AIM (Acronym In MCF)

[TangoCharlie]

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

Edited July 30, 2018 by Carbon82

[Galantspeedz]

OT should be off topic

TMD should be Ta Ma De

[Spring]

IMO - In my opinion

IIRC - If I remember correctly

 

YMMV - this one must ask bro @therock

[Mustank]

Pp

[GLZT]

CAI is cold air intake.

[Freeder]

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..

[DACH]

What or who is TIA?

Saw some post end with TIA.

[chryst]

What or who is TIA?

Saw some post end with TIA.

Thanks in advance.

[RadX]

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

[Soya]

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

 

[Kopites]

no one mention???

 

BB = ???

[Fitvip]

JLB - Jiak Liao Bee!

TKSS - Talk kock Sing Song

Edited June 19, 2018 by Fitvip

[TangoCharlie]

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

 

Any dispute please talk to contributor not tekan TS!

 

afternote: oh cannot edit first post anymore. duh.

Edited June 19, 2018 by TangoCharlie

[Cheesey74]

kym = keyima

 

Wahaha  ...

[RadX]

kym = keyima

 

Wahaha ...

Kns

@mockngbrd and @staff69 fav

 

 

Akm?

Oh @porker too

[chryst]

MLMLWML = mai lah mai lah wa mai lah

 

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

[RadX]

MLMLWML = mai lah mai lah wa mai lah

 

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

Npnt

[BanCoe]

LLST   -     xan  xan suck thumb