# I Pit ILMVI for Complaining Incessantly About Acronyms

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**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")
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### Author: ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/13 "2021-05-29T03:53:46Z")

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> [@Dogfights in the post Top Gun era?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogfights-in-the-post-top-gun-era/918290/29):
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> > [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
> >
> > There is a standard for intelligent discourse, and yours isn’t it.
> 
> Oh, yeah, you’re right. This is waaaaaay more intelligent:
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> > [@Dogfights in the post Top Gun era?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogfights-in-the-post-top-gun-era/918290/29):
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> > I’m curious… when you write “BVR” do you
> > 
> > 1. Assume that we all know what that means.
> > 2. Believe that this is an aerial warfare forum so even if we don’t know it, we should.
> > 3. Not give a fuck.
> 
> Because it’s apparently too fucking hard to either Google BVR or just not care what it means.
> 
> Piss off.

I never google 3 letter acronyms. They pretty much all will pull up a gazillion options, and often the one that was meant isn’t any of those. It’s WAY more efficient to ask the person who wrote it, who ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT THE FUCK HE MEANT.

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