Abbreviations discussion

[gorilla83]

Update: Click here for the tidied abbreviations list. ~ vinz

Hi, decided to list down all the abbreviations used in this forum...
Was kind of lost and blur when I see all the abbreviations...
Hope this will help all the forum newbies like me

1. WC - Water Change
2. BB - Beneficial Bacteria
3. AC - Anti-Chlorine
4. EI - Estimative Index
5. BBA - Black-Brush Algae
6. BGA - Blue-Green Algae
7. PMDD - Poor Man's Dupla Drops
8. HC - Hemianthus callitrichoides
9. MM - Hemianthus micranthemoides
10. APP - Elatine triandra
11. HG - Hair Grass
12. SAE - Siamese Algae Eater
13. HOT - Hang On Tank
14. LFS - Local Fish Shop

those-i-dunno-ones now - DC,IMHO, ...

i think the list definitely not complete...
Hope the list is correct

[valice]

1. WC - Water Change
2. BB - Beneficial Bacteria
3. AC - Anti-Chlorine
4. EI - Estimative Index
5. BBA - Black-Brush Algae
6. BGA - Blue-Green Algae
7. PMDD - Poor Man's Dupla Drops
8. HC - Hemianthus callitrichoides
9. MM - Hemianthus micranthemoides
10. APP - Elatine triandra
11. HG - Hair Grass
12. SAE - Siamese Algae Eater
13. HOT - Hang On Tank
14. LFS - Live Fish Shop
15. IMHO - In my humble opinion
16. IMO - In my opinion
17. IIRC - If I remembered correctly

[Justikanz]

I think this is a good idea... Let me stick this... Maybe we can generate a formal list later.

1. WC - Water Change
2. BB - Beneficial Bacteria
3. AC - Anti-Chlorine
4. EI - Estimative Index
5. BBA - Black-Brush Algae
6. BGA - Blue-Green Algae
7. PMDD - Poor Man's Dupla Drops
8. HC - Hemianthus callitrichoides
9. MM - Hemianthus micranthemoides
10. APP - Elatine triandra
11. HG - Hair Grass
12. SAE - Siamese Algae Eater
13. HOT - Hang On Tank
14. LFS - Live Fish Shop
15. IMHO - In my humble opinion
16. IMO - In my opinion
17. IIRC - If I remembered correctly
18. BS - Brineshrimp
19. BBS - Baby Brineshrimp
20. YMWV - Your milleage may vary

[aqualover]

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/acronyms.php

[gorilla83]

wow.. so many acronyms...
hmm..

btw, yea think should be acronym instead of abbreviation... maybe someone could change... my english not good...
and made a mistake > LFS should be local fish shop... lol...

[Quixotic]

wow.. so many acronyms...
hmm..

btw, yea think should be acronym instead of abbreviation... maybe someone could change... my english not good...
and made a mistake > LFS should be local fish shop... lol...

No, these are initialisms/abbreviations instead of acronyms. Initialisms and acroynms are part of the big group called abbreviation.

Acronyms are abbreviations that are pronounceable as a word, e.g. RAM (Random Access Memory), NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation). Initialisms are terms read as a series of letter, e.g. LFS (Local Fish Shop), ATM (Automated Teller Machine).

However, this could be contentious. Some are arguing against the above and makes no difference between acronyms/initialisms/abbreviations as the history of the differentiation is unclear.

Oxford English Dictionary and Chicago Manual of Style thinks otherwise and I belong to this camp. All acronyms are abbreviations but not all abbreviations are acronyms.

Hahaha... nitpicking... *bleah*

[vinz]

I learnt something new today. Anyway, there was an old thread from 2003 or 2004, but it was edited and the abbreviations moved to a webpage which is no more accessible. I think I can dig out the data somehow. Give me a couple of days.

Meanwhile, feel free to add to this list. There are new abbreviations since then. Like T5.

Thanks, gorilla83 for restarting this.

[valice]

1. WC - Water Change
2. BB - Beneficial Bacteria
3. AC - Anti-Chlorine
4. EI - Estimative Index
5. BBA - Black-Brush Algae
6. BGA - Blue-Green Algae
7. PMDD - Poor Man's Dupla Drops
8. HC - Hemianthus callitrichoides
9. MM - Hemianthus micranthemoides
10. APP - Elatine triandra
11. HG - Hair Grass
12. SAE - Siamese Algae Eater
13. HOT - Hang On Tank
14. LFS - Local Fish Shop
15. IMHO - In my humble opinion
16. IMO - In my opinion
17. IIRC - If I remembered correctly
18. BS - Brineshrimp
19. BBS - Baby Brineshrimp
20. YMWV - Your milleage may vary
21. T5 HO - High Output T5 light tubes
22. T5 NO - Normal Output T5 light tubes
23. FL - Fluorescent Lights tubes
24. PL - Compact light tubes
25. PPM - Parts per million

[Quixotic]

FWIW (For what it's worth) - something that can be added to the list, hahaha - there is also the term contraction which refers to abbreviations that include the first and last letters of the full word, e.g. Mr., Ms., amt..

[vinz]

Justikanz, tidy up later... when I dump the mega (comparatively) list on you.

[gorilla83]

Thanks, gorilla83 for restarting this.

No problem Vincent!

woa looks neat after tidying...

[vinz]

Click here for the tidied abbreviations list.

[rtcc86]

Click here for the tidied abbreviations list.

its invalid

[vinz]

I just tried it. It works perfectly. What error message are you getting?

[rtcc86]

I just tried it. It works perfectly. What error message are you getting?

Invalid Post specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

thats what i got

[hwchoy]

I don't think we should use abbreviations that have a well accepted common usage. e.g. WC is long established as Water Closet, so will only create confusion by giving it another meaning.

[vinz]

Invalid Post specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

thats what i got

You shouldn't be getting that. I just got a another member to test it and it works. Please try again.

[Justikanz]

Yes, the link can work...

Choy, the list is for abbreviations used in AQ... But we'll look through the list and then decide which should be removed and their use discouraged...