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The INNspiring Bed & Breakfast Blorum Glossary[/h1]
Latest Terms:
NEGS – 3/26/09
Purse Dumpers – 7/18/09
TA – 7/18/09
Air Ferns – Guests who eat so few foods they must exist on air.
Al Fresco – Au naturel (in the buff).
Alterinnkeeper – 1) An alternate name to go by on the forum so you can rant anonymously. 2) psycho. See also Innkognito.
Anonymize – To atomize a post (delete it) to protect a forum member’s anonymity.
Aspiring Innkeepers – Innkeeper virgins.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Bad Shedders – Hirsute persons.[FONT= "][/FONT]
B&B – Bed and Breakfast. Must have both or it doesn’t count![FONT= "][/FONT]
BBB – Before B&B.
Bellhop – An innkeeper’s kid.[FONT= "][/FONT]
BFI – Brute Force and Ignorance.
bil – Brother in Law, or one who installs new electrical outlets.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Bless Her Heart – 1) A phrase used by Southern women to excuse themselves for speaking ill of someone: “She’s as ugly as a mud-fence, bless her heart.” 2) An expression of sympathy or pity: “That little girl has a face only a mother could love, bless her little heart.” 3) A polite way to respond to an ignoramus, particularly male, who showers flattering but unwanted compliments upon you. “Why, bless your heart, Chester, how you do go on!” 4) She’s a nitwit, or sub-moronic. “She thinks she’s going to be an astronaut, bless her heart!”
Blorum – Cross between a blog and a forum.
BOGO – Buy One Get One.
Brassiere – What newlyweds wear in the dining room, even if nothing else.
BTDT – Been there, done that…
BTW – By the Way (But wait! There's more!).[FONT= "][/FONT]
Check-in Time – An arbitrary designation of when the innkeeper starts waiting for guests.[FONT= "][/FONT]
C&C – Couch and Coffee – What you get when visiting young relatives.
CF bulbs – Compact fluorescent bulbs.
Cleaning, Daily – See Fluffing and Flipping.
Cleaning, Deep – Seasonal (Spring/Fall) cleaning (i.e., flip the mattress!)[FONT= "][/FONT]
Cleaning, Extreme – a.k.a.: Ludicrous. 1) Seasonal cleaning taken to a whole new level (new paint and/or décor). 2) Cleaning which involves a camera crew and director.
Cleaning, Heavy – What you don’t have time to do on a regular flip (i.e., dust the light bulbs!).
Clingers – Your New Best Friends! Nice people who overwhelm you by monopolizing your time, helping you out, sharing their stories, and keeping in touch once they leave.
Cooler Crowd – Guests who move in and take over, bringing food with them to prepare in your private kitchen.
Cosmic Compost – Dust (which, BTW, is mostly dead skin).
Cover Kickers – People who thoroughly entangle covers, often removing them from the bed.
Crummies – Guests you hope leave early and wish had never arrived. (See “lumps.”)[FONT= "][/FONT]
CVB – Convention and Visitor’s Bureau; where to take your cookies and muffins.
Decrapification – A word which requires no elaboration but does require constant practice.[FONT= "][/FONT]
dd8 – Darling Daughter, 8 years old
df – Dear/Darling Fiancé(e) [FONT= "][/FONT]
dh – Dear/Darling Husband (or any other applicable “D” word…)
dil – Daughter in Law
Ding-Dongs – People who ring the doorbell with glee and gusto… again and again!
DINKs – Dual Income, No Kids
DIS – Disgruntled Innkeeper Syndrome. An ugly disease, with myriad causes, including crummies, PITA’s, P’s, or having a website which reflects a personality different than your B&B’s (and your) actual personality. A downward spiral which often results in burnout.
DNB – A person who is “Do Not Book.”
d-o-m – A geezer in his underwear (fortunately, a rare bird…).[FONT= "][/FONT]
Doona – Duvet cover (brand name in Oz).
Dreck – Bottom of the barrel (Yiddish from German “dirt” or “trash”).
Drive-Thru – 1) Guests who only stay one night. 2) Guests who hit you like a Mack truck.
ds4x2 – Twin 4-year-olds.
dw – Dear/darling wife.
Earthy – 1) Odiferous. 2) Hard to launder after.
Emergency Clothes – Clothes you leave laid out when guests are in the house so you can be dressed in seconds flat.
Encyclopedia Innkepaedias – Innkeepers who can’t resist sharing their knowledge.
Expectant Innkeepers – Aspiring Innkeepers who have bought a house, started spending money, have a “due date.” They’ve changed from clueless to nervous and excited.
Fairy Lights – Little white lights in use year-round on trees and bushes.
fil – Father in Law.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Flipping – (aka Turning) 1) Completely stripping and cleaning a room between guests. 2) What some innkeepers do when guests are rude. 3) Useful euphemism.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Fluffing – (aka Freshening) 1) Tidying up a room while the guests are out. 2) Tidying up your hair before the new guests check in. 3) Something you apologize for.
Flying Squirrel Arms – Arms that wave twice.[FONT= "][/FONT]
FOPO’s – Friends of Previous Owners—just smile and say, “How nice!”
Fotels – Feeling Hotels. 1) Chinese economy lodging with nice amenities (breakfast, gardens, in room massage). 2) Those “spas” your mother warned you about.
Fourbucks (or Fivebucks) – Starbucks.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Freegans – (a.k.a. Dumpster Divers) Persons who eat only what they can get for free. Etymology: see Vegans
Friendguest – Someone who appreciates your kindness so much that you have become their forever friend.
Gasper – Someone who thinks your nightly rate is a weekly rate.[FONT= "][/FONT]
GC – Gift Certificate. (A dollar amount, or for “Aunt Gertie,” depending on your philosophy.)[FONT= "][/FONT]
GOPO’s – Guests of Previous Owners—don’t believe everything you hear.
Gorilla Marketing – Unconventional marketing to get maximum results from minimal resources. Does not include stealing your competitor’s rack brochures!!
Grocery-Getter (aka, the Shopping Cart) – An innkeeper’s vehicle.
Hottle – 1) Glass mini-teapot thingy with plastic top, perfect for steeping tea. 2) Paper cover for an individual coffee or tea carafe.
Hyperguest – A guest who calls and emails numerous times, and even visits, before they come, trying to ensure all will be perfect for their visit.
Ice the Room – To go in and double check all is ready before a guest arrives (particularly if the room has been empty for a few days), includes placing fresh flowers and checking for dust.
IK – Innkeeper (not a preferred abbreviation…).[FONT= "][/FONT]
IMHO – In My Humble Opinion, i.e., you ought to agree.
IMNVHO – In My Not Very Humble Opinion, i.e., it doesn’t matter if you agree or not.
Innkognito – An innkeeper who remains anonymous to protect the innocent (i.e., the innkeeper) while they kvetch about the guilty (i.e., inconsiderate guests). See also Alterinnkeeper.
Inn-mates – 1) Innkeepers who never leave their inns. 2) Innkeeper buddies.[FONT= "][/FONT]
JMHO – Just My Humble Opinion, i.e., you don’t have to agree.
Killer Breakfast – 1) Wicked (i.e., good), with lots of variety and quantity. 2) One that kills the possibility of return visits.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Kitsch – Jewish funky stuff.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Lactose Intolerance – Persons who can’t drink regular milk, but can have that expensive stuff.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Locals – Source of many wonderful suggestions, interesting history, and dire predictions.[FONT= "][/FONT]
LOL – 1) Laughing out Loud, i.e., just kidding, tongue in cheek, don’t get all huffy about it. 2) Land O’ Lakes mini-moos.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Luggage Racks – Decorative elements for guests’ viewing pleasure.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Lumps – 1) Guests who are less than wonderful. 2) What you wish you could give them. (See Crummies)[FONT= "][/FONT]
mil – Mother in Law. (Generally a life saver!)[FONT= "][/FONT]
Mini-moos – Small, individual creamers with two month shelf life. (See LOL)
Morning Sickness – 1) The queasy feeling an Expectant Innkeeper gets anticipating future guests. 2) The queasy feeling a Perspiring Innkeeper making breakfast again.
Nest, The – Innkeepers quarters, a cluttered hideaway out of the sight of guests.
NEGS (Newly Enlightened Guest Syndrome) – A guest who on their first day asks what you do with the rest of your time and on the second day asks how you get it all done in one day.
OBTW – Oh By the Way, i.e., “Uh oh.”[FONT= "][/FONT]
Onesies – One night stays.
OTOH – On the Other Hand.[FONT= "][/FONT]
OS – Overseas.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Oz – Australia, and sometimes New Zealand (it’s different down there).
P – Short for “Princess and the Pea” as well as petulant petty pill.
Party Shower – A shower designed for a party of two or more.
PEE – Princess’s Enthusiastic Enabler; royal consort, schnook, wuss.
PCOS – Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, a combination of symptoms that can cause infertility, weight gain, and horrible PMS.
Perfectionitis – A disease not limited to Aspirings (though perhaps most susceptible), which can cause major delays in opening for business, or sleepless nights for new innkeepers.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Perspiring Innkeeper – 1) When it’s peak season and the housekeeper quits. 2) Any innkeeper whose B&B is up and running.
PITA – Pain in the behind.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Placeholders – Guests who reserved multiple nights at multiple inns while they pick and choose where they want to stay.
PO’s – Previous Owners. Usually complete saints or complete demons, depending on how long they were there after they burned out.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Private – 1) A demarcation of personal space. 2) An invitation to the bold.
Purse Dumpers – Guests who dump your candy dish into their purse (or pockets)
Redd – 1) Removing surface clutter and obvious grime when you don’t have time to deep clean, i.e., the ten-minute-tidy. 2) Freshening up before going out in public. (Pa. Dutch)
Robers – Persons who like the inn’s robes so much they wear them to breakfast.
Rolling Thunder – The distinctive noise that bags on wheels make when approaching your B&B. “I hear rolling thunder, might as well go answer the door.” Sometimes accented by the boom of a suitcase coming down wooden stairs.
Root Canal – 1) What most innkeepers would rather have than Root Canal Guests. 2) What misinformed travel writers equate B&B stays with.
Root Canal Guests – Guests who stay at B&B’s under protest (usually dragged by a romance seeking wife, screaming there is no TV for the race/game).[FONT= "][/FONT]
ROTFLOL – Rolling on the Floor, Laughing Out Loud.
ROTFLMAO – Even funnier still.
Screamers – Intimate couples best placed in a separate edifice, or another B&B altogether.
SD – Service Dog. [FONT= "][/FONT]
SEO – Search Engine Optimization, the pot at the end of the rainbow.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Schlep – To haul by hand, what husbands often do for wives.
Sharpie – What to mark your mattresses with for rotation (and sheets for sizes…).
sil – Sister-in-law.
Shoot and Miss Guys – Elderly men with poor eyesight, content with “close enough.”
SITKOM – Single Income, Two (Three) Kids, Oppressive Mortgage.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Snarky – Snarling grumpy, snidely nasty.
S/O – Significant Other.
Starkers – Stark naked.
Steemahs – Steamers, i.e., steamed clams.
Stodgy – Stuffy, boring, overdone, unimaginative, yuck!
Straight Shooters – The ones you don’t mind in your guest bathrooms.
Sweeties – Guests who make up for the crummies.
Swirt – A smart computer guy who travels with wine. Also known as “His Majesty” since “All Knowing Guru” and “Honored Sensei” are entirely inadequate appellations. [FONT= "][/FONT]
TA – Trip Advisor (.com) A bane or a blessing, it’s here to stay.
Talcum Bombers – Persons who use large amounts of talc, with widest possible dispersion.
Tea Tea – Plain Black Tea, preferably loose, although bagged Lipton, Tetley, Red Rose, or English Breakfast will do.
TDOMLN – Tap dancing on my last nerve: fearless, insensitive guests who end up on the “no room at the inn” list.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Tchotchkes – Yiddish knickknacks.
Thumpers – People who say they’ll carry their own, then bump! bump! thump! up the steps.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Tourists – People who came, saw, and did a little sleeping. Many B&B’s bread and butter.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Triple Sheeting – The act of sandwiching a blanket between two sheets so that guests may harbor the illusion that no one has ever drooled on it before.
Turkey – Someone who wants you to arrange their Thanksgiving dinner for them.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Turn Down Service – An opportunity to remove wet towels from wood furniture.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Turning – See Flipping.
Valet – A shelf with a bar for hanging clothes in lieu of a closet.
Vegetarians – Persons who don’t eat things that had eyes (except potatoes).
Vegetarians, Lacto Ovo – Persons who don’t eat meat, but will eat milk and eggs.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Vegetarians, Vegan – Persons who don’t eat things which had anything to do with animals.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Vegetarians, Vegan, All Raw – Persons who travel with their own food.[FONT= "][/FONT]
W/E – Weekend (when the rates go up!).[FONT= "][/FONT]
W&F – Warm and fuzzy. Something cheap and easy that leaves guests feeling all W&F.
Wise Ones – Experienced innkeepers who have been there, done that… and have T-Shirts with their inn names on them![FONT= "][/FONT]
Zones – 1) A way to heating control costs. 2) Our area/their area.[FONT= "][/FONT]
=)
Kk.
Latest Terms:
NEGS – 3/26/09
Purse Dumpers – 7/18/09
TA – 7/18/09
Air Ferns – Guests who eat so few foods they must exist on air.
Al Fresco – Au naturel (in the buff).
Alterinnkeeper – 1) An alternate name to go by on the forum so you can rant anonymously. 2) psycho. See also Innkognito.
Anonymize – To atomize a post (delete it) to protect a forum member’s anonymity.
Aspiring Innkeepers – Innkeeper virgins.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Bad Shedders – Hirsute persons.[FONT= "][/FONT]
B&B – Bed and Breakfast. Must have both or it doesn’t count![FONT= "][/FONT]
BBB – Before B&B.
Bellhop – An innkeeper’s kid.[FONT= "][/FONT]
BFI – Brute Force and Ignorance.
bil – Brother in Law, or one who installs new electrical outlets.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Bless Her Heart – 1) A phrase used by Southern women to excuse themselves for speaking ill of someone: “She’s as ugly as a mud-fence, bless her heart.” 2) An expression of sympathy or pity: “That little girl has a face only a mother could love, bless her little heart.” 3) A polite way to respond to an ignoramus, particularly male, who showers flattering but unwanted compliments upon you. “Why, bless your heart, Chester, how you do go on!” 4) She’s a nitwit, or sub-moronic. “She thinks she’s going to be an astronaut, bless her heart!”
Blorum – Cross between a blog and a forum.
BOGO – Buy One Get One.
Brassiere – What newlyweds wear in the dining room, even if nothing else.
BTDT – Been there, done that…
BTW – By the Way (But wait! There's more!).[FONT= "][/FONT]
Check-in Time – An arbitrary designation of when the innkeeper starts waiting for guests.[FONT= "][/FONT]
C&C – Couch and Coffee – What you get when visiting young relatives.
CF bulbs – Compact fluorescent bulbs.
Cleaning, Daily – See Fluffing and Flipping.
Cleaning, Deep – Seasonal (Spring/Fall) cleaning (i.e., flip the mattress!)[FONT= "][/FONT]
Cleaning, Extreme – a.k.a.: Ludicrous. 1) Seasonal cleaning taken to a whole new level (new paint and/or décor). 2) Cleaning which involves a camera crew and director.
Cleaning, Heavy – What you don’t have time to do on a regular flip (i.e., dust the light bulbs!).
Clingers – Your New Best Friends! Nice people who overwhelm you by monopolizing your time, helping you out, sharing their stories, and keeping in touch once they leave.
Cooler Crowd – Guests who move in and take over, bringing food with them to prepare in your private kitchen.
Cosmic Compost – Dust (which, BTW, is mostly dead skin).
Cover Kickers – People who thoroughly entangle covers, often removing them from the bed.
Crummies – Guests you hope leave early and wish had never arrived. (See “lumps.”)[FONT= "][/FONT]
CVB – Convention and Visitor’s Bureau; where to take your cookies and muffins.
Decrapification – A word which requires no elaboration but does require constant practice.[FONT= "][/FONT]
dd8 – Darling Daughter, 8 years old
df – Dear/Darling Fiancé(e) [FONT= "][/FONT]
dh – Dear/Darling Husband (or any other applicable “D” word…)
dil – Daughter in Law
Ding-Dongs – People who ring the doorbell with glee and gusto… again and again!
DINKs – Dual Income, No Kids
DIS – Disgruntled Innkeeper Syndrome. An ugly disease, with myriad causes, including crummies, PITA’s, P’s, or having a website which reflects a personality different than your B&B’s (and your) actual personality. A downward spiral which often results in burnout.
DNB – A person who is “Do Not Book.”
d-o-m – A geezer in his underwear (fortunately, a rare bird…).[FONT= "][/FONT]
Doona – Duvet cover (brand name in Oz).
Dreck – Bottom of the barrel (Yiddish from German “dirt” or “trash”).
Drive-Thru – 1) Guests who only stay one night. 2) Guests who hit you like a Mack truck.
ds4x2 – Twin 4-year-olds.
dw – Dear/darling wife.
Earthy – 1) Odiferous. 2) Hard to launder after.
Emergency Clothes – Clothes you leave laid out when guests are in the house so you can be dressed in seconds flat.
Encyclopedia Innkepaedias – Innkeepers who can’t resist sharing their knowledge.
Expectant Innkeepers – Aspiring Innkeepers who have bought a house, started spending money, have a “due date.” They’ve changed from clueless to nervous and excited.
Fairy Lights – Little white lights in use year-round on trees and bushes.
fil – Father in Law.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Flipping – (aka Turning) 1) Completely stripping and cleaning a room between guests. 2) What some innkeepers do when guests are rude. 3) Useful euphemism.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Fluffing – (aka Freshening) 1) Tidying up a room while the guests are out. 2) Tidying up your hair before the new guests check in. 3) Something you apologize for.
Flying Squirrel Arms – Arms that wave twice.[FONT= "][/FONT]
FOPO’s – Friends of Previous Owners—just smile and say, “How nice!”
Fotels – Feeling Hotels. 1) Chinese economy lodging with nice amenities (breakfast, gardens, in room massage). 2) Those “spas” your mother warned you about.
Fourbucks (or Fivebucks) – Starbucks.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Freegans – (a.k.a. Dumpster Divers) Persons who eat only what they can get for free. Etymology: see Vegans
Friendguest – Someone who appreciates your kindness so much that you have become their forever friend.
Gasper – Someone who thinks your nightly rate is a weekly rate.[FONT= "][/FONT]
GC – Gift Certificate. (A dollar amount, or for “Aunt Gertie,” depending on your philosophy.)[FONT= "][/FONT]
GOPO’s – Guests of Previous Owners—don’t believe everything you hear.
Gorilla Marketing – Unconventional marketing to get maximum results from minimal resources. Does not include stealing your competitor’s rack brochures!!
Grocery-Getter (aka, the Shopping Cart) – An innkeeper’s vehicle.
Hottle – 1) Glass mini-teapot thingy with plastic top, perfect for steeping tea. 2) Paper cover for an individual coffee or tea carafe.
Hyperguest – A guest who calls and emails numerous times, and even visits, before they come, trying to ensure all will be perfect for their visit.
Ice the Room – To go in and double check all is ready before a guest arrives (particularly if the room has been empty for a few days), includes placing fresh flowers and checking for dust.
IK – Innkeeper (not a preferred abbreviation…).[FONT= "][/FONT]
IMHO – In My Humble Opinion, i.e., you ought to agree.
IMNVHO – In My Not Very Humble Opinion, i.e., it doesn’t matter if you agree or not.
Innkognito – An innkeeper who remains anonymous to protect the innocent (i.e., the innkeeper) while they kvetch about the guilty (i.e., inconsiderate guests). See also Alterinnkeeper.
Inn-mates – 1) Innkeepers who never leave their inns. 2) Innkeeper buddies.[FONT= "][/FONT]
JMHO – Just My Humble Opinion, i.e., you don’t have to agree.
Killer Breakfast – 1) Wicked (i.e., good), with lots of variety and quantity. 2) One that kills the possibility of return visits.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Kitsch – Jewish funky stuff.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Lactose Intolerance – Persons who can’t drink regular milk, but can have that expensive stuff.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Locals – Source of many wonderful suggestions, interesting history, and dire predictions.[FONT= "][/FONT]
LOL – 1) Laughing out Loud, i.e., just kidding, tongue in cheek, don’t get all huffy about it. 2) Land O’ Lakes mini-moos.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Luggage Racks – Decorative elements for guests’ viewing pleasure.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Lumps – 1) Guests who are less than wonderful. 2) What you wish you could give them. (See Crummies)[FONT= "][/FONT]
mil – Mother in Law. (Generally a life saver!)[FONT= "][/FONT]
Mini-moos – Small, individual creamers with two month shelf life. (See LOL)
Morning Sickness – 1) The queasy feeling an Expectant Innkeeper gets anticipating future guests. 2) The queasy feeling a Perspiring Innkeeper making breakfast again.
Nest, The – Innkeepers quarters, a cluttered hideaway out of the sight of guests.
NEGS (Newly Enlightened Guest Syndrome) – A guest who on their first day asks what you do with the rest of your time and on the second day asks how you get it all done in one day.
OBTW – Oh By the Way, i.e., “Uh oh.”[FONT= "][/FONT]
Onesies – One night stays.
OTOH – On the Other Hand.[FONT= "][/FONT]
OS – Overseas.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Oz – Australia, and sometimes New Zealand (it’s different down there).
P – Short for “Princess and the Pea” as well as petulant petty pill.
Party Shower – A shower designed for a party of two or more.
PEE – Princess’s Enthusiastic Enabler; royal consort, schnook, wuss.
PCOS – Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, a combination of symptoms that can cause infertility, weight gain, and horrible PMS.
Perfectionitis – A disease not limited to Aspirings (though perhaps most susceptible), which can cause major delays in opening for business, or sleepless nights for new innkeepers.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Perspiring Innkeeper – 1) When it’s peak season and the housekeeper quits. 2) Any innkeeper whose B&B is up and running.
PITA – Pain in the behind.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Placeholders – Guests who reserved multiple nights at multiple inns while they pick and choose where they want to stay.
PO’s – Previous Owners. Usually complete saints or complete demons, depending on how long they were there after they burned out.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Private – 1) A demarcation of personal space. 2) An invitation to the bold.
Purse Dumpers – Guests who dump your candy dish into their purse (or pockets)
Redd – 1) Removing surface clutter and obvious grime when you don’t have time to deep clean, i.e., the ten-minute-tidy. 2) Freshening up before going out in public. (Pa. Dutch)
Robers – Persons who like the inn’s robes so much they wear them to breakfast.
Rolling Thunder – The distinctive noise that bags on wheels make when approaching your B&B. “I hear rolling thunder, might as well go answer the door.” Sometimes accented by the boom of a suitcase coming down wooden stairs.
Root Canal – 1) What most innkeepers would rather have than Root Canal Guests. 2) What misinformed travel writers equate B&B stays with.
Root Canal Guests – Guests who stay at B&B’s under protest (usually dragged by a romance seeking wife, screaming there is no TV for the race/game).[FONT= "][/FONT]
ROTFLOL – Rolling on the Floor, Laughing Out Loud.
ROTFLMAO – Even funnier still.
Screamers – Intimate couples best placed in a separate edifice, or another B&B altogether.
SD – Service Dog. [FONT= "][/FONT]
SEO – Search Engine Optimization, the pot at the end of the rainbow.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Schlep – To haul by hand, what husbands often do for wives.
Sharpie – What to mark your mattresses with for rotation (and sheets for sizes…).
sil – Sister-in-law.
Shoot and Miss Guys – Elderly men with poor eyesight, content with “close enough.”
SITKOM – Single Income, Two (Three) Kids, Oppressive Mortgage.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Snarky – Snarling grumpy, snidely nasty.
S/O – Significant Other.
Starkers – Stark naked.
Steemahs – Steamers, i.e., steamed clams.
Stodgy – Stuffy, boring, overdone, unimaginative, yuck!
Straight Shooters – The ones you don’t mind in your guest bathrooms.
Sweeties – Guests who make up for the crummies.
Swirt – A smart computer guy who travels with wine. Also known as “His Majesty” since “All Knowing Guru” and “Honored Sensei” are entirely inadequate appellations. [FONT= "][/FONT]
TA – Trip Advisor (.com) A bane or a blessing, it’s here to stay.
Talcum Bombers – Persons who use large amounts of talc, with widest possible dispersion.
Tea Tea – Plain Black Tea, preferably loose, although bagged Lipton, Tetley, Red Rose, or English Breakfast will do.
TDOMLN – Tap dancing on my last nerve: fearless, insensitive guests who end up on the “no room at the inn” list.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Tchotchkes – Yiddish knickknacks.
Thumpers – People who say they’ll carry their own, then bump! bump! thump! up the steps.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Tourists – People who came, saw, and did a little sleeping. Many B&B’s bread and butter.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Triple Sheeting – The act of sandwiching a blanket between two sheets so that guests may harbor the illusion that no one has ever drooled on it before.
Turkey – Someone who wants you to arrange their Thanksgiving dinner for them.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Turn Down Service – An opportunity to remove wet towels from wood furniture.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Turning – See Flipping.
Valet – A shelf with a bar for hanging clothes in lieu of a closet.
Vegetarians – Persons who don’t eat things that had eyes (except potatoes).
Vegetarians, Lacto Ovo – Persons who don’t eat meat, but will eat milk and eggs.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Vegetarians, Vegan – Persons who don’t eat things which had anything to do with animals.[FONT= "][/FONT]
Vegetarians, Vegan, All Raw – Persons who travel with their own food.[FONT= "][/FONT]
W/E – Weekend (when the rates go up!).[FONT= "][/FONT]
W&F – Warm and fuzzy. Something cheap and easy that leaves guests feeling all W&F.
Wise Ones – Experienced innkeepers who have been there, done that… and have T-Shirts with their inn names on them![FONT= "][/FONT]
Zones – 1) A way to heating control costs. 2) Our area/their area.[FONT= "][/FONT]
=)
Kk.
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