Glossary for On-Line Shorthand and Abbreviations -HELP

[Jaime]

Hey all you modulators:

I have trouble from time to time deciphering the abreviations used by some here on this board. May just be isolated to me, but I was wondering if there was a way to have a glossary of abbreviated terms commonly used and that it be linked by a button on each thread for instance.
Some of the abbreviations that I have decoded over time are:

BTW = By the way
ISTM = It seems to me
IMO  = In my opinion
IMHO = In my humble opinion

Beyond those I have troubles. For instance what does LOL mean? I have some ideas, but I don't think they are correct.

Anyway, what do you think?

Jaime

[spurly]

Then there is IIRC, I've never been able to decode that one.


LOL = Laughing Out Loud
ROFL = Rolling on the Floor Laughing

[marc]

IIRC=If I remember correctly

[Imabear]

OP?

opening post?

I have been active on several other forums and this one seems to have a couple unique ones I have not seen elsewhere. 

[Bon Voyage]

I am down with OPP

[Bon Voyage]

Who's down with OPP?

[Imabear]

huh?
What does OP mean? OPP?
Okay, for some real help I went here:http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com
Here is a list of definitions of OP:
Acronym Definition
OP Operation/Operational
OP Operator (IRC)
OP Opinion
OP Opus (Latin: A Work; used in referring to music)
OP Original Poster
OP Dominican Sisters of Divine Providence (religious order)
OP Oak Park (Illinois)
OP Observation Point
OP Observation Post
OP Occiput Posterior (fetal position)
OP Ocean Pacific
OP Off-Peak (time)
OP Offensive Power (online gaming)
OP Office of Policy (Social Security)
OP Office Productivity (course)
OP Office Professional
OP Ohjelmointiputka (Finnish programming site)
OP Oil Purifier
OP Old Patient
OP Old Persian (linguistics)
OP Olden Polynice (basketball player)
OP Oligodendrocyte Progenitor
OP Olympic Peninsula (Washington)
OP One Piece (Anime)
OP One Power (Wheel of Time series)
OP Opacity Project
OP Open Pollinated (botany)
OP Opening Post (internet message boards)
OP Opera
OP Operating Plan
OP Operating Pressure
OP Operating Procedure(s)
OP Operation Officer (Navy)
OP Operation Point
OP Operation Register
OP Operational Phase/Project
OP Operational Picture
OP Operations Order
OP Operations Panel
OP Operations Procedures
OP Operationssaal (German: Operating Room)
OP Operator Panel
OP Operator Personal
OP Opponens Pollicis
OP Opponents Pollicis
OP Opportunities Page (CECOM)
OP Opportunity (Ads)
OP Opposing Party (legal notation and billing)
OP Optical
OP Optical Power
OP Optimal Partitioning (sectorization method)
OP Optimus Prime (Leader of the Autobots, icon of the 80s)
OP Optional Procedure
OP Oral Participation
OP Oral Presentation
OP Oral Production (test)
OP Orbit Prediction
OP Orbiter Payload
OP Order of Preachers (Roman Catholicism; Dominican)
OP Order of Precedence
OP Order of the Pelican (Society for Creative Anachronism)
OP Order Point
OP Order Processing
OP Ordinis Praedicatorum (Latin: Order of Preachers)
OP Ordnance Pamphlet
OP Ordnance Publication
OP Ordo Praedicatorum (Latin: Order of Preachers; formal name of Dominicans, a Catholic religious institution)
OP Organized Play (gaming)
OP Organophosphate (insecticide)
OP Organophosphorus (pesticide)
OP Original Poster (internet newsgroups and message boards)
OP Original Production
OP Originating Party
OP Orthographic Projection
OP Osmotic Pressure
OP Osteitis Pubis
OP Osteoporosis
OP Other Procurement
OP Out of Print
OP Outpatient
OP Outpatient Pharmacy
OP Outpost (gaming)
OP Output
OP Output (Hyper Logo command)
OP Output Power
OP Outreach Program
OP Over Powered (gaming)
OP Over-Proof (of alcohol)
OP Overland Park (Kansas)
OP Overlap Pulsing
OP Overnight Per Diem
OP Oxidative Phosphorylation
OP Oxygen Pressure

and OPP:
Acronym Definition
OPP Opportunity/Opportunities
OPP Opposite
OPP FCC Office of Plans & Policy
OPP Object Push Profile (Bluetooth)
OPP Obligation Phasing Plan
OPP Octal Print Punch
OPP Off-load Preparation Party
OPP Off-Peak Power
OPP Office of Patent Publication
OPP Office of Pesticide Programs
OPP Office of Physical Plant (Pennsylvania State University)
OPP Office of Polar Programs (National Science Foundation)
OPP Office of Policy and Planning
OPP Office of Pollution Prevention
OPP Office of Program Performance (Legal Services Corporation)
OPP Official Party Poopers :-)
OPP Omega Psi Phi (Fraternity)
OPP Ontario Paintball Place
OPP Ontario Provincial Police (Ontario, Canada)
OPP Opening Price Point
OPP Operation Process Plan
OPP Opposed/Opposite
OPP Optical Path Protection
OPP Option to Purchase Paid-Up Additions (optional insurance rider used to increase life insurance benefit)
OPP Optional Program Product(s)
OPP Oral Proposal Planner
OPP Order Processing Pipeline
OPP Order Processing Point
OPP Oregon Patriot Party
OPP Organic Pear Production
OPP Organization and Personnel Plan
OPP Organizational Placement Process
OPP Organizational Process Performance (process area)
OPP Organophosphate Poisoning
OPP Oriented Polypropylene Film
OPP Original Prose and Poetry
OPP Orinda Park Pool (California)
OPP Orthogonal Polynomial Predistortion
OPP Osteopathic Principles and Practices
OPP Other People's Parts
OPP Other People's Privates
OPP Other People's Problems
OPP Other People's Property
OPP Out of Print at Present
OPP Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (Montana sheep pneumonia)
opp Opper (adjudant-onderofficier; Dutch)

[janine]

You have too much time on your hands, girlfriend.

[janine]

Oh, sometimes OP refers to the one who posted the OP as well.  Opening Poster?

[memmy]

I thought it was other person. 

[marc]

The Continental Op was an early literary detective....

[James Rondon]

Who's down with OPP?

Not me.

[DCR]

Then, there's some shorthand/abbrevs that aren't necessarily widely known in cyberspace. 

But, we seemed to have adopted them here:

SOF = Sign Out Front (in the context of the descriptor a church goes by).
OSAS = Once Saved, Always Saved
CofC (or CoC) = Church of Christ
ICC = Independent Christian Church
ICOC = International Church of Christ
IM = Instrumental Music (not to be confused with Instant Messenger)
WBS = Works Based Salvation (not be be confused with World Bible School)
RCC = Roman Catholic Church
EOC = Eastern Orthodox Church
RM = Restoration Movement

Just a few I can think of...

[DCR]

Oh, and to accommodate differing capitalization practices:

cofC = church of Christ