Abbreviations and jargon used on Askaboutmoney

AAM Askaboutmoney (Occasionally AAB and AMM)
afaik as far as i know
AML - Anti Money Laundering
ARF Approved Retirement Fund


BOGOF - Buy One, Get One Free (here)
BOI - Bank of Ireland
btw by the way


CC - Credit Card (it also means to copy an email to someone)
COB - Close of Business (here)


DH - dear husband
DW - dear wife
DD - Direct Debit

EA - Estate Agent
ECB - European Central Bank
EFT - Electronic Funds Transfer
ETF - Exchange Traded Fund

FA - First Active
FT/PT - Full Time/Part Time
FWIW For what it is worth
ftb first time buyer
fyi for your information

hth hope this helps

ICB - Irish Credit Bureau
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly" - took me a while to work it out! Used here.
imo in my opinion
imho in my humble opinion
IMNAL - I Am Not A Lawyer, my personal favourite (here)
INBS - Irish Nationwide Building Society
IPSO - Irish Payment Services Organisation

LTV - Loan to Value
lol(and most things beginning with l) laughing out loud
LOS - Letting Off Steam

NSC - National Sort Code
NIB - National Irish Bank
NR - Northern Rock
NSC - National Sort Code

OO - Owner Occupier
OP - Original Poster (this is a pretty key one and is used frequently)
OT - Off topic
OTT - Over the top

prsa Personal Retirement Savings Account

RIP - Residential Investment Property
rofl (and most things beginning with R) Rolling on the floor laughing
RS - Rent Supplement
RS - Regular Savings
RSA - Regular Saver Account

SAHM/SAHD - Stay At Home Mum/Dad ()
SD - Stamp Duty
SO - Standing Order
SO - significant other [either gender]
SW - Social Welfare
SSIA Special Savings Incentive Account ( No longer in use)
STB Shooting the Breeze Nonsense forum on Askaboutmoney

T&Cs - Terms & Conditions
TRS - Tax relief at source

UB - Ulster Bank
UDA - Unfair Dismissals Act(s)

VI - Vested Interest
VRT - Vehicle Registration Tax

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get (here)

YMMV - your mileage may vary

Re: Abbreviations in common use on Askaboutmoney

Please add acronyms you find on Askaboutmoney and an explanation if you know what they mean.

It would be great to provide a link to a post showing its use.

If you can put them in alphabetical order when posting, it makes my job of incorporating them into the first post much easier.

This thread is for reference use - it is not meant to entertain, so please don't post rubbish.

Thanks

Brendan

IPSO - Irish Payment Services Organisation
ETF - Exchange Traded Fund

This is meant for abbreviations used on Askaboutmoney. It is not meant to be a guide to every acronym used anywhere, ever.

If we put in every single abbreviation ever used, the list would be too long.

So don't take offence if I omit your suggestion from the list.

Brendan

SPC 100

Thanks for going to so much trouble. I had not noticed these terms in use on Askaboutmoney. In particular YMMV seems to mean almost anything. I have added them to the list.

Incidentally, I would have omitted VI myself, but it would only have started another thread of conspiracy theories that we were denying the existing of VIs.

brendan

SPC100 said:

ETF is spelt as EFT above

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Typo.

As it happens EFT is also used

EFT - Electronic Funds Transfer

Thanks for taking the time to make out the list of abbreviations etc. Brendan and other posters. Very helpful indeed. Meant to post this earlier.

A handy source of explanations for financial terms, expansions and explanations of acronyms and abbreviations, medical terms, etc http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com