# Contextual acronyms should be fine

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**Created:** [October 8, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contextual-acronyms-should-be-fine/991272 "2023-10-08T14:54:52Z")
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### Author: ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contextual-acronyms-should-be-fine/991272/182 "2023-10-15T05:22:00Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> The way you wrote that was 10x easier to understand than what was actually in the post that inspired this thread.

What? They used exactly the same format (my emphases)

> [@Ruken](#):
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> **Joe reporter at EPT reports stuff.**  
> **[elpasotimes.com/fakeURL](http://elpasotimes.com/fakeURL)**

> [@Podiumgate (Arkansas) - how big a deal is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podiumgate-arkansas-how-big-a-deal-is-this/991245/1):
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> **Josh Marshall over at TPM posted this story** a couple days ago about something that may or may not be a brewing scandal down in Arkansas.
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> **[https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lets-talk-about-podiumgate](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lets-talk-about-podiumgate)**

Was the extra description after “Josh Marshall over at TPM posted this story” really 10x _more_ confusing to you? It explained what the link was about, that should _lessen_ confusion.

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