Conference quark::mennotes

    BOHICA--Bend Over Here It Comes Again.  Usually used in reference to
            government.
    
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    YMMV - your mileage may very
    
    TYVM - thank you very much
    
    ETFOOM - Excuse (RO) me?
    
    RO - Recognizable obscenity
    
    

    not from notes, but cute nonetheless:
    
    IITYWYBMAD- If I Tell You Will You Buy Me A Drink :-)))))

    NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard.  Usually in reference to homless shelters
            and nuclear waste dumps. 
    
    MEGO -  My Eyes Glaze Over.  A loss of concern over a problem due to
            sensory overload.
    
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WDYA - Why Do You Ask?  A label on a file drawer in a co-worker's office.

Wenwes - people who are always talking about life in their previous location.
	"When we lived in Rhodesia..."  This is not an Americanism.  I've heard
	it most often in connection with outlying parts of the Former
	British Empire.

    
    A couple of Western terms:

    Happy as a pig in slop--there's nothing more content than a pig up to
       his knees in the slop trough.

    Built like a brick outhouse--Term of admiration of the physical
       attributes of cowgirls ;^).

    A couple of my favorite British terms:

    Knocked-up--to be awakened by a tapping on the door.

    Keep your pecker up--Keep your spirits up in the face of adversity.

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Well, in the US, "knocked-up" is often used to mean "pregnant".

			Steve

    re .7
    
    And, in the US, "pecker" is often a reference to the primary male sex
    organ ;<}.
    
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Re: .8

I suspect that's the same as is intended by the British phrase.

			Steve

    re .9
    pecker--england.
    The only time's I've heard it used (in British films or such) it has
    meant spirit/attitude.  In fact it is defined as such in the Webster
    Dictionary.
    
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    Hello,
    
    Well I'm English - so here's my penny'worth:
    
    1. "Keep you pecker up" - Yep, you're right, it does refer to spirit rather
       than a particular part of ya body.
    
    2. The pig in slop one, actually we say "Happy as a pig in sh*t" - I
       like that one!
    
    3. "Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick" - Self
        explanatory I hope. 
    
    4.  "Gotta get some juice" - fill the car up with gas.
    
    5.  "How's ya belly off for spots?" - How are you keeping.
    
    6.  "A Wheeze"" - to be very amusing.
    
    7.  "Piece of cake" - Real easy
    
    8.  "Gordon Bennett!" - Term of surprise, mild shock - I forget who
         gordon was.
    
    9.   "Gone for a burton" - It gone wrong, all is lost.
    
    10.  "Give it some wellie" - To put more force behind an activity, i.e.
          in driving terms, put you foot down on the gas.
    
    11.  P.D.Q. - Pretty damn quick!
    
    12.  "cock up" - to make a mistake. i.e. you "cocked it up".
    
    13.  "Tom and Dick" - Sick. But this is cockney rhyming slang, so guess
         I'm going off the general idea - but still used.
    
    14.  "Plonka" - A stupid person/idiot. i.e. what a plonka!
    
    There are loads more that I can't remember right now. Enjoy!
    
    Vic

    What about BTW? What does it means?
    
    It's getting great up to now. Maybe I'll do a dictionary...
    
    Come on, you guys gotta have a lot more expressions you use. Don't mind
    if it is too known in USA or UK, because it's not probably known in 
    other countries...

    BTW -- By the way.
    
    WRT -- With regard to.
    
    DILLIGAF -- Do I look like I give a ___k?

    
    FWIW--For What It's Worth (usually no much).

    FYI--For Your Information.

    IMO--In My Opinion

    IMHO--In My Humble Opinion

    IMNSHO--(already mentioned) IN My Not So Humble Opinion

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        NNTTM = No need to thank me
         
...and, a saying I heard many times in the U.S. south and west: 
        
        Bird's nest on the ground - meaning, easy pickings.
        
HTH,  { hope this helps }

Art

    
    MYOB--Mind Your Own Business

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    BYOB  =  bring your own bottle

	FIIGMO	= 	RO It, I've Got My Orders

		=	I'm leaving, so I don't care about it any more


	US Military
	See .2 for RO

    
    FUBAR = (RO) Beyond All Recognition
          =  "      "   Any Recovery
    
    
    U.S. Military, and most engineering schools/organizations

TANSTAAFL = There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

(Robert A. Heinlein, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress")

    I got a brand new vocabulary!
    
    I'll not answer any more but I'll keep this topic open, and I foresee
    that it will serve as a dictionary to non-Americans users.
    
    Thanks everybody.
    
    Ham.
    

    
    Osha Clip--When you are working on a carburetor and take a little clip
    off that turns out to be backed by a spring and the whole thing goes
    "pleeing" and disappears into a trans-galactic wormhole, and you go 
    "Oooooooshhhhaaaaa".

    Jesus Pin--Same thing, except you drop a little mental pin that goes
    rattling down through the engine compartment.  "***** where'd that go".

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    Awwsht--Generally pronounced between clenched teeth.  The negation of 
    999 attaboys.

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    .24
    The Jesus nut on a helicopter is up in the main rotor hub.  As in,
    Jesus, it that fails, I'll be seeing ya soon.