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What is your least favourite acronym? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I hate all TLAs

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[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

MAP, no rebranding that. Defend that shit and get in line with the rest of them and jump in feet first.

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[-] dillydogg@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Nothing can beat the baseball stat TOOTBLAN

Thrown Out On The Basepaths Like A Nincompoop

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