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Bill

Bill

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Natty brought up a good point in another thread. We should list what the acronyms we use really mean. For those that are not use to them it can be confusing at times.

I'll start, but please add the Zillion I've left out and I'll just keep adding them to the list.

NWSG - Native Warm Season Grasses. (Typically we refer to but not limited to Switch Grass, big and little blue stem and Indian Grass.

SG -Switch Grass

CIR - Cave in Rock switch grass

PLS - Pure Live Seed

MG - Miscanthus Giganthus grass (not a NWSG)

ROD - Red Osier Dogwood

Gly - Glyophosphate (generic term and ingredient in Round up)

MFR - multiflora rose
 
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Some more

EAB- emerald ash borer

SWO- swamp white oak

EW- egyptian wheat

N- nitrogen

P- phosphorus

K- potassium

PTT- purple top turnips

GFR- groundhog forage radish
 
WW - Winter wheat

WR - Winter rye ( grain rye )

BW - Buckwheat

DER - Dwarf Essex rape

CLETH - Clethodim ( grass-killing herbicide for use in clover & alfalfa typically )

SLF - Spotted Lantern Fly ( a newer, terrible insect pest from Asia )

AWH - All-Winter-Hangover - A variety of crab apple sold by SLN.

WWC - Winter Wildlife Crab - Another variety of crab sold by SLN.

SLN - St. Lawrence Nursery

ACN - Adams County Nursery
 
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Are you guys all to lazy to actually spell what you are saying? I get a couple of regular abbreviations ... but that's where these sites get arrogant ...

I actually wish we had spell check here that would restrict posting if you can't spell ... EMIAAT ... :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
 
AMS - Ammonium Sulfate
AWP - Austrian Winter Pea
BFO - Buck Forage Oat
BOB - Buck On Bag
BW - Buckwheat
CIR - Cave In Rock
CO - Conservation Officer
CREP - Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
CRP - Conservation Reserve Program
CWD - Chronic Wasting Disease
DBH - Diameter at Breast Height
DCO - Dwarf Chinkapin Oak
DER - Dwarf Essex Rape
DNR - Department of Natural Resources
EHD - Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentive Program
EW - Egyptian Wheat
FEL - Front End Loader
GFR - Ground-hog Forage Radish
Gly - Glyphosate
GPM - Gallon Per Minute
ICP - Iron Clay Pea
N - Nitrogen
NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
NWSG - Native Warm Season Grass
OM - Organic Matter
PTO - Power Take Off
PTT - Purple Top Turnip
QDM - Quality Deer Management
ROD - Red Oiser Dogwood
ROW - Right Of Way
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute
RR - Round-up Ready
RU - Round Up
TSI - Timber Stand Improvement
VNS - Variety Not Stated
WI - Whitetail Institute
WR - Winter Rye
WSG - Warm Season Grass
WW - Winter Wheat​
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Tree Spud said:
Are you guys all to lazy to actually spell what you are saying? I get a couple of regular abbreviations ... but that's where these sites get arrogant ...

I actually wish we had spell check here that would restrict posting if you can't spell ... EMIAAT ... :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
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Half the time auto fill on my IPad makes me look like an idiot.
Well that's what I'm blaming anyway. :)
 
Bill said:
Half the time auto fill on my IPad makes me look like an idiot.
Well that's what I'm blaming anyway. :)
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Auto correct on my phone often makes me look like I am speaking a foreign language ... :emoji_fearful::emoji_relaxed:
 
Spud, post #5 - Not too lazy to spell things out - just saving a little time. Keeps posts from looking like 3 pages out of an encyclopedia !! :emoji_astonished:
 
The military uses acronyms quite heavily and I think most would not consider them to be lazy. Ya know, FWIW. :emoji_thumbsup:
 
Suburbhunter said:
AMS - Ammonium Sulfate​

AWP - Austrian Winter Pea​

BFO - Buck Forage Oat​

BOB - Buck On Bag​

BW - Buckwheat​

CIR - Cave In Rock​

CO - Conservation Officer​

CREP - Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program​

CRP - Conservation Reserve Program​

CWD - Chronic Wasting Disease​

DBH - Diameter at Breast Height​

DCO - Dwarf Chinkapin Oak​

DER - Dwarf Essex Rape​

DNR - Department of Natural Resources​

EHD - Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease​

EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentive Program​

EW - Egyptian Wheat​

FEL - Front End Loader​

GFR - Ground-hog Forage Radish​

Gly - Glyphosate​

GPM - Gallon Per Minute​

ICP - Iron Clay Pea​

N - Nitrogen​

NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service​

NWSG - Native Warm Season Grass​

OM - Organic Matter​

PTO - Power Take Off​

PTT - Purple Top Turnip​

QDM - Quality Deer Management​

ROD - Red Oiser Dogwood​

ROW - Right Of Way​

RPM - Revolutions Per Minute​

RR - Round-up Ready​

RU - Round Up​

TSI - Timber Stand Improvement​

VNS - Variety Not Stated​

WI - Whitetail Institute​

WR - Winter Rye​

WSG - Warm Season Grass​

WW - Winter Wheat​
Composed by jbird
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I thought I had put a list together at some point....
 
Bowsnbucks said:
Spud, post #5 - Not too lazy to spell things out - just saving a little time. Keeps posts from looking like 3 pages out of an encyclopedia !! :emoji_astonished:
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BNB ... you are control of what you type ... you are usually not at a loss for words ... :emoji_slight_smile:

Sorry, just when you want to include more to join in the conversation, especially newbies, Acronyms become exclusionary ... it's all the old toads speaking to each other ...

If we want more participation ... less secret code words. Military, teaching, Govt and other orgs of hierarchy are famous for exclusion by coding language. I think on this website when we speak, we teach ... lots of folks lookin to learn. :emoji_wink:
 
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I figure that I can spell out the entire name the first time I use it in a post as in Buck Wheat. Then the next time I mention it I can use the abbreviation BW. Real simple common sense solution.
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I have been around deer forums for some years and still sometimes I shake my head and wonder just what an acronym actually means.
 
Tree Spud said:
If we want more participation ... less secret code words. Military, teaching, Govt and other orgs of hierarchy are famous for exclusion by coding language. I think on this website when we speak, we teach ... lots of folks lookin to learn. :emoji_wink:
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Not a bad point. It was me who suggested a thread about acronyms as I didn't know what MG stood for a few days ago. I didn't feel left out or excluded though. I just felt like I needed to figure out what MG was.
 
Massive gonads. Little red guy hovering over my one shoulder made me type this.
 
I use MG because I have to look up how to spell it out every time! Never claimed to be smart, just persistent.

-John
 
John-W-WI said:
I use MG because I have to look up how to spell it out every time! Never claimed to be smart, just persistent.

-John
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I still screw up NWSG. Even as an acronym. :)
 
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