What does BFEE, LIHOP and MIHOP stand for?

[MadMan]

Can somebody help out the newbie here? Thanks guys and gals!

[murphymom]

1. Bush Family Evil Empire,

Let It Happen On Purpose and Made It Happen on Purpose.

[DK666]

2. I know one

BFEE - Bush Family Evil Empire

[maxrandb]

33. TBDBITL

The Best Damn Band In The Land. Sorry, I'm a Buckeye fan. Also a Sailor. We love accronyms and using our own language like:

Scuttlebutt - water fountain
Bulkhead - wall (or for me, any Republican)
Head - Bathroom
Mess - Restaurant/chow hall

it goes on and on. Takes a while to learn them all.

[NewJeffCT]

3. how about BBV?

That one has me stumped...

[ThirdWheelLegend]

6. Black Box Voting

eom

[myrna minx]

7. Black Box Voting. n/t

[LittleApple81]

8. Black Box Voting - Electronic machines to cheat in elections so

votes can be altered whenever necessary.

[nostamj]

9. www.blackboxvoting.com

or

www.blackboxvoting.org

for more info (and downloadable chapters of Bev Harris' book)

[LittleApple81]

4. BFEE Bush Family Evil Empire, LIHOP: let it happen on purpose

MIHOP made it happen on purpose.

[myrna minx]

5. BFEE: Bush Family Evil Empire

LIHOP: Let it happen on purpose
MIHOP: Made it happen on purpose.
The last two are regarding 9-11. Hope this helps. :hi Welcome to DU.

[wryter2000]

10. Welcome

Welcome to DU. You'll get the hang of the lingo soon.

[izzie]

25. Like being married to a sailor once more.

I never get them right.

[MadMan]

11. Awesome!

Wow! You guys are fast and this board rules! I'm damn glad to be here.

[Renew Deal]

13. I am setting the over-under on an "I love DU" thread at

75. Any takers :evilgrin:

[grannylib]

12. Welcome to DU MadMan!

I had to ask for explanations too...I am still learning the ropes here!
But true liberals are kind and will take the time to explain~

[eissa]

14. What about eom and n/t?

I know, I'm dumb! I still haven't figured these two out despite being here a few weeks!

[Renew Deal]

15. End of Message-No Text n/t

[nostamj]

16. "end of message" and "no text"

used in a subject line to let people know that there is no further content than the subject line.....

[myrna minx]

17. End of message.

Some folks use n/t to mean no text. :hi:

[eissa]

19. Thanks everyone (n/t)

[11 Bravo]

18. end of message and no text

n/t

[beyurslf]

20. THANK YOU

I have wondered about some of these many times. I thought I was just out of the liberal loop :)

[Renew Deal]

22. I had the same problem for about my first 100 posts.

I am still trying to figure some stuff out.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

21. TMHMOE

eom :)

[nostamj]

26. The Most Hated Man On Earth!

our disgusting W...

[LeahMira]

23. Thanks...

... for asking the question. :-)

[itcfish]

24. Don't Forget

FREEPER, lemmings, trolls

[xray s]

27. Liberal International House of Pancakes

My kind of place. Five kinds of syrup!! :)

[dand]

28. How about kick?

I am still trying to learn.

[nostamj]

29. well, you learned well

kick or :kick: refers to posting to a thread which is about to fall off the front page or to bring a thread back to the front when it has fallen off...

your posted 'kicked' the thread to the top (as did mine)

[Snow]

30. My goodness! Nobody's mentioned the Glossary yet! *clucks tongue*

Welcome new arrivals - and check this out....
http://dug.seattleactivist.org/

[kayell]

32. OOPS you beat me too it!

eom

[MadMan]

34. Now you tell us!

:crazy: n/t

[kayell]

31. The ever so useful DU glossary

http://www.seattleactivist.org/DiG.html