The Alt.Music.Deep-Purple Abbreviation list

Last update: Jun 25, 1997

    What's here?

  1. Titles - Deep Purple releases
  2. Titles - Deep Purple compilations
  3. Titles - other projects
  4. Titles - songs
  5. Related Groups
  6. Purple Folk
  7. Purple Related
  8. Obscure, yet here because folks asked for it
  9. Internet General
  10. Internet Emoticons

Titles - Deep Purple releases

  • CGO - Concerto For Group & Orchestra
  • CJ - Californa Jam(ming)
  • CHOHW - Come Hell Or High Water
  • CTTB - Come Taste The Band
  • DPiC - (Deep Purple) In Concert
  • DPiR - Deep Purple In Rock
  • FB25 - Fireball: 25th Anniversary
  • HOBL - The House Of Blue Light
  • KBF - King Biscuit Flower Hour / Foxbat
  • IR25 - Deep Purple In Rock: 25th Anniversary
  • LATO - Live At The Olympia 1996
  • LCJ - Last Concert In Japan
  • LIJ - Live In Japan (MiJ 21 anniversary edition)
  • LIL - Live In London
  • MH - Machine Head
  • MIE - Made In Europe
  • MIJ - Made In Japan
  • M3:TFC - Mark III: The Final Concerts
  • _|_ - Purpendicular
  • S&M - Slaves And Masters
  • TBRO - The Battle Rages On
  • WDWTWA - Who Do We Think We Are!

  • Titles - Deep Purple compilations

  • A&B - Singles A's & B's
  • KAYBD - Knockin' At Your Back Door
  • WWRWR - When We Rock, we Rock

  • Titles - other projects

  • AOP - Accidently On Purpose (G/G)
  • BIF - Before I Forget (JL)
  • BOOS - Bent Out Of Shape (Rainbow)
  • DTE - Down To Earth (Rainbow)
  • LLR&R - Long Live Rock & Roll (Rainbow)
  • SIUA - Stranger In Us All (Rainbow)
  • SOTM - Shadow Of The Moon (Blackmore's Night)

  • Titles - songs

  • CFOR - Castle Full Of Rascals
  • CIT - Child In Time
  • C:INYL - Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover
  • DHYB - Don't Hold Your Breath
  • DTC - Difficult To Cure
  • HOTMK - Hall Of The Mountain King
  • MOTSM - Man On The Silver Mountain
  • SIFLS - Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
  • SOTW - Smoke On The Water
  • SSMG - Somebody Stole My Guitar
  • SYBG - Since You've Been Gone
  • TTM - Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic
  • WABMC - When A Blind Man Cries

  • Related Groups

  • PAL - Paice, Ashton & Lord
  • DP - Deep Purple
  • G/G - Gillan/Glover
  • SMB - Steve Morse Band

  • Purple Folk

  • DC - David Coverdale
  • GH - Glenn Hughes
  • IG - Ian Gillan
  • IP - Ian Paice
  • JL - Jon Lord
  • JLT - Joe Lynn Turner
  • JS - Joe Satriani
  • NS - Nick Simper
  • RB - Ritchie Blackmore
  • RE - Rod Evans
  • RG - Roger Glover
  • SM - Steve Morse
  • TB - Tommy Bolin

  • Purple Related

  • AMDP - alt.music.deep-purple
  • CTC - Coast to Coast
  • DP-WWW - Deep Purple World-Wide Web home page
  • (http://www.deep-purple.com)
  • DPAS - Deep Purple Appreciation Society
  • DTB - Darker Than Blue
  • MBTP - More Black Than Purple

  • Obscure, yet here because folks asked for it

  • DPTLA - Deep Purple Three Letter Acronyms (or Tiresome Little Acronyms :)
  • GSVBATB - Gillan-San, Very Bad, America to Blame (from Via Miami)
  • KOMM - King Of Moustache Music (Ritchie Blackmore)
  • OPH - Old Pilgrim Hat (Ritchie Blackmore)
  • SFMPE - Sorry For My Poor English
  • TBIB - The Bastard In Black (Ritchie Blackmore)
  • TCIB - The Clone In Black (Yngwie Malmsteen)
  • TCIB - The Clown In Black (Ritchie Blackmore)
  • TMIB - The Man In Black (Ritchie Blackmore)
  • TSIB - The Singer In Black (Ian Gillan, '96 tour)
  • TOMATO - The Old Man At The Organ (Jon Lord)
  • TOGTUTBIP - The Other Guitarist That Used To Be In Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)

  • Internet General

  • <g>- grinning
  • AFAIK - as far as i know
  • AFK - away from keyboard (used in IRC)
  • BRB - be right back (used in IRC)
  • BTW - by the way
  • CTS - carpal tunnel syndrome
  • FAQ - frequently asked questions
  • FTP - File Transfer Protocol
  • FYI - for your information
  • IMHO - in my honest/humble opinion
  • IMO - in my opinion
  • IIRC - if i recall correctly
  • IRC - Internet Relay Chat
  • LOL - laughing out loud
  • OTOH - on the other hand
  • PITA - pain in the ass
  • PMFJI - pardon me for jumping in
  • ROTFL - rolling on the floor laughing
  • RSI - repetitive strain injury
  • RTFM - read the frigging manual
  • TIA - thanks in advance
  • TTYL - talk to you later
  • TSOHF - total sense of humor failure
  • TTFN - ta-ta for now
  • WWW - World-Wide Web
  • WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get
  • YMMV - your mileage may vary
  • see also:
  • http://curia.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym

  • Internet Emoticons

    :-) standard smiley
    ;-) sly wink
    :-D laughing
    :-( sad
    :-> sarcasm
    :-P nyahh!!
    ~~:-[ Net flame
    :-$ put your money where your mouth is
    :-@ screaming, swearing, very angry
    :*) drunk, clown
    :-))) double chin
    :,( crying
    (:-) bicycle helmets
    =:-) punk
    O:-) angel
    (-:|:-) siamese twins
    %-) too many hours using a small screen
    [:] robot
    8-) sunglasses
    {:-) toupee
    }:-) toupee in an updraft
    :-[ vampire
    |-) Geordie LaForge
    *:o) Bozo the Clown
    *<:-)Santa Claus
    +-:-) the Pope
    5:-) Elvis Presley
    7:-) Fred Flintstone

    see also:
  • http://www.eff.org/papers/eegtti/eeg_286.html
  • http://www.emoticon.com/emoticon/smiley.html
  • http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/~helwig/smileys.html
  • http://olympe.polytechnique.fr/~violet/Smileys/

  • Thrown together by Wolf Schneider ( lonewolf@thehighwaystar.com)