ausHWC Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Hey everyone, I wondered for someone completely new like me, it would be useful to have a thread like this where newbies can find out quickly (rather than surfing through tons of threads) what all the abbreviations, lingos and acronyms mean. For example OH? WA? CO? etc etc If this has been covered already, could someone kindly link me to that thread, it will help me understand better when I'm reading the posts. So to kick off can some tell me... OH = ? CO = ? HR = ? PIO = ? I'm sure there will be more I will pick up as I go along reading these posts, so will add more later, but if someone can be good enough to fill the gap it will help so much in understanding when reading these posts. Thanks a bunch to all in advance, to those who have time to reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest30085 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 OH = Other Half CO = Case Officer (dealing with visa application) HR = High Risk (Country) PIO = Poms In Oz WA = Western Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 What does pls mean?:wink::tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incata Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 HR can also stand for Human Resources. I ended up on the wrong thread for a while when I first came here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausHWC Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 Brillant Adonna, thanks a ton, really helpful. @Melza, haha, good point, I guess in this scenario for me, PLS = Person Lacking Self-awareness...LOL..whoops did it again..LOL=....nah won't go into that one too obvious). Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjg Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 PITA = pain in the arse? A few of them on here. PB = a few meanings! but if a comment is referred as a PB, it's most likely a lie or the truth bent so far out of line that it's incomprehensible. It will also unfailingly be positive about the uk and negative about Australia. PM = personal message. Beware of repeated requests of these from paulanddeb! Oz = Pommie name for Australia. Because you're not in London any more toto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegibson Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I always thought HR was as in human resources! I have noticed over the time I have been on PIO that there is a thread with 1000's of views, called something like HR applicants were are you now, " or something like that" And thought christ there is a lot of interest in Human resources on here... "der". :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownEyedGal Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I always thought HR was as in human resources! I have noticed over the time I have been on PIO that there is a thread with 1000's of views, called something like HR applicants were are you now, " or something like that" And thought christ there is a lot of interest in Human resources on here... "der". :wacko: OMG is that what it stands for...LMAO...ROFL...hahahaha..seriously thought it was about HR/Human Resources too...oh dear.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 PITA = pain in the arse? A few of them on here. PB = a few meanings! but if a comment is referred as a PB, it's most likely a lie or the truth bent so far out of line that it's incomprehensible. It will also unfailingly be positive about the uk and negative about Australia. PM = personal message. Beware of repeated requests of these from paulanddeb! Oz = Pommie name for Australia. Because you're not in London any more toto! :laugh: Especially the PB or for us older members, doing an Earls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegibson Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 OMG is that what it stands for...LMAO...ROFL...hahahaha..seriously thought it was about HR/Human Resources too...oh dear.. 15000 views that thread has had... A lot of interest in Human Resources eh.. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 A few more you might find useful: OP = Original Post (Poster) SA = South Australia NSW = New South Wales DIAC = Department of Immigration and Citizenship which has recently become DIBP = Department of Immigration and Border Protection NZ = New Zealand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 PITA = pain in the arse? A few of them on here. PB = a few meanings! but if a comment is referred as a PB, it's most likely a lie or the truth bent so far out of line that it's incomprehensible. It will also unfailingly be positive about the uk and negative about Australia. PM = personal message. Beware of repeated requests of these from paulanddeb! Oz = Pommie name for Australia. Because you're not in London any more toto! Love your work :biglaugh: Especially the PB or for us older members, doing an Earls! Ah...the good old days :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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