Game Day - Ottawa @ Montreal - Sun, feb 3, 2013

wprager wrote:Hey, just so you know, I'm pretty sure you don't know all of the internet acronyms*. Some are used fairly heavily one some message boards and not others. Trust me, I (and others) use ETA frequently in other places and no-one complains.

BTW, I like hemlock's WTF even better than Phil's on Modern Family (Why the Face).

* for example:

IBIMB
TTIUWOP
- very well known ones in some circles

But seriously, feel free to use it to mean Elvis Tribute Artist. WOW. (I'm using an esoteric acronym, not the word that everyone knows and will naturally assume that I'm saying. Double points if you understand what I mean. Also, I'm sorry for the insult that is embedded in the acronym, but since you probably won't understand it anyway [since you don't know all the Internet acronyms], I don't imagine that you'll be offended.)

OK, if I said "What's the ETA on Hoffman getting back in the lineup?" then that would be somewhat incorrect (you don't "arrive" back in the lineup) but everyone would know what I meant. Apart from that usage, I really don't think "Estimated Time of Arrival" is a very common phrase on a hockey message board. However I have seen ETA used as "Edit to add" many times on message boards -- and this is a message board.

Look, I get it, you didn't know, and now you do. That's all this is. No need to insult anyone. I certainly didn't try to insult anyone, right?

It's not like I said ESAD

wprager wrote:It's not like I said ESAD

Since when do you edit anyway?

Don't you usually add to your posts in subsequent posts?

SeawaySensFan wrote:Don't you usually add to your posts in subsequent posts?

Like a boss...

SeawaySensFan wrote:Don't you usually add to your posts in subsequent posts?

Yes.

wprager wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Don't you usually add to your posts in subsequent posts?

Yes.

Yes, I do.

shabbs wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Don't you usually add to your posts in subsequent posts?

Like a boss...

Is there any other way?

wprager wrote:It's not like I said ESAD

Nope. I also didn't intend to offend you either, I just chose an acronym that could potentially harbour something negative. My point was that most acronyms have esoteric secondary meanings. If you're using lingo that people tend to assume has a specific meaning (e.g., LOL, ESAD, ETA), they'll generally assume that meaning is what's intended and ask for clarification, as I did.

f the habs.

wprager wrote:Huh, the "Quote" button is missing above Michallica's post; tried refreshing and all. Weird.

Anyhow.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/ETA

That's a lot of Ludacris.

And yet, Edit To Add is nowhere to be found on that list...

ddt wrote:

wprager wrote:Huh, the "Quote" button is missing above Michallica's post; tried refreshing and all. Weird.

Anyhow.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/ETA

That's a lot of Ludacris.

And yet, Edit To Add is nowhere to be found on that list...

LeKing wrote:OMGWTFBBQ!!

BBQ?? Why was I not informed????

shabbs wrote:f the habs.

What does 'f' stand for? Those SLAs (Single-Letter Acronyms, not Service Level Agreements) are killing me.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

ddt wrote:

wprager wrote:Huh, the "Quote" button is missing above Michallica's post; tried refreshing and all. Weird.

Anyhow.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/ETA

That's a lot of Ludacris.

And yet, Edit To Add is nowhere to be found on that list...

ddt wrote:

wprager wrote:Huh, the "Quote" button is missing above Michallica's post; tried refreshing and all. Weird.

Anyhow.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/ETA

That's a lot of Ludacris.

And yet, Edit To Add is nowhere to be found on that list...

Check in a couple of days

By the way, neither is IBIMB but I'm sure you could google it.

http://www.dictionaryupdate.com/IBIMB

The definition there is extremely lame, though. Not at all what it means. And anyone who's seen Firefly knows what it means.