Off Topic Thread/Websleuth's Lingo

[SeriouslySearching]

I figured we needed an Off Topic thread anyway and thought I would include the lingo with it. Sometimes we need to take a break from such a case and talk about anything else. This is a good place to unwind for a few when things get a bit tense.

Now and then we have to remember with as many new members we have that our every day lingo becomes like a maze to them. Since people are lost on these and asking...here you go! Seasoned posters can feel free to add their own since I will probably forget half of them.

LE= Law Enforcement
POI= Person Of Interest
COD= Cause Of Death
TOD= Time OF Death
ITA= I Totally Agree
POS= Piece of Sh*t (Reserved for a known perp, suspect, or POI)
IIRC= If I Recall Correctly
FWIW= For What Its Worth
COB= POS The story behind this is on the Jessie Davis case, someone meant to type COP in reference to Bobby Cutts, Jr. and it came out COB. We called him that for the rest of the case and now it had become synonymous with POS.
OT= Off Topic
WTH= What The Hell? (Usually reserved for frustration in understanding what is taking place within a certain situation...such as in this case. I see it a lot when discussing Casey Anthony.)
GMAB= Give Me A Break

[Nana46]

Thank you so much:)

[olive]

How about

GM- grandmother
GP- grandparents

[galvino]

OK- I'll start- Geraldo's mustache is a living, breathing, organism- and it SCARES ME!

[galvino]

It scares me more than that freaky thing on the beach in long Island!

[liltigress]

It scares me more than that freaky thing on the beach in long Island!

Isn't that the weirdest looking creature you've ever seen? I listened to the news today and they are trying to say it's a raccoon. I call BS. I've seen many raccoons in my life and that thing is NO KIN!

It looks like a Koala bear mixed with a dog.


BS=This isn't Bull Snot.
PITA=Pain In The Arse.

[galvino]

Okay everyone- Geraldo and his creepy mustache are lulling me to sleep. Learned some interesting tidbits from your posts tonite (as usual), and ya'll also made me laugh! Off topic thread aside, I think someone should start a "Depends" thread where we just want to go and pee our pants!

Nitey nite peeps!

[RR0004]

OK- I'll start- Geraldo's mustache is a living, breathing, organism- and it SCARES ME!
OMG! Too funny!

[TheBugHouse]

Isn't that the weirdest looking creature you've ever seen? I listened to the news today and they are trying to say it's a raccoon. I call BS. I've seen many raccoons in my life and that thing is NO KIN!
>
Looks like it is indeed a racoon.
http://www.animachina.com/images/whatisit/montauk_monster_racoon.jpg (http://www.animachina.com/images/whatisit/montauk_monster_racoon.jpg)

[LaLaw2000]

OK- I'll start- Geraldo's mustache is a living, breathing, organism- and it SCARES ME!

:clap:

LOL - I am with you on that one!!!

[websurfer]

i love my :bananalama:

smilies

[zelmajane]

Oh I'm glad we have an off topic thread.

This hasn't really kept me from sleeping until last night.

I woke up, and all I could think about was Caylee.

[Cubby]

Thanks for starting this thread SS!

I'm so frustrated I want to scream! I have to limit my watching Caseys face on the tv, or I'm afraid I might just throw something at it! Even tomatoes, I'd have to clean..... lol.

Everyday, another day without Caylee. I just want her found! Preferably safely.

[Truly]

Over in thread 45, a poster referred to Casey as Miss Pinnochio :liar:

Then a few folks joked that MP would be the perfect name for Casey. In a way, I hope it doesn't take off, because I can forsee 300 people posting: 'Wait a sec! Who's MP??' And then another 300 responses. :)

Anyway, I thought I'd crosspost it to the lingo thread.

MP=Miss Pinnochio=Casey. LOL (Laugh Out Loud)!

BTW, one common lingo term I have never quite figured out is ROFL, sometimes with more letters. I know it means to laugh really hard, but what do the letters stand for? Thanks! :)

[christine2448]

Thanks for starting this thread SS!

I'm so frustrated I want to scream! I have to limit my watching Caseys face on the tv, or I'm afraid I might just throw something at it! Even tomatoes, I'd have to clean..... lol.

Everyday, another day without Caylee. I just want her found! Preferably safely.


How bout all the new pics found today. Casey is beautiful, and her child. My head is spinning!!!!!!!!! :crazy:

[my2cents]

Over in thread 45, a poster referred to Casey as Miss Pinnochio :liar:

Then a few folks joked that MP would be the perfect name for Casey. In a way, I hope it doesn't take off, because I can forsee 300 people posting: 'Wait a sec! Who's MP??' And then another 300 responses. :)

Anyway, I thought I'd crosspost it to the lingo thread.

MP=Miss Pinnochio=Casey. LOL (Laugh Out Loud)!

BTW, one common lingo term I have never quite figured out is ROFL, sometimes with more letters. I know it means to laugh really hard, but what do the letters stand for? Thanks! :)

ROFL=rolling on floor laughing, ROFLMAO-rolling on floor laughing my arse off.

Can someone explain to me what "bump" means? Like "I am bumping this post".

[LinetteH]

bumping means to move it back to the top so people can see it.

[LinetteH]

This is a great site for online acronyms...
http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/acronyms.php

[Truly]

ROFL=rolling on floor laughing, ROFLMAO-rolling on floor laughing my arse off.

Can someone explain to me what "bump" means? Like "I am bumping this post".
Thanks! I have wondered about that forever! I thought it was something like Right Out Effin' Loud, but then I saw people using it whom I know would never even dream of using that other word!

Oh, and I just did in fact bump a thread, but only because that is the only way to file a new link. If I could have just dropped in the link and left the thread on page three, I would have done that. But, alas...

Thanks for that acronym link, Linette. Cool school. :blowkiss:

ETA: (which I presume means Edited To Add, not Estimated Time of Arrival, lol) I thought that ITA meant I Think Alike. Thanks for starting this thread, SS. :)

[January.]

Wait wait wait, back to the raccoon thing. Can someone link the article? What on earth?

[byomoi]

Just read a post with "FUBAR"-- had to look up the meaning-- lol
"Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition"

[my2cents]

Wait wait wait, back to the raccoon thing. Can someone link the article? What on earth?

That thing is nasty! :eek:

There is a link up thread that has a raccoon superimposed over it, but there are links in that site to the unaltered picture.

[my2cents]

>
Looks like it is indeed a racoon.
http://www.animachina.com/images/whatisit/montauk_monster_racoon.jpg (http://www.animachina.com/images/whatisit/montauk_monster_racoon.jpg)

Link to the nasty beach thing.

[Truly]

Just read a post with "FUBAR"-- had to look up the meaning-- lol
"Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition"

Now, FUBAR I knew. It was invented by GI's who had been drafted, and it was used to describe the Vietnam War. They, of course, used the actual eff word.

What does your handle mean? Bring Your Own Me? :blowkiss:

Oh, and my2cents, I still have not been able to look at the mystery dead critter. Must be a scaredy-cat!

[my2cents]

Now, FUBAR I knew. It was invented by GI's who had been drafted, and it was used to describe the Vietnam War. They, of course, used the actual eff word.

What does your handle mean? Bring Your Own Me? :blowkiss:

Oh, and my2cents, I still have not been able to look at the mystery dead critter. Must be a scaredy-cat!

Geraldo had the guy from animal planet on tonight and he had a raccoon skull. He swears it is a raccoon. Someone asked Geraldo why they had not offered to do a DNA test on it, but the ppl originally told him that they had it in the freezer. Then they told him it washed back into the ocean. It may be a mystery forever now!

Stop being a scaredy-cat :crazy: You have to look! It really does look like a pitbull mixed with a Toucan. Weird.

[Truly]

LOL, my2cents. I'm gonna say that was my armchair~sleuther guess at what the critter was: The Very Rare and Very Nasty Beach Skeerdey Cat. Maybe I'll look in the morning. Some things I just don't need to see. I have seen plenty in my life, and more and more, I choose to just allow the good things in. If I thought there was a chance we could reunite the poor critter with its worried species, I'd be all over it. JK (Just Kidding) :blowkiss:

[MistyM]

POI person of interest

[olive]

Since this is the official off topic thread, I'm going to use my post as a chance to rant for a minute, so be patient.

First of all, I love WS and all the great posts by people here. It is nice to finally be part of a forum with such intelligent people who are competent and can either spell or use spell-check.

And this Caylee case is haunting me. I don't know why. It just is. It really, really bothers me. So I come here to try and help in some small way...just research what I can and maybe uncover some small piece of the puzzle to add to the bigger picture. Apparently a lot of people feel the same way I do.

But here is the problem...I have a very, very busy life- a demanding job, a house that completely refuses to clean itself, a husband and dog that completely refuse to feed themselves, and children that completely refuse to entertain themselves. Add on top of that one very sick grandparent I care for and there is very little else I can get done on a daily basis.

Needless to say... I don't have time for Casey Anthony to haunt me in my sleep. GRRR.

I wish the threads here would slow down a bit. I'm days behind the numbered ones...like 4 days behind, maybe. I know you all have uncovered just tons of great stuff and it is driving me crazy that I don't have the time to sit and read it all in order. I'm afraid that I'll post something that has already been uncovered or resolved.

So I think I'll just plead with all of you to please post important topics that are discussed in the numbered threads into their own categorized thread. Pretty, pretty please?

Ok, I'm done with my rant. :blowkiss:

[my2cents]

Since this is the official off topic thread, I'm going to use my post as a chance to rant for a minute, so be patient.

First of all, I love WS and all the great posts by people here. It is nice to finally be part of a forum with such intelligent people who are competent and can either spell or use spell-check.

And this Caylee case is haunting me. I don't know why. It just is. It really, really bothers me. So I come here to try and help in some small way...just research what I can and maybe uncover some small piece of the puzzle to add to the bigger picture. Apparently a lot of people feel the same way I do.

But here is the problem...I have a very, very busy life- a demanding job, a house that completely refuses to clean itself, a husband and dog that completely refuse to feed themselves, and children that completely refuse to entertain themselves. Add on top of that one very sick grandparent I care for and there is very little else I can get done on a daily basis.

Needless to say... I don't have time for Casey Anthony to haunt me in my sleep. GRRR.

I wish the threads here would slow down a bit. I'm days behind the numbered ones...like 4 days behind, maybe. I know you all have uncovered just tons of great stuff and it is driving me crazy that I don't have the time to sit and read it all in order. I'm afraid that I'll post something that has already been uncovered or resolved.

So I think I'll just plead with all of you to please post important topics that are discussed in the numbered threads into their own categorized thread. Pretty, pretty please?

Ok, I'm done with my rant. :blowkiss:

Lol, couldn't have said it better about the house and the dog!

What I have been doing is checking the updates that Ladybass does. Usually, if something seems to be really important or it is something that a WS-er has brought up and tried to find a connection with, she will list it in the updates.

This site goes WAY to fast for most of us that can't sit around and refresh the threads.

FYI--it was mentioned that Jesse G. has changed his statement from definitely hearing Caylee on the phone on the 24th to maybe hearing her.

George did an insanely odd interview with Fox at 8 a.m. He laughed and smirked and asked for gift cards, water, MONEY, VOLUTEERS, you know...the usual--begging for handouts. Oh yeah, he said the wretched witch cried (I bet its another lie). That's all that has really happened today.

Ws-ers linked in reverse voice analysis, contemplated Cassanova WIlliams involvement again, found TonE had deleted his myspace account, and rehashed the possibility that Caylee died at GP's house. Whew, if I missed anything, let me know.

It's been a pretty uneventful day, really. Hope that helps.

[olive]

Thanks, my2cents. :blowkiss:

I really want to read the article about Jesse changing his statement. You don't, by chance, remember which media that came from do you?

I have an odd feeling that this case is going to get very, very strange this week.

I just want Caylee alive and safe. :(

[byomoi]

--snipped

What does your handle mean? Bring Your Own Me? :blowkiss:

In 25 words or less: B is for my last name, YO is for "Yo!", MOI en francoise is for "me". :crazy:

[my2cents]

Thanks, my2cents. :blowkiss:

I really want to read the article about Jesse changing his statement. You don't, by chance, remember which media that came from do you?

I have an odd feeling that this case is going to get very, very strange this week.

I just want Caylee alive and safe. :(

It's on the general thread that is up now, I believe. I just saw it an hour or so ago. I'll try to track it down. I think it was more of a miscommunication rather than him lying. Not too much was mentioned about what else he may/may not have said. I'll try to find it and post it here.

Edited:
http://www.wesh.com/news/17081458/detail.html

[olive]

Thank you!

ETA: Cleaning fluid?? They've now found cleaning fluid in her car?? You've got to be joking...

How does one mix up the scent of a dead body with the scent of cleaning fluid?? If they are trying to talk their way out of it, why not say she hit roadkill? But cleaning fluid making that smell? I just can't believe these people!

[Truly]

I think I saw it at the beginning of thread #45. But, yeah, Jesse acknowledged that he did not actually hear Caylee in the background of his phone call to Casey on June 24. So that brings the last known sighting of Caylee back to June 15, with Cindy, at her father's assisted living facility.

Olive, that is a great suggestion. If people could even go through their own posts, or the threads, and move the critical facts into the appropriate threads, that would be very helpful for newcomers and those of us with busy schedules.

I was also thinking that a thread for repeat questions and their already established answers could be a handy tool to minimize redundancy on the numbered threads. Except that in this case, there are precious few established facts. As Curiousity Cat says, most of the puzzle pieces in this mystery are flat-out MISSING.


ps, thanks, b yo! moi. I've got Yo Yo Ma's cello solos playing right now. I'll forever think of you as his honorary sibling. :blowkiss:

[Truly]

Thank you!

ETA: Cleaning fluid?? They've now found cleaning fluid in her car?? You've got to be joking...

How does one mix up the scent of a dead body with the scent of cleaning fluid?? If they are trying to talk their way out of it, why not say she hit roadkill? But cleaning fluid making that smell? I just can't believe these people!

After the 'dead body in the damn car' proved not to be pizza, Cindy at one point said it must have been a squirrel. I believe George suggested roadkill. Several posters concurred that they have once (or twice:crazy:) hit an animal in the road...with no resulting stench.

[olive]

After the 'dead body in the damn car' proved not to be pizza, Cindy at one point said it must have been a squirrel. I believe George suggested roadkill. Several posters concurred that they have once (or twice:crazy:) hit an animal in the road...with no resulting stench.

oh, unfortunately, I have hit deer many a time. Very common where I live. :(

And, yes, no resulting stench!

[my2cents]

After the 'dead body in the damn car' proved not to be pizza, Cindy at one point said it must have been a squirrel. I believe George suggested roadkill. Several posters concurred that they have once (or twice:crazy:) hit an animal in the road...with no resulting stench.

My cat died last weekend. I could not bury him because I was so upset and my husband was out of town on business. I wrapped him up in a towel and put him in a box on my screened porch. He stayed there a good 24 hours until hubby got home (I know that's gross but I couldn't do it. I couldn't look at him).

He did not smell.

My thought is either that baby was WAY dead when she/they put her in there or either the decomp sat there and kept decomposing. Road kill would not smell right away unless she stopped to pick up a decomposing squirrel (which I doubt b/c she doesn't even seem to care about her kid).

[olive]

My cat died last weekend. I could not bury him because I was so upset and my husband was out of town on business.

I'm sorry to hear about your cat! :hug:
What a horrible thing to have to deal with.

My animals are very important members of my family, and I know how hard it is to lose one. You have my sympathy!

[Truly]

I am so sorry to hear about your kitty. I can tell from your post how much you loved him. I only added the smiley because one poster had pointed out that she had run over an animal in the road twice in one week, with no lingering odor, and some people were surprised that there are so many animals killed by cars on the road. I trust that the K-9 police dogs are very accurate in picking up the specific scents which they are trained to hit on. Cadaver dogs will not hit on roadkill, pizza, bombs, drugs, or anything except human remains. I have worked around some secret service dog handlers, and their dogs are extremely specifically trained on what to hit on. Those dogs can sweep a room, and there is no doubt that the handlers are very confident in the results of the sweep.

[my2cents]

I am so sorry to hear about your kitty. I can tell from your post how much you loved him. I only added the smiley because one poster had pointed out that she had run over an animal in the road twice in one week, with no lingering odor, and some people were surprised that there are so many animals killed by cars on the road. I trust that the K-9 police dogs are very accurate in picking up the specific scents which they are trained to hit on. Cadaver dogs will not hit on roadkill, pizza, bombs, drugs, or anything except human remains. I have worked around some secret service dog handlers, and their dogs are extremely specifically trained on what to hit on. Those dogs can sweep a room, and there is no doubt that the handlers are very confident in the results of the sweep.

Thank you. I miss him terribly.

I take no offense to the smilies at all. I just wanted to throw my experience out there and kindof make it known that even in Alabama heat, my cat did not smell after 23 or so hours. Granted he was on my porch. My dogs bring me dead "presents" all the time on the porch and I can smell them before they even get near the house. Just made me think that maybe Caylee was dead for a while or was left in the trunk a while because of the stench.

[my2cents]

I'm sorry to hear about your cat! :hug:
What a horrible thing to have to deal with.

My animals are very important members of my family, and I know how hard it is to lose one. You have my sympathy!

Thank you. They are my kids so this is very hard for us right now. Love your babies because you never know how much time you have left with them.

[PrayersForMaura]

This may have been posted already and I missed it but

IMO: In my opinion
IMHO: In my humble/honest opinion

[SeriouslySearching]

Bumping this up...because I noticed that Christine broke the rules. LOL Note the date on her Off Topic thread! Hahahaha~ :P

[drumstick]

I am so sorry to hear about your kitty. I can tell from your post how much you loved him. I only added the smiley because one poster had pointed out that she had run over an animal in the road twice in one week, with no lingering odor, and some people were surprised that there are so many animals killed by cars on the road. I trust that the K-9 police dogs are very accurate in picking up the specific scents which they are trained to hit on. Cadaver dogs will not hit on roadkill, pizza, bombs, drugs, or anything except human remains. I have worked around some secret service dog handlers, and their dogs are extremely specifically trained on what to hit on. Those dogs can sweep a room, and there is no doubt that the handlers are very confident in the results of the sweep.

With your post you made me remember my youngest son's wedding. I had forgotten all about that....
SS dogs swept the Breakers Hotel while we were all attending the reception. It was dramatic to watch the seriousness of what they were doing and how mythodical they were in their search.
A US Senator was to arrive and that was part of securing his safety.

As my daughter rightly said, "those dogs aren't playing".
It's serious work and truly amazing to watch for someone like me who can't even train my little dog to come when I call him! :waitasec:

[SeriouslySearching]

Bumping up for the newbies!

[RoseRed]

As my daughter rightly said, "those dogs aren't playing".
It's serious work and truly amazing to watch for someone like me who can't even train my little dog to come when I call him! :waitasec:

I think a lot has to do with the training handlers IMO.
Dogs are smarter than we think. I just keep remembering my daughter's dog. The dog was suppose to weigh 80 lbs. but was up to 115 lbs so vet said she had to lose weight. After the second or third day of the new diet she started having to go out to potty pretty often.My daughter started thinking kidney infection ? diarrhea ? My daughter was sneaking around to watch and see just what the problem was and watched her dog just go outside for a little bit do nothing then back in and over by the pantry to receive her treat. She had already learned how to get some extra food as she had always gotten a treat after taking her potty break. LOL these canine are smart.

[Cagney]

LOL feel free to blast me but can someone share with me what/who LE stands for?

[ylime11]

Law Enforcement:)

[Only4Justice]

LOL feel free to blast me but can someone share with me what/who LE stands for?

As far as I know, it stands for "Law Enforcement".

:)

[Cagney]

lmao! Ok thats what I thought but then I read in another thread something about organized crime and LE being involved so that made me think it was person....shouldn't have doubted myself.
Thanks guys!

[coltsgal]

It took me such a long time to figure out what LE stood for! All the other abbreviations take me a while to figure out too, unless they're obvious.

I just figured out now that BH stands for bounty hunters.

Sometimes it's so hard to figure out, unless you read every single thread, every day.

[chizap]

don't feel bad I found myself wondering what AI stood for in an article I was reading- figured out they were refering to "artificial intelligence"
...scary...it's ....h e r e !

[Indianagirl]

LOL feel free to blast me but can someone share with me what/who LE stands for?

That is hilarious! Thanks for asking. I having been trying to figure it out myself but was too afraid to ask!!!! Of course it was something simple!:waitasec:

[LI_Mom]

Now, FUBAR I knew. It was invented by GI's who had been drafted, and it was used to describe the Vietnam War. They, of course, used the actual eff word.



Actually FUBAR was around long before the Vietnam War...

the term was used during WW II (maybe before that also but I'm too lazy to check. lol)

[wishingtree]

Deja Poo: the feeling that we've done this crap before
Thread bumped for the addition of the brilliant new term by not_my_kids originally posted here:

That feeling of deja poo is back.
(Deja poo: the feeling that we've done this crap before.)

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2685739#post2685739
Post #36

Awesome and oh so appropriate, not_my_kids...thanks!!! :clap::clap::clap: