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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 speechβ€”you have to say the whole thing.

Interested to see if others have similar acronyms they beef with.

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[–] RozhkiNozhki 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 20 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.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (5 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (12 children)

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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[–] Lennnny 19 points 10 months ago (7 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.

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[–] AA5B 17 points 10 months ago (9 children)

When I see BLM, my first thought is still Bureau of Land Management

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

CRISPR is neither a refrigerator compartment or a Nestle candy bar

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[–] RGB3x3 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

YMMV. That one took me FOREVER to figure out.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

WDYM...

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

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (5 children)

iirc just because i dont know what it means

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

PICNIC. problem in chair, not in computer.

[–] HurlingDurling 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I always know it as a PBCAK error (problem between chair and keyboard)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

It's PEBCAK, problem exists between keyboard and chair. Rolls right off the tongue.

Alternatively: ID 10T

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[–] sparr 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not an acronym, but I've been in a couple of jobs where people use "offline" to mean "not at this meeting", as in "let's take this tangential discussion offline". They would say that during an in-person meeting to take the conversation to digital (online!) media!

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