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Vic Sage May 23 2006 12:18 PM

we used to have a "dictionary" of our unique terms, abbreviations, acronyms and phrases. Or was that on the MOFO? I've seen 3 terms i initiated used by others ... WWSB and TiTTS, plus someone shortened my phrase "big hairy moose cock" to "bhmc", which means it became ubiqitous enough to be understood as an abbreviation. and Jonny just resurrected his MASATO. i'd like to see a new list of definitions posted (or a resurrection and editing of the old list) so "newbies" can know what we're talking about.

Frayed Knot May 23 2006 12:30 PM

WATP - Wild Ass Trade Proposal Used to acknowledge that the trade you've heard about or are proposing is pretty unlikely to actually occur due to either: - wild complexities: multiple teams, high # of players, serial trades (A & B for C & D, then package C & D w/E for ....) etc. - or uneven compensation: and, oh yeah, maybe we'd have to t'row in a coupla prospects too

Centerfield May 23 2006 12:31 PM

IGT: In Game Thread MOFO: Mets Online Fan Forum (coined by A Boy Named Seo). Now known as NY Sports Day KTE: Know Thy Enemy. An introduction to the team the Mets are about to face. Triple Happiness: Mets win, Braves lose, MFY's lose. MFY: Mother Fucking Yankees (edited to remove WATP)

Centerfield May 23 2006 12:32 PM

I still have no idea why we say "I hat _______"

metirish May 23 2006 12:34 PM

IIRC ..if I remember correctly FWIW - For What It's Worth

MFS62 May 23 2006 12:36 PM

LOOGY = Left handed One Out GuY Later

seawolf17 May 23 2006 12:39 PM

Or "Yup(c)."

soupcan May 23 2006 12:39 PM

Centerfield wrote: I still have no idea why we say "I hat _______" This originated from a cooby typo and just took on a life of its own.

KC May 23 2006 12:41 PM

I'm thinking of reincarnating Wound Lickers Anonymous. I need a poster child ... hmmmmm.

MFS62 May 23 2006 12:43 PM

seawolf17 wrote: Or "Yup(c)." Wolf. The purpose of this thread is to 'splain stuff like that. What does that mean? Later

Willets Point May 23 2006 12:44 PM

LOOSER - when Mike Hampton made his first appearance at Shea as a Rockie, a Mets fan held up a sign that said Hampton's a "LOOSER". The irony of this Mets fan being unable to spell correctly while calling someone else a loser is memorialized in the word being spelt 'looser' on the CPF to this day.

metirish May 23 2006 12:45 PM

Willets I didn't know that....that's funny.

MFS62 May 23 2006 12:49 PM

SC = Sarcastic Content Assigned by the poster. We have not, to my knowledge, come to agreement on the official range of values yet (1-10 or 0-100). Later

KC May 23 2006 12:50 PM

I copyrighted yup© - I'm obnoxious.

Bret Sabermetric May 23 2006 12:52 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 23 2006 01:00 PM

Don't go implying that Mets fans are stoopid. As the proud originator of "SC= " I can assure you the scale is 1-100.

Vic Sage May 23 2006 12:53 PM

I posted but did not define the following acronyms: WWSB - the abbreviation of Wee Willie Small Balls", a pejorative nickname for Willie Randolph describing his managerial philosophy. TiTTS - coined on the MOFO, i think, stands for the "Trade in Tomorrow Today Society" which, in recognition of the low rate of success of any team's "prospects" and the $$ advantage the Mets have as a big-market team, advocates the trading of prospects for established stars, trading in tomorrow's speculative production for today's actual production. It was formed, i think, in reaction to Edgy's HBO... HBO - "home boys only", which advocated not trading any Mets at all, preferring to fail with homegrown talent rather than succeed with mercenaries.

metirish May 23 2006 01:05 PM

IMO = In My Opinion.

ScarletKnight41 May 23 2006 01:17 PM

Hat started when someone misspelled hate, and it just caught on and took on a life of its own. It's a way of saying that you really dislike something, but not enough to actually hate it.

soupcan May 23 2006 01:18 PM

......NOW!!!!! as in 'GET THAT !@#$%$#@%^& OFF MY TEAM NOW!!!!!!!' Coined by METSSC on the MOFO I believe.

Edgy DC May 23 2006 01:18 PM

RABBiT --- Researchers Against the Branding of Binary Terms. When someone posts RMPL, I always read it initially as "Ruined My Pants Laughing" instead of its actual meaning of "Read More Post Less." I go thinking, "What's so funny?"

Vic Sage May 23 2006 01:18 PM

]IIRC ..if I remember correctly FWIW - For What It's Worth IMO - in my opinion Hey, Irish, i could be wrong but I think these are more generally used internet abbreviations, rather than being CPF-based. What i was hoping for is a compendium of CPF-specific terms.

metirish May 23 2006 01:22 PM

Ahh damn, sorry Vic....you are probably right....IFU...=I Fucked Up.

Edgy DC May 23 2006 01:22 PM

]Coined by METSSC on the MOFO I believe. No, they actually had a poster named Sell the Team NOW!!!! All caps, four exclamations.

MFS62 May 23 2006 01:23 PM

Bret Sabermetric wrote: Don't go implying that Mets fans are stoopid. As the proud originator of "SC= " I can assure you the scale is 1-100. 1) I didn't mean to imply that. 2) Thanks for clearing that up. I don't care what anybody else says about you (there have been rumors), you're OK Bret. Thanks. Later

soupcan May 23 2006 01:25 PM

Edgy DC wrote: ]Coined by METSSC on the MOFO I believe. No, they actually had a poster named Sell the Team NOW!!!! All caps, four exclamations. Really? Huh. Still one of my favorites.

Willets Point May 23 2006 01:32 PM

DPMJFL = Dumb post meant just for laughs I think only Frayed Knot is still using it.

SteveJRogers May 23 2006 01:39 PM

This document has most of the well known ones, from the current home of the MOFO: [url]http://www.nysportsday.com/themofo/faq.php?[/url]

Willets Point May 23 2006 01:40 PM

SBS = Society for Baseball Supersition NADS = Never Anticipate Defeats Society PDC = Pro Defense Caucus These groups have been inactive in recent years.

soupcan May 23 2006 01:50 PM

Okay - this is too weird.... [url]http://www.nysportsday.com/themofo/showthread.php?t=29180[/url]

Willets Point May 23 2006 01:57 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: This document has most of the well known ones, from the current home of the MOFO: [url]http://www.nysportsday.com/themofo/faq.php?[/url] Weird. That really haven't updated that have they (for example I don't think any newbie is going to be wondering about cookies since Baseball Mom hasn't posted there in five years).

SteveJRogers May 23 2006 01:59 PM

Willets Point wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]This document has most of the well known ones, from the current home of the MOFO: [url]http://www.nysportsday.com/themofo/faq.php?[/url] Weird. That really haven't updated that have they (for example I don't think any newbie is going to be wondering about cookies since Baseball Mom hasn't posted there in five years). Cooby has lurked over there though

soupcan May 23 2006 02:09 PM

BAN COOBY NOW!!!!

Elster88 May 23 2006 02:20 PM

TORVO Throwing Out Runners is Vastly Overrated Membership is currently 3, IIRC

Frayed Knot May 23 2006 02:38 PM

"... NOW!!!!" was definitely adopted from the posts of 'SELL THE TEAM NOW!!!, a particularly unctous poster who used to show up only during or after Met losses to put up (no exaggeration!) 30 or 40 posts an hour essentially saying the same thing over and over again; whining and complaining how the the team stunk, how they were ruining his life, and how it was all Wilpon's fault and only an ownership coup d'etat would save us. He also had a Joe Benigno-like ability to reverse field in a heart-beat and complain about the opposite of whatever it was he was complaining about the day before. Folks who liked his stuff (and there were plenty) adopted the "NOW!!!!" in admiration, while others did so in mocking derision. The funny part about the whole thing looking back was that his (and others) idea of a white knight who would swoop in to buy out Wilpon and make the future bright and sunny for all Met fans: The Dolan clan and Cablevision

Edgy DC May 23 2006 02:51 PM

Redskins owner Dan Snyder was also on the short list of saviors.

Bret Sabermetric May 23 2006 03:19 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: unctous I'm not sure that this word means what you think it means. Remember the poster who mocked Sell The Team NOW!!! by adopting the user name Smell My Feet NOW!!!? (I believe that poster is wearing my underwear right now.)

DocTee May 23 2006 03:22 PM

I believe acronyms HAVE to spell something, no? SCUBA and NAFTA are acronyms; CIA and FBI are not (they're just pricks). Thanks to George Carlin for that one.

SteveJRogers May 23 2006 03:30 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: ="Willets Point"] SteveJRogers wrote: This document has most of the well known ones, from the current home of the MOFO: [url]http://www.nysportsday.com/themofo/faq.php?[/url] Weird. That really haven't updated that have they (for example I don't think any newbie is going to be wondering about cookies since Baseball Mom hasn't posted there in five years). Cooby has lurked over there though Note to self, remind me to check to make SURE I'm talking about the right person! Sorry SK and Coob Steve

Gwreck May 23 2006 03:31 PM

Technically, yes, I think that's right. ESPN or NAACP aren't really acronyms (they're initialisms), because when spoken, they aren't said as "ess-pin" or "naah-cip," you say "E-S-P-N."

MFS62 May 23 2006 04:42 PM

="Gwreck"] ESPN or NAACP aren't really acronyms (they're initialisms), because when spoken, they aren't said as "ess-pin" or "naah-cip," you say "E-S-P-N." You learn something new here every day. I had never heard that word before. Thanks. Later

cooby May 23 2006 04:52 PM

soupcan wrote: ="Centerfield"]I still have no idea why we say "I hat _______" This originated from a cooby typo and just took on a life of its own. Grrrrowwlll!!! That was not me! I am a perfect speller, I'll have you know. I even took second place in a PA States spelling bee in Harrisburg once (my friend Ed took first place; alas, he is now in jail) Plus I can't think when I was last at Mofo, except just now when I was trying to figure out what you guys are talking about

Willets Point May 23 2006 05:11 PM

I think this is turning into a CPF Lexicon as opposed to just a CPF Acronym Decoder. We should work on an FAQ to answer questions newbies may ask too.

Rockin' Doc May 23 2006 06:37 PM

BIFL - Bunting Is For Losers NTTAWWT - Not That There's Anything Wrong With That - generally used after commenting that some one is gay. TiTTS - I can't believe you guys forgot about the Titts. Um, actually, I can't remember exactly what it stands for. Little help from Vic, our self proclaimed lover of TiTTs.

Willets Point May 23 2006 08:06 PM

Vic covers Titts like a Maidenform on page #1.

Rockin' Doc May 23 2006 10:45 PM

Thanks Willet. I should have known that Vic would have the TiTTS covered. Note to self: RMPL, but I know that's already been covered.

Vic Sage May 24 2006 09:30 AM

i always hold the TiTTS aloft, swelling with pride... I'm thinking the TiTTS need a mascot or logo. I can think of some. Perhaps a thread? with pictures? oh please please please?!!!!

Willets Point May 24 2006 09:44 AM

This thread may suit your needs. Otherwise you may search the internet. I hear TiTTS may be found there.

DocTee May 24 2006 10:14 AM

Lima's wife could be your mascot.