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Updated on 30 July by @carbon82

The AIM is to help new members (I had a hard time myself) quickly get the hang of the acronyms used in the forum. Below are some of the AIMs I come across reading a fraction of the threads. I stand to be corrected. Additions/corrections very welcome!

 

Automotive related *

2F2F - Too Fast Too Furious
 
ABS - Anti Lock Braking system
AD - Authorised Dealer
AC - Air Con
ACC - Adaptive Cruise Control
AEB - Autonomous Emergency Braking
AFS - Adaptive Front lighting System
AM - Aston Martin
AT - Automatic Transmission
ATF - Automatic Transmission Fluid
AR - Alfa Romeo (thanks Theoldjaffa)
ARF - Additional Registration Fee
ASS - Auto Start Stop
AWD - All Wheel Drive
 
BDVL - General Bus Driver Vocational License
BMW - Bavarian Motor Works / Bus MRT Walk
BHP - Brake Horsepower
BOV - Blow Off Valve
BT - Bluetooth
 
CAI - Cold Air Intake (thanks GLZT)
CD - Compact Disc / Custom Duty
CEL – Check Engine Light (thanks Watwheels)
CEVS - Carbon Emissions-based Vehicle Scheme
CF - Carbon Fibre
CKD - Complete Knock Down
CNG - Compressed Natural Gas
CO - Carbon Monoxide
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
COE - Certificate of Entitlement
CRDi - Common Rail Direct Injection
CUV - Compact Utility Vehicle
CVT - Continuously Variable Transmission
 
DAB - Digital Audio Broadcasting tuner
DCC - Dynamic Chassis Control
DL - Driving License
DR - Door
DPF - Diesel Particulate Filter
DI - Direct Injection
DCT - Dual Clutch Transmission
DOHC - Double Overhead Cam
DRL - Daytime Running Light
DSC - Dynamic Stability Control
DSG - Direct Shift Gearbox
DSTC - Dynamic Stability Traction Control
 
ECU - Engine Control Unit
EFI - Electronic Fuel Injection
ERP - Electronic Road Pricing
EU - European Union
EBD - Electronic Brake Distribution
EO - Engine oil (thanks Friendstar)
EPB - Electric Parking Brake
EPS - Electric Power-Assist Steering 
ESC - Electronic Stability Control
ESP - Electronic Stability Program
EV - Electric Vehicle
 
F/L – Facelift
FC - Fuel consumption (thanks Friendstar)
FCW - Forward Collison Warning
FF (layout) - Front Engine Front Wheel Drive
FR (layout) - Front Engine Rear Wheel Drive
FMC - Full Model Change
FWD - Front Wheel Drive
 
GB – Gear Box (thanks Watwheels)
GM - General Motors
GT - Gran Turismo / Grand Tourer
GPS - Global Positioning System
 
HB – Hatchback
HC - Hydrocarbons
HP - Horsepower
HW - Highway
HID - High Intensity Discharge
HU - Head Unit
HUD - Head Up display
 
ICE - In Car Entertainment System
INS - Insurance
ISOFIX - Seat Belt Anchorage for Child Seat
IIHS - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
IU - In-vehicle Unit
IL6 / (ILSex) - Inline 6 (thanks Freeder & Davidtch)
 
JLR - Jaguar Land Rover
 
KPH - Kilometer Per Hour
 
LCI - Life Cycle Impulse, Facelift in BMW term
L&K - Laurin & Klement
LGV - Light Goods Vehicle
LPG - Liquid Petroleum Gas
LPT - Light Pressure Turbo
LR - Land Rover
LRT - Light Rapid Transit system
LTA - Land Transport Authority
LDW - Lane Departure Warning
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LWB - Long Wheel Base
 
MB - Mercedes-Benz
MF (layout) - Mid Engine Front Wheel Drive
MIC - Made in China
MIJ - Made in Japan
MIK - Made in Korea
MIT - Made in Thailand
MOT - Ministry of Transport
MPG - Mile Per Gallon
MR (layout) - Mid Engine Rear Wheel Drive
MRT - Mass Rapid Transit system
MSCP - Multi Storey Car Park
MT - Manual Transmission
MMI - Multi Media Interface
MPI - Multi-Point Injection
MPV - Multi Purpose Vehicle
 
NA - Naturally Aspirated
NCAP - New Car Assessment Programme
NEDC - New European Driving Cycle
NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHV - Noise, Vibration and Harshness
NOS - Nitrous Oxide Systems
NOX - Nitrogen Oxides
NSHW / NSH / NSE - North South Highway (thanks Picnic06-Biante15 & Atonchia)
 
O2 - Oxygen
ODVL - Omnibus Driver Vocational License
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OTR - On The Road
OMV - Open Market Value
 
PARF - Preferential Additional Registration Fee
PDC - Park Distance Control
PDI - Pre-Delivery Inspection
PDL - Provisional Driving License
PDVL - Private Hire Car Driver Vocational License
PM - Particulate Matter
PTC - Public Transport Council
PHEV - Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
PHV = Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle / Private Hire Vehicle (thanks Vratenza)
PMD = Personal Mobility Devices (thanks Vratenza)
PI - Parellel Importer
PSA - Peugeot Société Anonyme
 
QQ - Qashqai (thanks Friendstar)
 
RC - Remote Control
RDE - Real Driving Emissions
RF - Radio Frequency
RFT - Run Flat Tyre
RR (layout) - Rear Engine Rear Wheel Drive
RT - Road Tax
RV - Recreational Vehicle
RR - Rolls-Royce
RWD - Rear Wheel Drive
 
SA - Service Advisor
SC - Super Charged
SDN – Sedan
SE - Sales Exec
SKD - Semi Knock Down
SPD - Speed
SW - Station Wagon / Estate
SOHC - Single Overhead Cam
SR - Sunroof
SRS - Supplemental Restraint System, normally refer to airbags
SSS - Suzuki Swift Sport
SUV - Sport Utility Vehicle
SWB - Standard Wheel Base
 
TC - Turbo Charged
TDVL - Taxi Driver's Vocational License
TP - Traffic Police
TPMS - Tyre Pressure Monitoring System
 
ULEV - Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle
UHF - Ultra High Frequency
ULF - Ultra Low Frequency
UL - Underwriters Laboratories, testing organization
ULSFO - Ultra Low Sulphur Fuel Oil
 
V6 cut half - 3 cylinders (Davidtch's version)
V12 cut half - V6 setup (Davidtch's version)
VAG - Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
VC - Virtual Cockpit
VDC - Vehicle Dynamic Control 
VES - Vehicular Emissions Scheme
VIN - Vehicle Identification Number
VRN - Vehicle Registration Number
VSC - Vehicle Stability Control
VSA - Vehicle Stability Assist
 
WGN - Wagon 
WLTP - Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure
 
 
Non-automotive related *
700k/Elite - Enye (thanks Vratenza)
 
AF - As piak / Audio Frequency (thanks chryst)
A.K.A - Also Known As
AMA - Ask Me Anything
AFAIK - As far as I know. (thanks Friendstar)
AKM - ??? (thanks RadX)
AMDK - Ang mo dua kee (thanks ALTK)
AMDL - Ang mo dua liap (thanks ALTK)
atbcpjhj - Ah tiong bu @#$%^& (thanks kdash & tianmo)
 
Bake a cake - Tianmo korkor latest caving hobby (thanks Chryst)
BB - Goddess BabyBlade (thanks Theoldjaffa & Kopites)
BCM - Bah Chor Mee
BEML - Bo Eng Mai Lai (thanks SiLangKia)
BFF - Best Friend Forever
BKT - Bah Kut Teh
BTH - Buay Tahan
BTSS - 变态叔叔 / Pervert uncle (thanks chryst)
Bake a cake - Tianmo korkor latest caving hobby (thanks chryst)
 
CC - Credit card (thanks Friendstar)
CKT - Cha Kway Teow
CMI - Cannot Make It
CO - Commanding Officer / spouse
CP - Car Park or Cai Png or Cannot Piak (thanks Mersaylee & Chryst)
CTK - Chai Tao Kway
CU - See You
CYA - See You Again
 
EDMW - Eat Drink Man Woman (thanks BanCoe)
EOL - End of Life
 
fc - full cash (thanks Holdenutessv)
F.K.A. - Formerly Known As
FR- Field Report (thanks Freeder)
FT – Fuel Ten (thanks kdash)
FTW – For the Win (thanks kdash & Locknload)
FUBAR = Farked Up Beyond All Recognition (thanks Fcw75)
FYI - For Your Information
 
GGGT - Got Gif Got Talk
GLGT - Got Link Got Talk (official) / Got Legs Got Talk (thanks Chryst)
GPGT - Got Picture Got Talk
GVGT - Got Video Got Talk
 
Hantu - RadX (thanks Soya)
HDLY- 海底捞月 / Hai di lao yue (thanks Tianmo & Freeder)
HFTL - Hoot First Talk Later (thanks Strat)
Humji- balls shrink (thanks Freeder)
 
IB - Internet bridgage (thanks Friendstar)
IDK - I Don't Know
IF - Intermittent Fasting
IKR - I Know Right
IIRC - If I remember correctly (thanks Spring)
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In my opinion (thanks Spring)
 
JHK – Jiu Hoo Kia (thanks Atonchia)
JLB - Jiak Liao Bee (thanks Fitvip)
 
KNN - #%&
KNNCCB - #%&^* (thanks Pocy 2F2F)
KNS - Ka Na Sai (thanks RadX)
KYM - Ke Yi Ma (thanks Cheesey74)
 
LCHF - Low Carbohydrate High Fat
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LLST – Lan Lan Suck Thumb (thanks BanCoe)
LJ = Lan Jiao / Lao Jiao (thanks Theoldjaffa)
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
 
MIW - Men in white (thanks Friendstar)
MSMH - Mee Siam Mai Hum (thanks Picnic06-Biante15)
MTL - Mai Tu Liao (thanks Hoseyboh)
MU - Meet Up
MLMLWML - mai lah mai lah wa mai lah (thanks Chryst)
 
NASFIG - Not a Single Piak is Given (thanks SuPerBoRed)
NPNT - No Picture No Talk (thanks RadX)
NATO - No Action Talk Only
NLNT - No Link No Talk (official) / No Legs No Talk (thanks Chryst)
NNP - Neh Neh Pok (thanks Satff69)
NSFW - Not Safe For Work (thanks Airwaver)
NVNT - No Video No Talk
 
OMAD - One Meal A Day
OT - Off Topic (thanks Galantspeedz)
OTOT - Own Time Own Target
 
Pay full cash = Throttle2 (thanks Soya)
PCC - "DIY" (thanks Pocy)
PCN - Pui Chao Nua /  Park ConNector (thanks Theoldjaffa)
P.K.A. - Previously Known As
Piak - make love not war (not acronym but cannot resist to put it here)
Pp - Piak & Piak  (thanks Mustank & Hoseyboh)
PPP - Piak Piak Police (thanks chryst)
prembaree - primary (thanks Xers007)
 
ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing
 
SES - Socio Economic Status
SIC - Sharing Is Caring
SMLJ - Si Mi @#%* (thanks Blueray)
 
TBH - To Be Honest
TCSS - Talk Cock Sing Song (thanks Fitvip)
TMD - Ta Ma De (thanks Galantspeed)
TLLM - Tiu Lei Lou Mou (thanks Theoldjaffa)
TM - Tianmo
tmr - tomorrow (thanks Theoldjaffa)
TIA - Thanks In Advance (thanks DACH & Chryst)
TS - Thread Starter
TTYL - Talk to You Later
tw - table wiper (thanks Holdenutessv)
 
U - You
UNI - University
UPS - Uninterrupted Power Supply (battery)
URL - Uniform Resource Lacator (website)
USB - Universal Serial Bus (connector)
UV - Ultra Violet
 
VFM - Value For Money (thanks DACH)
 
WTF - What The piak
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get 
 
XMM - xiao mei mei (thanks Solar)
XXXJHJ – XXX(fill in you deem fit) Jin Ho Jiak (thanks Xers007)
 
YMMV - Your mileage may vary (thanks Theoldjaffa)
YOLO - You only live once (thanks Theoldjaffa)
YDCB - You don't chi bai (thanks Theoldjaffa)
 
ZZZ - Good Night Sweet Dream (thanks Jamesc)
 
* those without credit contributed by Carbon82 mostly
 

cheers

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IMO - In my opinion

IIRC - If I remember correctly

 

YMMV - this one must ask bro @therock

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Humji- balls shrink

FR- Field Report

HDLY- ask @radx.. if lucky , will demo..

IL6- try not to anyhow mention as will kanna out of no where..

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Humji- balls shrink

FR- Field Report

HDLY- ask @radx.. if lucky , will demo..

IL6- try not to anyhow mention as will kanna out of no where..

 

YDCB

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Supersonic

The AIM is to help new members (I had a hard time myself) quickly get the hang of the acronyms used in the forum.  Below are some of the AIMs I come across reading a fraction of the threads.  I stand to be corrected. Additions/corrections very welcome!

 

AD - Authorised Dealer

CAI - Car Air Intake (???)

CMI - Cannot Make It

KNN - @#%&

LOL - Laugh Out Loud

MU - Meet Up

OT - Off Topic (edited, thanks Galantspeedz 2F2F)

OTOT - Own Time Own Target

PI - Parellel Importer

Piak - make love not war (not acronym but cannot resist to put it here)

SE - Sales Exec

SES - Socio Economic Status

TmD - Ta Ma De (edited, thanks Galantspeedz 2F2F)

TS - Thread Starter

WTF - What The piak

 

cheers

 

U missed a couple of important ones:

 

Hantu = RadX

Pay full cash = Throttle2

 

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(edited)

Thanks all for the contributions. Will update onto the first posts.

 

Any dispute please talk to contributor not tekan TS! [laugh]

 

afternote: oh cannot edit first post anymore. duh.

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kym = keyima

 

Wahaha [laugh] ...

Kns

@mockngbrd and @staff69 fav

 

 

Akm?

Oh @porker too

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Twincharged

MLMLWML = mai lah mai lah wa mai lah

 

Read in Hokkien. Means don’t want don’t want I don’t want.

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MLMLWML = mai lah mai lah wa mai lah

 

Read in Hokkien. Means don’t want don’t want I don’t want.

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