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What is your least favourite acronym? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 10 months 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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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 24 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I'm going to answer the opposite question. My favorite acronym is TLA (three letter acronym)because it mocks the whole system.

I also love OOO specifically because it is ghosty.

[–] Gordon@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

See, my favorite is GNU, for "GNU's Not Unix".

[–] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

TLA is "The Last Airbender" for me

[–] Axelstag@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Similarly, one I heard today is "TMA" - too many acronyms