[Blader]

EAP etc

What does mean to those who occasionally visit. It's a blank!!! Kindly call it by its complete name.

I visit almost daily, and still at times am confused. This is not text messaging.

[Xelebes]

AHD: Anthony Henday Drive (Edmonton)
CCC: Community Consultation Committee (Calgary)
CP: Centennial Place (Calgary)
CP: Century Park (Edmonton)
CPC: Calgary Planning commission
CPS: Calgary Police Service
CT: Calgary Transit
DP: Developer Permit
EAP: Eighth Avenue Place (Formerly Penny Lane Towers) (Calgary)
EEEL: Energy, Environment, Experiential Learning - University of Calgary project
EPL: Edmonton Public Library
EPS: Edmonton Police Service
ETS: Edmonton Transit System
FAR: Floor-Area Ratio
HLB: High Level Bridge (Edmonton)
HOV: High Occupancy Vehicle (Bus, Tram or Train)
HSR: High Speed Rail
IOL: Imperial Oil (Ltd)
LPT: Land Use Planning and Transportation
LRT: Light Rail Transit
LUP: Land Use Planning
NELRT: Pre-existing LRT Portion (Edmonton)
NLRT: LRT to NAIT (Edmonton)
QEII: Highway 2/Queen Elizabeth 2 Highway
RFP: Request for Proposal
RFQ: Request for Quote
SELRT: LRT Extension to Millwoods (Edmonton)
SLRT: LRT Extention to Century Park (Edmonton)
SPR: Stony Plain Road (Edmonton)
StAT: St. Albert Transit
WEM: West Edmonton Mall
WLRT: LRT to West Edmonton Mall
XRT: LRT eXtension to Rocky ridge and Tuscany (Calgary)
YEG: Edmonton International Airport
YXD: Edmonton Municipal Airport
YYC: Calgary International Airport


Add to the list folks.

[frinkprof]

I try not to use them myself, but I honestly don't find it that hard to figure them out.

Anyway,

EAP - Eighth Avenue Place
IOL - Imperial Oil Limited
CPC - Calgary Planning Commission
CT - Calgary Transit
FAR - Floor Area Ratio
CCC - Community Consultation Committee
BPG - Beltline Planning Group
(Insert Letters Here)LRT - Various Light Rail Transit lines, alignment denoted by first letters in acronym
LPT - Land Use Planning and Transportation
LUP - Land Use Planning
XRT - LRT eXtension to Rocky ridge and Tuscany
US - Union Square
CPS - Calgary Police Service
CP - Centennial Place
TFDL - Taylor Family Digital Library
EEEL - Energy, Environment, Experiential Learning - University of Calgary project
ETS - Edmonton Transit Service
DLR - David Lee Roth

[freeweed]

This is not text messaging.

And it's also not a fully annotated encyclopedia. It's in essence, a chat room slash discussion forum.

Sorry, but while I sorta hear ya, you're not likely to see people suddenly typing everything out in full. Imagine the public transit thread: "Calgary, Alberta, Canada's Light Rail Train system, the Calgary-train.....".

You're in a subject-specific area, you have to get used to the jargon. Realistically, if you don't know what the Bow is, it's equally as frustrating as EAP. Would you prefer everyone refer to it as "EnCana's new office tower complex on Sixth Avenue Southwest, in downtown Calgary"?

That being said, I think the roundup of acronyms already started is a swell idea. :tup:

[IKAN104]

If you come across an acronym you don't know when reading a post, it's simple to just ask for a clarification.

I've done it a few times when people start using airport codes in the airport threads. Although now I have a shortcut to www.world-airport-codes.com (http://www.world-airport-codes.com) and that works even better. :)

[BFHeadstone]

DP is developer permit
HOV is high occupancy vehicle lane

[Rusty van Reddick]

airport codes are not acronyms- and actually none of the examples provided so far are acronyms- maybe FAR if it's pronounced "far." SCUBA, FUBAR, MILF and JAP are acronyms. FBI, EAP, CPC and LOL are not acronyms.

[basilbrush]

Just about every message board uses TLAs(3 letter accronym) and FLAs(4 letter ...) frequently.

Maybe an acronym guide should be added to the first page of the Calgary and Edmonton construction pages. Less cumbersom than another sticky.

[Blader]

And it's also not a fully annotated encyclopedia. It's in essence, a chat room slash discussion forum.


Fair enough, however, many visit various threads occasionally.

Sorry, but while I sorta hear ya, you're not likely to see people suddenly typing everything out in full. Imagine the public transit thread: "Calgary, Alberta, Canada's Light Rail Train system, the Calgary-train.....".

Of course, that would be absurd!!

You're in a subject-specific area, you have to get used to the jargon. Realistically, if you don't know what the Bow is, it's equally as frustrating as EAP. Would you prefer everyone refer to it as "EnCana's new office tower complex on Sixth Avenue Southwest, in downtown Calgary"?

Also absurd, and not what I was looking for as a solution.

That being said, I think the roundup of acronyms already started is a swell idea. :tup:

Agreed

[Blader]

FBI, EAP, CPC and LOL are not acronyms.

Are they considered Initialisms?

[Coldrsx]

LEED AP - Leadership in Environmental Energy and Design Accredited Professional.

[Bigtime]

Fun stuff, let me get in on this action!

TCPL- Trans Canada Pipelines (usually used in reference to their building in Calgary)
tl;dr- to long, didn't read (Boris likes to use this to sum up a giant "wall of text" he may have posted)
Sun Blocker/Sun Dial/Giant Piece of Shit- Vantage Pointe

[Kevin_foster]

Lol Wtf

[SHOFEAR]

Crsxllab

[freeweed]

tl;dr- to long, didn't read (Boris likes to use this to sum up a giant "wall of text" he may have posted)

You have got to be kidding me. I've been seeing this one for years and have always thought it was some sort of browser bug with posting unicode text or something equally bizarre.

I'm not sure what shocks me more - the fact that I could have gone that long without picking up on that, or that someone on the Internet actually knows wtf a semi-colon is used for. :haha:

I'll join furry's pendantism in pointing out that the correct translation for that one would be "Too long. Didn't read".

[You Need A Thneed]

SELRT - could also refer to Calgary.

[jeffwhit]

Qctm

[socialisthorde]

I'll join furry's pendantism in pointing out that the correct translation for that one would be "Too long. Didn't read".


And pendantism would be? To act like a pendant, to swing back and forth?

Sorry, I couldn't ignore the irony ;)

[freeweed]

OOTBIGITASOBAPOSGMAMSYMOYWDI: One of the best Internet gags is to accuse someone of being a pedant, or spelling/grammar mistakes, and make sure you make one yourself while doing it.

[Bigtime]

Oh yeah a couple of more:

QFT- Quoted for Truth (usually a strong statement of agreement)

Fata- A general term for failure or stupidity, started on the Calgarypuck forums.

FTW- For the Win. A type of boosterism I guess. Eg: Inner city living FTW!

ROFL- rolling on floor laughing. See also: ROFLCOPTER

OMGWTFBBQ- Oh my God what the fuck Barbeque. Pure awesome.

[Xelebes]

OOTBIGITASOBAPOSGMAMSYMOYWDI


Ooooh, easy on the Welsh there boy.


OMGWTFBBQ- Oh my God what the fuck Barbeque. Pure awesome.

Actually that acronym is more of a sardonic expression than an expression of rejoice.

[Bigtime]

Actually that acronym is more of a sardonic expression than an expression of rejoice.

I should clarify my statement, pure awesome is what I think of it. Sorry about that! LOLLERCOPTER!

[ExcaliburKid]

RTFS - Read the F***ing Screen

[Surrealplaces]

One of the more disliked acronyms: IS (Information Services) ;)

[lubicon]

ABC - Anyone But Calgary. This sums up who I cheer for when the Flames/Stamps are playing.

[freeweed]

ABC - Anyone But Calgary. This sums up who I cheer for when the Flames/Stamps are playing.

Back in my university days, that stood for Anyone But Commerce.

The mgmt school types used to have their own snooty, suit-and-tie type events, and were very exclusionary. So, every single other faculty barred them in response :P

[Ruckus]

Urban Dictionary (www.urbandictionary.com)is a great search tool for understanding internet speak (though not Calgary specific, you won't find EAP)...continually updated just like Wikipedia ;)

[Skeletor]

OMGWTFBBQ- Oh my God what the fuck Barbeque. Pure awesome.

Playing some HL2?

Since we're explaining the abbreviations here, HL2 = Half Life 2...

Pyro FTW

[Surrealplaces]

Back in my university days, that stood for Anyone But Commerce.

The mgmt school types used to have their own snooty, suit-and-tie type events, and were very exclusionary. So, every single other faculty barred them in response :P

A few years back when Klein was running for premier the first time, ABC was commonly used as Anyone But the Conservatives.

[Bigtime]

Playing some HL2?

Since we're explaining the abbreviations here, HL2 = Half Life 2...

Pyro FTW

Actually I picked it up from the Somethingawful forums, been a member there for quite a few years.

I was a big TFC player, loved the sniper!

[Xelebes]

I picked it up in OCRemix Unmoderated forums. Man, those were the days. We gave that place a run for the buck against SA and /b.

[WeavedWeb]

A few years back when Klein was running for premier the first time, ABC was commonly used as Anyone But the Conservatives.

Still being used right now for Danny Wlliams anti-Harper campaign, Anything But Conservative. (http://www.anythingbutconservative.ca/)

[YYCguys]

I can mostly figure out what's being talked about when using acronyms, etc such as EAP, SLRT, etc, but here's one I don't know: IIRC. I see it being used not as a place name though. Help?

[mersar]

IIRC = if I recall correctly

[YYCguys]

IIRC = if I recall correctly

Thanks! :tup: