Abreviations

[Dancingfish Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dancingfish]

Is there somewhere on this site that has a list of all the abreviations that everyone here uses? Hate to sound stupid but it makes reading the posts and getting useable information hard....

Top of todays list-- What is FF

[JoAnn Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoAnn]

Abreviations

For me FF = Fairfield OR Frequent Flier (miles)
And, yes, it is confusing to figure out all of the initials! I'm still working on those.
DH, DW,DD,DS,SIL, BIL MIL,FIL = Dear hubby, dear wife, dear daughter, dear son, sister in law, brother in law, mother in law, father in law
Then we get to the people who are flying in or out of: ORD, RSW KYW and other places using only the airport code (O'Hare; Ft. Myers; Key West are for the 3 above).
Then there are the resort initials....well, I won't even try for those.

I guess who ever is writing ASSUMES we all know what all those initials stand for ...... WRONG...so I just skip over the ones I can't figure out. So you are not alone in wondering about this, nor are you stupid!

[gophish Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close gophish]

I thought that there used to be a thread with a list of abbreviations floating around over on TUG but I can't find it, so maybe it was just a bunch of threads that talked about various abbreviations.
I know that on the Fairfield Yahoo Group there is a file with abbreviations but I just checked that and it is particular to the Fairfield system.
Maybe we can start a list and put it up as a sticky on one of the forums.
Ken H.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Maybe we can start a list and put it up as a sticky on one of the forums.
Ken H.

Great Idea. Now any body want to take the job on or should everyone just post on it. I think IMO one person should handle it and keep it in alpha order.

[gophish Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close gophish]

Frank, I would be willing to take it on, but not sure exactly how to go about it.
If we should have folks post their contributions and I could put them together in one place repost sticky when updated or have folks email their contributions or what. Would guess we would get more participation if people just posted somewhere and then consolodated those post.
Don't think that it would be that big a task and maybe it would help some folks out. The abbreviations are a challenge sometimes.
Ken H.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Frank, I would be willing to take it on, but not sure exactly how to go about it.
If we should have folks post their contributions and I could put them together in one place repost sticky when updated or have folks email their contributions or what. Would guess we would get more participation if people just posted somewhere and then consolodated those post.
Don't think that it would be that big a task and maybe it would help some folks out. The abbreviations are a challenge sometimes.
Ken H.

Ok Ken thank you. Yes we can put a sticky some where and I guess this thread is a good place to start posting them. Not sure if we should have a seperate spot for airport codes or citys or even resorts. This can get huge.

Anyway as allready posted FF has 2 meanings
FF = Fairfield = www.fairfieldresorts.com OR Frequent Flier (miles)
RCI= Resort Condominiums International = www.rci.com
II= Interval International = www.intervalworld.com
DAE = Dial an exchange = www.daelive.com
SFX = San Francisco exchange = www.sfx-resorts.com
TP = Trading places = www.tradingplaces.com/
HTSE= Hawaii timeshare exchange = www.htse.net
VRI = Vacation resort internatinoal = www.vriresorts.com
HGVC = Hilton grand vacations club = www.hgvc.com

I know there's a ton more but its a start for now.

Edited to add:
IMO = In my opinion
BS = Bull $hit
LOL = laugh out loud
LC = Last Call

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"FF" means " Fantsy Fest " in Key West at the end of October as well ~~

[aliikai2 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close aliikai2]

more

fwiw= for what it's worth
jmho= just my humble opinion
roflmao=rolling on floor laughing my ass off
tix=tickets
pfd= rci's points for deposit
koa= Kona international Airport
lih=Lihue " "
ogg= Kahalui Maui "
op= original poster
tia= thanks in advance

all for now. Greg

[gophish Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close gophish]

Frank, you are right it could get big, if there is interest, but, here is my suggestion:
We put out one post asking folks to contribute there knowledge of abbreviations, with some guides as to what we are looking for (for now I would keep it with TS abbreviations (including resorts I guess) and general forum/BBS/IM abbreviations). When there are some posted I will compile, alphabetize and put out a new post with all the ones we have so far and erase my last compiled post. Who can do a sticky, don't want to make this complicated?
Too bad there isn't a files section, we could just put a file there.
Anyway, that's the best I can come up with for now, like I said don't want to turn this in to big deal.
Ken

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Either my self, JWC,Tony, Buff or Ken can make it a sticky on this forum. Ken do it any way you like it is your baby.

[Faust Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Faust]

Here is an easy way to find out what abbreviations mean.
Just type in an abbreviation and push send.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/browse.php?character=A

[gophish Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close gophish]

WANTED - ABBREVIATION DEFINITIONS

OK HERE GOES...
We all know that there are a lot of abbreviations used on the forums and everywhere and it sometimes can be a challenge. Here is my proposal:
Anyone that wishes to contribute post the abbreviations that you know the definitions of here in this thread (For now please stick with Timeshare stuff and ones used in forums/email/instand messaging). Every so often starting sometime next week I will compile a running alphabetical list of these abbreviations and post it to this thread. I will repost the list as I update it and erase my previous post and also do a bump up post every now and then to keep the compilation on the top of this thread. If it seems useful I will keep it going, if it doesn't let me know and we can drop it.
Thanks Ken H.

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This is a great thread and idea... I am hoping to start working on the Timeshare Database again now that the kids are back to school and these would be nice to incorporate in a database guide...

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LO-Lock off
BR-Bedroom
BA- bath
AI-All Inclusive
AC-Accomodation certificate
RCI abreviaions: HU=hotel unit, M=Mandatory,O=Optional, ST=Studio,NB=nearby,M=miles/minikitchen,S=in some units,A=in all units,N=no kitchen,P=partial kitchen,F=full kitchen,CC=cross-country,DH=Dowhill(unless someone is talking about their hubby),Child=Children's pool,I=Indoor pool,O=outdoor pool on site,I/O=indoor/outdoor pool on site,D=deposits,F=fees

[shopgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shopgirl]

What great idea.

I was wondering what the rolling on the floor laughing my.... was.

A sticky at the top is perfect! But you gotta make it complete. People always talk about OBX which I guess is outer banks?