# Demanding cites for things that would take you 2 second to look up is lazy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281 "2025-06-30T01:49:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [July 29, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/221 "2025-07-29T20:47:05Z")
I often have to search a second time with a category: In the case of FC and FD, I got way too many results (including “Feeling Cuddly”; no thanks). But it was in a used car ad, so I tried “FC FD car” and learned that “FC was the chassis code name for the white RX7, FD was the yellow one”… nope, this wasn’t even a Mazda. Finally tried “FC FD car slang NSFW”, and found out the car I was reading about had FC: “Fücking Corrosion” and FD for ”Fire Damage”. Maybe that’s why they didn’t want to make it too obvious. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/222 "2025-08-28T02:05:16Z")
doesn’t that lead into the thread "You’d[think everyone would know about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/445)” where what we think “everybody” should know what only I know? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/223 "2026-04-28T10:47:04Z")
I don’t think the use of acronyms/initialisms is a problem here at all! > [@Questions about the history, practice, and policies of a US Navy 'Wardroom."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-history-practice-and-policies-of-a-us-navy-wardroom/1029580/1): > > But this Is coming from a former Air Force EOD guy who did an ATO tour with a couple of overlapping USN EODMUs > [@Questions about the history, practice, and policies of a US Navy 'Wardroom."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-history-practice-and-policies-of-a-us-navy-wardroom/1029580/2): > > When I was a PO2/PO1 (E5/E6), … 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/224 "2026-04-28T12:43:21Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I don’t think the use of acronyms/initialisms is a problem here at all! The military, like telecom, suffers from TMAS\[1\]. * * * 1. Too Many Acronyms Syndrome ---
**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:** [April 28, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/225 "2026-04-28T12:51:45Z")
Love “TMAS”! I think all specialized fields have their own thousand different acronyms. The problem occurs when those in that field forget that normal humans have never encountered 999 of those. Ooh, I know! We could tag threads with _Trigger: Acronyms._ (I would avoid those…) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/226 "2026-04-28T12:59:17Z")
There’s enough unsubstantiated crap on the Internet as it is, and way too many people just accept it at face value because they can’t be bothered to fact check. So, since this site is being inhabited by a core group of intelligent people, I feel it necessary to cite anything I declare as fact. Were I writing a term paper, I wouldn’t leave out all the footnotes and state to the instructor at the end, “Look all this stuff up yourself.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281.md?page=11)