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  • jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bump - for newcomers...    B)
  • Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,734 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nerd post!

    Under the heading of useful terms I'd like to mention these two terms that are confused often on this forum. 

    Hydrometer vs hygrometer

    Hydrometer is an instrument that is used to measure the specific gravity, or in other words, the relative density of a liquid. 

    Hygrometer
     is an instrument that is used to measure the humidity in a given volume.

    You use a hydrometer to check the coolant in the radiator of your vehicle.

    You use a hygrometer in your humidor/coolidor/etc. to measure it's relative humidity.
  • jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's another one for ya, @Bob_Luken:

    An ordinance is a law or rule or decree. Ordnance, without an “i,” means weapons or ammunition. Ordnance was derived from ordinance centuries ago, and the words have distinct meanings. The military needs a place to dispose of its out-of-date ordnance.
  • Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,734 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2017
    jlmarta said:
    Here's another one for ya, @Bob_Luken:

    An ordinance is a law or rule or decree. Ordnance, without an “i,” means weapons or ammunition. Ordnance was derived from ordinance centuries ago, and the words have distinct meanings. The military needs a place to dispose of its out-of-date ordnance.
    NCR! NCR!

    Wait! I guess we do use ordnance when discussing bombs sometimes and we probably do get them confused too. I wouldn't have known the difference. 
  • YaksterYakster Posts: 27,596 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been using that one wrong all my life.
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  • variant2variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    Is Flat Eather on the list?

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    ^^^^^ One high quality member right there.
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  • Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,734 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2017
    A few additions (in italics).
    Dog Rocket
    Hygro
    Flat Eather
    Premipremiprem

    AF - Arturo Fuente 
    AJ = A.J. Fernandez 
    AB = Alec Bradley cigars 
    Beads = Heartfelt Beads. A silica product used to control humidity in a humidor. (Not exactly an acronym or abbreviation but, there it is.)
    B&M = Brick & Mortar (Cigar Shop) 
    BOTL = (brother of the leaf) 
    BORK = "BORK was a typo of BOTL by ENFIDL and we ran with it a few years ago." - wwhwang (Wayne)
    CAO = CAO Cigars. Named for founder Cano A. Ozgener
    ccom or Ccom = Cigar.com (Not CC. CC means Cuban Cigar.)
    CI = cigarsinternational.com (Only online retailer who's name we mention openly. It's OK right? Someones pounding on my door! Maybe it's not OK.)
    COTY = Cigar of the Year 
    CC = Cuban Cigar (This is NOT acronym for cigar.com. Some people get confused.)
    Coolidor = Ice chest / cooler converted for use as a humidor. 
    DD = cigar.com's Daily Deal
    Dog Rocket = term used to describe a bad cigar.
    DPG= Don Pepin Garcia (cigar maker)
    FOG = F#ckin' old guy / Long time member (Forum term)
    Flat Eather = You gotta see this one. Decide for yourself on a definition. http://forum.cigar.com/discussion/897526/are-you-a-flat-eather/p1
    Humi = Humidor (Also see Coolidor, Tupperdor and Wineador)
    Herf - Smoking stogies with the homies (Usually used as a reference to a group smoke session but I think it can also refer to a solo smoke session. I don't think anybody knows where the term came from. Anybody know?) 
    Hygro = Hygrometer - Instrument used in humidors to measure relative humidity. (Hydrometer is often confused with hygrometer or just mispelled. Not the same thing as Hygrometer.) 
    ISOM = Island South of Miami 
    JDN - Joya de Nicaragua
    KFC = Kentucky Fire Cured 
    KL = kitty litter (100% silica kitty litter used as humidification.) 
    LADC = La Aroma de Cuba cigars
    LE = Limited edition
    LFD - La Flor Dominicana cigars
    LG - Litto Gomez Diez cigars
    LGC = La Gloria Cubana cigars
    MF - My Father cigars
    MOW = Man O' War cigars
    MOW FTW = Man O' War, FTW? (Ask Randy "Rain". Ask often.) 
    Maddy, Maddie, Mad = Maduro
    MAW = Make A Wish Thread (in the TPB section of ccom)
    MUWAT = My Uzi Weighs a Ton (cigar) MUWAT by Drew Estate  AT by Drew Estate 
    NC = A Non Cuban Cigar
    NCR section = Non Cigar Related section in this forum. 
    OP = Original Poster, or Original Post when referring to the first post in a thread.
    OSOK - One Shot One Kill cigars
    Pam64 and pam26 = padron aniversary 1964 & 1926 maduro 
    Parti = Partagas 
    PDR = Pinar Del Rio cigar 
    PIF = Pay It Forward Thread (in the TPB section of ccom)
    PM = Private Message. (Check your "inbox" in the upper right corner of the screen.)
    Premipremiprem = Really really good cigars. Derived from the term premium cigars. Often preceded or prefixed with the word super.
    RG = Ring Gauge
    RH = Relative Humidity
    RP = Rocky Patel
    R&R section = Ratings & Reviews section in this forum
    RyJ = Romeo y Julieta
    Tat or Tats = Tatuaje cigars 
    Torp = torpedo
    TPB = Trades Passes and Bombs section in this forum.
    Tupperdor = Tupperware container or any plastic container used as a humidor. 
    Wineador = Wine refrigerator used as a humidor. 
    WOAM --- Arturo Fuente Hemingway "Work Of Art Maduro" 

    (* generic forum acronyms within the TPB Thread) 
    *ISO = In search of
    *OP = Original post or original poster.v(Forum term)
    *WTS = Want to sell
    *WTT = Want to Trade
    *HTF = Hard to find
  • AlbinfkAlbinfk Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2017
    OMG. Is there a test on this?
  • Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,734 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No need for tests. We already know who knows. We evaluate remotely. Kinda like Santa does it but, through your computer with microphones, lasers and x-ray technology.  I've said too much. 
  • Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,734 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    Bump again for the new guys.
    Bump for suggested additions.
    I read or hear abbreviations from time to time that I know aren't on this list and I forget to bump and add them to the list. But today I read where someone didn't know what B&M was and I remembered back when I was new to the forum and it was here for the first time I heard B&M.  
  • dirtdudedirtdude Posts: 5,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Still trying to figure out this WTF button.
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  • GaryThompsonGaryThompson Posts: 952 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great! Been wondering what the hell a "HERF" was...
  • GaryThompsonGaryThompson Posts: 952 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Bob_Luken

    How about "CAS"? Don't know what it is but seems to run amok around here..
  • deadmandeadman Posts: 8,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cigar acquisition syndrome 
  • Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,734 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Bob_Luken

    How about "CAS"? Don't know what it is but seems to run amok around here..
    deadman said:
    Cigar acquisition syndrome 
    Thanks guys, for the acronym, CAS. And I thought of an abbreviation that I should have added long before now, connie. 



    Here's an updated list with two new additions (in bold). Connie and CAS


    AF - Arturo Fuente 
    AJ = A.J. Fernandez 
    AB = Alec Bradley cigars 
    Beads = Heartfelt Beads. A silica product used to control humidity in a humidor. (Not exactly an acronym or abbreviation but, there it is.)
    B&M = Brick & Mortar (Cigar Shop) 
    BOTL = (brother of the leaf) 
    BORK = "BORK was a typo of BOTL by ENFIDL and we ran with it a few years ago." - wwhwang (Wayne)
    CAO = CAO Cigars. Named for founder Cano A. Ozgener
    CAS = Cigar Acquisition Syndrome 
    ccom or Ccom = Cigar.com (Not CC. CC means Cuban Cigar.)
    CI = cigarsinternational.com (Only online retailer who's name we mention openly. It's OK right? Someones pounding on my door! Maybe it's not OK.)
    Connie = or conny. Connecticut wrapper. A cigar with a Connecticut wrapper. 
    COTY = Cigar of the Year 
    CC = Cuban Cigar (This is NOT acronym for cigar.com. Some people get confused.)
    Coolidor = Ice chest / cooler converted for use as a humidor. 
    DD = cigar.com's Daily Deal
    Dog Rocket = term used to describe a bad cigar.
    DPG= Don Pepin Garcia (cigar maker)
    FOG = F#ckin' old guy / Long time member (Forum term)
    Flat Eather = You gotta see this one. Decide for yourself on a definition. http://forum.cigar.com/discussion/897526/are-you-a-flat-eather/p1 
    Humi = Humidor (Also see Coolidor, Tupperdor and Wineador)
    Herf - Smoking stogies with the homies (Usually used as a reference to a group smoke session but I think it can also refer to a solo smoke session. I don't think anybody knows where the term came from. Anybody know?) 
    Hygro = Hygrometer - Instrument used in humidors to measure relative humidity. (Hydrometer is often confused with hygrometer or just mispelled. Not the same thing as Hygrometer.) 
    ISOM = Island South of Miami 
    JDN - Joya de Nicaragua
    KFC = Kentucky Fire Cured 
    KL = kitty litter (100% silica kitty litter used as humidification.) 
    LADC = La Aroma de Cuba cigars
    LE = Limited edition
    LFD - La Flor Dominicana cigars
    LG - Litto Gomez Diez cigars
    LGC = La Gloria Cubana cigars
    MF - My Father cigars
    MOW = Man O' War cigars
    MOW FTW = Man O' War, FTW? (Ask Randy "Rain". Ask often.) 
    Maddy, Maddie, Mad = Maduro wrapper. A cigar with a maduro wrapper. 
    MAW = Make A Wish Thread (in the TPB section of ccom)
    MUWAT = My Uzi Weighs a Ton (cigar) MUWAT by Drew Estate  AT by Drew Estate 
    NC = A Non Cuban Cigar
    NCR section = Non Cigar Related section in this forum. 
    OP = Original Poster, or Original Post when referring to the first post in a thread.
    OSOK - One Shot One Kill cigars
    Pam64 and pam26 = padron aniversary 1964 & 1926 maduro 
    Parti = Partagas 
    PDR = Pinar Del Rio cigar 
    PIF = Pay It Forward Thread (in the TPB section of ccom)
    PM = Private Message. (Check your "inbox" in the upper right corner of the screen.)
    Premipremiprem = Really really good cigars. Derived from the term premium cigars. Often preceded or prefixed with the word super.
    RG = Ring Gauge
    RH = Relative Humidity
    RP = Rocky Patel
    R&R section = Ratings & Reviews section in this forum
    RyJ = Romeo y Julieta
    Tat or Tats = Tatuaje cigars 
    Torp = torpedo
    TPB = Trades Passes and Bombs section in this forum.
    Tupperdor = Tupperware container or any plastic container used as a humidor. 
    Wineador = Wine refrigerator used as a humidor. 
    WOAM --- Arturo Fuente Hemingway "Work Of Art Maduro" 

    (* generic forum acronyms within the TPB Thread) 
    *ISO = In search of
    *OP = Original post or original poster.v(Forum term)
    *WTS = Want to sell
    *WTT = Want to Trade
    *HTF = Hard to find
  • IndustMechIndustMech Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    Hey Bob, could you add "(word removed at op request)" to your list, please?
    Post edited by IndustMech on

    I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
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    It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.

  • Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,734 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nope. And, you could consider editing your post to remove that word. Thanks. 
  • IndustMechIndustMech Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As you wish

    I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
    Let's eat, GrandMa.  /  Let's eat GrandMa.  --  Punctuation saves lives

    It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.

  • Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,734 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks. This will drive 'em crazy. LOL
  • dirtdudedirtdude Posts: 5,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WTF, I don't know what it means but I use the h3ll out of that button.
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  • YaksterYakster Posts: 27,596 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WTF = Wireless Three Fingers, or a fairly good connection. I'm at a lodge in Pescadero with no cellular, TV, and durn near WNF.
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  • NorCalR1NorCalR1 Posts: 4,197 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bumped for the Newbs

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  • VisionVision Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bump for the new folk.

  • YaksterYakster Posts: 27,596 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Yakster said:
    WTF = Wireless Three Fingers, or a fairly good connection. I'm at a lodge in Pescadero with no cellular, TV, and durn near WNF.

    This makes no sense to me now. What a **** I was then.

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  • YaksterYakster Posts: 27,596 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ROTT = Right off the Truck, smoking a cigar right when you receive your delivery with no rest period

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  • VisionVision Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Dry Beg isn’t on there either

  • VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "guitarded" ^^^

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  • VisionVision Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @VegasFrank said:
    "guitarded" ^^^

    I was waiting for that 🤣🤣🤣

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