# 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 8, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contextual-acronyms-should-be-fine/991272/5 "2023-10-08T15:24:45Z")

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> [@Riemann](#):
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> In the sentence “Josh Marshall over at TPM posted this story” it’s not immediately clear what _category_ of thing TPM is.

There was a hefty clue immediately adjacent to it…

> [@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)

> [@Riemann](#):
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> If you haven’t heard of it,

That’s not a valid argument - do people have to explain when they quote CNN? Breitbart? OANN? Fox? PBS? It’s P&E, should there be a pre-approved list of sites that don’t need explaining?

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