SPECKTRA FAQ: Acronyms (cosmetic and bulletin board/chat)

Since there have been a lot of questions about it lately...

Bulletin Board/Chat slang:
AFAIK - as far as I know
ATM - at the moment
B/C - Because
BBL - be back later
BTW - By The Way
BRB - Be right back
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For your information
HTH - Hope That Helped
HTF - Hard to find
HTHS - Hope That Helped Some
IAWTC - I Agree With This Comment
IDK - I Don't Know
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
IMHO - In My Honest/Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In my not-so-humble opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IRL - In Real Life
ITA - I Totally Agree
J/K - Just Kidding
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LJ - livejournal.com
MYOB - Mind your own business
OMG - Oh my G-d
OT - Off Topic
OTOH - On the other hand
OP - origional post/poster
PBI - Politely butting in
PLMK - Please Let Me Know
RAOK - Random Act Of Kindness
ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
S/F - split from
THNX (THX) - thanks
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TTYL - talk to you later
TTYS - Talk to you soon
TY - thank you
W/O - without
WTF? - What The F--K
WTG- way to go
/me - denotes action. /me dies is the same as typing *dies*


Makeup related slang:
BN - brand new
BIN - buy it now (ebay related)
BNIB - brand new in box
CCB - Cream Colour Base
CCO (or CCS) - Cosmetics Company Outlet (Cosmetics Company Store)
CP - Custom Purchase
DC (D/C, DC'ed) - Discontinued
D/S (DS) - Drugstore
E/L - eyeliner
E/S - Eyeshadow
EOTD - eye of the day
FOTD - face of the day
GC - Gift Certificate (gift card)
GWP - Gift With Purchase
HG - Holy Grail
LE - Limited Edition
L/G - Lipgloss
L/S - Lipstick
LNIB - like new in box
MA - makeup artist
MLBB - My Lips But Better
MSF - mineral skin finish
MUA - makeupalley.com
NIB - New In Box
RIS - Received In Swap
SA - sales associate
SIB - Still In Box
T/M - tinted moisturizer
UD - Urban Decay
YLBB - Your Lips But Better

Makeup Alley also has it's own set of "cutesy" terms for skin tone, which are generally abbreviated since they are all really long. These are:

AAB - Amazing Asian Beauty
BBB - bleached blonde bombshell
CCC - Captivating Caramel Cutie
DDD - Dark Darling Diva
FFF - Fair Foxy Femme
GGG - Gorgeous Golden Goddess
LLL - Light Lovely Lady
MMM - Marvelous Medium Mademoiselle
PPP - Pale Porcelain Princess

such as?

Those are covered above, in the "makeup related slang" area.

Correct. It's a mis-parsing by the computer/server/forum of the code for an ampersand (the and symbol on your keyboard).

Can you show me where it was used?

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Re: SPECKTRA FAQ: Acronyms (cosmetic and bulletin board/chat)

ISO also can mean "in search of"

unless you are talking cameras, in which case it's something else entirely, which I forget at the moment.