Some of these are standard abbreviations used on the
web. Others are ones that we use amongst ourselves only
or that began with the greater TBAA fandom. Regardless
of their origins, we're including them all here. Mostly
for the benefit of any newbies.
If you have anything to add, please notify me,
Thanks!
Jenni
AN- "Author's note." This often pops up
in Dyeland emails to designate when someone slips outta
character and says something as their real selves.
It could also be an explanatory note before or after a
story.
BatB- "Beauty and the Beast." The CBS series
starring Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton. Many of us
were/are quite fond of it. Occasionally the abbreviation
will be used to denote any incarnation of the fairy tale
"Beauty and the Beast."
BTW- "By the way"
IMO- "In my
opinion." Sometimes it's IMHO to mean "in my humble
opinion."
LB- Lady Beth
from Dyeland.
LJA- Lady
JenniAnn from Dyeland. Andrew also abbreviates it to
Laja.
ML-
"Moonlight." A show CBS foolishly canceled after its
first season. Some of us JABBers were fans.
OMG- "Oh my God/Oh
my gosh"
QOTD- "Quote of
the day." I send these nearly every week day. They
come from a calendar TBAA released some years ago.
ToD- "Tour of
Duty." A series about Vietnam that aired on CBS in the
late eighties to early 90s. John Dye appeared in the
third season as Doc Hock.
TPTB- "The
powers that be." Often used to mean people in charge of
a corporation or TV show.
WGSE- "Worst
guest star ever." Because I don't like referring to the
actor who played "Zack" in the finale due to some of his
behavior in real life. So this acronym makes that a lil
easier.
***Please note that we often refer to TBAA episodes by
abbreviations. Because it would take a long time.
I'm not listing them all here but typically they're just the
acronyms. For example, TVL is "The Violin Lesson," TDDUP
is "Til Death Do Us Part," etc.
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