Acronyms     Meaning
--------     -------

$.02       - two cent's worth
AC         - Alexander Campbell
ACU        - Abilene Christian University
AFAIK      - as far as I know
ASAP       - as soon as possible
AV         - Authorized Version
BBB        - Batsell Barrett Baxter
BBL        - Be Back Later
BCE        - before the common era (aka BC)
BCP        - Book of Common Prayer
BFN        - Bye For Now
<bg>       - big grin
BM         - Boston Movement (now ICoC)
BRB        - Be Right Back
BS         - Barton <W.> Stone
BTSP       - Brown Trail School of Preaching
BTAIM      - be that as it may
BTW        - by the way
BWS        - Barton W. Stone
CAD        - Control-Alternate-Delete  or  Computer Aided Design
CC         - Christian Church or Christian Chronicle
CoC/COC    - Church of Christ; sometimes exclusively those with CoC in their names
coC        - church of Christ (church universal)
CCCC       - Christian Churches/Churches of Christ
CE         - Common Era (aka AD)
CEV        - Contemporary English Version
CP         - copy protection
DL         - David Lipscomb (the man or the school)
DoC        - Disciples of Christ
FEW        - Foy E. Wallace
FF         - Firm Foundation
FH/FHU     - Freed-Hardeman (University)
FUBAR      - fouled up beyond all recognition
FWIW       - for what it's worth
FYI        - for your information
<g>        - grin
<G>        - big grin
GA         - Gospel Advocate
gd&h       - grinning, ducking and hiding
gd&r       - grinning, ducking and running
GNB        - Good News Bible
Greek OT   - collection of Jewish holy books in Greek; aka LXX
HB         - Hebrew Bible
HDS        - Harvard Divinity School
HGS        - Harding Graduate School
HSIK       - how should I know
HUGSR      - Harding University Graduate School of Religion.
IAE        - in any event
IANAL      - I am not a lawyer
IAW        - in accordance with
ICoC       - International Churches of Christ (was Boston Movement)
ICC        - Independent Christian Churches
IM         - instrumental music
IMO        - in my opinion
IMHO       - in my humble opinion
IMNSHO     - in my not-so-humble opinion
ISTM       - it seems to me
IWSTY      - it would seem to you
JB         - Jerusalem Bible
JFYI       - just for your information
JW         - Jehova's Witness
KJV        - King James Version
LB         - Living Bible
LDS        - Latter Day Saints
LOL        - laughing out loud   or  lots of luck
LMAO       - laughing my <ahem> off
LXX        - common abbreviation for Greek OT; or, for many, the Septuagint
MH         - Millennial Harbinger
MS(S)      - manuscript(s)
MSOP       - Memphis School of Preaching
NAB        - New American Bible (Catholic)
NASB       - New American Standard Bible
NBD        - no big deal
NC         - non-<sunday school/Bible>class
NCV        - New Century Version
NEB        - New English Bible
NI         - non-institutional (non-cooperating)
NIV        - New International Version
NJV        - New Jewish Version
NOYB       - none of your business
NRSV       - New Revised Standard Version
NT         - New Testament
OBE        - overcome by events (no longer relevant)
OC         - one cup
OIC        - oh, I see
OT         - Old Testament
OTC        - on the contrary
OTL        - out to lunch
OTOH       - on the other hand
ME         - mutual edification
PM         - premillennial or postmodern(ism/ity)
PMFJI      - pardon me for jumping in
PMJI       - pardon my jumping in
PTB        - powers that be
RC         - Roman Catholic
REB        - Revised English Bible
ROTFL      - rolling on the floor laughing
RM         - restoration movement
RSN        - real soon now
RSV        - Revised Standard Version
RTFM       - read the fine manual
RV         - Revised Version
S-C        - Stone Campbell
SNAFU      - situation normal, all fouled up
Sysop      - Systems Operator; person who runs a computer system
TANSTAAFL  - there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TC         - Thomas Campbell (AC's father)
TEV        - Today's English Version (aka GNB)
TAFN       - that's all for now
TIA        - thanks in advance
TIC        - tongue in cheek
TTFN       - ta-ta for now (good bye)
TTYL       - talk to you later
TSR        - terminate and stay resident (computer program runs in
memory)
WFRSP      - White's Ferry Road School of Preaching
WOA        - work of art
WS         - Walter Scott
WYSIWYG    - what you see is what you get
YB         - your brother
YBIC       - your brother in Christ
YS         - your sister
YSIC       - your sister in Christ

Emoticons - ASCII-based characters that picture a kind of emotion; elements
mixed and matched to create artful representations desired by the author;  a
figure created with the symbols on the keyboard.  Read with the head tilted to
the left.  Used to convey the spirit in which a line of text is typed.

Emoticon     Meaning
--------     -------            - smilely emoticon; happy            - winking emoticon; wry, tongue-in-cheek            - frowning emoticon; sad            - laughing or really big toothy grin            - perplexed or tongue-in-cheek
:-[          - vampire

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