Acronym

A word or series of letters formed from various parts of a name or phrase.

On internet forums, including OO, there are numerous common acronyms.

OO Acronyms:

4X - Four "X"

AAR- After Action Report

ASoIaF - A Song of Ice and Fire

BSG - Battlestar Galactica

CG - Console Gold

CoC - Code of Conduct

EBG - Everything But Gaming forum

ELOG - Everyone's List of Games

FPS - First Person Shooter or Frames Per Second

FTW - For The Win

GG - Gone Gold or Good Game

GGB - Gone Gold Brutesquad

GGF - Gone Gold Forums

GGNL - Gone Gold Newbie League

IANAFL - I Am Not A F#%$ing Lawyer

IIRC - If I Remember/Recall Correctly

IBTL - In Before the Lock

MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Game

NSFW - Not Safe for Work

OO - Octopus Overlords

OOFE - Octopus Overlords Forum Effect

OOFS - Octopus Overlords Film Society

OOLB - Octopus Overlords League Baseball

OONFL - Octopus Overlords National Football League pool

OOTP - Out Of The Park Baseball

OP - Original post

PBEM - Play By E-Mail

PM - Private message

PTB - The Powers That Be

Qt3 - Quarter to 3

R&P - Religion & Politics forum

RPG - Role-Playing Game

RL - Real Life

RTS - Real-Time Strategy

TBS - Turn-Based Strategy

TTIWWP - This Thread is Worthless Without Pictures

WWJBD - What Would Jack Bauer Do?

wOOki - Octopus Overlords Wikipedia

WoW - World of Warcraft

WTF - What the f$@k!?

YCDTBWP - You Can't Drop That Bomb Without Pic(ture)s

YGM - You've Got Mail

YGPM - You've Got Private Message

YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary