Abbreviations, acronyms and initialisations used in the Coffee Shop forum

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[Red Squirrel]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as old people (i.e. the over-20s) start to understand a generation's teen slang, it has already moved on. Wagwan yo'sel, coot!

Edit: Actually some definitions of 'coot' are slightly more insulting than I meant to be. I don't know the street slang word for 'effective transport campaigner who, at a guess, is slightly north of 20', on account of my being and old coot.

[CMRail]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as old people (i.e. the over-20s) start to understand a generation's teen slang, it has already moved on. Wagwan yo'sel, coot!

Hm, I can’t imagine an announcement sounding along the lines of “wagwan bruvs, mans sorry to say that your train has 5 coaches innit, mans bare sorry” (the slang, not the size of the train  )

[grahame]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as old people (i.e. the over-20s) start to understand a generation's teen slang, it has already moved on. Wagwan yo'sel, coot!

Edit: Actually some definitions of 'coot' are slightly more insulting than I meant to be. I don't know the street slang word for 'effective transport campaigner who, at a guess, is slightly north of 20', on account of my being and old coot.

coot

noun
1.
an aquatic bird of the rail family, with blackish plumage, lobed feet, and a bill that extends back on to the forehead as a horny shield.
2.
informal
a stupid or eccentric person, typically an old man.

You have to be a bit eccentric to be a transport campaigner, and I note or not and in the definition.

[Lee]

I think a "bird of the rail family" is most appropriate.

[Western Pathfinder]

A Mallard by any chance ?.

[Bmblbzzz]

None of that slang is anywhere near new. Beef dates back to the 1880s. The BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) are being cringeworthily dank, as they usually are with this sort of stuff.

[Richard Fairhurst]

My grandfather (who worked for BR^▸ (British Rail(ways)) in York) was fond of referring to "silly coots", back in the early '80s. Evidently he was ahead of his time.

[TonyK]

Have you had a TIA^▸ (Transient Ischemic Attack (aka "mini-stroke")) grahame? 

Sorted.