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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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What is WOT? I have seen it a million times on this forum and have yet to know what it stands for. The only thing i can come up with is wide open throttle. Am i close?:o
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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Right on the nose.
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:33 PM
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Right on the nose.
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:36 PM
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10 points for the correct guess !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:36 PM
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"There's no such thing as a dumb question"...
Somewhere I've seen a page with all of the common abbreviations used on this forum (I think there's to many abbreviations).
Good guess on WOT, you win your choice of these cupie dolls...

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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Icewind Dale
What is WOT? I have seen it a million times on this forum and have yet to know what it stands for. The only thing i can come up with is wide open throttle. Am i close?:o
do you know what , ROTFLMFAO means??
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Icewind Dale
Dumbest question ever.... What is WOT?
Heck I've seen a question much dumber than that
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:43 PM
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WOT=Wide Open Throttle.
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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Cool i thought so but it was killing me not knowing so after a couple months i just had to ask. I was looking for an abbr. page on here but could not find one. Thanks again!
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by max'svette
WOT=Wide Open Throttle.
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 08:02 PM
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I knew I'd seen it somewhere...scroll down to post #7... It's easier to just speak in plain English.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...=abbreviations
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Icewind Dale
Cool i thought so but it was killing me not knowing so after a couple months i just had to ask. I was looking for an abbr. page on here but could not find one. Thanks again!
We like to think there are no dumb questions, just dumb answers (sometimes).

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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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And my favorite quote on the subject:

"There are no dumb questions, only dumb people who ask questions."
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by FUBUZ06AMG
do you know what , ROTFLMFAO means??
rolling on the floor laughing my f...*** off
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