# ATM or ATM Machine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 13, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648 "2006-05-13T16:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648/81 "2006-05-17T23:34:03Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Ooh I hate ATM Machine. I was going to post to thisd at work today, but I was busy working on a MSDS sheet. I hereby renounce my previous position of acronyms as adjectives. Further thought has revealed to me a host of acronyms I use as nouns. And oddly enough, one of them is MSDS. We always refer to the MSDS, not MSDS sheet. And while I always say PIN number, once I stopped thinking about it I realized that I never say ATM machine. I always say “Money machine.” ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648/82 "2006-05-18T00:31:25Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > I hate to mention it but in the adult-film industry, ATM is a common acronym, and I’m fairly certain you’d never find the word “machine” after it. > > hint: M stands for mouth I thought that was A2M. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648/83 "2006-05-18T04:04:42Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > One thing I learned (perhaps erroniously) is that there is one board with many forums. > :dubious: Very curious as to the point of this comment. ---
**Author:** ![ombre3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/da6949/32.png) [@ombre3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ombre3)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648/84 "2006-05-18T04:15:09Z")
> [@d1gger](#): > > Isn’t this like a “Hot Water Heater”? If it is hot, why heat it? I used to to appliance repair including “hot water heaters” ----never had a problem with that particular usage. The thermostat on water heaters actually cycle between 120 and 140 degrees. So you are generally taking hot water and making it hotter. The only time you are heating “cold” water is the very infrequent times you have turned your water heater off. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648/85 "2006-05-18T04:38:45Z")
I wondered if PA had lost it’s mind when they sent me a CDL license. :smack: Then, I remembered that I’m in PA-nothing should be a surprise when it comes to idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648/86 "2006-05-18T12:50:50Z")
> [@Quint](#): > > Very curious as to the point of this comment. I typed “these boards” once, years ago, and several fellow SDMBr’s corrected me in that this is one message board with several forums. That’s all. Were they wrong? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648/87 "2006-05-18T15:38:55Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Ooh I hate ATM Machine. I was going to post to thisd at work today, but I was busy working on a MSDS sheet. You could try saying ABM (Automatic Bank Machine, some Canadians say it) or Green Machine! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648/88 "2006-05-18T15:50:20Z")
I think you folks suffer too much from ADD disorder. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648/89 "2006-05-19T16:08:34Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > I hate to mention it but in the adult-film industry, ATM is a common acronym, and I’m fairly certain you’d never find the word “machine” after it. I alluded to that very example, and noted that you can usually tell whether someone’s talking about banking or porn by the context. Who actually says the acronym “ATM” out loud in that context, anyway? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atm-or-atm-machine/356648.md?page=4)