does anyone know what the abreviation AFA means when it's used to sign a card or letter?
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The only thing I could find that might remotely translate it was "The word used by al-Tha'labi is the passive (ufa) of the form III perfect verb afa, from afa which means, "to restore to health, heal, cure (someone)." ( http://farms.byu.edu/publications/paperschapter.php?chapid=68 )\n\nI am sorry, I looked and looked. It stands for so many things... from Air Force Association, Anti-Fascist Action, American Family Association.... Good Luck...\n\nBTW, have you ever asked him?
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The first means something like "woah."\n\nCheck out the following link, which provides a helpful little cheatsheet.
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"United States of America" in Spanish is "Estados Unidos de America". So it should be that EUA = USA, and EU = US. But most spanish-speakers will use EEUU. This is because they are refering to plural nouns. So the spanish abbreviation for Fuerzas Armadas (Armed Forces) is FFAA.\n\nThis also happens sometimes in English. The abbreviation for page is "p.", but for pages it's "pp.".
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it is a little seen road sign warning that the letter a is up ahead. don't let the people who follow me convince you that it has something to do with delimiting a username from it's relevant e-mail domain. this is bunk. some internet guy (probably Al Gore) hijacked the symbol when he invented the Internets. now we don't know when the letter a is approaching and the world is less safe for it.\n\nand especially don't let them talk you into thinking it means at. why the hell would you shorten at to @ ?? takes less time to write type a "t" then to draw a circle connecting to that "a" - it's all democratic lies.
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Being former us Navy, I know that abbreviations and acronyms abound in the Navy culture to an extreme. If I were tryign to mail a letter, I would address it as normal but put a ATTN: CNATTU line below the name. This will helpthe base post office help sort out where to deliver it.\n\nI hope this helps.
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I was born in an Spanish speaking country and as far as I know, "afiche" means a poster. It could be a commercial poster, like those posted in the subway station, or it could be a poster anouncing an event or an "art poster", which means that you could call "afiche" a printing of some painting.
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It is acutally an acronym that stands for something.  In the past people actually had to have permission from the King in order to make a baby.  This was partly due to the fact that many people didnt own land and had to live on the Kings property.  So the word in question actully stands for Fornication Under Consent of King.
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Abbreviation Meaning \n<3 heart \n404 I haven't a clue \nADN Any day now \nAFAIK As far as I know \nAFK Away from keyboard \nARE Acronym-rich environment \nASAP As soon as possible \nA/S/L? Age/sex/location? \nB4N Bye for now \nBAK Back at the keyboard \nBAS Big a** smile \nBBIAB Be back in a bit \nBBL Be back later \nBBN Bye bye now \nBBS Be back soon \nBEG Big evil grin \nBF Boy friend \nBFD Big f***ing deal \nBFN Bye for now \nBG Big grin \nBIBO Beer in, beer out \nBIOYIOP Blow it out your I/O port \nBL Belly laughing \nBMGWL Busting my gut with laughter \nBOTEC Back-of-the-envelope calculation \nBRB Be right back \nBTA But then again... \nBTDT Been there, done that \nBTW By the way \nBWL Bursting with laughter \nBWTHDIK But what the heck do I know...? \nCICO Coffee in, coffee out \nC&G Chuckle and grin \nCNP Continued in next post \nCRB Come right back \nCRBT Crying real big tears \nCU See you \nCUL See you later \nCUL8ER See you later \nCYA See ya \nCYA Cover your *** \nCYO See you online \nDBA Doing business as \nDFLA Disenhanced four-letter acronym (that is, a TLA) \nDL Dead link \nDLTBBB Don't let the bed bugs bite \nDIKU Do I know you? \nDITYID Did I tell you I'm distressed? \nDOM Dirty old man \nDOS Dozing off soon \nDQMOT Don't quote me on this \nDTRT Do the right thing \nDWB Don't write back \nEG Evil grin \nEMFBI Excuse me for butting in \nEMSG E-mail message \nEOM End of message \nEOT End of thread (meaning: end of discussion) \nETLA Extended three-letter acronym (that is, an FLA) \nF2F Face to face \nFAQ Frequently-ask question(s) \nFC Fingers crossed \nFISH First in, still here \nFLA Four-letter acronym \nFMTYEWTK Far more than you ever wanted to know \nFOMCL Falling off my chair laughing \nFTBOMH From the bottom of my heart \nFUBAR F***ed up beyond all repair or recognition \nFUD Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt \nFWIW For what it's worth \nFYI For your information \nG Grin \nGA Go ahead \nGAL Get a life \nGIGO Garbage in, garbage out \nGD&R Grinning, ducking, and running \nGF Girlfriend \nGFN Gone for now \nGGP Gotta go pee \nGIWIST Gee, I wish I'd said that \nGL Good luck \nGMAB Give me a break \nGMTA Great minds think alike \nGOL Giggling out loud \nGTRM Going to read mail \nGTSY Glad to see you \nH&K Hug and kiss \nHAGN Have a good night \nHAND Have a nice day \nHHIS Hanging head in shame \nHIG How's it going \nHT Hi there \nHTH Hope this helps \nHUB Head up butt \nIAC In any case \nIAE In any event \nIANAL I am not a lawyer (but) \nIC I see \nIGP I gotta pee \nIHA I hate acronyms \nIHU I hear you \nIIRC If I recall/remember/recollect correctly \nILU or ILY I love you \nIM Immediate message \nIMCO In my considered opinion \nIMHO In my humble opinion \nIMing Chatting with someone online usually while doing other things such as \nplaying trivia or other interactive game \nIMNSHO In my not so humble opinion \nIMO In my opinion \nIMS I am sorry \nIOW In other words \nIPN I'm posting naked \nIRL In real life (that is, when not chatting) \nITIGBS I think I'm going to be sick \nIWALU I will always love you \nIYSWIM If you see what I mean \nJ4G Just for grins \nJBOD Just a bunch of disks (like redundant array of independent disks, etc.) \nJIC Just in case \nJK Just kidding \nJMO Just my opinion \nJTLYK Just to let you know \nk ok \nKISS Keep it simple stupid \nKIT Keep in touch \nKOTC Kiss on the cheek \nKOTL Kiss on the lips \nKWIM? Know what I mean? \nL8R Later \nL8R G8R Later gator \nLD Later, dude \nLDR Long-distance relationship \nLHO Laughing head off \nLLTA Lots and lots of thunderous applause \nLMAO Laughing my a** off \nLMSO Laughing my socks off \nLOL Laughing out loud \nLRF Little Rubber Feet (the little pads on the bottom of displays and other \nequipment) \nLSHMBH Laughing so hard my belly hurts \nLTM Laugh to myself \nLTNS Long time no see \nLTR Long-term relationship \nLULAB Love you like a brother \nLULAS Love you like a sister \nLUWAMH Love you with all my he
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interpreter.  and the sign the correct letters.  how else?
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Any word ending in the "af" sound...ignore spelling patterns at first. Start at the beginning of the alphabet and start trying to make words with the sound at the end.\n\ncalf\ndecaf\ngaffe\n\netc.
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It means that you are about to sign a contract of some sort.  It's like an agreement.
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In the example you gave, the (T-shaped) vowel sign is a qamets.  The vertical line placed to the left of the vowel sign is NOT itself a vowel marking.  It is an accent mark --a metheg, used to mark a SECONDARY word accent.\n\nYou didn't list the word in which this appeared, but if the FOLLOWING vowel is a shewa, the metheg indicates that it is a VOCAL shewa.  Related to this in the case of qamets, it may serve to mark the vowel as a qamets (more fully called qamets gadol; the long A sound) rather than a qamets chatuph (also called qamets qatan, a short a or o).
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Acronym Definition \nAFAIK  As far as I know  \nAFK Away from keyboard  \nAKA  Also known as  \nAOL  America OnLine  \nASAP  As soon as possible  \nATM  At the moment  \nB4  Before  \nBAK  Back at keyboard  \nBBL  Be back later  \nBCNU  Be seeing you  \nBFN  Bye for now  \nBRB  Be right back  \nBTW  By the way  \nCFV  Call for votes  \nCU  See you  \nCUL  See you later  \nCUL8R  See you later  \nDYJHIW  Don't you just hate it when...  \n*eg*  Evil grin  \nF2F  Face to face (also meeting in person)  \nFAQ  Frequently asked questions  \nFWIW  For what it's worth  \nFYA  For your amusement  \nFYI  For your information  \n*g*  Grin  \nGA  Go ahead  \n*gbh*  Great big hug  \n*gbh&k*  Great big hug & kiss  \n*gr&d*  Grinning, running, & ducking  \n*h*  Hug  \n*hb*  Hug back  \nHHOJ  Ha ha only joking  \nHHOK  Ha ha only kidding  \nHHOS  Ha ha only serious  \nHIWTH  Hate it when that happens  \nIAE  In any event  \nIDK  I don't know  \nIMHO  In my humble opinion  \nIMnerHO  In my not even remotely humble opinion  \nIMnsHO  In my not so humble opinion  \nIMO  In my opinion  \nIOW  In other words  \nIRL  In real life  \nIYKWIM  If you know what I mean  \nJASE  Just another system error  \nJK  Just kidding (can also stand for joking)  \n*k*  Kiss  \n*kb*  Kiss back  \nL8R  Later  \n*l*  Laugh  \n*li*  Laughing inside  \n*lis*  Laughing in silence  \n*lol*  Laugh out loud  \nNRN  No reply necessary  \nOBTW  Oh, by the way  \nOIC  Oh I see  \nOT  Off topic  \nOTOH  On the other hand  \nOTTH  On the third hand  \nPD  Public domain  \nPMJI  Pardon me, Jumping in (when you interrupt a conversation)  \nPMFJI  Pardon me for jumping in (same as above)  \nREHI  Hello again  \nRFD  Request for discussion  \n*rofl*  Roll on floor laughing  \nRSN  Real soon now  \nRTM  Read the manual  \n*s*  Smile  \n*sb*  Smiles back  \nSITD  Still in the dark  \nSOS  Same old stuff  \nSSDD  Same stuff different day  \nSW  Shareware  \nSYL  See you later  \nTANSTAAFL  There ain't no such thing as a free lunch  \nTGIF  Thank God it's Friday  \nTIA  Thanks in advance  \n*tic*  Tongue in cheek  \nTNX  Thanks  \nTNX 1.0E6  Thanks a million  \nTTFN  Ta-ta for now  \nTTYL  Talk to you later  \n*veg*  Very evil grin  \n*ves*  Very evil smile  \n*vwg*  Very wicked grin  \n*vws*  Very wicked smile  \n*w*  Wink  \n*wg*  Wicked grin  \nWRT  With regard to (also with respect to)  \nWTH  What the heck  \nWYSIWYG  What you see is what you get  \nYMMV  Your mileage may vary  \nYMMVG  Your mileage may vary greatly
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What state or province are you in?\nIt could mean offering forged documents for sale. (Archaic usage. English common law.)
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One use of affidavits is to allow evidence to be gathered from witnesses or participants that may not be available to testify in person before the court.\n\nAn affidavit is a formal sworn statement of fact, signed by the declarant (who is called the affiant), and witnessed (as to the veracity of the affiant's signature) by a taker of oaths, such as a notary public. The name is Medieval Latin for he has declared upon oath.
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This explains it: http://notaries.dos.state.fl.us/
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O.K. - \nabbreviation of "oll korrect", alteration of "all correct" : all right. Mutilple emails (see contrib list) have indicated that the abreviation O.K. was not an english expression, they claim that the term came from the germans during the W W II, because the merchandise that they used in war was revised and stamp with a seal stating OLL KORRECT, so the abreviation for those words were O.K. \n\n\n:)\n\nhey your avatar is similar to mines! :)