ABD: All But Dissertation
AFAIK: As Far As I Know
AHA: American Historical Association
BTW: By The Way
CC: Community College
ESL: English as a Second Language
FTE: Full-Time Equivalent
FWIW: For What It's Worth
HBCU: Historically Black College or University
Hu: A gender-neutral pronoun used by some members of the forums and despised by others.
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
IRB: Institutional Review Board (An organization at each university that reviews research projects that use human subjects.)
KFC: Kissy Face College (A fake university created by members of the forums.)
LOL: Laughing Out Loud
MLA: Modern Language Association
NB: Nota Bene (Latin for note well)
OP: Original Poster
OTOH: On The Other Hand
PITA: Pain In The A**
RAE: Research Assessment Exercise (For UK research -- determines the selective distribution of public funds by the four higher-education funding bodies in the UK.)
RI: Top-tier Research University
SC: Search Committee
SLAC: Small Liberal Arts College
RA: Research Assistant
RI: Research Intensive University
ROFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing (ROFLMAO: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off)
RU: Research University
TA: Teaching Assistant
Troll: Person who posts messages intended to rile people up.
TT: Tenure Track
VPAA: Vice President for Academic Affairs
WTF: What the ****?
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary (This suggestion may or may not work for you.)
Links to related columns:Learning the Lingo, Part 3 (6/15/2006)
Learning the Lingo, Part 2 (7/3/2003)
Learning the Lingo (4/22/2002)
