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Common Internet Knitting Terms

These are terms that are used on internet knitting forums related to knitting.

CAL	Crochet-A-Long. See KAL
FO	Finished Object.
Frog, Frogging	To undo knitting to go back to correct a mistake by removing the needles and ripping the stitches out. From the sound a frog makes – ribbit ribbit sounds like rip it, rip it. See tink.
Frog pond	To remove the needles and undo knitting all the way. To recycle the wool from a half knitted project to use in a different project. eg: I’ve sent the sock that didn’t fit to the frog pond and I’m going to make a scarf from the wool.
Halfpint	Have A Lovely Fantasy Project. I’ve No Time.
KAL	Knit-A-Long. See CAL
LYS	Local Yarn Store.
OTN	On The Needles. A current knitting project.
SSS	Second Sock Syndrome. After having finished one sock it becomes dificult to go on and finish the second one to make a pair.
Tink, Tinking	To undo knitting to go back to correct a mistake stitch by stitch. Tink is knit spelt backwards. See frog.
UFO	UnFinished Object
WIP	Work In Progress

Common Internet Terms

These are terms that are used on internet knitting forums but are not related to knitting. It lets us include family and friends, without divulging personal information that can be used for phishing (see below)

dd, DD18	Dear Daughter, Dear Daughter (age)
dh	Dear Husband
ds	Dear Son
dw	Dear Wife
GIYF	Google Is Your Friend
JFGI	Just F*****g Google It
LOL	Laugh Out Loud
phishing	Pronounced “fishing”. An email that looks like it comes from a reputable company (eg a bank or ebay) that either asks you for your details (eg username and password) or directs you to a link that asks for your deatils. These emails are sent by scammers trying to discover your details. If you are unsure if the email is for real or a phishing scam go to the web page for that company by typing in the real address and checking. Most reputable companies will not ask for you to enter detials from a link in an email as these links can look legitimate but actually redirect you to somewhere else.
ROTFL	Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO	Rolling On The Floor Laughing My *ss Off
SO	Significant Other. ie Husband, wife or partner
troll	A person who joins a group just to make trouble.

The above charts were borrowed from KnitWiki

Others include:
BFF: Best Friends Forever
DD18: Dear Daughter (insert age)
DSS: Dear Sweet Son
DDIL: Dear Daugher-In-Law
DSIL: Dear Son-In-Law
DMIL, Dear Mother-In-Law

DFIL : Dear Father-In-Law
DSIL: Dear Sis/Son-In-Law

Feel free to add to the list!

TY (Thank You)