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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 09:51 AM
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TTT IB4TL

I know this will get locked soon, I just can't figure it out.
Old Jul 2, 2007 | 09:52 AM
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to the top and in before"4" the lock
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It is used to send the thread to the "top" of the list so more people will see it sooner.
Old Jul 2, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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This means you are interested and want to see where the thread is going to go with the conversation at hand or you will "lurk" around
At leas that is my understanding of that
Old Jul 2, 2007 | 10:18 AM
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Any of these little acronyms can be typed in Google.
Do a search. There's a million of them.
Old Jul 2, 2007 | 10:33 AM
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As stated "Taking to Top"

Now to business IBTL
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IB4TL,

it is a means of moving your post back to the top of the list
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Default here are a few more revelations

* ttt [treatment]
* Team Time Trial, a bicycle racing event similar to an individual time trial
* Tekken Tag Tournament, the fourth installment in Namco's Tekken series for the Playstation 2
* The Ten Tenors, a music group
* The Two Towers, the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, or the film version
* Things Take Time
* Tic-Tac-Toe, a game
* Tilt table test, a medical diagnostic procedure
* Time-temperature transformation, a diagram used in materials engineering to determine isothermal transformation properties
* To The Top, often used on forums to "bump" a thread/topic to the top of the page
* Transnational technology transfer
* Terrible Terry Tate, Office Linebacker, the main character in a series of TV commercials for Reebok.
* Triple T, former name of radio station Sea FM (Hobart)
* Trinidad and Tobago Television, a defunct television network in Trinidad and Tobago
* Troops to Teachers, a US federal program to help military service members transition to K-12 education careers
* The British ITV company Tyne Tees Television, in its earlier years
* The standard Morse code prefix for messages announcing safety warnings (q.v. SOS)
* Tactical Troop Transport, a term used for some military aircraft or helicopters.
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Originally Posted by billrush
* ttt [treatment]
* Team Time Trial, a bicycle racing event similar to an individual time trial
* Tekken Tag Tournament, the fourth installment in Namco's Tekken series for the Playstation 2
* The Ten Tenors, a music group
* The Two Towers, the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, or the film version
* Things Take Time
* Tic-Tac-Toe, a game
* Tilt table test, a medical diagnostic procedure
* Time-temperature transformation, a diagram used in materials engineering to determine isothermal transformation properties
* To The Top, often used on forums to "bump" a thread/topic to the top of the page
* Transnational technology transfer
* Terrible Terry Tate, Office Linebacker, the main character in a series of TV commercials for Reebok.
* Triple T, former name of radio station Sea FM (Hobart)
* Trinidad and Tobago Television, a defunct television network in Trinidad and Tobago
* Troops to Teachers, a US federal program to help military service members transition to K-12 education careers
* The British ITV company Tyne Tees Television, in its earlier years
* The standard Morse code prefix for messages announcing safety warnings (q.v. SOS)
* Tactical Troop Transport, a term used for some military aircraft or helicopters.
Wow, you have way too much time on your hands.
Old Jul 2, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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To the top and IB4TL
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Common Acronyms
A4 – 4-speed Automatic Transmission (C5’s & C6’s)
“A6” – 6 speed Automatic Transmission #4L65-e (steering wheel shifter- C6’s starting 2005)
AB - Auto Buffs
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AH – Corvette Active Handling
ARE - Agostino Racing Engines
BBL - Be Back Later
BCM – Body Control Module (Column Lock, Horn, Anti-Theft, etc.)
BFD - Big...Fat... Deal
BFN - Bye For Now
BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
BPP - Breathless Performance Products
BRB - Be Right Back
BSOD - Blue Screen Of Death - the windows "Crash" screen
BSM - Body Side Moldings
BTW - By The Way
CAGS - Computer Aided Gear Selection
CEL – Check Engine Light
CF - Carbon Fiber
COH - Corvettes of Houston
DBS – Dead Battery Syndrome
DBW – Drive By Wire
DIC – Driver Information Center
DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I Give A S---
DILLIGAF - A more emphatic version of DILLIGAS
DILYSI – Drive It Like You Stole It
DLR – Daytime Running Lights
DSOM – Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic
EBTCM – Electronic Break & Traction Control Module
EGR – Exhaust Gas Recirculation
FI – Forced Induction
FRC – Fixed Roof Coupe or Flying Roof Club or Fuel Rail Covers
FSU – Fuel sending unit
FUBAR - "Fixed" Up Beyond All Recognition
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt - BS intended to scare you about a product.
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information
g - grin - usually in brackets or angles <g> or [g]
bg - big grin
vbg - very big grin
vbseg - very big stuff eating grin
gd&h - grinning, ducking and hiding
gd&r - grinning, ducking and running
gd&r,vvf - grinning, ducking and running, very very fast
GMAB - Give Me A Break
GMAFB - a vehement version of Give Me A Break <g>
H/C – Heads Cam Pkg
HSIK - How Should I Know
HT - Hardtop (related to FRC)
HUD – Heads Up Display
IAC - In Any Case
IAE - In Any Event
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
IBIWISI - I'll Believe It When I See It
IB4TL= In Before The Thread Lock
INAL - I'm Not A Lawyer
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMMHO - In My Most Humble Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
JFYI - Just For Your Information
JMHO - Just My Humble Opinion
JMO - Just My Opinion
KMA - Kiss My ...Ahem....
LAPD – Los Angeles Performance Division
LEO – Law Enforcement Officer
LG – LG Motorsports
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LMAO - Laughing My <ahem> Off
LMB – Le Mans Blue
LPE - Lingenfelter Performance Engineering
LTFSA - Leave The Fine Settings Alone
MAF – Mass Air Flow
MN12 (M12) – Z06 6-speed
MN6 – Corvette 6-speed
MTI – Motorsport Technologies, Inc.
NBD - No Big Deal
NCM – National Corvette Museum
NOYB - None Of Your Business
NOYDB - A forceful version of NOYB <g>
NOYFB - A an even more forceful version of NOYB <g>
NRN - No Reply Necessary
OIC - Oh, I See
OEM – Original Equipment Manufacture
OMG – Oh My God
OTL - Out To Lunch
OTOH - On The Other Hand
PCM – Power Train Module
PFM - Pure Freaking Magic
PIMP - Peeing In My Pants (laughing so hard....)
PITA - Pain In The A**
PMFBI - Pardon Me For Butting In
PMFJI - Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMJI - Pardon My Jumping In
POS - Piece of S---
PTB - Powers That Be
R8C – Nat’l Corvette Museum Delivery Option
RNA - Ring, No Answer (communication or telephone term for a problem)
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROTF - Rolling On The Floor
ROTF,L - Rolling On The Floor, Laughing
RSN - Real Soon Now
RTFM - Read The Fu..in Manual
RYFM - Read Your Fine Manual
SOTP - Seat Of The Pants
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All "fixed" Up
SW - Specter Werkes
TAC – Throttle Actuater Controller (C5 only)
TANJ - There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TC – Corvette Traction Control
TDNBW - This Does Not Bode Well
TFPT – Thanks for posting that/this
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TIC - Tongue In Cheek
TMTOYH - Too much time on your hands
TMUI - Too much useless information
TOCF – The/Those Other Corvette Forums
TPTB - The Powers That Be
TPM - Tire Pressure Monitors
TPS – Tire Pressure Sensors
TR – Torch Red
TSTO - To Stupid To Operate
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTS – This Thread Sucks
TTT – To the Top (when posting to a thread to bring it back to the top)
TTYL - Talk (or Type <g> ) To You Later
UABFH - Use A Bigger Freaking Hammer!
VE - Vette Essentials or Volumetric Efficiency
WAD - Working As Designed (... is a feature, not a bug)
WAG - Wild A-- Guess.
S/O – Significant Other
STFU – Shut The Frig Up
SWAG - Super or Scientific WAG
WAM - World According to MSFT (MicroSoft)
WGAS - Who Gives A S---
WGAF - A more emphative version of WGAS
WOA - Work Of Art
WOT - Wide Open Throttle
WSMM - Well Shut My Mouth (Southern Computers Only)
WTH - What The H---
WTF - What The F---
WCC - West Coast Corvettes
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get
Y2K - year 2000
YHIHF - You Heard It Hear First
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
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Originally Posted by 95BlueBomber
Wow, you have way too much time on your hands.
this guy has even more

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Originally Posted by AC54ME
Common Acronyms
A4 – 4-speed Automatic Transmission (C5’s & C6’s)
“A6” – 6 speed Automatic Transmission #4L65-e (steering wheel shifter- C6’s starting 2005)
AB - Auto Buffs
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AH – Corvette Active Handling
ARE - Agostino Racing Engines
BBL - Be Back Later
BCM – Body Control Module (Column Lock, Horn, Anti-Theft, etc.)
BFD - Big...Fat... Deal
BFN - Bye For Now
BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
BPP - Breathless Performance Products
BRB - Be Right Back
BSOD - Blue Screen Of Death - the windows "Crash" screen
BSM - Body Side Moldings
BTW - By The Way
CAGS - Computer Aided Gear Selection
CEL – Check Engine Light
CF - Carbon Fiber
COH - Corvettes of Houston
DBS – Dead Battery Syndrome
DBW – Drive By Wire
DIC – Driver Information Center
DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I Give A S---
DILLIGAF - A more emphatic version of DILLIGAS
DILYSI – Drive It Like You Stole It
DLR – Daytime Running Lights
DSOM – Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic
EBTCM – Electronic Break & Traction Control Module
EGR – Exhaust Gas Recirculation
FI – Forced Induction
FRC – Fixed Roof Coupe or Flying Roof Club or Fuel Rail Covers
FSU – Fuel sending unit
FUBAR - "Fixed" Up Beyond All Recognition
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt - BS intended to scare you about a product.
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information
g - grin - usually in brackets or angles <g> or [g]
bg - big grin
vbg - very big grin
vbseg - very big stuff eating grin
gd&h - grinning, ducking and hiding
gd&r - grinning, ducking and running
gd&r,vvf - grinning, ducking and running, very very fast
GMAB - Give Me A Break
GMAFB - a vehement version of Give Me A Break <g>
H/C – Heads Cam Pkg
HSIK - How Should I Know
HT - Hardtop (related to FRC)
HUD – Heads Up Display
IAC - In Any Case
IAE - In Any Event
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
IBIWISI - I'll Believe It When I See It
IB4TL= In Before The Thread Lock
INAL - I'm Not A Lawyer
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMMHO - In My Most Humble Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
JFYI - Just For Your Information
JMHO - Just My Humble Opinion
JMO - Just My Opinion
KMA - Kiss My ...Ahem....
LAPD – Los Angeles Performance Division
LEO – Law Enforcement Officer
LG – LG Motorsports
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LMAO - Laughing My <ahem> Off
LMB – Le Mans Blue
LPE - Lingenfelter Performance Engineering
LTFSA - Leave The Fine Settings Alone
MAF – Mass Air Flow
MN12 (M12) – Z06 6-speed
MN6 – Corvette 6-speed
MTI – Motorsport Technologies, Inc.
NBD - No Big Deal
NCM – National Corvette Museum
NOYB - None Of Your Business
NOYDB - A forceful version of NOYB <g>
NOYFB - A an even more forceful version of NOYB <g>
NRN - No Reply Necessary
OIC - Oh, I See
OEM – Original Equipment Manufacture
OMG – Oh My God
OTL - Out To Lunch
OTOH - On The Other Hand
PCM – Power Train Module
PFM - Pure Freaking Magic
PIMP - Peeing In My Pants (laughing so hard....)
PITA - Pain In The A**
PMFBI - Pardon Me For Butting In
PMFJI - Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMJI - Pardon My Jumping In
POS - Piece of S---
PTB - Powers That Be
R8C – Nat’l Corvette Museum Delivery Option
RNA - Ring, No Answer (communication or telephone term for a problem)
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROTF - Rolling On The Floor
ROTF,L - Rolling On The Floor, Laughing
RSN - Real Soon Now
RTFM - Read The Fu..in Manual
RYFM - Read Your Fine Manual
SOTP - Seat Of The Pants
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All "fixed" Up
SW - Specter Werkes
TAC – Throttle Actuater Controller (C5 only)
TANJ - There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TC – Corvette Traction Control
TDNBW - This Does Not Bode Well
TFPT – Thanks for posting that/this
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TIC - Tongue In Cheek
TMTOYH - Too much time on your hands
TMUI - Too much useless information
TOCF – The/Those Other Corvette Forums
TPTB - The Powers That Be
TPM - Tire Pressure Monitors
TPS – Tire Pressure Sensors
TR – Torch Red
TSTO - To Stupid To Operate
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTS – This Thread Sucks
TTT – To the Top (when posting to a thread to bring it back to the top)
TTYL - Talk (or Type <g> ) To You Later
UABFH - Use A Bigger Freaking Hammer!
VE - Vette Essentials or Volumetric Efficiency
WAD - Working As Designed (... is a feature, not a bug)
WAG - Wild A-- Guess.
S/O – Significant Other
STFU – Shut The Frig Up
SWAG - Super or Scientific WAG
WAM - World According to MSFT (MicroSoft)
WGAS - Who Gives A S---
WGAF - A more emphative version of WGAS
WOA - Work Of Art
WOT - Wide Open Throttle
WSMM - Well Shut My Mouth (Southern Computers Only)
WTH - What The H---
WTF - What The F---
WCC - West Coast Corvettes
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get
Y2K - year 2000
YHIHF - You Heard It Hear First
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
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