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submitted 10 months ago by thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Mine is OOO for Out Of Office. I always misread it in my head like a ghost and it takes me a few seconds to process. It also doesn't translate to speech—you have to say the whole thing.

Interested to see if others have similar acronyms they beef with.

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[-] RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

IYKYK. Took me forever to memorize, I had to look it up every time I came across it and no way I'll ever say it aloud.

[-] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 17 points 10 months ago
[-] RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Oh god another one.

[-] kambusha@feddit.ch 2 points 10 months ago
[-] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago

We have "If You Know, You Know", and "If You Don't Know, Now You Know"

But what is AKIHTB?

[-] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 1 points 10 months ago

It's from the old GI Joe cartoons.

"And knowing is half the battle!"

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