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03/05/2007 07:43:05 AM · #1 |
Am I the only one going through the entries this morning to find out what the acronyms were supposed to be? Some of the guesses are hysterical! But not all the photogs explained their acronyms in their notes. I *still* can't figure some of them out!!!
So, for the confused who haven't made it w-a-y down into the middle of the pack where my entry ended up, here 'tis:
SWW = Slippery When Wet  |
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03/05/2007 07:52:19 AM · #2 |
Good thread idea
Beam Me Up Scotty |
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03/05/2007 07:54:01 AM · #3 |
OMG = Oh My God! or Oh My Goodness!
I figured you could look at it one of two ways:
OMG! This is horror!
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OMG! That book was only $6.99!!!???
As an afterthought, I realize I should have removed the sticker or desaturated to B&W :) |
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03/05/2007 07:54:17 AM · #4 |
Very good idea,
Copy & Paste
Im sure some people thought I drank glue with my coffee lol |
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03/05/2007 08:07:01 AM · #5 |
ASL = Age Sex Location
Though some thought American Sign Language which in a roundabout way might work as well. |
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03/05/2007 08:17:07 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by timfythetoo:
ASL = Age Sex Location
Though some thought American Sign Language which in a roundabout way might work as well. |
I liked  posthumous's "Attractive Single Loser" as a guess on yours ;-) |
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03/05/2007 08:17:42 AM · #7 |
T o P =Tower of Power. it is an air traffic control tower. seemed pretty easy to me but i was wrong and apparently it is a bad photo. |
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03/05/2007 08:25:30 AM · #8 |
Los Angeles. I shot this without the challenge in mind, but couldn't come up with anything else and then remembered the city's name. |
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03/05/2007 08:27:59 AM · #9 |
Please Turn Over (the page usually) |
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03/05/2007 08:32:21 AM · #10 |
| Many of the depicted acronyms were not familiar to me, so I could not really vote on this challenge. I suspect many acronyms are specific to SMS or instant messaging or region-specific which doesn't help. |
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03/05/2007 08:33:56 AM · #11 |
SNAFU stands for "Situation Normal All F**ked Up" and is a military term for "Oops," basically. it started somewhere in WWII.
someone can probably poke holes in this information, but i'm too lazy to look at wikipedia. i just like saying "snafu!" |
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03/05/2007 08:35:57 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
i just like saying "snafu!" |
Gesundheit :-) |
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03/05/2007 08:39:12 AM · #13 |
Unsharp Mask! USM is a post processing sharpening technique, first in the darkroom, now in photoshop. Thought that would be obvious around here, but some of the comments (and the 4.433) indicate not as much as I thought! |
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03/05/2007 08:48:38 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
SNAFU stands for "Situation Normal All F**ked Up" and is a military term for "Oops," basically. it started somewhere in WWII.
someone can probably poke holes in this information, but i'm too lazy to look at wikipedia. i just like saying "snafu!" |
Some folks say "Fouled"...but I'm sure that's not how the soldiers pronounced it. :)
(I'd post the wikipedia link but it's just not that interesting.) |
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03/05/2007 08:59:26 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by EstimatedEyes:
Unsharp Mask! USM is a post processing sharpening technique, first in the darkroom, now in photoshop. Thought that would be obvious around here, but some of the comments (and the 4.433) indicate not as much as I thought! |
That's because your photo was, ummmm, blurry? :P
 - NASCAR
Has something to do with auto racing (Stock Car), not exactly sure, and I wouldn't have entered anything if it wasn't for the WPL season. Woke up the morning of rollover at 3.77 with 28 votes, PLUS a validation request. :D Thankfully it finished a bit higher than that. He-he. |
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03/05/2007 09:10:31 AM · #16 |
BTU = British Thermal Unit!
I happened across a gentleman conducting a controlled burn on his property. It was within the timeframe of the challenge, and I wanted something out of the norm.
Beth |
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03/05/2007 09:31:03 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by EstimatedEyes:
Unsharp Mask! USM is a post processing sharpening technique, first in the darkroom, now in photoshop. Thought that would be obvious around here, but some of the comments (and the 4.433) indicate not as much as I thought! |
Maybe it would've been better to have half of the image sharp and the other one blurry, I'm sure it would've scored much higher. Just a thought...
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ICU = I See You - C sounds like See, and U like You, right? Well, even though it can be found on any acronym website, some people considered it a DNMC. Funny, one guy posted the same comment for all the ICU entries, and there were a couple, all meaning I See You and not Intensive Care Unit. You would figure that at the 3rd ICU they would realize that maybe the acronym is valid... oh, well, it doesn't matter anyway, it's just a game. |
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03/05/2007 09:57:40 AM · #18 |
What the F**k?
Thought it was pretty obvious, but maybe not. Perhaps it just offended some? If so, I'm sorry. :) Bad Potty mouth... BAD, BAD, BAD!! :-D
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03/05/2007 10:03:37 AM · #19 |
I think mine explains itself pretty well. I spent hours creating this. Hoped it would have done a little better (at least better than Shannon's!!!) but I'm not unhappy with the results. :)
Message edited by author 2007-03-05 10:03:53. |
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03/05/2007 10:11:10 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by jenesis:
What the F**k?
Thought it was pretty obvious, but maybe not. Perhaps it just offended some? If so, I'm sorry. :) Bad Potty mouth... BAD, BAD, BAD!! :-D |
Actually for the situation this photo exhibits it makes perfect sense; and it makes one feel the magnitude of the hurdle if he needed an exit now; I liked it and gave it a good grade, and it made me laugh too; however this acronym used with few of the other entries it felt pale and silly.
Message edited by author 2007-03-05 10:12:51. |
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03/05/2007 10:13:47 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by eac:
BTU = British Thermal Unit!
I happened across a gentleman conducting a controlled burn on his property. It was within the timeframe of the challenge, and I wanted something out of the norm.
Beth |
This was easy, good too. The 10 is mine too.
Message edited by author 2007-03-05 10:17:10. |
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03/05/2007 10:28:20 AM · #22 |
You mean it wasn't "Definitely Nose Adjectives"? After the first day I started making up my own acronyms. A lot of folks seemed to think I really thought the acronym meant what I typed. I was just having fun with them. I hope I didn't offend anyone. Mine was "What Would Jesus Do" and I really wasn't expecting it to finish so high. I kinda had the impression (I'm new around here) that "religious" photos wouldn't score very high.
WWJD = What Would Jesus Do
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03/05/2007 10:44:42 AM · #23 |
I thought mine was pretty obvious, UFO. Bummed about my placement but it's an ok score. |
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03/05/2007 02:40:07 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by TIHadi:
Originally posted by eac:
BTU = British Thermal Unit!
I happened across a gentleman conducting a controlled burn on his property. It was within the timeframe of the challenge, and I wanted something out of the norm.
Beth |
This was easy, good too. The 10 is mine too. |
You're the one! :) Thank you very much!! |
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03/05/2007 03:25:27 PM · #25 |
LOL - Laughing Out Loud!!
And honestly....if you cannot see this bird is laughing then you really do need to laugh more yourself.
Also for the record...this bird is wild and was at the top of a very large tree...no studio, lights, or domestication! And no...I didn't remove the sky.
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