
Due to popular demand, we're republishing this list of common (and some not so common!) acronyms you may be seeing on the site along with their meanings. If you have any to contribute please jot them down in the comment section below and we'll get them added to the list. Enjoy.
Common Online Phrases
AFK - Away From Keyboard
BBL - Be Back Later
IM(NS)HO - In My (Not So) Humble Opinion
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
OMG - Oh My Goodness
ROFLOL - Rolling on Floor Laughing Out Loud
TBR - To Be Read
TMI - Too Much Information
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now (Britishism)
TTYL - Talk To You Later
WWIT - What Was I Thinking?
Acronyms for Family Members
BSC - Blond Space Cadets (thanks to Spud for this one!)
DH - Dear Husband
DD - Dear Daughter (or Dear Dog)
DK - Dear Kitty (thanks to Sandy H.)
DS - Dear Son
FIL - Father-in-Law
MIL - Mother-in-Law
SIL - Sister-in-Law (or Son-in-Law)
Quilting Specific Acronyms
BOB - Beginner's Only Block (swap)
BOM - Block of the Month
CC - Counter Cut
DSM - Domestic Sewing Machine
DWR - Double Wedding Ring
EQ - Electric Quilt (Quilting Design Software)
FMQ - Free Motion Quilting
FQ - Fat Quarter
FW - Feather Weight (Singer Sewing Machine)
HST - Half-Square Triangle
KQ - Keepsake Quilting (one of our sponsors)
LA - Long Arm
LAQ - Long Arm Quilter
LQS - Local Quilt Shop
MAQ - Mid-Arm Quilter
MQ - Mystery Quilt
OBW - One-Block Wonder
QCA - Quilters Club of America
QOA - Quilt Out Loud (the online quilting show on QNNtv.com)
QST - Quarter Square Triangles
RST - Right Sides Together
SID - Stitch in Ditch
TOT - Tone-on-Tone
UFO - UnFinished Object
WOF - Width of Fabric
WOW - White On White
WST - Wrong Sides Together
Plus two popular slang terms:
Froggin' - ripping seams (you know, Rip it Rip It)
Reverse Sewing - Ooops! Made a mistake have to take it out and do it again
Other "Vital" Quilting Acronyms
BDNQ - Bad Day Not Quilting
CAT - Creating Artistic Treasures
COP - Creative Ongoing Project
DOG - Deciding Ongoing Gem
FART - Fabric Aquisition Road Trip
FIU - Finish It Up
FUN - Fabricating UNlimited
HSY - Haven't Started Yet
PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
PEBSMAQ - Problem Exists Between Sewing Machine And Quilter (invented by Gini)
PHD - Project Half Done (as in, "I'm working on my PHD")
PIGS - Projects in Grocery Sacks
QFH - Quilt from Hell
RUF - Really Ugly Fabric
SABLE - Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SEX - Stash Enhancing eXperience (or eXcursion)
STASH - Special Treasures All Secretly Hidden
SQ - Stupid Quilt (invented by Judy Iliff)
SQUID - Sewing a Quilt Until I Die (from AgnesEthel)
UFO - UnFinished Object (unfinished quilt)
TGIF - Thank God It's Finished!
WHIMM - Works Hidden In My Mind
WIP - Work In Progress
WISP - Work In Slow Progress
WIVSP - Work In Very Slow Progress
WIWMI - Wish It Would Make Itself
WOMBAT - Waste of Money, Batting, and Time