This thread is for everyone, not just new people and it's meant to serve the simple and possibly enjoyable task of familiarizing people with some of the specific (or not) language found on this site.
I am by no means an authority on this, but with help from members this should be decently comprehensive. The format will probably change and the info will grow! so stay tuned and feel free to pitch in...thanks , and if you feel like repping...then who am I to stop you...heehee
(I live in the US so its going to start off biased until I receive some help...just a heads up)
I am starting off simple and we will see how the momentum grows

so without further ado.....


More or Less Fit specific-

FS- Fit Sport
BOM- Blaze Orange Metallic
LMM- Lunar Mist Metallic
MR- Milano Red
NBP or NHBP- Nighthawk Black Pearl
SSM- Storm Silver Metallic
TW- Taffeta White
VBP- Vivid Blue Pearl
BBP or BP- Blackberry Pearl
BAP- Black Amethyst Pearl
TBM- Tidewater Blue Metallic
FF- FitFreak or FitFreak.net
RS- Road Sailing
L15/L15A- Fits engine code (usdm type I believe, highest hp model)
GD1 - 1.3 L L13A I4 engine 2WD
GD2 - 1.3 L L13A I4 engine 4WD (Japan only)
GD3 - 1.5 L L15A I4 engine 2WD
GD4 - 1.5 L L15A I4 engine 4WD (Japan only)
GD5 - 1.2 L L12A I4 engine 2WD (Europe only)



General/Commonly found on FF-

JDM- Japanese Domestic Market
USDM- United States Domestic Market
EUDM or EDM- European Domestic Market
IMO- In My Opinion
IMHO- In My Humble Opinion or In My Honest Opinion
WTF- What The
FTW- For The Win or oddly enough- The World
FTL- For The Loss, For The Losers
WOOT- I don't have a darn clue...(that's not what it means...I literally don't have a darn clue)
ROFLMAO- Rolling on the Floor Laughing My @$$ Off (maybe someone still doesn't know)
PITA- Pain In The A$$
Bump- is/means to post in a thread to specifically keep it high up on the forum listing (as in most active)
OP- Original Post or Orignal Poster
PM- Private Message
IBTL- In Before The Lock
FS- For Sale
WTB- Want To Buy
TW- Testing Waters or Trades Welcome
PO- part out or parting out
Rep- stands for Reputation or Reputation point
FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
Newbs- refers to someone who is new and/or inexperienced
Newbie- refers to someone who is new and/or inexperienced
Noob- refers to someone who is new and/or inexperienced
Green- refers to someone who is inexperienced
Seasoned- someone who is very experienced
IDK- I Dont Know
IRL- In Real Life
ORLY- Oh Really
iifc- If I Remember Correctly
Avatar- Its the picture representing the user (call sign, to the left of the user name if present)
Sig- Signature (the part at the bottom of your post that you personalize)

Fit and General Automotive-

GD3- is the chassis code for 07-08 USDM Fits
GE8- is the chassis code for 09+ USDM Fits
CC- Cruise Control
MT- Manual Transmission
AT- Automatic Transmission
RPM- Revolutions Per Minute
HP- Horse Power
CVT- Continuously Variable Transmission
CV- Constant Velocity, mostly as in constant velocity joints
DBW- Drive By Wire
OBD or OBDI- On Board Diagnostic (first generation 1991 on...)
OBDII- second generation On Board Diagnostic (1996 on...)
IAT- Intake Air Temperature (sensor)
MAP- Manifold Absolute Pressure (sensor)
A/F- Air, Fuel
VTEC- a type of modulated valve timing on Hondas
HFP- Honda Factory Performance
Mugen- an aftermarket performance vendor for Honda ("Mugen" means "Without Limit")
Spoon- an aftermarket performance vendor for Honda
WOT- Wide Open Throttle
FI- Forced Induction (like turbos and superchargers)
BOV- Blow Off Valve
CAI- Cold Air Intake
SR- Short Ram
FMIC- Front Mount Intercooler
FF- Front wheel drive and/or Front wheel/ Front motor
FWD- Front wheel drive
Cat- Catalytic Converter
HID- High Intensity Discharge
HUD- Heads Up Display
RSB- Rear Sway Bar
c/o- coilovers
LSD- Limited Slip Differential
Rims- The wheels on your car
Shoes- The wheels/tires on your car
AVN - Audio Video Navigation
GPS - Global Positioning System (navigation aid)
FMC- Full Model Change
MMC- Mid Model Change

Common and Random Misc.-

LED- Light Emitting Diode
LCD- Liquid Crystal Display
Snap Fit- a type of plastic model kit and/or a really cool FF.net member *big smile*



well....its a start...now lets see who wants to impove/add to it
I will update/correct in this post...

...and I am new to much of the net specific stuff too... if it wasn't
painfully obvious

to be continued....

 

WOOT means your happy or excited, its like yelling yay or hooray

L15/L15A (seen it both ways) is the engine code

 

woot means We Own the Other Team.

 

Good thread Snap. Very helpful to the new guys.
Maybe it should be a stickie??

Tyler

 

Bump,
Yeah should totally sticky this for quick reference when needed not just for newbs but when you get those dang brain farts ha ha.

 

OBV w00t is FTMFW duh

 

I have some wacky stuff to do today...
but I will update the list very soon with more stuff I didnt put in and what you guys have already mentioned....thanks


sox- thats just mean I think I figured it out though

as far as a sticky....ummm....If it helps people out that would be great
it makes sense to me IMH(of most H)O

gotta add that too

 

Whats IE stand for???

Tyler

 

You rock dude - this is great! I.E. used to stand for Illustrated Example (for example), but maybe it means something different now?? IDK (add that one too)

 

IBTL - In Before The Lock... although it doesn't seem to happen much on this forum... you are all too well behaved.

TW - trades welcome... goes with FS/WTB

 

thanks guys keep em coming...

I will update soon (ok later than soon, but sooner than much later)
I have alot of comp work right now....

Bumpedy, bump, BUMP!!!

 

hfp? what does that mean

 

also I believe CVT = continuously variable transmission

CV = constant velocity as in CV joint, constant velocity joint

 

HFP = Honda Factory Performance (honda factory add-ons) could be wrong?

 

Yep...you're right about CVT.

 

Intake City:
CAI =cold air intake
SR=short ram

great thread there Snap!

 

Updated....BUT what the heck happened???????

some stuff got huge and bold and others did not change?????
It looked perfectly fine when I was actually editing it

And is there some special way to change the font size when editing???


I still am wondering where the heck WOOT came from...cuz thats an odd one but anywho....I will decide which version or versions to put in later when I can figure out this odd edit glitch thing....any ideas????

 

I though TW meant "Testing Waters"..In fact i know it does..

Tyler

 

LOL... shows what I know.

 

Haha i may mean more then one thing though. So we may both be right.

Tyler