Quote Originally Posted by beluga View Post
I2FIMI when pple throw arnd ABBRVs thinking evry1 shud know them.

Translated:
I too find it mildly irritating when people throw around abbreviations, thinking everyone should know them.

If the purpose of this forum, or indeed the purpose of language, is to communicate, it would be gentlemanly to only use those abbreviations that everybody understands.

Alternatively, one might use the first time in a text the full word followed by the abbreviation in brackets. That’s an accepted standard when writing technical texts and ensures no one is ‘lost in translation’.

Otherwise, one might think the author is trying to impress people with his ostensible insider knowledge of abbreviations, when in truth it is thoughtlessness at best and lack of civility at worst.
In this instance, "QED" is not an abbreviation. It is the short-form of the shaving product-line/emporium: QEDman and QEDusa, respectively. You might be confusing it with the Latin, Quod Erat Demonstrandum -- "[that] which was to be demonstrated". I cannot speak for Charles, the founder/owner/operator of QEDusa, but I would guess it's a mild self-indulgence on his part; and, TBH (To Be Honest), people here on SRP (Sharp Razor Palace, formerly Straight Razor Place), B&B (Badger & Blade), and other wetshaving forums know that to be true: QED shaving soaps do demonstrate how good a shaving soap can be.

OTOH (On The Other Hand), "TGQ" is an abbeviation... for The Gentlemen's Quarter. As with QED[man] shaving soaps (and other products), users here and elsewhere know-of and have used TGQ shaving soaps (and creams, and other non-shaving products) since the early-to-mid 2000s.

Unfortunately, QEDman shaving soaps are no longer in-production, and TGQ has closed its doors. More's the pity.

Smooth shaving!