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 50 of the most popularly shared equestrian text acronyms. These have come from multitudinous widely circulated listings and posts, so initial crediting is virtually impossible.

 

50 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. HJBM – horse just bit me
19. HLSTC – horse lame, scratched the class
20. HRHCF – husband realized horse costs, fainted
21. HSAA – horse slobber all over
22. HSIH – horse slobber in hair
23. HTNHFH – hiding the new horse from husband
24. IPUTI – I’ll pick up tennis instead
25. JBM – just bit me
26. JKM – just kicked me
27. LAS – lost a shoe
28. LACSTC – lost a shoe, scratched the class
29. LBOT – left behind on trail
30. LWW – lesson went well
31. MHTS – more horses than sense
32. MIHA – mare’s in heat again
33. MMM – master manure mucker
34. MSMBO – mud sucked my boot off
35. NLT – no lesson today
36. OOH – out of hay
37. OOM – out of money
38. PIHH – poop-induced half halt
39. PTTDG – praying to the dirt god
40. R2R
41. SAN – spooked at nothing
42. SIM – sitting in mud
43. SLH – smell like horse
44. SSB – saddle-sore butt
45. STS – stop that stud!
46. TFM – time for meds
47. UD – unplanned dismount
48. WTFAK – where’s the first aid kit?
49. WWFNS – will work for new saddle
50. WWFRL – will work for riding lessons

And here’s my personal favorite equestrian acronym of all:

SITS – stay in the saddle

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

Image:

Texting on Horseback

Pphoto copyrighted by Linda Ann Nickerson

- Nickers and Ink

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