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Mine is OOO for Out Of Office. I always misread it in my head like a ghost and it takes me a few seconds to process. It also doesn't translate to speech—you have to say the whole thing.

Interested to see if others have similar acronyms they beef with.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (5 children)

iYKYK. Took me forever to figure out what it means.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, Apple's famous iYouKnowYouKnow.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s basic logical notation.

if YK, then YK

Some will ask what YK is. But it doesn’t matter! The statement is true.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I have seen nerdy programming groups type yk->yk but that might be unique to my group.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

It makes me think of that company that makes all the zippers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

TMYK (the more you know)