21st Century Dictionary of ATS Acronyms

Some years ago I belonged to an important organization called the Society for the Elimination of Acronyms, or S.E.A.

It is timely to bring the important acronyms of ATS to the attention of all, through this repository.

The following serve as just the commencing point, to be built up over time. I am the inititiator of each one, and I give them freely for convenient use by esteemed friends and colleagues.

Acronyms that deride or villify individual members with whom any members have a grudge, are not welcome here.



ACRONYMS 'R' US AT ATS:


T.W.A.T.S. : The Way Above Top Secret award, and (as a conveniently modified plural form) the small collective of its winners

R.A.T.S. : Really Above Top Secret forum, and its posters

SiGMA : The benign mythical entity that combines two separate and distinct individuals - Site Owner & Creator SimonGray - with T.W.A.T.S./R.A.T.S. ATS member MaskedAvatar. This entity is non-existent, like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.

SiGMAtosis : The mental disorder suffered by a small group of ATS members, corrected before it grew to epidemic proportions in early September 2003. The illness was characterized by hallucinations amongst it sufferers, who would see SimonGray when they saw MaskedAvatar, and vice versa. Extreme cases needed extended therapy including ECT therapy.

E.C.T. : Eliminating Conspiratorial Thinking, the challenging therapy required at ATS when temporarily delusional people continue to vehemently bark up the wrong tree for days on end.

RTOHFLRUCP : Round Table of High Flying Logarithmically-Rewarded Upper Crust Posters - an exclusive and elite group of disciplined, diligent high quality members.

TCA[WyTX] : Transvestite Crack Addict from Wylie, Texas.


Any thoughts?






[Edited on 5-9-2003 by MaskedAvatar]

[edit on 3-11-2004 by MaskedAvatar]

[edit on 3-11-2004 by MaskedAvatar]

I don't think youll get Way Above next month MA.
sorry,
- Tassadar

Very pleased to hear it Tass!

Masked..

I allways thought that S.E.A. ment:

South east asia..

But thanks for pointing out my error.. or whose error it is..?

Maybe Masked is going nuts because he did get t.w.a.t.s.

*edit*

Again.. damn typos.. they will eat me alive someday soon..

[Edited on 5-9-2003 by FULCRUM]

My sanity is very well in order.

As S.E.A. must have several meanings, I guess T.W.A.T.S. must have them as well!

Any more?

i definately just gave u a vote MA...that was genious.

MA- I guess if someone stole your TWATS, by linking to it in their avatar, they would be humilated and banned?

[Edited on 5-9-2003 by ktprktpr]

ktpr

One member tried it, and it was removed fairly quickly. I think the admin and most of the membership is very astute.

It's not "my" T.W.A.T.S., even though I will carry on calling it my "precious", in fun and partly in emulation of what my dwarf character in the Collaborative Fiction thread may call it.

You want it - come and get it!

Here is one that is new..

"Coolest Guy Of The ATS"

(C.G.O.T.A.T.S.)

I made it especially for John Nada.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Fulcrum

A great initiative.

I think it may be better as C.G.O.A.T.S. (taking out the "the"). Whaddya reckon?

Originally posted by MaskedAvatar
Fulcrum

A great initiative.

I think it may be better as C.G.O.A.T.S. (taking out the "the"). Whaddya reckon?

Its its great! also as in esCape GOATS..

But you are right.. "the" isnt really a word its a "article" isnt it..

MA are you this months TWAT?

Just asking I saw your medal thingy there.



Mark

Hold on a second here...GOATS was my saying, if I recall correctly.


regards
seekerof

MO

This month, I seem to have joined the order of T.W.A.T.S., yes.

You must be one of the Q.U.I.M.s (Questioning Users' Individual Medals).

Originally posted by MaskedAvatar
MO

This month, I seem to have joined the order of T.W.A.T.S., yes.

You must be one of the Q.U.I.M.s (Questioning Users' Individual Medals).

Congratulations MA on your victory.
Among the many medals you have acquired in your lifetime of which I have no knowledge ,I simply didnt know if you won that or was displaying it for others to see what they could win. Thats all my inquistive friend.
Loosen the mask alittle dude!.....

Mark

MO

I have done a few naked romps around the place for small private audiences! That may not be to your taste, at all.

It all depends how often you view the W.I.F.E. (Wise Introduction Forum Entry).

Ah yes....and those Eagerly Seeking Points (E.S.P.s)

regards
seekerof

MIATSP. (Award)


Most Improved ATS Poster.


Awarded to the most improved posting effort by an ATS member.

Desighned to give insentive to ATS members to lift there quality of posts.

MA,

If you don't mind I would like to also include what could be mislabeled as an acronym, but more of a shorthand for an expletive phrase when one is truly taken aback much along the lines of WTF and OMG. It was developed from an ATS experience and therefore should be made public domain to all MATS (members of ATS).

I humbly submit:

MOF

Since the exact phrase cannot qualify as CLAP (certified language acceptable for posts) I will include the thread from which this acronym was developed. You will find the true meaning at the end of the audio/video clip.

Here is the clip:
www.blogjam.com...

Here is the thread:
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Valhall

I recall this Armstrongesque usage of MOF well.

MOF, it is indeed an excellent and worthy acronymous acquisition.