# Intentional misunderstandings of acronyms **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733 "2022-07-10T22:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/21 "2022-07-11T23:54:56Z")
I don’t see how much use a tennis player’s jock strap would be 😕 ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/22 "2022-07-12T00:00:31Z")
Don’t underestimate Roger Federer’s underpants, that’s where he keeps his balls. Anyway, what’s happened to LHoD? ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/23 "2022-07-12T00:42:06Z")
You mean the one he deferred in his book-length poem? That’s a heavy question, Riemann–maybe ask Amanda Gorman. ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/24 "2022-07-12T02:34:16Z")
(Incidentally, if anyone’s wondering what the name of this game is, you should know that I’m the founder and lead organizer of MMA, Misunderstanding My Acronym.) And oh man, I just thought of a much better answer to this: > [@Riemann](#): > > Anyway, what’s happened to LHoD? Jack Ruby gave it to him. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/25 "2022-07-12T03:07:01Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > You mean the one he deferred in his book-length poem? That’s a heavy question, Riemann–maybe ask Amanda Gorman. You mean Langston Hughes’ old Dream? But let’s defer _that_ one and instead go with your alternative: > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Jack Ruby gave it to him. Funny guy, that **L** ee **H** arvey **o** swal **D** , capitalizing his name like that. Wikipedia tells me Jack Ruby did the deed at 11:21 AM CST. ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/26 "2022-07-12T17:32:53Z")
> [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](#): > > Jack Ruby did the deed at 11:21 AM CST. You may prefer to give time coordinates in a Newtonian framework, but that won’t do for phenomena like my avatar. Minkowski rules! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/27 "2022-07-13T13:25:33Z")
Ahhh, yes, that Astronomical Marvel, Curved Space-Time! I was musing on that marvel just yesterday, looking at the Webb telescope photos put out by NASA. ---
**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 13, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/28 "2022-07-13T13:29:34Z")
It’s pretty cool that they named that group after the first man on the moon and his awesome escapade. ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/29 "2022-07-13T15:15:34Z")
And after Neil Armstrong’s Splendid Adventure, what can SETI turn up in the further reaches of the cosmos? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/30 "2022-07-13T16:58:57Z")
ISWYDT, but just because he is the Egyption god of chaos doesn’t mean that he should be allowed to employ those students forever in exchange for college credit. ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/31 "2022-07-13T17:11:07Z")
Maybe Seth exploits the interns, but his pyramid scheme is better than joining some MLM scam. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/32 "2022-07-21T15:57:53Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > his pyramid scheme is better than joining some MLM scam. Oh, come on now. I know he was associated with Jeffrey Epstein late in his life, but I thought his reputation came out intact in that affair? Regardless, I wouldn’t call one of the great pioneers of Artificial Intelligence a perpetrator of scams. ---
**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 21, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733/33 "2022-07-21T16:29:17Z")
Perhaps one day Marvin Lee Minsky’s corpse will be pulled out of cold storage, and you can ask him yourself. NGL, I had to do some Googling to learn who he was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733.md?page=1)