Suggestion.

[coble]

New to the site. Even though I have been a firearm owner/operator since I was young. Firearms have always been in my family.
Reading a lot of threads posted by others. Topics that are new to me. I am having trouble with all the abbreviations being used. Most the time I can figure them out. The easy ones that is. I feel like such a newbie jacking someones thread to keep asking what the abbreviations mean. Thought it would be great "suggestion" to have a sticky of the commonly used abbreviations. Not just for me, but maybe other newbies also. Sorry for being such a newbie

[phillykev]

What does "noob" mean? I can't find it in the dictionary

[streaker69]

What does "noob" mean? I can't find it in the dictionary

That's a typo, he's a little slydexic, he meant boon.

[AxiTech]

First, Welcome!

Second, I can't agree more that using abreviations when not everyone knows what they mean is the opposite of communications. I used to sit on a committee and the guy who chaired it was a lifetime .gov employee. As such, he was well versed in the tactics of 'use it or lose it' , 'spend it this year or we won't get it next year', and ' abbreviate everything'. He used to send out emails loaded with three letter referrences to God knows what. I finally had enough when he sent an email out telling everyone what a fine job of snow removal he had done and kept referring to the "CLR sidewalk". I asked him on Sunday, after wracking my brain for three days, "What the hell is CLR?" His wife started laughing. She didn't know either and said, "I told you so". It means County Line Road. WTFO. (which means "what the f%ck , over")

[gnbrotz]

Here you go:

Needs to be a sticky for ease of use. I've done most of the work. I'm willing to update regularly as I see new ones.

Definitions of Abbreviations


1911 = A pistol designed by JMB that set the standards for all pistols to follow

ACSL = Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League

AD = accidental discharge

AKA = also known as

ATF = Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

BG = Bad Guy

BOB = bug out bag

BRD = black rifle disease

BT = Boat-tail

BUG = Back Up Gun

BUIS = Back Up Iron Sight

CC = Conceal Carry

CCW= concealed carry weapon or carry a concealed weapon

CMT = continental machine & tool

COM = center of mass

DA = district attorney, double action, dumb ass

DAO = double action only

DD = Dickson Dozen

EBR = evil black rifle

ETA = edited to add

FCG = fire control group

FFL = Federal Firearms License

FMJ = full metal jacket

FSB = Front Sight Base

FTF = Failure to Fire, Failure To Feed or Face to Face

FTE = Failure to eject/extract

FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition

FWIW = For what it's worth

GB = Gasblock

GOA = Gun Owners of America

HS = Hydra shock

IPSC = International Practical Shooting Confederation

IIRC = If I recall, If I Remember Correctly

IMHO = In my humble opinion

IWB = Inside the waistband

JBT = Jack-Booted Thugs (a.k.a. Bad Cop)

JFPO = Jews for the Protection of Firearms Ownership

JHP = jacketed hollow point

JMB = John Moses Browning

JSP = Jacketed soft point

KB = KaBoom

LEO = Law Enforcement Officer

LDA = Light Double Action

LTCF = License to carry firearms

LOL = laugh out loud

LRN = Lead round nose

LSWC = Lead semi wadcutter

LTCF = license to carry firearms

NFA = National Firearms Act (Regulates Machineguns, Suppressors, Short Barreled Firearms, etc)

ND = negligent discharge (when you fire your gun when you did not intend to)

NP = Negligent post

NR = Non-Resident (doesn't live in PA)

NRA = National Rifle Association

OC = Open Carry

OP = original post or original poster

PAFOA = PA firearms owner's association (aka, poofa in some circles)

PD = police department

PIRATE = to steal or hijack

PM = private message

PMSC = pitcairn monroeville sportsmens club

PPD = usually philly police department on this forum

RSB = Rear sight base

SA = single action, Springfield Armory

SA/DA = single action/double action

SBR = short barreled rifle

SBS = short barreled shotgun

SHTF - Shit hits the fan

SPF = Sold Pending Funds

SNAFU = System Now All Fucked Up

SP = soft point

SPF = Sportsmen's Firearm Permit (Like a carry permit but only for hunting/fishing or something, almost no one bothers to get this)

SPR = special purpose rifle

SO = sheriff's office

TMJ = total metal jacket

TEOTWAWKI = The end of the world as we know it

USPSA = United States Practical Shooting Association

VFG = vertical foregrip

W = With

WB = Welcome Back

WC = Wadcutter

WTB = Want to buy

WTS = want to sell

WTT = want to trade

WWB = Winchester White Box

ZOMBIE = well....zombie (See BG)

[coble]

Here you go:

1: Thank you!!

2: where the heck did ya find that? I looked everywhere ( I thought)

[gnbrotz]

1: Thank you!!

2: where the heck did ya find that? I looked everywhere ( I thought)

I knew it existed, so I just did a forum search for "acronyms."

[K.C.]

When I first joined the forum I couldnt figure out what "IANAL" meant .

[-JD-]

When I first joined the forum I couldnt figure out what "IANAL" meant .

BTW, this is a Gun Forum, not a behavioral analysis sex-tips site.

[streaker69]

When I first joined the forum I couldnt figure out what "IANAL" meant .

That means you won the toss and you will receive.