Expressions and Texting Acronyms for Equestrians

Expressions  and Texting Acronyms for Equestrians

(posted for the A to Z Challenge)

E is for Expressions.

Do you LOL at a good horsey joke? Have you ever asked a barn buddy to hold your horse while you ran to the tack room, promising to BRB?

Perhaps we need a guide to texting abbreviations for horse lovers.

Certainly, none of us actually practice texting while mounted on a horse – do we? (‘Fess up!)

Perhaps just for fun, or for use in equestrian chat rooms and online forums), here’s a quick list of the most popularly shared equestrian text acronyms. These have come from multitudinous widely circulated listings and posts, so initial crediting is virtually impossible.

45 texting acronyms for equestrians

1. ALIGAR – at least I got a ribbon
2. AROGC – arena rained out, going crazy
3. BAHHFDP – bought another horse, husband filed divorce papers
4. BBLGR – b-tchy boarder left, good riddance
5. BBW – bucking bronco wannabee
6. BTLGR – b-tchy trainer left, good riddance
7. DQFOY – dressage queen fell off, yippee
8. FOMHL – falling off my horse, laughing
9. FTC – forgot the carrots
10. GAF – grab a fork
11. GBBF – got board bill, fainted
12. GFBF – got farrier bill, fainted
13. GOI – get over it
14. GVBF – got vet bill, fainted
15. HAO – hay all over
16. HGR – have a great ride
17. HIMB – hay in my bra
18. HLSTC – horse lame, scratched the class
19. HRHCF – husband realized horse costs, fainted
20. HSIH – horse slobber in hair
21. HTNHFH – hiding the new horse from husband
22. JBM – just bit me
23. JKM – just kicked me
24. LAS – lost a shoe
25. LACSTC – lost a shoe, scratched the class
26. LBOT – left behind on trail
27. LWW – lesson went well
28. MHTS – more horses than sense
29. MIHA – mare’s in heat again
30. MMM – master manure mucker
31. MSMBO – mud sucked my boot off
32. NLT – no lesson today
33. OOH – out of hay
34. OOM – out of money
35. PIHH – poop-induced half halt
36. PTTDG – praying to the dirt god
37. SAN – spooked at nothing
38. SIM – sitting in mud
39. SLH – smell like horse
40. SSB – saddle-sore butt
41. STS – stop that stud!
42. TFM – time for meds
43. UD – unplanned dismount
44. WTFAK – where’s the first aid kit?
45. WWFNS – will work for new saddle

Can you think of any horse-lover texting acronyms I’ve missed?

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Texting on Horseback

Pphoto copyrighted by Linda Ann Nickerson

- Nickers and Ink

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