ScrapbookAddict.com's Abbreviation

Abbreviations (Scrapbook and Internet) 

AC = American Crafts

AE =  Ali Edwards

AF = Artic Frog

AM = Archival Mist
AMM = All My Memories,

ATC = Artist Trading Cards
ATD = American Traditional Designs

BAK = Back At Keyboard
B&BW = Bath and Body Works

B & W or bw = Black and White
BH= Becky Higgins (lettering book)

BH&G = Better Homes & Gardens' Scrapbook Etc. magazine
BIL = Brother in Law
BRB = Be Right Back
BTDT = Been There Done That
BTT = Bringing To Top:used when you re-post an issue to bring it to the top of the discussion board if it got buried
BTW = By The Way

CS = Club Scrap (Monthly scrapbook kit club)

CS = Cardstock
CASE = Copy And Steal Exactly, or Copy And Scrap Exactly
CI = Creative Imaginations
CIS = Crop In Style

CHA = Craft and Hobby Association
CK = Creating Keepsakes (Scrapbook Magazine)
CM - Creative Memories
CTMH Close to my Heart (double meaning with Can’t tell my husband)

CZ = Cathy Zieskel

dbf= dear boy friend/best friend

DCWV = Die Cuts with a view
DD = Dear Daughter, darling daughter

DD = Deluxe Designs
DH usually means Dear Husband, but the D could mean some other things (Darling or Darn)
DPS = Double Page Spread
DS = Dear, Darling Son,

F2F= Face to Face
fil= father in law
FOGL--Falling On Ground Laughing

GASC = The Great American Scrapbook Convention
GK = Grandkids
GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike

HL = Hobby Lobby
HOF = Hall of Fame refers to Creating Keepsakes Magazines (CK) Hall of Fame winners

HS = Heidi Swapp
HTH = Hope This Helps, Hope that Helped

il = in law. Can be preceded by m= mother, f=father, s=sister, b=brother. pil
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion

IRL = In Real Life
ISO = In Search Of

jmho= just my honest (humble) opinion

KMA= Keeping Memories Alive

LMK - Let me know
LOL = Laugh Out Loud or Laughing Out Loud
LSS = Local Scrapbook Store, referring to any SB store in your area (as opposed to internet stores)

M = (m) = More (this is used to let you know there is more text to read – on the message board)
MS = Martha Stewart
MG = Mrs Grossman
MAMBI= Me and My Big Ideas (company, product lines)
Michael’s = Michael’s Craft Store
MIL = Mother in Law
MIL = mother in law
MM = Memory Makers (scrapbook magazine)

nbd = no big deal
Np = no problem
N/T = No Text
nft - no further text, (you don't need to open the message because there is nothing in the message box)
nsbr = Not / Non ScrapBook Related (used before a post that doesn't have to do with SB)

OIC = Oh, I See
OMG= Oh my goodness, Oh my gawd (the reverent spelling, lol!)
ot = off topic or over time

PAK= Planned Act of Kindness
PC = Provo Craft, a scrapbook store
PIL = parents in law
PIMP = Pebbles In My Pocket, a scrapbook store Just don't type the acronym into a search engine, looking for
Pebbles site - you'll get something awful!
PIMP = can also mean peeing in my pants

PJ =  Pure Juice
PK - PaperKuts ( scrapbook magazine)
PMP – Photo Mounting Paper or Peeing in my pants
pov = point of view
PSB = PaperStickerBinder This is a product made by Crop In Style (CIS).
PSBR = Partially Scrapbook Related (used before a post)

QK = Quickutz

QVC = Home shopping channel that CK is always on.

RAK = Random Act of Kindness

ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing, when so funny can't stop laughing...
ROFLMAO: Rolling on the floor laughing my ___ off (sorry!)
roflmbo= rolling on floor laughing my butt off
roflmbopimp= rolling on floor laughing my butt off, peeing in my pants
ROFLOLAPMP: Rolling on floor laughing out loud and peeing my pants

SA = Scrapbook Answers magazine

SAHM = Stay At Home Mom
SASE = Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
SB = ScrapBook
SBA=Scrap Book Addict
SBR= scrapbook related
SIL = sister in law
SO = significant other
SPS = Single page spread

SS = Simple Scrapbooks
SU = Stampin’ Up!

TFL = Thanks for Looking

TFS = Thanks for Sharing

TIA = Thanks In Advance
TIGR = This is getting ridiculous!
TROLL = The Reptile of Lonely Losers !!
TTFN = Ta-Ta For Now
TTYL = Talk To You Later
TTYS = Talk To You Soon

WAHM - Work at home mom
/w = with
WTG = Way To Go

YO= years old (like my daughter is 2YO)

2Peas = Two peas in a Bucket (www.twopeasinabucket.com) a great online store & idea center
Ü = this is a big smile - use alt+0220 from the number pad

Updated September 20, 2005