Here is a list of common abreviations used throughout the forum:
AB ~ Aurora Borealis
a coating on the surface of some beads - most notably, Swarovski® crystals - that makes them appear iridescent.
ACS ~ Art Clay Silver, the other metal clay
AFK ~ Away From KeyBoard
ATTN ~ Attention
BB ~ Beading Buddy
BD ~ BirthDay
BF ~ Best Friend//Boy Friend
BRB ~ Be Right Back
BTW ~ By The Way
DD ~ Darling Daughter
DF ~ Dear Friend
DH ~ Darling Husband
DNA ~ Type Of Wire Twist
DS ~ Darling Son
FMG ~ FireMountainGems
www.firemountaingems.com <http://www.firemountaingems.com/>
FWP ~ Freshwater Pearls
FWIW ~ For What It's Worth
FYI ~ For Your Information
GC ~ Grand Children
GD ~ Grandaughter Or God Daughter
GF ~ Gold Filled
GTG ~ Go To Go
HM ~ Hand Made
HP ~ Home Page
HTH ~ Hope This Helps
IMO ~ In My Opinion (or IMHO is "in my humble opinion")
JF ~ Jade Falcon
Jade Falcon is an on going mystery written by our own Sir Beadsalot. It has lots of gemstone and jewelry references. It is posted here and he usually adds new chapters on the weekends.
IRL ~ In Real Life
ISO ~ In Search Of
LBS ~ Local Bead Store
LOL ~ Laughing Out Loud
LOS ~ Liver of Sulfur
(Liver of Sulfur is a chemical used to age and patina silver.)
MIL ~ Mother In Law
MOP ~ Mother of Pearl
MWL ~ Made With Love
OMG ~ Oh My Gosh
OOAK ~ One-Of-A-Kind
OT ~ Off Topic
PC ~ Polymer Clay
plz ~ Please
PMC ~ Precious Metal Clay
RAW ~ Right Angle Weave
ROTFL ~ Rolling On The Floor Laughing
R&T ~ Rings and Things (shopping site)
RG ~ Rio Grande
http://www.riogrande.com/
SB ~ Seed Beads
SBE ~ Secret Bead Exchange
SC ~ Swarovski® Crystals
http://www.swarovski.com <http://www.swarovski.com/>
SIL ~ Sister In Law
SO ~ Significant Other
SS ~ Sterling Silver
SSP ~ Sterling Silver Plated
TIA ~ Thanks In Advance
TGIF ~ Thank God It's Friday
TTFN ~ Ta Ta For Now
TY ~ Thank You
TYVM ~ Thank You Very Much
UFO ~ Unfinished Object
WB ~ Welcome Back
WIP ~ Work In Progress
WS ~ Work Space
WTG ~ Way To Go
WTH ~ What The Heck
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<3 ~ Heart//Love
+ 1/2 ~ better half
© ~ Copyright
NOTE: Special thanks to Sprinkles for compiling the list!