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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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[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

After "fuck the what" it started to mean "For the win". What else is it supposed to be?

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago

What else is it supposed to be?

fear the whales - because sharks are not enough.
ferry the warriors - how else will they reach Hades?
fuck the West - yes, I had to politicise this.
feed the woodpeckers - hipster version of granny throwing popcorn to the pigeons.
feel the wetness - this is sounding like porn already.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

This list gets progressively more FTW.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

It means fuck the world. But some jerk made it for the win and ruined all my fun

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

I’ve never heard “Fuck the What”, it’s always been “Fuck the World” before also becoming “For the Win” for me.

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