# Cwqwtoooa **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 5, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755 "2015-11-05T20:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/41 "2015-11-06T18:05:45Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > We could just stop using acronyms entirely and start typing the damn words out OK. D’oh!:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/42 "2015-11-06T18:08:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > OK. > D’oh!:smack: When was the last time anyone actually typed out “Oll Korrect” when they meant “Okay”? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/43 "2015-11-06T18:15:21Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > We could just stop using acronyms entirely and start typing the damn words out TbCTd (= That be CrazyTalk, d00d) – you wanna be a cyber-riffic megastar, ya gotta be down wit da 'nyms. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/44 "2015-11-06T18:23:19Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > \*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. The proper acronym for Dansh People’s Party is DF (Dansk Folkeparti). Anyone using DPP should be hanged from a lamppost for obvious display of stupidity and for being a generel danger to our common genepool. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/45 "2015-11-06T18:42:31Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > For the record, not all initializations are acronyms. An acronym are initials that form a “word”, like NATO or NASA. Initializations like SD, ATMB, IBM, ICBM, are not acronyms. I didn’t know that. Uh, I mean IDKT. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/46 "2015-11-06T18:45:11Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > When was the last time anyone actually typed out “Oll Korrect” when they meant “Okay”? About 37 minutes ago in this very thread. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/47 "2015-11-07T04:24:30Z")
Well, as Abraham Lincoln once said: FSASYAOFBFOTCANNCILADTTPTAMACE. …or Thomas Jefferson: WITCOHEIBNFOPTDTPBWHCTWA. …or Little Richard: AWBALMALBBTFORTFWTFORTFORTFORAWBALMALBB. ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/48 "2015-11-07T16:28:40Z")
Aw, I thought this was about one of my cousins, though they spell their name the more traditional way. We never really trusted that side of the family, though; they always had too many vowels ending their name. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/49 "2015-11-08T20:12:52Z")
Hee. When I skim past this thread title, I think “Cuyahoga” and get an instant REM earworm! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/50 "2015-11-08T20:20:14Z")
I think Cheektowaga myself. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755/51 "2015-11-12T20:37:59Z")
How about sohcahtoa? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwqwtoooa/736755.md?page=2)