# 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: ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2021, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142/60 "2021-05-29T11:11:20Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> ^^ And? He’s saying what many others are thinking.
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> Wait, I can think of _many_ times other people have had to ask what certain acronyms mean.

Asking what they mean is fine.

Saying this in the middle of the thread is obnoxious and attention seeking.

> [@Can an American with a 40 year old DUI in America, visit Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-american-with-a-40-year-old-dui-in-america-visit-canada/943054/28):
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> Nolle pros must be such a common term that everyone, even non-lawyers know its definition. Right? I mean, a few might not but prolly 90 to 95% of Dopers must know it. I mean, I don’t know it but I’m pretty dumb. So this is super-nice because now I get to look it up! Imagine if everyone defined the foreign and jargon terms they posted here. That would be awful because then I’d never get to look it up on Google.

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