Suggestion Abbreviations

[Chris12day]

To Whom It May Concern:

I am fairly new to Scuba Board (SB), but have no ideal what all of the common abbreviations used in a lot of the threads....could a glossary be added? I did search for an abbreviations thread, but did not find.....Maybe a sticky on basic SCUBA......Thanks

 

[diversteve]

They're often called acronyms. Here are some links to a list here, threads discussing them etc.


Scuba Acronyms - Articles
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/basic-scuba-discussions/230557-scuba-colloquialisms-acronyms.html
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/basic-scuba-discussions/292966-scuba-expressions-again.html
Scuba Slang and Technical Terms

 

[ScubaInChicago]

FWIW= For What It's Worth
IIRC= If I Recall Corectly
IMHO= In My Honest Opinion
IMO= In My Opinion
DIR= "Doing It Right"
DIW= "Doing It Wrong"
DICE= "Doing It Close Enough"
STROKE= Hitler isn't AOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmqWSbJRrOI

 

[Chris12day]

They're often called acronyms. Here are some links to a list here, threads discussing them etc.


Scuba Acronyms - Articles
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/basic-scuba-discussions/230557-scuba-colloquialisms-acronyms.html
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/basic-scuba-discussions/292966-scuba-expressions-again.html
Scuba Slang and Technical Terms

Thank you for the education!