# Contextual acronyms should be fine **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 8, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contextual-acronyms-should-be-fine/991272 "2023-10-08T14:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 195
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contextual-acronyms-should-be-fine/991272/195 "2024-08-21T06:50:17Z")
Here’s an in-the-wild example of acronyms done right: > [@CRM in the Operating Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crm-in-the-operating-room/1005944): > > Over in the [Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657), @Llama_Llogophile posted: That strikes me as a very interesting discussion to be had. Given the comment about frustration and power dynamics, I think this should be in Great Debates. Mods, I’ve no objection to this thread being moved. I’m very addicted to watching [Mayday/Air Crash Investigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayday_(Canadian_TV_series)). In a number of episodes, the narrator discusses [Crew Resource Management (CRM)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_resource_management) for aviation. As it turns out, the maritime industry has [Ma…](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_resource_management) In that thread @Monty initiated a spin-off debate about CRM in hospital operating rooms. CRM in this case was made clear to mean Crew Resource Management. I dont know very much about that, so I quietly backed out and did something else. Monty’s clarification about CRM meaning Crew Resource Management (which i know nothing about) saved me from blundering in there and spoiling the discussion by having a possibly confusing and irrelevant cross-purposes discussion about Customer Relationship Management (which is also called CRM, which i _do_ know something about). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contextual-acronyms-should-be-fine/991272)._