Shot wrote:
>
> YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary (could someone please explain this to a
> non-english person like me - is it a kind of idiom?)
Typical weasel words put in (no doubt at the insistence of lawyers)
when quoting mileage figures (i.e. fuel consumption figures) for
cars, trucks, etc. in advertisements.
> VWP: Virtual Wavelength Path (I don't get this one either)
No - "Void Where Prohibited". A similar weasel phrase often found
on nationwide advertisements mentioning promotional lotteries, etc.
Some jurisdictions ban such games of chance.
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