Forum/Cycling Acronyms and Abbreviations

[benb]

On a lonely early morn,
Before the sunrise brings the dawn,
Schrödinger is up and on his bike.
I know his thoughts, I do alike.

A signal turns RED to his astound,
But he is the only soul around…
Does he stop, or does he go?
Take a guess, you’ll never know.

He does both, of course!

Very nice verse, BTW!

In fact, he is in a superposition of doing both, until we look to see. Then the waveforms collapse and he "chooses" whether he ran the light or not.

 

[benb]

None of those, except SMIDSY, are acronyms; they're initialisms.

You have to be able to say it as a word for it to be an acronym.
RADAR is an acronym
CIA is an initialism

 

[mik]

http://www.dailypeloton.com/cyclegloss.asp

this is a link to another glossery of terms....sadly not as colourful as this one though

 

[vorsprung]

A to Z of Audax Riding

 

[Dunbar]

I thought Bren should have followed her explanation of ASL with 'DAMHIKT'.

But someone guessed?

And I always thought MTB stood for Motor Torpedo Boat. DAMWITT...

John

 

[zoso7]

FCN?

 

[HLaB]

FCN?

The Federation of Canadian Naturists (warning may not be sfw)

 

[StewartR]

FUCT: Failed Under Controlled Testing

 

[Globalti]

Ha ha! Eight pages and you all missed:

YGM: You've Got Mail

 

[Russell Allen]

Two of My favorites

SWMBO - she who must be obeyed
FUBAR - F****D up beyond all recognition

Russell

 

[smithyandco]

AAAAAA - Association for the Abolition of Abused Abbreviations and Asinine Acronyms (or a scouse starter motor)

 

[ohnovino]

ASBOOBSO - Anti-social behaviour order on bicycle shaped object.

Sadly sums up about 75% of Liverpool's cyclists.

 

[GeoffCapes]

BOBFOC = Body Off Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch

 

[majestic]

FNG F***ing new guy

 

[samid]

What, nobody mentioned PITA yet ?