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WOOD and WOODWORKING ACRONYMS / ABBREVIATIONS
NOTE: this list does NOT include many acronyms that one might find on a woodworking forum, because I have only included some of the more common acronyms that are social (LOL --- Laughing Out Loud, and so forth) and have focused on those terms that apply specifically to wood or woodworking. It's not my intent to list all the acronyms in the world.\
1) Wood Types
2) General Woodworking Terms
3) Social("netspeak") Terms
1) WOOD TYPES:
NOTE: you could make acronyms for any wood name but these are ones that I have actually seen on Internet woodworking forums.
ABW --- African Black Wood
AF --- Alpine Fir
ARC --- Aromatic Red Cedar
BAB --- Black Ash Burl
BB --- Baltic Birch
BC --- Black Cherry
BEB --- Box Elder Burl or BuckEye Burl
BLM --- Big Leaf Maple
BOB --- Black Oak Burl
BOW --- Bethelem Olive Wood
BW --- Black Walnut
CK --- Curly Koa
DF --- Douglas-Fir
DFL --- Douglas-Fir/Larch
DI --- Desert Ironwood
DIB --- Desert Ironwood Burl
EIR --- East Indian Rosewood
ERC --- Eastern Red Cedar
EWP --- Eastern White Pine
ES --- Engelmann Spruce
FBE --- Flame Box Elder
FBEB --- Flame Box Elder Burl
HEM --- HEMlock
HF --- Hemlock-Fir
HP --- Heart Pine
HR --- Honduras Rosewood
HRB --- Honduras Rosewood Burl
IC --- Incense Cedar
IRW --- Indian RoseWood (more commonly EIR)
IWP --- Idaho White Pine
LO --- Live Oak
LP --- Lodgepole Pine
NIP --- Norfolk Island Pine
PP --- Ponderosa Pine
QSRO --- Quarter Sawn Red Oak
QSWO --- Quarter Sawn White Oak
RO --- Red Oak
RSWO --- Rift Sawn White Oak
SPF --- Spruce/Pine/Fir
SPR --- Sitka SPruce
SS --- Sitka Spruce
SYP --- Southern Yellow Pine
WC --- Western Cedar
WF --- White Fir
WO --- White Oak
WRC --- Western Red Cedar
YP --- Yellow Pine
2) GENERAL WOODWORKING TERMS
1C --- No. 1 Common
2C --- No. 2A Common
3AC --- No. 2B Common
3BC --- No. 3A Common
12/4 --- 3" thickness
1S & 2S --- ones and twos (also pronounced "Firsts and Seconds"), a combined grade of the hardwood grades of firsts and seconds
3/4 --- 3/4" planed thickness
4/4 --- 1" rough thickness
5/4 --- 1 1/4" rough thickness
6/4 --- 1 1/2" rough thickness
8/4 --- 2" rough thickness
12/4 --- 3" rough thickness
AAW --- American Association of Woodturners
AC --- Alternating Current
ACQ --- Alkaline Copper Quarternary (pressure treatment solution)
AD --- Air Dried
AFA --- American Forestry Association
AH --- Absolute Humidity
AL --- All Lengths
ALS --- American Lumber Standard
AMC --- Ambient Moisture Content
ATB --- Alternating Top Bevel
AVG --- average
AVL --- AVerage Length
AVW --- AVerage Width
AW --- All Widths
AW&L --- All Widths and Lengths
AWG --- American Wire Gauge
B&B --- B and Better
B&BTR --- B and Better
B&D --- Black & Decker (a maker of power tools)
B&S --- Beams and Stringers
B1S --- Beaded on 1 Side
B2S --- Beaded on 2 Sides
BBS --- Big Box Store
BD --- Bevel Down
BD --- board
BDC --- Bottom Dead Center
BDFT --- Board Feet/Foot
BDL --- bundle
BEB --- BuckEye Burl
BEV --- BEVeled
BF --- Board Foot / Board Feet
BH --- Boxed Heart
BLO --- Boiled Linseed Oil
BM --- Board (foot) Measure
BO --- Big Orange (Home Depot)
BORG --- Home Depot, Lowes, etc (retail giants that are "souless" like the Star Trek thing). Apocryphally reputed to stand for Big Old Retail Giant
BS --- Band Saw
BSND --- Bright Sapwood No Defect
BTR --- better
BU --- Bevel Up
CA --- Cyanoacrylate Adhesive (superglue)
CB --- Center Beaded
CB1S --- Center Bead 1 Side
CB2S --- Center Bead 2 sides
CC --- Cubic Centimeter
CCA --- Chromated Copper Arsenate (pressure treating solution)
CCS --- Cross Cut Sled
CFM --- Cubic Feet per Minute
CFT --- Cubic Foot/Feet
CG2E --- Center Groove 2 Edges
CI --- Cast Iron
CL --- CenterLine
CLG --- ceiling
CLR --- clear
CM --- Center Matched
CM --- CentiMeter
CM --- CraftsMan (a maker of hand and power tools)
CMS --- Compound Miter Saw
CNC --- Computer Numeric Control (automated processing equipment usually involving router-like machinery)
COM --- COMmon
CPSC --- Consumer Product Safety Commission
CS --- Cabinet Saw
CS --- Calking Seam
CS --- Chop Saw
CS --- Circular Saw
CS --- Contractors Saw
CSG --- casing
CSMS --- Compound Sliding Miter Saw
CU FT --- cubic foot/feet
CV --- Center V
CV1S --- Center V 1 side
CV2S --- Center V 2 Sides
D&CM --- Dressed and Center Matched
D&M --- Dressed and matched
D&SM --- Dressed and standard Matched
D-FIR --- Douglas-FIR
D/S --- Drop Siding
D/SDG --- drop siding
D1S --- Dressed 1 Side
D2S --- Dressed 2 Sides
D2S&CM --- Dressed 2 Sides and Center Matched
D2S&SM --- Dressed 2 Sides and Standard Matched
D3S --- Dressed 3 Sides
D4S --- Dressed 4 Sides
DB --- Double Beaded
DBH --- Diameter at Breast Height
DC --- Direct Current
DC --- Dust Collector/collection
DET --- Double End Trimmed
DIM --- DIMension
DIY --- Do It Yourself
DKG --- decking
DNA --- DeNatured Alcohol
DP --- Drill Press
DS --- Drop Siding
DS --- Drum Sander
DT --- DoveTail
DW --- DeWalt (manufacturer of power tools)
E --- Edge
E&CB1S --- Edge and Center Bead 1 ide
E&CB2S --- Edge and Center bead two sides
E&CV1S --- Edge and Center V 1 Side
E&CV2S --- Edge and Center V 2 Sides
EB1S --- Edge Bead 1 Side
EB2S --- Edge Bead 2 Sides
ECM --- Ends Center Matched
ED --- Equivalent Defects
EDG --- edge
EE --- Eased Edges
EFSTS --- European Format Sliding Table Saw
EG --- edge
EM --- End Matched
EMC --- Equilibrium Moisture Content
EV1S --- Edge V 1 Side
EV2S --- Edge V 2 sides
EWP --- Eastern White Pine
F1F --- Finished 1 Face
FAS --- Firsts And Seconds
FAS1F --- Firsts And Seconds 1 Face
FBK --- flat back
FBM --- Feet Board Measure
FC --- Flat Cut
FG --- Flat Grain
FJ --- Finger Joint
FLG --- flooring
FOHC --- Free Of Heart Center (no pith in the plank)
FOK --- Free Of Knots
FRM --- framing
FT --- foot/feet
FT SM --- feet surface measure
FURN --- FURNiture
FWW --- Fine WoodWorking (a magazine)
G --- Girth
G --- Green (unseasoned)
GCSS --- Guided Circular Saw System
GF --- General Finishes
GFCI --- Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GM --- Grade Marked
GR --- GReen (unseasoned)
GR --- Grooved Roofing
GRIZ --- GRIZzly (a machinery company)
H --- High
H OR M --- Hit OR Miss
H&M --- Hit & Miss
HB --- Hollow Back
HBDT --- Half Blind DoveTail
HD --- Heavy Duty
HD --- Home Depot (retailer of wood tools and accessories)
HDG --- Hot Dipped Galvanized
HDL --- handle
HDPE --- High Density PolyEthylene
HDWD --- hardwood
HF --- Harbor Freight (a low-end tool store)
HF --- Hollow Form
HRT --- heart
HRTWD --- heartwood
HVLP --- High Volume Low Pressure (a type of spray gun)
HW --- hardwood
IAP --- International Association of Penturners
ID --- Inside Diameter
IN --- INch/INches
IND --- INDustrial
IPA --- IsoPropyl Alcohol
IR --- Ingersoll Rand (manufacturer of pneumatic products)
IWCS --- International Wood Collectors' Society
J&P --- Joists and Planks
J/P --- Joiner/Planner
JTD --- jointed
KD --- Kiln Dried
KD --- Knock-Down
L --- Length
LA --- Low Angle
LFRB --- Large Flat Rate Box
LBR --- lumber
LFT --- lineal foot/feet
LGR --- longer
LGTH --- length
LIN --- LINeal or LINear (meaning lengthwise; usually refers to an amount of wood being sold)
LL --- LongLeaf
LN --- Lie Nielsen (a fine hand tool manufacturer)
LNG --- lining
LR --- Log Run
LR MCO --- Log Run, Mill Culls Out
LV --- Lee Valley (a distributor of fine hand tools)
LVLP --- Low Volume Low Pressure (a type of spray gun)
M --- thousand
M&T --- Mortise & Tenon
MBF --- 1000 Board feet
MBM --- 1000 Board Measure (meaning 1000 feet)
MC --- Methylene Chloride (paint stripper)
MC --- Moisture Content
MCO --- Mill Culls Out
MDF --- Medium Density Fiberboard
MDO --- Medium Density Overlay
MEK --- Methyl Ethyl Ketone (a solvent)
MFBM --- thousand Feet/Foot Board Measure
MFRB --- Medium Flat Rate Box
MFT --- thousand Feet
MG --- Medium Grain
MG --- Mixed Grain
MH --- Mountain Hemlock
MLDG --- moulding
MM --- MilliMeter
MR MDF --- Moisture Resistant Medium Density Fiberboard
MO --- Mineral Oil
MR --- Mill Run
MS --- Mineral Spirits
MS --- Mixed Species
MSR --- Machine Stress Rated
MTn --- Morse Taper size (e.g. MT1, MT2, MT3)
MW --- Mixed Width
N --- Nosed
N1E --- Nosed 1 Edge
N2E --- Nosed 2 Edges
NBM --- Net Board Measure
NE --- Nature Edge
NEC --- National Electrical Code
NGR --- Non Grain-Raising
NHLA --- National Hardwood Lumber Association
NO --- number
NYW{S} --- New Yankee WorkShop
OD --- Outside Diameter
OEM --- Original Equipment Manufacturer
OG --- Old Growth
OMS --- Odorless Mineral Spirits
OSB --- Oriented Strand Board
OSHA --- Occupational Safety & Health Administration
OSS --- Oscillating Spindle Sander
P --- Planed
P&T --- Posts and Timbers
P1S --- Planed 1 Side
P2S --- Planed 2 Sides
PAD --- Partially Air Dry/Dried
PART --- PARTition
PAT --- pattern
PC --- Porter Cable (manufacture of woodworking tools)
PCS --- pieces
PE --- Plain End
PET --- Precision End Trimmed
PF --- Power Feed/Feeder
PKY --- pecky
PLN --- plain
PM --- PowerMatic (manufacturer of woodworking machines)
PN --- partition
POLY --- POLYurethane
PPI --- Points Per Inch
PR --- Polyvinyl Resin (a type of plastic; includes PVC)
PRG --- Plastic Resin Glue
PSI --- Penn State Industries (sellers of woodworking tools and accessories)
PSI --- Pounds per Square Inch
PT --- Pressure Treated
PU --- PolyUrethane
PVA --- PolyVinyl Acetate (glue)
PVC --- Polyvinyl Chloride (plastic used for plumbing pipes, etc.)
PWW --- Popular WoodWorking (a magazine)
QS --- QuarterSawn
QTD --- quartered
QTRSWN --- Quartersawn
R&S --- Rail & Stile
R/L --- Random Lengths
R/W --- Random Widths
R1E --- Ripped One Edge
R2E --- Ripped Two Edges
RAS --- Radial Arm Saw
RBE --- Ripped Both Edges
RC --- Rift Cut
RD --- round
RDM --- random
REG --- REGular
RES --- RESawn
RFG --- roofing
RFRS --- roofers
RGH --- rough (generall applied to rough sawn lumber)
RH --- Relative Humidity
RL --- Random Length
RLW --- Random Lengths and Widths
ROS --- Random Orbit Sander
RPM --- Revolutions Per Minute
RS --- Rift Sawn
RT --- Router Table
RTF --- Rigid ThermoFoil (a type of vinyl laminate)
RW --- Random Widths
RWL --- Random Widths and Lengths
S&B --- Select and Better
S&CM --- Surfaced & Center Matched
S&E --- (surfaced on) Side & Edge
S&M --- Surfaced & Matched
S&SM --- Surfaced & Standard Matched
S-DRY --- surfaced and dry (19 percent moisture content or less)
S-GRN --- surfaced, but green (in excess of 19 percent moisture content)
S/L --- Shiplap
S1E --- Surfaced 1 Edge
S1S --- Surfaced 1 Side
S1S&CM --- Surfaced 1 Side & Center Matched
S1S1E --- Surfaced 1 Side 1 Edge
S1S2E --- Surfaced 1 Side 2 Edges
S2E --- Surfaced 2 Edges
S2S --- Surfaced 2 Sides
S2S&CM --- Surfaced 2 Sides & Center Matched
S2S&M --- Surfaced 2 Sides & (standard- or center-) Matched
S2S&SL --- Surfaced 2 Sides & ShipLapped
S2S&SM --- Surfaced 2 Sides & Standard Matched
S2S1E --- Surfaced 2 Sides 1 Edge
S3S --- Surfaced 3 Sides (2 faces and 1 edge)
S4S --- Surfaced 4 Sides (both faces, both edges)
S4S&CS --- Surfaced Four Sides & Calking Seam
SAP --- SAPwood
SB --- Standard Bead
SB1S --- Single Bead 1 Side
SCMS --- Sliding Compound Miter Saw
SCVG --- Straight Clear Vertical Grain
SD --- seasoned
SDG --- siding
SE --- Square Edge{d}
SE&S --- Square Edged & Sound
SEL --- SELect
SESD --- square edged siding
SF --- Square Feet/Foot
SFRB --- Small Flat Rate Box
SFTWD --- softwood
SG --- Slash Grain
SGSSND --- Sapwood, Gum Spots and Streaks, No Defect
SHIP --- SHIPlap
SIT --- SItka Spruce
SK --- Solar Kiln
SL --- ShipLap
SLR --- Straight Line Rip
SLR1E --- Straight Line Rip 1 Edge
SM --- Standard Matched
SM --- Surface Measure
SMS --- Sheet Metal Screw
SN --- ShopNotes (a woodworking magazine)
SND --- Sap No Defect
SND --- sound
SP --- Sugar Pine
SPEC{S} --- SPECification{S}
SQ --- SQuare
SQE --- SQuare Edge/Edged
SQE&S --- SQuare Edged & Sound
SQFT --- square feet
SQRS --- squares
SR --- Stress Rated
SRG --- Spindle Roughing Gouge
SS --- SawStop (a safety---specific table saw brand)
SS --- Scroll Saw
SS --- ShopSmith (a popular multi---tool device)
SS --- Single Speed
SS --- Stainless Steel
SSND --- Sap Stain No Defect
STD --- standard
STK --- stock
STR --- Structural
STRUCT --- STRUCTural
STS --- Sliding Table Saw
SU --- SketchUp (a computer graphics program)
SW --- SoftWood
T&G --- Tongue & Groove
TAS --- Tilting Arbor Saw
TB&S --- Top, Bottom, & Sides
TBR{S} --- timber{s}
TDC --- Top Dead Center
TIR --- Total Indicated Runout
TK --- Thin Kerf
TO --- Tung Oil
TOH --- This Old House (a woodworking television show)
TPI --- Teeth Per Inch
TS --- Table Saw
TSP --- TriSodium Phosphate (a cleaning agent, sometimes used to clean saw blades)
UHMWP{E} --- Ultra High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene (a type of very slick tough plastic)
UTIL --- UTILity
VG --- Vertical Grain
VOC --- Volatile Organic Compound
VS --- Variable Speed
VSR --- Variable Speed Reversible
W --- Width
WAL --- Wider, All Length
WB --- Water Based
WB --- Work Bench
WC --- WoodCraft (retailer of woodworking supplies)
WCH --- West Coast Hemlock
WD --- wide
WDR --- wider
WHAD --- Worm Holes A Defect
WHND --- Worm Holes No Defect
WIP --- Work In Progress
WOP --- Wipe On Poly
WS --- WoodSmith (a woodworking magazine)
WT --- weight
WTB --- Want To Buy
WTH --- width
WTP --- Want to Purchase
WW --- White Woods
ZCI --- Zero Clearance Insert
3) SOCIAL("NETSPEAK") TERMS:
AFAIK --- As Far As I Know
BTW --- By The Way
FUBAR --- Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
FWIW --- For What It's Worth
IMHO --- In My Humble Opinion
IIRC --- If I Recall Correctly
ITT --- In This Thread
HTH --- Hope This/That Helps
KISS --- Keep It Short & Simple / Keep It Simple, Stupid
LMAO --- Laughing My Ass Off
LOL --- Laughing Out Loud
POJ --- Piece Of Junk
POS --- Piece Of Shit
SNAFU --- Situation Normal All Fucked Up
WTF --- What The Fuck
YMMV --- Your Mileage May Vary
And, if you REALLY want to be silly:
LOLSHMSFOAIDMT --- Laughing Out Loud So Hard My Sombrero Fell Off And I Dropped My Taco