A lot of common phrases are shortened into abbreviations on this "BB". Below is an incomplete guide to many of the common ones so that newbies (and old hands, too) can understand them. This list will be expanded by the moderators.
AC or
A-C All Clad
AFAICT As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AIC As I Recall
AP or
A-P All-Purpose flour
ATK America's Test Kitchen TV show
BB Bulletin Board or forum (usually this one), also Bread Bible (by Rose Levy Berenbaum)
BCP Boston Common Press, publishers of Cook's Illustrated magazine and books.
BD Birthday
BF Boyfriend
BFN Bye For Now
BOGO Buy One Get One (free). An derogatory term referring to low-quality supermarket sale items.
BTW By the Way
CC Cook's Country Magazine
CI Cook's Illustrated Magazine. Also Cast Iron (cookware).
CI-BB or
CIBB the old BB which used to be at cooksillustrated.com.
CYA Cover Your A ... behind. As in, protect your self from blame/lawsuits.
DH or
DW Dear (Darn) Husband, Dear (Darn) Wife -- based on context
DILLIGAS Do I Look Like I Give A S***
DO Dutch Oven
D/W or
DW Dish Washer Washer
EVOO Extra Virgin Olive Oil (and we were using it before RR was!)
EYB EatYourBooks.com, a cookbook search website.
FI For Instance
FIGJAM F___ I'm Good, Just Ask Me
FP Food Processor
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information
GM Gold Medal (flour)
IIJMOIFCOWC Is It Just Me, or is Frank Completely Obsessed With Chili?
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IL in-law, e.g.
SIL Sister-in-Law,
MIL is Mother-in-Law, etc.
IMO In My Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not-So Humble Opinion
IOW In Other Words
ISO In Search Of
J/K or JK Just Kidding
KA KitchenAid (usually refers to using a stand mixer); can also be King Arthur
KAF King Arthur Flour
KWIM Know What I Mean
LC Le Creuset
LOL Laughing Out Loud (else, can be Lots of Luck)
ME Middle Eastern
NP No Problem, Not a Problem
NYE New Year's Eve
OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OMG Oh My Goodness, Gosh, God
OTOH On the Other Hand
PITA Pain in the ***
PM Private Message (via the board)
RLB Rose Levy Berenbaum (author)
ROTFL Roll on the Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO Roll on the floor laughing my *** off
RR Rachel Ray (TV star)
SAHM Stay at Home Mom
S&P Salt and Pepper
SDT Sun Dried Tomatoes
SL S*** List
SLT Sur La Table
SO Significant Other
SS Stainless Steel
TIAThanks In Advance
TIAS Try It And See
TOBB The Old Bulletin Board (at AmericasTestKitchen.com)
VD Valentine's Day
W-S or
WS Williams-Sonoma
WFM Works For Me
WWF World Wrestling Federation (
Actually, Whole Wheat Flour )
WWWF White Whole Wheat Flour
(many thanks to Lindsay for accumulating the original list this is based on)
