT LIDGREN
Subj : Re: Good Ole Riker...
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
RL> Jonathan Frakes (Riker) seemed the MOST disappointed when STTNG was
RL> cancelled.
RL>
RL> Has anyone seen much of him at all? I think I've seen him in
RL>
RL> 1. Deep Space Nine once
RL>
RL> 2. Hosting the Alien Autopsy Special
RL>
RL> 3. Once on Cybil Shepard's series (she turned down his offer for a
RL> "date")
He did (with real-life wife Genie Francis) a Lois & Clark episode recently. I
understand he may be back as Thomas Riker on DS9 later, too.
Frank
(Anyone heard any rumors on the next Trek movie?)
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