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*Can we quit with the overuse of obscure acronyms?

May I offer this little suggestion? If your acronym is not something that at least 70% of the general population would get, just type the damn words out. Today, there was FN/DPP in elections. Apparently, this stands for (French) National Front and Danish People’s Party. So we spent a few replies guessing what the fuck that was, and someone told us. This was in a thread about US politics, and was the first mention of the groups.

Recently I saw ISOTGW. Wanna guess? “I’m sick of this Global Warming.” Yes, because that’s common usage.

I’m sure I could dig up more, but I cannot be bothered.

You do realize that smartasses will now come along and not only explain what an acronym actually is, but fill the thread with them.

On the other hand, who doesn’t know what EVOO is?

Didn’t she date Popeye? :smiley:

How will I know if an acronym hits the 70% threshold? Is rounding up from, say, 66% acceptable on certain occasions? You say general population-- is that from the United States? North America? Euro-America? Chicago? Or is this an international standard? Finally, are we including children in the polling?

Yeah but by the middle of the third date, it was just OO.

In our Office, you’re expected to spell out the item the first time and put the acronym in parentheses, but after that you use the acronym.

But this is a Government organization and this is the SD, so…

United States, 'cause obviously the rest of the world doesn’t matter. You should round down, and children and seniors are to be included, which you will note will effectively raise the threshold to LOL and, maybe, IDK.

Duly noted!

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Ayfkm? Walr!

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Then all she has to say is that it’s pronounce COO-koo-TOO-uh.

I tend to avoid acronyms until I’ve seen them used here by multiple people.

SD?

I also work for a government agency. We never met an acronym we didn’t immediately spread around like a virus.

Easily the worst acronym is a (fortunately non-public) one for the recently-formed Veteran’s Affinity Group.

:smack:

I’ve been in the Army. I can have entire conversations consisting of nothing but acronyms.

Well, I, for one, agree with the OP. This sort of shit drives me nuts.

In my field LOL had a different meaning.

As in LOL in NAD.
(Little Old Lady in No Acute Distress)

I vote for this plan!

I spend a lot of time searching acronyms with the engines.

I often go to Wikipedia to check on obscure abbreviations. For SD, among the offerings are:

Can I Godwinise this thread? The first choice seems most appropriate here.