# 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:** ![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")

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> [@Intentional misunderstandings of acronyms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/15):
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> Bravo, OP!
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> This is a playful, yet effective way to highlight the problem with posters employing rarely-used initialisms without first explaining what they stand for.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Clever and ironic. Nice!

Just fuck off with this pompous crap.

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