Cigar Chat Lingo

Getting a little confused out there on the Group? Seeing words you've
never seen before? Well, then you've come to the right place. We here
at MI-Cigar want to make your time spent in our virtual cigar realm
fun. You'll notice when you are in our Group, that many member's use
abbreviations to express emotions, words, etc... Below is a list of
the most common abbreviation's used. If you come across any that are
not in the list below, please email us and we will add it to our list.

Cigar Terms/Abbreviations

ISOM - Island South of Miami
In other words, ISOM refers to Cuba 898 varn - 898 Varnished
AF = Arturo Fuente
asc = alt.smokers.cigars (a USENET Newsgroup, So-So!)
BBF = Bolivar Belicoso Fino
BCG = Bolivar Coronas Gigantes
BCE = Bolivar Coronas Extras
BTL = Hemingway Between The Lines
cA = Cigar Afficianado
CF = Cigar Family
CP - Cigar Pass (Just as it sounds)
CS = Conneticut Shade Wrapper
PSD4 = Partagas D-4 (Robustos)
EPI 1 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No 1 (corona gorda)
EPI 2 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No 2 (robusto)
ERDM = El Rey Del Mundo
FFOX = Fuente Fuente Opus X
HC?= Havana Club Cuban Rum - HC3-good for mixing, HC7-good straight,
HC15-WOW!
HDM = Hoyo de Monterrey
Herf = A gathering of people enjoying cigars and the company of others
ISOM = Island South Of Miami (in other words, Cuba)
JL = Juan Lopez
JL #2 = Juan Lopez Seleccion No 2 (Robustos)
Lusi = Partagas Lusitanias
Maddie = maduro
MC = Montecristo
Nattie = natural (cameroon, Conneticut Shade, etc.)
PAM = Padron Anniversario Maduro
PAN = Padron Anniversario Natural
PP = Punch Punch
RAG = Ramon Allones Gigantes
RASCC = Ramon Allones Small Club Coronas
RASS = Ramon Allones Specially Selected
RyJ = Romeo y Julietta
RyJ CF = Romeo y Julieta Celestiales Finos (panatella)
RyJ POW = Romeo y Julieta Prince of Wales
SLR = Saint Louis Rey
TOP = A way bring attention to a msg thread without adding content
HUSW = H Uppman Sir Winston
VR = Vega Robaina
VR DA = Vega Robaina Don Alejandros (prominente)
VSG = Ashton Virgin Sun Grown
WOA = Hemingway Work of Art
xXx = Opus X^3 (Power Ranger)

General Abbreviations

BTW - By The Way FYI - For Your Information
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not-So-Humble Opinion
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LMAO - Laughing My A$$ Off
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off
- Grin (we normally will use emoticons, however some people
will still write out - simply means they have a grin on their
face)
(sp?) - "Spelling?" You'll see this next to misspelled (sp?) words.
:-) Simply means that the author is not clear as to whether or not
they have made a spelling error
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TTYL - Talk To You Later
AFK - Away From The Keyboard
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Bulletin-Board System
BRB - Be Right Back
CUL - See You Later
EOT - End Of Thread
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FWIW - For What It's Worth
HTH- Hope That Helps
L8R - Later
OIC - Oh I See
TIA - Thanks In Advance
URL - Universal Resource Locator (Web site address)
WB - Welcome Back
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get