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Suggestion.......for the vocabulary impaired!

T

Timothy

New member
I have a suggestion:
Let me preface it by saying as a relatively new member without a large number of posts, I have gained a wealth of knowledge from all the posts I've read and from all those members who have patiently answered my questions. As embarrassing as it may be to admit, although I feel I am not alone, I often come across terms, abbreviations, and acronyms of which I do not know the meaning. What I must do is read enough posts until I figure it out or by chance find someone's post wherein they have used an abbreviation and followed with an explanation or 'spell-it-out" in parenthesis.

My suggestion:
Provide an area on TFL for a glossary of terms and abbreviations that members could quickly referrer to as they come across something unfamiliar. I don't know about everyone else, but when I encounter an unknown abbreviation etc., I get hung up on it and loose the continuity of the post. Even the new-age electronic vocabulary abbreviations could be included for us old geezers. Filling the glossary would be easy. As each member uses one of these literary short-cuts, he/she could check the glossary and if is not there, put it in! Yes, a 'search' feature would be necessary to enter the abbreviation and maybe even the first couple words of longhand if you are looking for an abbreviation to use.

Boy, will I be embarrassed if this already exists! Let me know what you think.

Thanks, Tim
 
At the top of the screen there is a link to Web Acronyms/Firearms Terms. Click on it and be enlightened. Welcome to TFL!
 
Embarrassment? How about receiving a private message on 10-18-01 and realizing it only yesterday, three months later. I never look at the bottom part of the forum index page. I guess I should look at least one per month. And Sam, I don't think I want to know what the threshold age for that is. :D
 
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