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Trevorhp's post of "'Laws' relating to rebuilding cars !! made me think about the "Standard Abbreviations" I tend to us:

RTFM = Read The F***ing Manual

JFDI = Just F***ing Do IT

I guess everyone has others...?

We had several in the big tank workshops. Many of them of a technical nature, not heard in polite civilian circles

PDQ was pretty damn quick while PDFQ needed a higher degree of urgency. While not an abbreviation, the term 'shagged' meant that the item was past its useable best while 'totally' or 'fxxxxxg shagged' told the storeman that it needed replacing......., er......, PDFQ!

In Australia, as a clean living, polite, churchgoing pom who knitted socks for the elderly in his spare time (just joking...) there were a LOT more abbreviations such as a 'gnats knacker' or a 'RCH' when a gap was very close. Maybe the antipodeans can enlighten us poms.......

RTFM is standard parlance, or so I thought until I used it at work and nobody knew what I was on about.

Youngsters; useless. They need YouTube instruction for everything, manuals are a bit C20 for them.

GYGAFO.
As a young office junior 30 odd years ago a rather unapproachable and angry old underwriter had this on a sticker on his trays. Took me a while to ask him what is stood for, ‘get yer gear and f.. off’ came the brutal reply.
I still use it now.

gs.davies wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 1:55 pm RTFM is standard parlance, or so I thought until I used it at work and nobody knew what I was on about.

Youngsters; useless. They need YouTube instruction for everything, manuals are a bit C20 for them.

WFM! Not one beginning with H. But as an older enthusiast I have learned much from selected YouTube instruction videos - car related I should add

I'm a former (read old) us army sergeant.

Theres a quite a few we have.
But the standard favorites...

FUBAR- F****d up beyond all repair
FIDO- F*** It drive on
SNAFU- situation normal all f****d up
BOHICA- bend over, here it comes again!

Joel Welsh 4769VU wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 7:45 pm
BOHICA- bend over, here it comes again!

"Float Test" and "Flame Test" -for broken / worn / suspect parts:

If the part is metal, then "Float Test" -Throw it in the sea / lake, and if it floats, keep it..

If the part is wood /fabric etc, then "Flame Test" -Set light to it, and if it doesn't burn, keep it...

RAOTFLMTO!

I recall my father using the abbreviation ( RCH ) for the smallest measurement known to man. Steve (CTR)

NBG = No Bloody Good... change middle letter to suit the severity of the issue.

A nonagenarian friend likes to use:

KBO - Keep buggering on.

RTFM to many...... RTFM(square) to the chosen few!!! (I could not add the square symbol)!!!!!!!

Here's one from IT support

ID10T error for users calling for a problem exists between keyboard and screen which has its own abbreviation .

Another IT support one.

PICNIC - problem in chair not in computer

Daveislandblue66 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 7:31 pm Another IT support one.

PICNIC - problem in chair not in computer