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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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[–] Lennnny 19 points 10 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

ATM is for withdrawing money, nothing else.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

automated teller machine

[–] Pwnmode 2 points 10 months ago

I need to hit up the ATM machine.

[–] ook_the_librarian 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I can't come ass-to-mouth.

[–] nomous 1 points 10 months ago

Speak for yourself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Me and my small group of friends used it to be "ಆಯಿತು ತಿಕ ಮುಚ್ಚು" as a comeback for anything and everyone. It means "ok shut your ass" in my language.

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

I'll never see this the same way again, thanks