A Collector's abbreviation Dictionary

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A Collector's abbreviation Dictionary

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Following on from
petterC wrote:I'm a noob both when it comes to this forum and Jack White collectables, and sometimes it's kinda hard to know what people are talking about since you use A LOT of abbreviations. So what about some kind of a dictionary for the new folks?
Please feel free to add to the ever-growing list of abbreviations we use in regards to our record collecting talk here on the forum.
Here's a few I use regularly, most are abbreviated song names.

White Stripes
IJDKWTDWM - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
HBTB - Hardest Button to Button
YDKWLI - You Dont Know What Love Is
7NA - Seven Nation Army
LB - Lafayette Blues
HP LB - Hand Painted Lafayette Blues
DT3 - Denial Twist 3"
WS - White Stripes
Incho - Triple Inchophone player
GBMS - Get Behind Me Satan
FILWAG - Fell in Love With A Girl

Raconteurs
SASG - Steady As She Goes
Racs - Raconteurs
JW, BB, LJ and PK - Jack White, Brendan Benson, Little Jack and Patrick Keeler
BBS - Broken Boy Soldiers
COTL - Consolers of the Lonely
SYS - Salute Your Solution

Dead Weather
DW - Dead Weather
HYFTH - Hang you from the heavens
TMLYM - Treat Me Like Your Mother
GITD - Glow in the Dark record (london limited records 100 copies)
Tri - Tri Coloured record (Nashville limited records 100 copies / 50 mail order)
Biz - Bizarro reversed record (LA limited records 100? copies)
ICLAB - I Cut Like A Buffalo

TMR - Third Man Records
URP - United Record pressing
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Kaber wrote: NNAFLAITG - Not Nearly As F*cking Limited As I Thought Goddammit
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Yeah that's a bummer esp. if you end up with multi-multiple extras :lol:
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IAHWMNTR - I am happy with my non-tri record. (Third Man package opening mantra)

WWJD - What would Jack do? When life's big questions confuse, always ask this.

YPWFTLRP - You paid what!!? for this little record player? (Never confess to a non-believer.)

WSDD - Wall space deficit disorder. It's tragic.
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I learned a new one earlier this year.

What a wife/gf says after you show her what you paid for a Hand Painted Lafayette Blues...

YPWFAFPOP

You paid what for a F***ing piece of plastic....

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Annoying co-workers:

WWYJDI - Why wouldn't you just download it?
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FFB - Fly Farm Blues =)
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This hasn't been updated in a while - I'll add:

UGWNL - Under Great White Northern Lights
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LaurieAK wrote:IAHWMNTR - I am happy with my non-tri record. (Third Man package opening mantra)

WWJD - What would Jack do? When life's big questions confuse, always ask this.

YPWFTLRP - You paid what!!? for this little record player? (Never confess to a non-believer.)

WSDD - Wall space deficit disorder. It's tragic.
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FYYHM - Fuck you you hip motherfuckers
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IWIA - I want it all
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FS - for sale
FT - for trade
FC - fuck cake
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WTF - WTF?
FFS - For fuck's sake (yelled in exasperation upon being sniped)
FW - fuckwit
COA - cash on arrival
COAFB - Christ on a fucking bike!
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Bikedo wrote:FYYHM - Fuck you you hip motherfuckers
love_islander wrote: FC - fuck cake
DD - Double Down
Not to be confused with daniel danger, whom i hear fucking loves double downs, i actually confirmed this at his LA show. I got a double down doodle in fact.

FYYFCHMF eat a DD
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My fave is JCJUADOAPS - jesuschristjumpingupanddownonapogostick
I got that deep into variants once before with a collection, please shoot me if I go there again, it will drive you crazy I promise...
But nice stuff for sure.
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