The Knot Acronyms

princessgracekelly

I just want to help out fellow lurkers and newbies/am a little slow to pick up on things sometimes. In addition to all the widely known wedding acronyms (MOB, MOG, FOB, FOG, MOH, FMIL, FFIL, FSIL, STDs, etc.), there are some that I've seen that are exclusive to the Knot, like

PPD: "Pretty Princess Day"

SS: "Special Snowflakes" (before I figured this one out, I thought this was a Godwin's Law situation and all the bridezillas were being called Nazis)

DW: "Destination Wedding"

WW: "Wedding Wire" (usually used in the context of "WW troll")

Still stuck on "SITB", "AHR," and a few others. Searching the boards doesn't really help.

cupcait927

SITB - stuck in the box (when the quote boxes aren't working correctly)

 

AHR - at home reception

KatWAG

SITB= Stuck in the box

AHR= at home reception

bethsmiles

STIB = Stuck in Box

AHR = At Home Reception

One of the boards has a sticky with this I think, it might not have them all though

Also, sometimes I use these in texts with friends and it completely confuses them but I struggle to switch out of Knot mode.

NowIAmSyp

Is JIC = Just in Case?

KatWAG

AW= Attention Whore

DD= Dirty Delete. Deleting a thread after posting it is consider poor form.

bethsmiles

soontobesyp said:

Is JIC = Just in Case?

Yup.

climbingsingle

soontobesyp said:

Is JIC = Just in Case?

Yes. JIC is used when you quote someone you think is going to delete their post. 

KatWAG

FTFY= Fixed that for you.

I am trying to think of which ones I struggled with when I first started posting.

novella1186

It took me a while to learn GBCK (Good bye cruel Knot) 

It's for when snowflakes announce dramatically that they're leaving because we're so mean and/or ask to have their account deleted. 

I had googled it when I was still trying to figure it out and google said it meant Green Building Council Korea. I finally just asked. 

Also, didn't catch these right off the bat:

FWIW= for what it's worth 

IMHO= In my humble opinion 

DD= dirty delete 

FWP= first world problem 

cupcait927

Here's a pretty thorough discussion on the acronyms

 

http://forums.theknot.com/discussion/1014195/so-many-acronyms

photokitty

AW = attention whoreDW = destination wedding
AHR = at home reception
DH = dear (or damn, depending on the day) husband
FI/FH = fiance, future husband
FMIL = future mother in law
FFIL = future father in law
FSIL = future sister in law or future son in law, depending on context
FDIL = future daughter in law
FBIL = future brother in law
DS = dear son
DD = dear daughter
SS = step son
SS = Special SnowflakeSD = step daughter
BM = bridesmaids or best man, depending on context
GM = groomsmen
MOH = maid (or matron) of honour
WP = wedding party
ETF/ETA = edited to fix/edited to add
OP = original poster
DD = dirty delete (when a poster deletes the original post after not liking the answers)

KWIM?  =  know what I mean?
BTW  =  by the way
FWIW  =  for what it's worth
FYI  =  for your information
SO  =  significant other
GF  =  girlfriend

BF  =  boyfriend
PIP  =  pictures in post
IMO  =  in my opinion
IMHO  =  in my humble opinion
MUD  =  made-up drama
NSFW  =  not safe for work
PITA  =  pain in the ass

KIA = Know It All
OOT  =  out of town

MOB  =  mother of the bride
MOG  =  mother of the groom
FOB  =  father of the bride
FOG  =  father of the groom

GBCK = GoodBye Cruel Knot

NER = Not Etiquette Related

NWR = Not Wedding Related

TK = The Knot

TN = The Nest

TB = The Bump

WW = Wedding Wire

WB = Wedding Bee

STD = Save the Date, not herpes

princessgracekelly

Thanks, you all have been very helpful! I can't believe someone would actually say GBCK. Sounds very AW of them.

theartistformerlyknownas

OP = original poster

PP = previous poster(s)

NER = not etiquette related

NWR = not wedding related

WR = wedding related

photokitty

princessgracekelly said:

Thanks, you all have been very helpful! I can't believe someone would actually say GBCK. Sounds very AW of them.

The GBCKer doesn't say it, the other users commenting or shaming someone who came back after pulling a GBCK use it

redheadbride15

Oh my THANK YOU! I've been lurking on these boards for like 6 months waiting for this stream!!!

I probably fall into the "little slow to pick up on things" category

princessgracekelly

redheadbride15 said:

Oh my THANK YOU! I've been lurking on these boards for like 6 months waiting for this stream!!!

I probably fall into the "little slow to pick up on things" category

If I'm being completely honest, it took me wayyyy too long to pick up on what "STD" and "BM" stand for in a wedding context. Reading the boards during my first couple of weeks of engagement was . . . interesting.

theycallmelinz

There's one super long one that I can't ever figure out, and dumb me can't remember what it is now. But I think I just figured out JFC yesterday.. Jesus fucking christ? Or am I just highly offensive?

jenna8984

princessgracekelly said:

redheadbride15 said:

Oh my THANK YOU! I've been lurking on these boards for like 6 months waiting for this stream!!!

I probably fall into the "little slow to pick up on things" category

If I'm being completely honest, it took me wayyyy too long to pick up on what "STD" and "BM" stand for in a wedding context. Reading the boards during my first couple of weeks of engagement was . . . interesting.

I still get confused because sometimes BM is bridesmaid and sometimes it's best man. for the longest time when I started I thought AW was attention wanted, and that PIP was just a way to say "yay". hahahah

redheadbride15

princessgracekelly said:

redheadbride15 said:

Oh my THANK YOU! I've been lurking on these boards for like 6 months waiting for this stream!!!

I probably fall into the "little slow to pick up on things" category

If I'm being completely honest, it took me wayyyy too long to pick up on what "STD" and "BM" stand for in a wedding context. Reading the boards during my first couple of weeks of engagement was . . . interesting.

Hahaha! Yeah, coming from the medical field, I was really confused when I saw STD and BM on these boards... I knew I must not have been the only one with that reaction!

theartistformerlyknownas

theycallmelinz said:

There's one super long one that I can't ever figure out, and dumb me can't remember what it is now. But I think I just figured out JFC yesterday.. Jesus fucking christ? Or am I just highly offensive?

Yep.

bethsmiles

theycallmelinz said:

There's one super long one that I can't ever figure out, and dumb me can't remember what it is now. But I think I just figured out JFC yesterday.. Jesus fucking christ? Or am I just highly offensive?

That's what I assumed it was. But maybe we're just both highly offensive?

levioosa

PIP= Pictures in Post

AlexaF2014

Not an acronym, but "bean-dip" = change the subject. 

My first post on here, someone suggest I bean-dip my aunt if she brought up wedding things. No idea what that meant, so I Urban Dictionary-ed it.

Urban Dictionary DOES NOT have the correct Knot definition of bean-dip.

princessgracekelly

AlexaF2014 said:

Not an acronym, but "bean-dip" = change the subject. 

My first post on here, someone suggest I bean-dip my aunt if she brought up wedding things. No idea what that meant, so I Urban Dictionary-ed it.

Urban Dictionary DOES NOT have the correct Knot definition of bean-dip.

I don't even want to begin to think of what Urban Dictionary's "bean-dip" might be.

thisismynickname2

Is "FFS" "for fuck's sake"....?

I think FFS and JFC get busted out at times of intense frustration. 

BrandNewJ

Love/needed this thread. Thank you!

Bubblegum5586

TLDR - Too Long Don't Read

This is used when you have a long post and include cliff notes to summarize. It took me forever to figure that one out as obvious as it should be! 

theartistformerlyknownas

thisismynickname said:

Is "FFS" "for fuck's sake"....?

I think FFS and JFC get busted out at times of intense frustration. 

Yes.

themuffinman16

KatWAG said:

FTFY= Fixed that for you.

I am trying to think of which ones I struggled with when I first started posting.

I always thought that was "fuck that, fuck you". Lmfao.  I am a terrible knottie.

novella1186

I also used to get really confused by ETA and ETF (edited to add; edited to fix) 

I always saw it at the bottom of posts and thought it was similar to saying "in other words..." or "just as an aside..."