Olympic abbreviations in full

[Last Hussar]

Times/Distances
WR - World Record
OR - Olympic Record
PB - Personal Best
SB - Season's Best
MSLH - Mum Still Loves Him
PBD - Plucky But Doomed
LFYW - Last Four Years Wasted
JPE - Just Plain Embarrassing

Athlete Specific
CYNHO - Country You've Never Heard Of
NRSIAW - No, Really, She Is A Woman
MBOD - Must Be On Drugs
AICIDWG - Amnesty International Case If Doesn't Win Gold
(NB, this was introduced in 1989, following the removal of GOG - Gold Or Gulag)

Event Specific
Beach Volleyball - Women
NA - Nice Arse
BOC - Bit Of Cellulite

Basketball
FT - Freakishly Tall

Diving - Men
PFMAW - Porn for Middle Aged Women.

[Techno]

 
You're just not taking this seriously, are you LH ? 
Cheers - Phil.

[Hertsblue]

How about:    Athletics -
                    SRN - Still Running Now.

                    Swimming -
                     MPD - Missing, Presumed Drowned

                     Hockey -
                     SHG - Swallowed His/Her Gumshield

                     Showjumping -
                     HHMS - Horse Has More Sense.

                     Triathlon -
                      THHWHCSW - Take Him Home While He Can Still Walk.



                     

[Last Hussar]

AAF - Another Aussie Failure

[Techno]

I see...I see...I get the picture.
Having upset our friends 'over the pond'....You're now trying to aggravate our cousins in the Southern Hemisphere. 
Cheers - Phil

[Last Hussar]

Nah, I like the Aussies, they are prepared to take it, 'cause they know how to dish it out, they're fun.  I refer you to the Barmy Army and the Ashes: they don't get like that with anyone else.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Just wanting to know how he upset the South Sandwich Islands or the Kerguelen Islands!

[Techno]

Nah, I like the Aussies, they are prepared to take it, 'cause they know how to dish it out, they're fun.  I refer you to the Barmy Army and the Ashes: they don't get like that with anyone else.

Totally agree  !
Cheers - Phil.

[Last Hussar]

I'm sure there those on these boards who think a South Sandwich is a snack with poncy stuff in, like lettuce.

[FierceKitty]

Actually, Aussies are quite pleasant chaps, you'd be surprised, really.

[Last Hussar]

From the BBC production notes
DI-I  Don't Interview, Incoherent.
SLC; Speaks Like a Chav (Laura Trott, fantastic athlete, lovely girl, but...)
MO-EC; May over-excite Colin [Jackson]
WWT; Who Watches This?


I work with an Aussie.  If biscuit stealing was an olympic sport then Oz would be above China on the Medal Table.