3 Sues - Saint Charles Shave, Mama Bear, Honeybee Spa
3T's - Taylor's, Trumper, and Truefitt (3 UK shaving supply firms)(a.k.a, Three T's)
AFAIK - As far as I know
AOS - Art of Shaving
A/S - After Shave
A/S Splash - After Shave Splash (oddly not abbreviated as something else)
ASB - After shave balm
ASG - After Shave Gel
ATG - Against (across) the grain (direction for stroke with a razor)
B&B - "Badger & Blade" wet-shaving on-line community (www.badgerandblade.com)
BBB - Best badger brush (often used in reference to an EJ brush made for C&E)
BBS - Baby butt smooth
Bump - Used to bring attention back to a thread that has fallen off the front page
BTW - By The Way
C&E - Crabtree & Evelyn
CAR, C.A.R. - Charles A. Roberts - owner of enchanteonline.com and creator of the Hydrolast product line
CF Castle Forbes (UK manufacturer of shaving cream and grooming supplies)
CTG 'Cross the grain (see ATG)
DE - Double-edge (general type of razor blade)
DRH - D.R. Harris (brand of shaving cream, and grooming supplies)
EDC - Eau de Cologne
EDT - Eau de Toilette
EDP - Eau de Parfume
EJ - Edwin Jagger (UK shaving brush marque)
E-W - East-West (direction for stroke with a razor from left-to-right or right-to-left)
FB - Fat Boy (type of Gillette DE razor)
FS - For sale
FT - For trade
FWIW - For What It's Worth
GFT - George F. Trumper (UK manufacturer of shaving cream and grooming supplies)
HD - Heavy Duty (a model of Merkur and other razors)
HMW - High mountain white (a grade of badger hair used in Plisson shaving brushes)
HWMBO - He Who Must Be Obeyed
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMVHO - In My Very Humble/Honest Opinion
IOTN - Indulgence of the night
IP - Israeli Personna (specific marque of razor blade)
JFGI - Just f***ing Google it
KMF - Kiss My Face (US manufacturer of shaving cream, ASB, and grooming supplies)
KOS - King of Shaves
LH - Long Handle (a model of Merkur and other razors)
LMAO - Laughing My [Butt] Off
LOL - Laugh out loud
LTT - Looking (like) to trade
M3 - Mach 3 (a model of multi-blade razor)
MAD - Multiple Acquisition Disorders
MP - Muehle-Pinsel (German shaving brush marque)
NB - Nancy Boy (US manufacturer of shaving cream, ASB, shampoo, and grooming supplies)
N-S - North-South (direction for stroke with a razor from cheek up)
OTT - Over the Top
PDQ - Pretty damn quick
PJ - Persian Jar (a shape for a shaving brush handle; a model of Simpson's shaving brush)
PM - Personal message (message sent using on-line community's web site rather than email)
PSO - Pacific Shave Oil
QED - QED (quod erat demonstrandum) (US retailer of shaving supplies)
RAD - Razor Acquisition Disorder
RBAD - Razor Blade Acquisition Disorder
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My [Butt] Off
RMWS - Roberts Method Wet Shaving
SBAD - Shaving Brush Acquisition Disorder
SCAD - Shaving Cream Acquisition Disorder
SCS - St. Charles Shave
SER - "Straight Edge Razors" on-line community (www.straightedgedrazors.com)
S&H - Shipping and handling (in reference to Internet and/or eBay purchases)
SMF - "Shave My Face" wet-shaving on-line community (www.shavemyface.com)
S-N - South-North (direction for stroke with a razor from neck up)
SOTD - Shave (scent) of the day (description of one day's shaving process or AS)
SR - Savile Row (UK shaving brush marque)
SRP - "Stright Razor Place" on-line community (www.straightrazorplace.com)
SS - SuperSpeed (model of Gillette safety razor)
SSAD - Shaving Soap Acqisition Disorder
SWMBO - She who must be obeyed (wife / girlfriend / partner)
T&C, T/C - touch and cut
T&H - Truefitt & Hill (UK manufacturer of shaving cream, soap, ASB, grooming supplies)
TESC - The English Shaving Company
TMI - Too much information
TOBS - Taylor's of Old Bond Street
TTO - Twist-to-Open (razor where part of the handle spins to open "doors" on top for blade)
USD - U.S. Dollar
W-E - West-East (direction for stroke with a razor from left-to-right or right-to-left)
WTB - Want to buy
WTG - With the grain (direction for stroke with a razor)
WTMI - WAY too much information
WTT - Want to trade
YMMV - Your mileage may vary (i.e., you may have different results)
Original post:
(Not sure if this is the place for this, but here goes...)
Like any other message board, newsgroup, of forum on the Internet, there is a lot of use of acronyms that are unique to the groups. Trouble is, they are never explained. The result is that I'm left to guess what is being said and sometimes the message looses part of it's meaning.
3T's - Taylor's, Trumper, and Truefitt (3 UK shaving supply firms)(a.k.a, Three T's)
AFAIK - As far as I know
AOS - Art of Shaving
A/S - After Shave
A/S Splash - After Shave Splash (oddly not abbreviated as something else)
ASB - After shave balm
ASG - After Shave Gel
ATG - Against (across) the grain (direction for stroke with a razor)
B&B - "Badger & Blade" wet-shaving on-line community (www.badgerandblade.com)
BBB - Best badger brush (often used in reference to an EJ brush made for C&E)
BBS - Baby butt smooth
Bump - Used to bring attention back to a thread that has fallen off the front page
BTW - By The Way
C&E - Crabtree & Evelyn
CAR, C.A.R. - Charles A. Roberts - owner of enchanteonline.com and creator of the Hydrolast product line
CF Castle Forbes (UK manufacturer of shaving cream and grooming supplies)
CTG 'Cross the grain (see ATG)
DE - Double-edge (general type of razor blade)
DRH - D.R. Harris (brand of shaving cream, and grooming supplies)
EDC - Eau de Cologne
EDT - Eau de Toilette
EDP - Eau de Parfume
EJ - Edwin Jagger (UK shaving brush marque)
E-W - East-West (direction for stroke with a razor from left-to-right or right-to-left)
FB - Fat Boy (type of Gillette DE razor)
FS - For sale
FT - For trade
FWIW - For What It's Worth
GFT - George F. Trumper (UK manufacturer of shaving cream and grooming supplies)
HD - Heavy Duty (a model of Merkur and other razors)
HMW - High mountain white (a grade of badger hair used in Plisson shaving brushes)
HWMBO - He Who Must Be Obeyed
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMVHO - In My Very Humble/Honest Opinion
IOTN - Indulgence of the night
IP - Israeli Personna (specific marque of razor blade)
JFGI - Just f***ing Google it
KMF - Kiss My Face (US manufacturer of shaving cream, ASB, and grooming supplies)
KOS - King of Shaves
LH - Long Handle (a model of Merkur and other razors)
LMAO - Laughing My [Butt] Off
LOL - Laugh out loud
LTT - Looking (like) to trade
M3 - Mach 3 (a model of multi-blade razor)
MAD - Multiple Acquisition Disorders
MP - Muehle-Pinsel (German shaving brush marque)
NB - Nancy Boy (US manufacturer of shaving cream, ASB, shampoo, and grooming supplies)
N-S - North-South (direction for stroke with a razor from cheek up)
OTT - Over the Top
PDQ - Pretty damn quick
PJ - Persian Jar (a shape for a shaving brush handle; a model of Simpson's shaving brush)
PM - Personal message (message sent using on-line community's web site rather than email)
PSO - Pacific Shave Oil
QED - QED (quod erat demonstrandum) (US retailer of shaving supplies)
RAD - Razor Acquisition Disorder
RBAD - Razor Blade Acquisition Disorder
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My [Butt] Off
RMWS - Roberts Method Wet Shaving
SBAD - Shaving Brush Acquisition Disorder
SCAD - Shaving Cream Acquisition Disorder
SCS - St. Charles Shave
SER - "Straight Edge Razors" on-line community (www.straightedgedrazors.com)
S&H - Shipping and handling (in reference to Internet and/or eBay purchases)
SMF - "Shave My Face" wet-shaving on-line community (www.shavemyface.com)
S-N - South-North (direction for stroke with a razor from neck up)
SOTD - Shave (scent) of the day (description of one day's shaving process or AS)
SR - Savile Row (UK shaving brush marque)
SRP - "Stright Razor Place" on-line community (www.straightrazorplace.com)
SS - SuperSpeed (model of Gillette safety razor)
SSAD - Shaving Soap Acqisition Disorder
SWMBO - She who must be obeyed (wife / girlfriend / partner)
T&C, T/C - touch and cut
T&H - Truefitt & Hill (UK manufacturer of shaving cream, soap, ASB, grooming supplies)
TESC - The English Shaving Company
TMI - Too much information
TOBS - Taylor's of Old Bond Street
TTO - Twist-to-Open (razor where part of the handle spins to open "doors" on top for blade)
USD - U.S. Dollar
W-E - West-East (direction for stroke with a razor from left-to-right or right-to-left)
WTB - Want to buy
WTG - With the grain (direction for stroke with a razor)
WTMI - WAY too much information
WTT - Want to trade
YMMV - Your mileage may vary (i.e., you may have different results)
Original post:
(Not sure if this is the place for this, but here goes...)
Like any other message board, newsgroup, of forum on the Internet, there is a lot of use of acronyms that are unique to the groups. Trouble is, they are never explained. The result is that I'm left to guess what is being said and sometimes the message looses part of it's meaning.
