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  • dalej2014
    SMF Supporters
    • Aug 2021
    • 507

    #31
    Originally posted by Ian M
    but longer to read...
    Never thought of that, but very true. Now you mention it, yeah, a bit daft. Good call.

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    • Tim Marlow
      SMF Supporters
      • Apr 2018
      • 18907
      • Tim
      • Somerset UK

      #32
      MLT….Mr Levelling Thinners…

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      • dave
        SMF Supporters
        • Nov 2012
        • 1828
        • Brussels

        #33
        TLA: Three Letter Acronym

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        • Airborne01
          • Mar 2021
          • 3976
          • Steve
          • Essex

          #34
          I've just invented one I think MHH = My Head Hurts! Normally employed when dialogue of such utter profundity (such as the preceding posts)
          goes WOMH (Way Over My Head). Can't help being a thicko!
          Steve

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          • wasdale32
            SMF Supporters
            • Apr 2018
            • 1115
            • Mark

            #35
            Originally posted by Tim Marlow
            Some more….
            AB…..airbrush.
            BMF….bare metal foil (or finish).
            NMF….natural metal finish.
            RTV rubber…..room temperature vulcanising rubber (only relevant to mould makers).
            TLA….three letter acronym :tongue-out3:
            ETLA - Extended Three Letter Acronym (i.e. 4 letters)

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            • yak face
              Moderator
              • Jun 2009
              • 13841
              • Tony
              • Sheffield

              #36
              ETO - european theatre of operations ( ww2)
              MTO - meditteranean theatre of operations ( ww2)
              PTO - pacific theatre of operations( ww2)
              SEAC- south east asia conflict ( vietnam )

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              • Gern
                SMF Supporters
                • May 2009
                • 9218

                #37
                AWAM - Acronym Without Any Meaning

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                • Gern
                  SMF Supporters
                  • May 2009
                  • 9218

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Gern
                  AWAN - Acronym Without Any Meaning
                  NYJBS - Now You're Just Being Silly

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                  • Tim Marlow
                    SMF Supporters
                    • Apr 2018
                    • 18907
                    • Tim
                    • Somerset UK

                    #39
                    Originally posted by Gern
                    AWAN - Acronym Without Any Meaning
                    In the early days of computers scanners used to use an interface called TWAIN. It stood for “thing without an interesting name”…..

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                    • Nicko
                      SMF Supporters
                      • Apr 2019
                      • 1403
                      • Nick
                      • East Anglia

                      #40
                      At work we joke that Piaggio Group products are built using SMART technology......

                      Send Me Another Recall Tomorrow


                      Nick

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                      • Mark1
                        • Apr 2021
                        • 4156

                        #41
                        FIAT
                        fix it again tomorrow.

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                        • outrunner
                          • Apr 2019
                          • 2420

                          #42
                          BMW
                          Break my wallet.

                          Andy.

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                          • PaulTRose
                            SMF Supporters
                            • Jun 2013
                            • 6464
                            • Paul
                            • Tattooine

                            #43
                            LOTUS

                            lots of trouble, usually serious
                            Per Ardua

                            We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no ones been

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                            • adt70hk
                              SMF Supporters
                              • Sep 2019
                              • 10409

                              #44
                              NWE - as in North West Europe 44-45

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                              • minitnkr
                                Charter Rabble member
                                • Apr 2018
                                • 7539
                                • Paul
                                • Dayton, OH USA

                                #45
                                FIAT=Fix It Again Tony

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