I am Broadway Dysfunctional

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 11/3/04 at 8:54pm

I admit I have a problem. I have been a member of BWW since the begining of August and keep seeing the name POTO. After several months racking my brain, it finally dawned on me this morning that it stood for Phantom Of The Opera. You see, I was born and raised in NY and have a deep love for the theater. Have the three decades that I have lived elsewhere finally taken its toll on my mind? Am I losing my edge that all native New Yorkers have? Will I start liking frozen grocery store bagels instead of fresh ones? Will I start to root for other teams instead of the Yankees? I shudder to think of what the future holds for me if I don't get some help. Are there any support groups out there?

Updated On: 11/3/04 at 08:54 PM

[Plum]

Posted: 11/3/04 at 8:58pm

I recommend a few hours a day of therapeutic cast recording listening sessions. That's always useful for taking the edge off your theater withdrawal symptoms. :)

[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 11/3/04 at 9:22pm

Yenta, don't worry. It took me about 2 months to realise that LSOH stood for Little Shop of Horrors.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 11/3/04 at 9:34pm

I thought LSOH stood for LACKS SENSE OF HUMOR. Suvh as something from a single's ad.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 11/3/04 at 10:56pm

I just found out like two days ago that SITPWG meant Sunday in the Park with George...


And I never got YAGMCB until recently...

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/3/04 at 10:59pm

You think that's scary, try being a newbie on Compulsive Bowlers were all the Rentheads refer to Rent songs by their initials.

T4U, LMC, GL, ICY, ICY:R, YSB, WYO, SOL, AD...

THAT'S scary.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 11/4/04 at 7:03pm

I dont feel so alone now.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/4/04 at 8:26pm

Yenta, maybe this will help you understand some BWW's lingo:

TWHM= The World's Happiest Musical (HELLO DOLLY!

TWGM= The World's Gayest Musical (LA CAGE)

TSMrW= The Sensuous Mr. Wilson (Patrick Wilson)

TAMrMcC= The Adorable Mr. McCormack (Eric McCormack)

Cheno= Kristen Chenowith

Any others that I missed?

[Plum]

Posted: 11/4/04 at 8:27pm

I've never seen the McCormack one before. Huh.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/4/04 at 8:31pm

You haven't lost a THING regarding your knowledge or love of theatre. What you're lacking in is 'internet speak' - a hitherto unknown form of communication that is being promulgated by impatient and lazy computer users.

What I find that works is simply asking what anything means that you don't understand - and then flipping them off for their presumption.

[CJR]

Posted: 11/4/04 at 10:51pm

I tend to shorten the names of songs from Chicago the same way....

ATJ -- All That Jazz
CBT -- Cell Block Tango
MOBF -- My Own Best Friend
WYGTM -- When You're Good to Mama
WBRFTG -- We Both Reached for the Gun
MAMB -- Me and My Baby
HHR -- Hot Honey Rag
FH -- Funny Honey

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 11/4/04 at 11:28pm

TWGM= The World's Gayest Musical (LA CAGE)

ahaha I never knew that. 'Tis funny.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 11/4/04 at 11:44pm

Dollypop..........I am ashamed that you forgot one very important abbreviation. TCG. The Goddess Carol. I can't believe that you of all people forgot that one. Shape up now!!

Updated On: 11/4/04 at 11:44 PM

[bythesword84]

Posted: 11/4/04 at 11:59pm

When I was on the Les Mis message board we never wrote out song titles it was always abbreviated...

ALFOR- a little fall of rain
ODM- one day more
OMO- on my own
DWM- drink with me
COAC- castle on a cloud
MOTH- master of the house
DYHTPS- do you hear the people sing

...and so on

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 11/5/04 at 10:26am

I, for one, am completely against the use of abbreviations on websites - it gets so confusing. It takes just as long to type out the full phrase or word sometimes as it does to type the abbreviated version. I think people get lazier and lazier every day on this planet.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 11/5/04 at 4:52pm

This is a true story that happened to me when I was being admitted to a hospital. The nurse was taking a health history on me and was asking about the health of my parents. When we got to my father there was a long list of diseases. I told him that my father had shortness of breath, heart disease, diabtes..........the list went on. I look at my chart as the nurse was writing and this is what I saw........FATHER: SOB. {Shortness of breath. }

[Plum]

Posted: 11/5/04 at 5:06pm

Oh, I forgot one abbreviation that pops up here once in a while- BSM for Brian Stokes Mitchell.