Acronyms list please

The use acronyms is very frequent when answering posts on these forums, but some times with so many it gets a bit confusing, a comprehensive list of them in alphabetical order would be a great help for newbies..

that's my tuppence worth, thanks for listening. (reading)

ok looboss--you start the ball rolling

Better get used to it in the Philippines. They're obsessed with the damned things.

I'm struggling to think. These are the ones I can think of:

ILR - Indefinite Leave to Remain
VFS - Company that processes visa applications in the Philippines on behalf of the British Government.
BRP - Biometric residence Permit.
PAL - Philippine Airlines
LHR - London Heathrow Airport
MNL - Manilla Airport

KFC - Kentucky Fried Chicken.
BDO - Banco de Ora.
KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij

But some are 5, 6 or 7 characters and by the time you've remembered what each word is for each character you might as well of just said the darned entire non-acronymed word!

To which we can add:

BOI - Bureau of Immigration
BIR - Bureau of Internal Revenue
BSP - Philippine Central Bank
NSO - National Statistics Office
NBI - National Bureau of Investigation
BPI - Bank of the Philippine Islands
LTO - Land Transportation Office (Philippine equivalent of DVLA)
NCR - National Capital Region - aka Metro Manila and comprises 14 cities and 3 municipalities around Manila
FLR - Further Leave to Remain

i started a similar thread to this the other week

FLR - Further Leave to Remain
FLR (M) - Further Leave to Reamain (Marriage)
FUNEX - Have you any eggs?

FUNEX - Have you any eggs?

S-VFX--NM-NT

( 2 ronnies sketch )

4andles

TLA three letter acronym

MTGG - hungry horse. Seriously though, once we get a complete list we will create a new sticky thread

AFAIK - As far as I know
FYI - For your information
IMO - In my opinion
LOL - Laugh out loud
OMG - Oh my God
WTG - Way to go
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get
XOXO - Hugs and kisses

TTFN (ta ta for now)

WTF whats that food?

The following acronyms are typically used by the younger Pinoy crowd (30 and below).

GLHF- Good luck, have fun.
BLNT- Better luck next time.
TGIF- Thank god, it's Friday!
TGIP- Thank god, it's payday!
OMG- Oh my god/ Oh my goodness.
KSP- 'Kulang sa pansin' (Someone wants attention/someone is trying to garner attention)
WAG- Wives and Girlfriends
HAB/HUB- Husbands and Boyfriends
MMMM - 'Matandang Mayaman Madaling Mamatay' (Old and rich guy close to passing away.)
PWU- Prostitutes Waiting Upstairs
FUBU- F**k Buddy
EB - Eyeball (See each other in person)
LQ- Lover's Quarrel
LSS - Last Song Syndrome (A song/tune that is stuck in your head.)
JAPAN - Just always pray at night.
ITALY- I trust and love you.
K.E.N.Y.A. - Keep Everything Nice, Yet Arousing.　
UK - Ukay-ukay (Thrift Store/Charity Shop/Secondhand store but for clothes only.)
SMP - 'Samahang Malalamig ang Pasko' (Fellowship of People with No Significant Other to Spend with during Christmas)
WWW- World Wide Wait (Slow internet speed)
PG- Parental Guidance or 'Patay Gutom' (Glutton)
R-18 - Rated 18 (For adults only)
MU- Mutual Understanding
PSS - Practice Safe Sex
TCA- Take care always.
FT- Food trip.

then theres all those from the post war years:

SWALK
BOLTOP
BOMDAS
BURMA for SIAM

( what was BOMDAS ?)

or--more recently

KISS

Its starting to get too complicated now for us older boys, I don't want to spend half my time looking up what the acronyms mean

Hear hear. I can't stand acronyms. Looking at some of the above, frankly rather ridiculous social acronyms (ITALY - I trust and love you ? really? Now there's a phrase guaranteed the warm the cockles of any hot blooded womans heart) I wonder whether all this is rather too much of a bad thing. I remember watching a young couple on a date a while ago. They were both tapping away on phone keyboards rather than talking. I found it rather sad.

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