I’d never heard the term “Sweet FA” until reading several of RF’s posts. So I looked it up. Disturbing . . . Acronyms and jargon fill the pages here at TTAG; I often find myself in research mode. I bet I’m not the only one who gets tripped up on content. Doing my best to channel my inner Samuel Johnson, I’ve offered to build a reference list for the terms used. And I need your help.
BAMF: Bad-Ass Mother F*cker
ATF: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (and Really Big Fires)
DGU: Defensive Gun Use
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion – Rarely “humble”
IMO: IMHO, except don’t question me, I know my shit.
OFWG: Old Fat White Guy – TTAG original term
REMF: Rear Echelon Mother F*ker
WTF: What the F*ck? (can be uses as “Who the F*ck”)
YMMV Your mileage may vary (I may be wrong about this)
YJMV Your Jury May Vary – you might not get away with it
SMFV Shoot Me First Vest – another TTAG creation
STFU Please withhold your comments until a later date
IGOTD Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day (dunno why we leave out the extra “O”)
AI TTAG’s Armed Intelligensia
RTFM Read the F**king Manual
TR0LL Online flamethrower, banned (or soon to be) from TTAG
IWB Inside the Waistband
OWB Outside the Waistband
CCL Concealed Carry License
CHL Concealed Handgun License
CCP Concealed Carry Permit
CCW Concealed Çarry Weapons permit
CCCP California Concealed Carry Permit…as rare as CCCP (Russian for USSR)
PRK Peoples Republik of Kalifornia
PITA Not as easy as one might expect (Pain In The Ass)
COM Center of Mass (where you aim at the bad guy)
MOA Minute of angle (I’m sure someone explained this but I haven’t a clue)
MOBG Minute of Bad Guy (accuracy sufficient to hit the bad guy)
CQB Close Quarters Battle, Military term for “I can smell the enemy’s breath”
BUG Backup Gun
MSM Mainstream media
Post your contributions below and we’ll add the RF-approved terms to the list. If you’re Ralph or Ralph-like, invent a few. I dare you. Hey, if it worked for Heathers it’ll work for us.