Abbreviations not found in craft books

Sep 29, 2006 11 Replies
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Back in March I asked what the abbreviation S.E.X. stood for and other acronyms. I was nicely answered and one person suggested a UK site that had a list of them. Now I have tried the site and it has gone to site heaven or wherever sites disappear to. So... I would like to compose a list of abbreviations and terms that we all use but that some may not know. NOT the general kind like LOL or ROTFLMAO. These I did find several sites for. I mean the ones we use here on RCTN.



What I have so far are:



Frogging - the un-doing or ripping out of stitches ( rip-it, rip-it )



FUFO = Finished UnFramed Object



LTR = Long Term Rotation



PFH = Project From Hell (or Heck for those of cleaner language)



SABLE = Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy



S.E.X. (always with the periods, if you please!) = Stash Enhancement eXperience, i.e., shopping



SAL - Stitch ALong



TW - Teresa Wentzler



UFO = UnFinished Object



WIP - Works In Progress



XS - Xross Stitch ( cross stitch )



Please give me your input. There are still some I don't know and I'm not sure I have SAL right.



Here is a site that is for crocheters and other abbreviations, too. Some would apply to us.

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Many Blessings to you and yours,



Naomah


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N

I forgot Orts and LNS. I'll add them to the list.

Naomah

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L

On my quilting group, we also have PIGS, which could be relevant here (for some of us) as well.

PIGS = Projects In Grocery Sacks

Larisa, who has a couple of these, cloth> I forgot Orts and LNS.

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L

Perhaps it's just me, but I like it MUCH better without the periods.

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C

You beat me to it!

Cheryl

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E

ROFLMAO - I have all my garment projects in huge bags from G-Street Fabrics! The quilting ones are in plastic tubs. Hmmmmm - does that make them: PITS .....

Ellice

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N

This was a direct copy from a response to my question at that time of what does SEX mean. After I hit the send button I realized my error and promptly sent another clarifying that I meant S.E.X.

Some of these responses are so... LOL!!!

Seriously though, I do want to make a good list for the newbies and for those of us un-informed oldies. (Grin)

Naomah

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R

There also used to be P.I.M.P for Person Inspiring Multiple Purchases. This seems to have fallen out of use, especially since the word "enabling" has become common.

Rosemary >Back in March I asked what the abbreviation S.E.X. stood for and other

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Well, I suspect it's because that's one of those words like "I'm thrifty, he's a penny-pincher."

As in: Helen P.I.M.P.ed 30 cards of RG fibers into my shopping basket. I enabled Helen into half a dozen expensive reproduction sampler charts.

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I like the distinction. :)

Rosemary

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