The Misty List Abbreviation List
These are the abbreviations that are commonly used on the Mercedes-Lackey
Mailing List and related groups (such as the IRC channel #valdemar or the
Bower mailing list).
- AAMOF
- As a matter of fact
- AFAIK
- as far as I know
- AFall
- Arrow's Fall (Arrows series)
- AFK
- Away from keyboard
- AFlight
- Arrow's Flight (Arrows series)
- AoQ/AotQ
- Arrows of the Queen (Arrows series)
- BAK
- Back at Keyboard
- BBFN
- Bye Bye for Now
- BG
- Black Griffon (Mage Wars series)
- BTS
- By the Sword
- BTW
- by the way
- BW
- Burning Water (A Diana Tregarde investigation)
- CoC
- A Cast of Corbies (Bardic Choices series - of 1 book!)
- CotN
- Children of the Night (A Diana Tregarde investigation)
- CotPW
- Curse of the Pink Wand
- CMIIW
- Correct me if I'm wrong
- E&N
- The Eagle and the Nightingale (Bardic Voices series)
- FAQ
- frequently asked questions
- FFF (or FF&F)
- Freedom, Flight & Fantasy
- FITB
- Fill in the Blank
- FUBAR
- F***ed up beyond all recognition
- FYA
- For your amusement
- FYI
- For your information
- GGK
- Guy Gavriel Kay (author liked by many on the list)
- GURP
- Generic Universal Role Playing
- HA
- Heather Alexander (we use her full name enough as it is)
- HHH (or HH&H)
- Heralds, Harpers, & Havok
- HHOK
- Ha-ha, only kidding
- HOUEW
- Hanging on your every word
- IAC
- In any case
- IIRC
- if I remember correctly
- IKWUM
- I know what you mean
- IMO
- in my opinion
- IMHO
- in my humble opinion
- IMNSHO
- in my not so humble opinion
- IOW
- in other words
- JH
- Jinx High (A Diana Tregarde investigation)
- J/K
- Joke
- KWIM
- Know what I mean
- LACIG
- Ladies and Champions in Green (see LIG)
- L&W
- The Lark and The Wren (Bardic Voices series)
- LIG
- Ladies in Green
- LLL (or LL&L)
- Lovers, Lore, & Loss
- LOL
- laughing out loud
- LotPW
- Ladies of the Pink Wand
- LotR
- The Lord of the Rings(A popular subject for comparison)
- LHM
- Last Herald Mage (series comprising MPawn/Promise/Price)
- LMFAO
- laughing my f***ing a**off.
- Misty
- Mercedes Lackey
- ML
- Mercedes Lackey
- MMM (or MM&M)
- Magic, Moondust, & Melancholy
- MPawn
- Magic's Pawn (Last Herald Mage series)
- MPrice
- Magic's Price (Last Herald Mage series)
- MPromise
- Magic's Promise (Last Herald Mage series)
- MUD
- Multi-User Dungeon
- MUSH
- Multi-User Shared Hallucination
- MZB
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Obmisty
- Obligatory Misty-related content
- OIB
- Ones in Black
- OIC
- Oh, I see
- OOC
- Out Of Character or Out of Curiosity
- OoUL/L
- Object(s) of Unrequited Love/Lust
- OtT
- Off the topic
- OTOH
- on the other hand
- PTMM
- Please tell me more
- R&K
- The Robin and the Kestrel (Bardic Voices series)
- ROTFL
- Rolling on the floor laughing
- SB
- Storm Breaking (Mage Storms series)
- SG
- Silver Griffon (Mage Wars series) orSacred Ground
- SR
- Storm Rising (Mage Storms series)
- SS
- Shadow Stalker
- S&S
- Sword and Sorceress (MZB's anthologies of short stories)
- SW
- Storm Warning (Mage Storms series)
- T&K
- Tarma and Kethry
- TextEvd
- Textual evidence to support your claim/theory
- TIC
- Tongue in cheek
- TINAF
- This is not a flame
- TMIW
- The Men in White
- TNTL
- Trying not to laugh
- TTKSF
- Trying to keep a straight face
- V&H
- Vows and Honor (duology consisting of Oathbound & Oathbreakers)
- WG
- White Griffon (Mage Wars series)
- WoC
- Winds of Change (Mage Winds series)
- WoFate
- Winds of Fate (Mage Winds series)
- WoFury
- Winds of Fury (Mage Winds series)
- YKWIM
- You know what I mean
- YKYRTMMLW
- You know you read too much Mercedes Lackey when...
- YMMV
- Your mileage may vary
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