english

ATB : all terrain bike

AWOL : absent without official leave

BANANA : build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything

BYO : bring your own

BYOB : bring your own bottle

CAVE men : citizens against virtually everything

CYA : cover your ass

DINK(Y) : double income no kids (yet)

DIY : do it yourself

D&O : day one

FOB : free on board

FOC : free of charge, free on car

FOR : free on rail

FYI : for your information

GIGO : garbage in, garbage out

GOLF : gentlemen only ladies forbidden

GOM : grand old man

GOOMER : get out of my emergency room

GORK : god only really knows

GRAS : generally recognized as safe

IMBY : in my back yard

IOU : I owe you

JIT : just in time

KIMBY : keep it in my back yard

KISS : keep it simple, stupid

LIFO : last in, first out

LULU : locally unacceptable (undesirable, unwanted) land uses

NBG : no bloody good

NEET : not in education employment nor training

NIABY : not in anyone's back yard

NIMBY : not in my back yard

NOPE : not on planet earth

OAP : old-age-pensioner

o b o : or best offer

OTT : over the top

PAYE : pay-as-you-earn

POSH : portside overseas seaside home

RAR: R and R : rest and recreation

REM : rapid eye movement

POW : prisoner of war

SOHO : small office home office

TINA : there is no alternative

TGIF : thanks god it's friday

TT : teetotal

VG : very good

WASP : white american anglo-saxon protestant

WYSIWYG : what you see is what you get