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

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (3 children)

WYSIWYG

What You See Is What You Get

Used for software such as Microsoft Word, where formatting the text actually changes what you see on the screen

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is fun to say, though. wizywig

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I am hearing it as a wizzy wig

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

That's how people say it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Is that when Rincewind gone bald - Wizzard's wig?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Then there's the less talked about sibling, WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean). These attempt to reduce bloat in output by being more abstract in what they manipulate instead of promising pixel-perfect results.

[–] Fridgeratr 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This one never really made sense to me. Like, yes, that's what a screen is for?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's in contrast to something like LaTex or markdown, where you edit the syntax for formatting directly and don't see the final result until you preview or save it.

[–] Fridgeratr 2 points 10 months ago

Ahh yeah that's a good point!