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What is your least favourite acronym? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 21 points 10 months ago (5 children)

NAMBLA. Those chuckle fucks at the North American Man/Boy Love Association really made it difficult for us members of the North American Marlon Brando Look-Alikes.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

IYKYK. Took me forever to memorize, I had to look it up every time I came across it and no way I'll ever say it aloud.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (6 children)

IYDKNYK

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

CRISPR is neither a refrigerator compartment or a Nestle candy bar

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (12 children)

i18n I know it's not technically an acronym but what a fucking obscure way to write a word that's going to be constantly around non-english speakers. All the other ones in this family are also quite obnoxious but i18n is especially awful.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

FFS. As in, for fucks sake, we all know it's FFS?!

Edit: sorry, drunk after work and reread the question. FFS is my fav.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

YMMV. That one took me FOREVER to figure out.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

WDYM...

I don't know why, it just looks unpleasant.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Would Do Your Mom

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

After 20 years in EMS, (see how it starts immediately - Emergency Medical Services), The whole bloody damned field is nothing but acronyms for as far as the eye can see.

From BPM - Beats per minute, to ABC - Airway, Breathing, circulation, (which today is more like ACB - Airway, Circulation, Breathing) to OPQRST - Onset, provoke/pallation, Quality, Region/Radiation, Severity, Time to A-Fib - Atrial Fibrillation to SOB - Shortness of Breath.