# Is there a name for this literary pet peeve?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-literary-pet-peeve/660113>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 4, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-literary-pet-peeve/660113 "2013-06-04T14:27:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-literary-pet-peeve/660113/21 "2013-06-05T09:20:49Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> My peeve is for people who use an Important Term (IT), and then the acronym for it, and then don’t use the acronym again. Or, even worse, they go ahead and use Important Term again, in which case, the fuck use is the acronym?

Not nearly as bad as those who use an acronym, maybe even one they have just made up, without _ever_ explaining it, something to which Dopers seem particularly prone. :mad:

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-literary-pet-peeve/660113/22 "2013-06-05T09:40:36Z")

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Anyone else ever tempted to just throw some random letters in a post to confuse people?

“I went to the movies last night FLL”.

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-literary-pet-peeve/660113/23 "2013-06-05T16:59:50Z")

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> [@Cheesesteak](#):
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> Now add some EVOO, that’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil, but I just say EVOO to save time, see how much time I saved?

Well that’s different, if you’re going to be mentioning EVOO several times over the course of your post.

But saying WWW instead of worldwide web (in speech, not writing) - now that’s not going to save you any time at all.

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