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Welcome to the wonderful world of the MUB! Where we all speak in letters and you have no idea what we're saying! This thread is to be used as a decoder of sorts.

(HELP! What other acronyms do we use?)

General terms:
FOTD - Face of the Day
HG - Holy Grail (check context can also mean Hourglass [see below])
MLBB - My lips but better
MUB - Makeup Board
MUT - Makeup Thread (where it all was born on CEP)
PDQ - Please Don't Quote
TM - Tinted Moisturizer

Makeup Brands:
HG - Hourglass
LM - Laura Mercier
MUFE - Makeup Forever
MUG - Make Up Geek
SB - Smashbox
TF - Too Faced
UD - Urban Decay
WnW - Wet-n-Wild

Specific Makeup items:
BTS - Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara
CB - Chocolate Bar palette
CYY - MAC Candy Yum Yum lipstick
FoF - Flat Out Fabulous MAC lipstick
LCL - Tarte Lights Camera Lashes mascara
N2 - (Urban Decay) Naked 2 palette
N3 - (Urband Decay) Naked 3 palette
PP - Pink Pigeon MAC lipstick
RT - Real Techniques brushes

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AJL Senior Member A taco truck on every corner! #imwithtacos Posts: 9,713 Likes: 21,563	Acronyms Mar 25, 2015 10:25:44 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AJL on Mar 25, 2015 10:25:44 GMT -5 MUFE - Make-up Forever
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ChillyMcFreeze Senior Member Posts: 7,790 Likes: 9,575	Acronyms Mar 25, 2015 10:27:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ChillyMcFreeze on Mar 25, 2015 10:27:11 GMT -5 LCL: (Tarte) Lights Camera Lashes CB: (Too Faced) Chocolate Bar
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lexxasaurus Senior Member Posts: 7,964 Likes: 6,741	Acronyms Mar 25, 2015 10:36:44 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lexxasaurus on Mar 25, 2015 10:36:44 GMT -5 BTS: Too Faced Better Than Sex
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heyjude Elder Posts: 23,682 Likes: 50,439	Acronyms Mar 25, 2015 10:41:16 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heyjude on Mar 25, 2015 10:41:16 GMT -5 RT: Real Techniques
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mominatrix Elder Posts: 12,584 Likes: 13,628	Acronyms Mar 25, 2015 10:45:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mominatrix on Mar 25, 2015 10:45:12 GMT -5 WnW = Wet n Wild, baby.
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litebright Elder Marco! Posts: 11,890 Likes: 18,578	Acronyms Mar 25, 2015 11:10:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by litebright on Mar 25, 2015 11:10:09 GMT -5 Don't people also use HG as holy grail? At least I think that's what I pieced together in the last MUT. I kept wondering why there were random references to Hourglass when people were clearly talking about other brands.
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Mar 25, 2015 11:10:09 GMT -5 litebright said:

Don't people also use HG as holy grail? At least I think that's what I pieced together in the last MUT. I kept wondering why there were random references to Hourglass when people were clearly talking about other brands.

Yes, you're right. There is some crossover.

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redheadbaker Moderator Mod for MM Moms and Food & Entertainment Posts: 16,324 Likes: 24,119	Acronyms Mar 25, 2015 11:25:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by redheadbaker on Mar 25, 2015 11:25:14 GMT -5 LM = Laura Mercier n/m you have that already
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AJL Senior Member A taco truck on every corner! #imwithtacos Posts: 9,713 Likes: 21,563	Acronyms Mar 25, 2015 13:39:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AJL on Mar 25, 2015 13:39:47 GMT -5 MLBB - My lips but better (a lip color that is very close to your natural color but with slightly more pop or definition)
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secretlyevil Elder Posts: 26,653 Likes: 20,001	Acronyms May 1, 2015 9:48:31 GMT -5 via mobile heyjude and forreals like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by secretlyevil on May 1, 2015 9:48:31 GMT -5 FOTM = face of the month - the image that starts each month's randoms thread. Yes, it's a thing. Just go with it.
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