Ixion FAQ
What are all these spoddy three-letter acronyms that I keep seeing?
**Warning - this page contains a few sweary words**
**please don't read any further if you are likely to be offended**
You see other acronyms too. Here's some of them. Occasionally you may see
one of these acronyms with a few added extra Fs, e.g. DAMHIFK - in these cases
it usually stands for ... erm... 'flip' and is added for extra emphasis.
AIUI - as I understand it
AFAICS - as far as I can see
AFAIK - as far as I know
ATCF - as the crow flies
AWOL - Alternative Way Of Life (custom bike mag)
BAB - born again biker
BFN - bye for now
BLJ - black leather jacket/jeans
BTW - by the way
BMF - British Motorcycle Federation (riders rights group with a more
gentlemanly image). (Doesn't matter what type you are though)
BSH - Back Street Heroes (a custom bike mag)
CFV - call for votes
DAMHIK - don't ask me how I know
DAMHIKIJKOK - don't ask me how I know, I just know, OK
DFC - Don't Flipping Crash!
DoD - Denizens of Doom (In this context)
DYF - Damn You Frame (alleged originator of the [] convention on Ixion for footnotes)
EKS - evil kontraktor skum (as opposed to IPW)
ELAM - East London Advanced Motorcyclists
FAO - for the attention of
FAQ - frequently asked question
FEM - Federation of European Motorcyclists (riders rights group that's
fighting for us against stupid Eurocratic legislation) (individual
membership no longer possible).
FFS - for flips sake
FOAF - friend of a friend
FTP - file transfer protocol (a spoddy way of getting files to and from
other machines.
FWIW - for what it's worth
FYI - for your information
IAM - Institute of Advanced Motoring
IIRC - if I recall correctly
IMHO - in my humble opinion.
IMO - in my opinion
IPW - impoverished permie wageslave (as opposed to EKS)
ISTM - it seems to me
IYSWIM - if you see what I mean
(H)BoL - (Haynes) Book of Lies - workshop manual
HTH - hope that helps (But if it does, let me know, it would be a "first" on ixion ;-) )
HWMBO - He Who Must Be Obeyed
KotL - keeper of the list
LAM - London Advanced Motorcyclists
LO - loved one (not quite as PC version of SO)
MAG - Motorcycle Action Group (riders rights group with a more hairy
bikerish image) (Doesn't matter what type you are though).
MCC - abbreviation for motorcycle club used by non-patch clubs.
MC - abbreviation for motorcycle club used by patch clubs. Don't use
if you're not a patch club member and you want an easy life. It's
stupid, but that's the way it is.
MICR - Mandatory Ixion Crash Report
MIDBR - Mandatory Ixion Dropped Bike report
MINBR - Mandatory Ixion New Bike Report
MINMR - Mandatory Ixion Near Miss Report
PDQ - pretty damn quick
PYB - posey yuppie bastard - a contraction of 'flipping posey turtle-backed
colour-coordinated yuppie bastard', or anyone who unflinchingly
describes bike riding as a "Sport".
ROTFL - rolls on the floor laughing
RTB - rufty tufty biker
SMIDSY - sorry mate, I didn't see you (Also the name of the Ixion Robot Wars entry)
SO - significant other
sob - shite old bike
SOB - Shite Old Bike - when capitalized a term of respect for a well kept old bike
SP - significant pillion (also sig. pil.)
SQUID - stupidly quick, underdressed, ignorant and dangerous
OR stupidly quick, underdressed and imminently dead
STFW - search the flipping web i.e. stop asking silly questions and find out for yourself
SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed (even less PC version of SO)
TLA - three-letter acronym
WTF - what the flip (or something like that)
This page last updated 12/12/02
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