# I Pit ILMVI for Complaining Incessantly About Acronyms **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 29, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142 "2021-05-29T01:49:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/222 "2022-07-10T06:37:20Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > but I suspect I’m missing the deep philosophical message you’re trying to convey. > **[Review: Q.E.D and C.M.B](https://nikencorner.wordpress.com/2020/05/25/review-q-e-d-and-c-m-b/)** > > I have planned to post this entry since some time ago, but somehow did not get a chance to do it (time management…yes..tell me about it \*sob\*). So, to give it a justice, I decided to continue… ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/223 "2022-07-10T09:23:20Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Q.E.D. RIP Q.E.D. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/224 "2022-07-10T09:49:56Z")
I think it depends on the thread really … I mean if it’s like government economic or military stuff the non-abbreviated names can be even more unwieldy than the acronym … now if it said technical stuff I could see a point being made as writing it out once and then using the acronym after like a SID aka a sound integrator device chip in a commodore 64 thread But like a former great comedian used to say “well that’s just my opinion and i may be wrong” ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/225 "2022-07-10T10:48:29Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > {…} his entire point was that some idiot would be likely to come in and spew acronym-laden posts {…} Ahh, CSTLH, AKA PTBC. CSTLH - Come See The Liberal Hypocrisy PTBC - Playing The Bricker Card ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/226 "2022-07-10T14:54:22Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > RIP Q.E.D. M O U S E ! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/227 "2022-07-10T16:57:27Z")
ISWYDT. LOL! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/228 "2022-07-10T17:26:01Z")
If you can’t stand acronyms, GTFO the WWW. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/229 "2022-07-10T18:24:46Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If you can’t stand acronyms, GTFO Give The Full Orthography? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/230 "2022-07-10T18:30:40Z")
Get The F\*\*k Out/Off. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/231 "2022-07-10T19:18:22Z")
I think We Have Obviously Overlooked Some High Irony Not Gonnalie. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/232 "2022-07-10T19:50:32Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I think We Have Obviously Overlooked Some High Irony Not Gonnalie… That’s the WWW part. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/233 "2022-07-10T19:51:14Z")
What We Want? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/234 "2022-07-10T20:29:35Z")
I enjoy the irony that our guest of honor is referred to as ILMVI. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/235 "2022-07-10T21:21:10Z")
I figured it was the most seething and appropriate dig I could offer in light of the offender and the offense. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/236 "2022-07-10T21:27:18Z")
As my dear deceased first wife used to say: “Don’t rile the smart people. Razor sharp wit leaves deep wounds”. A very well done OP it was. Thank you! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/237 "2022-07-10T22:38:05Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > That’s the WWW part. Oh! I know this one! He’s the mad chocolatier in _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_. Edit: I feel like there’s a thread game in intentional misunderstandings of acronyms, but I’m not sure how to set it up. Edit 2: Nevermind, [of course I can figure out how to set it up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733). ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/238 "2022-07-11T02:11:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > As my dear deceased first wife used to say: “Don’t rile the smart people. Razor sharp wit leaves deep wounds I’m saving this one in my google Keep. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/239 "2022-07-11T02:32:18Z")
> [@Intentional misunderstandings of acronyms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/15): > > Bravo, OP! > > This is a playful, yet effective way to highlight the problem with posters employing rarely-used initialisms without first explaining what they stand for. > > Your OP asks for _well-known_ initialisms presumably because one needs to know what it stands for in order to make or understand the joke. > > That’s just a teensy-weensy bit like the notion that one needs to know what a given initialism stands for in order to understand the post. > > Clever and ironic. Nice! Just fuck off with this pompous crap. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/240 "2022-07-11T02:36:31Z")
I’m reminded of Phil, in Modern Family, bragging to the camera that he’s up on all the modern lingo that his kids use, such as “WTF” - “Why the face?”. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/241 "2022-07-11T02:37:52Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > “WTF” - “Why the face?” DTF = “Doing The Facebook” is my favorite, but I’m pretty sure that wasn’t on _Modern Family_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142.md?page=13)