I copied this from another forum but hopefully this will help...
Quilting Acronyms
BOB = Beginner’s Only Block
BOM = Block of the Month
COC = Cream on Cream (Fabric)
CQ = Crazy Quilting (Pattern)
D4P = Double 4 Patch (Pattern)
DIC = Double Irish Chain (Pattern)
DIY = Do it Yourself
DJ = Dear Jane (Pattern)
DSM = Domestic Sewing Machine
DWR = Double Wedding Ring (Pattern)
EQ = Electric Quilt (An electronic software for designing quilts)
FART = Fabric Acquistion Road Trip
FIU = Finish it Up
FLIMSY = Pieced Top that is not quilted
FM = Free Motion (Quilting Technique)
FQ or F8 = Fat Quarter
FW = 1. Featherweight Sewing Machine. 2. Fusible Web
GFG = Grandmother’s Flower Garden (Pattern)
HP = Handpiecing
HQ = Handquilting
HST = Half Square Triangle
HSY = Haven’t Started Yet
LA = Long Armer, Someone who uses a longarm quilting machine
LAQ = 1. Long Arm Quilter same as above. 2. Long Arm Quilting Machine
LC = Layer Cakes (Stack of Co-ordinating 10” Squares)
LQS = Local Quilt Shop
MAQ = Mid Arm Quilter
NQR = Not Quilt Related
OBW = One block Wonder
OSMG = Old Sewing Machine Guy, your repairman
PFD = Project prepared For Dying
PIM = Project In Mind
PIP = Project in Progress
PIT = Project in Tote
PIW = Project in Waiting
PIGS = Projects in Grocery Sacks
PHD = Project Half Done
PP = Paper Piecing
QAYG = Quilt as You go (Technique)
QOTD = Question of the Day
QR = Quilt Related
QST= Quarter Square Triangles
RR = Round Robin
SAQM = Small Arm Quilting Machine
SABLE = Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SEX = Stash Enhancing eXperience
SID = Stitch in the Ditch (Technique)
SITP = Shakespeare in the Park
SnW = Stack ‘n Whack (Pattern/Technique)
STASH = Stash Treasures all Secretly Hidden
SUI = Shopping Under the Influence
SWAN = Swap Without a Name
TBQ = To Be quilted
TOT = Tone on Tone
TGIF=Thank Goodness It’s Finished!
TIC=Triple Irish Chain, a traditional quilt pattern
TOAD=Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust
UFO = UnFinished Object
WHIMM = Works Hidden in My Mind
WIP = Work in Progress
WISP = Work in Slow Progress
WOF = Width of Fabric
WOMBAT = Wast of Money, Batting And Time
WOW = White on White
YBR=Yellow Brick Road (Pattern)
401 F=Fabric for Retirement
401 P= Patterns for retirement