Abbreviations

[ev_slave]

Hi guys, my turn to ask the dumb questions...

People talk a lot about nits. I know what they mean and who plays "nitty," etc, but what does the actual "NIT" stand for?

Also, what does "tk;dl" (or something closs to it) stand for?

[wild wendy]

my guess is that NIT would stand for Nit Wit in this case, unsure of the other

[ev_slave]

I found that the actual thing is "tl;dr" which means "too long, didn't read."

For NIT, I don't think it's Nit Wit since they seem to talk about extremely tight players instead of stupid. My guesses are that it's something like "No Imagination Tight" or a British slang.

[Harv72b]

Nit.

I'm guessing the second definition originally spawned the poker usage. I don't think it was ever intended as an abbreviation.

[ev_slave]

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Nit.

I'm guessing the second definition originally spawned the poker usage. I don't think it was ever intended as an abbreviation.

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Fair enough. Thanks.

[Baby Mantis]

as far as nit goes i saw on another post that it meant someone that was an old timer and was "nit picky", and a stickler for the rules. It was also stated that it was primarily used at B&M.