Acronyms and Terms for New MFP Members

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Bump:laugh:

I couldn;t find anything related to diet, exercise, or fitness: http://www.acronymfinder.com/TRAP.html

Thanks

Bump. Thanks for this I was quite a bit confused on all these when I read the posts.

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^^ what does this mean and why does everyone post it.

Hi there. An up-caret (^ or ^^) references the previous post. It is used to reference the previous post, which is usually posted above the post being made. Example:

^^ Good question!

No!! Lol. I meant what does the thing it was pointing to mean.

Hi there. An up-caret (^ or ^^) references the previous post. It is used to reference the previous post, which is usually posted above the post being made. Example:

^^ Good question!

No!! Lol. I meant what does the thing it was pointing to mean.

@WisheeNY- Sorry about that!

Go to the first page at the first post of this thread, and look at the sixth definition and the footnote. For your convenience, it is:

Bump: A message of BUMP is placed in a thread for a user to come back and read later. Making a post of "Bump" causes it to appear in the user's My Topics list. *Please see more below about BUMP- someone always argues with me about this particular term on MFP.

Footnote:

*Here's why I do not reference BUMP as the acronym "Bring Up My Post":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_(Internet)
"To bump a thread on an internet forum is to post a reply to it purely in order to raise the thread's profile. This will typically return it to the top of the list of active threads. It has been suggested that "bump" is an acronym of "bring up my post";[1] however, this is almost certainly[original research?] a backronym and the usage is entirely consistent with the verb "bump" which means "to knock to a new position".[2]" and a "backronym" means (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym):

A bacronym or backronym is a phrase specially constructed so that an acronym fits an existing word... (bolded and underlined emphasis mine.)

The word is a combination of the two words 'backward' and 'acronym', and has been defined as a "reverse acronym".[1] Its earliest known citation in print is as "bacronym" in the November 1983 edition of the Washington Post monthly neologism contest. The newspaper quoted winning reader "Meredith G. Williams of Potomac" defining it as the "same as an acronym, except that the words were chosen to fit the letters".[1]

This helps!!! thank you.

IYKWIMAITYD
If You Know What I Mean And I think You Do

Ha!

But this is, I think helpful compendium. Thanks, OP.

Great, needed this, thank you!

Great!

thanks to OP. much appreciated

I'm getting ready to update this list. Does anyone have any MFP or diet and exercise lifestyle specific acronyms and terms to add to this list?