[news.newusers.questions] Abbreviations

cpmurphy@vax1.tcd.ie (Christian Murphy) (09/15/89)

d88-sli@nada.kth.se (Stefan Lindmark) writes:
> dune@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Greg Pasquariello) writes:
>>Ok, what does TARFU mean?  And while were on the subject, what does IMHO
>>mean?

 TARFU means Things Are Really F**ked Up. Any acronym with FU at the end means
much the same.
 
> IMHO=In My Honest Opinion  (Took a while for me too to figure out...)

 Wrong! It stands for 'In My *Humble* Opinion'.

 The difference is that 'humble' is ironic: it usually follows some pompous or
questionable statement.

 Another abbreviation is FYI: For Your Information.
 
> Stefan Lindmark  Email: d88-sli@nada.kth.se

Christian Murphy     Trinity College,Dublin     cpmurphy@vax1.tcd.ie