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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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[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 21 points 10 months ago

NAMBLA. Those chuckle fucks at the North American Man/Boy Love Association really made it difficult for us members of the North American Marlon Brando Look-Alikes.

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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.

[-] Flyspeck@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago

CRISPR is neither a refrigerator compartment or a Nestle candy bar

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago

i18n I know it's not technically an acronym but what a fucking obscure way to write a word that's going to be constantly around non-english speakers. All the other ones in this family are also quite obnoxious but i18n is especially awful.

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[-] chowdertailz@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

FFS. As in, for fucks sake, we all know it's FFS?!

Edit: sorry, drunk after work and reread the question. FFS is my fav.

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[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

YMMV. That one took me FOREVER to figure out.

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 17 points 10 months ago

WDYM...

I don't know why, it just looks unpleasant.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago
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[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

After 20 years in EMS, (see how it starts immediately - Emergency Medical Services), The whole bloody damned field is nothing but acronyms for as far as the eye can see.

From BPM - Beats per minute, to ABC - Airway, Breathing, circulation, (which today is more like ACB - Airway, Circulation, Breathing) to OPQRST - Onset, provoke/pallation, Quality, Region/Radiation, Severity, Time to A-Fib - Atrial Fibrillation to SOB - Shortness of Breath.

I hate them all........

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[-] Lennnny@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

ATM. Friends use it for 'at the moment', but all I see is ass-to-mouth.

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[-] Hammerheart@programming.dev 14 points 10 months ago

It bothers me when OO doesnt stand for "object oriented"

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[-] itsathursday@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago
[-] indigomirage@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 months ago

I thought that was Shaking My Head..? Similar uses, I guess. But if it's as you say, I may stop using.

[-] yetiftw@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

it has only every been "shaking my head"

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago
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