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submitted 11 months ago by thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

Not me but my spouse hates recursive ones, like GNU. Hates them so much, active vocal expressions of dislike. Anyways the setting I'm making is filthy with recursive acronyms for no reason.

[-] aulin@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

WINE Is Not an Emulator

[-] Fridgeratr@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I hate those too, it just feels like whoever make them is like "hehe I'm SOOOOO clever hehe" but it's not clever. It's confusing and dumb lol.

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

like?? where did the 'G' even come from??

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago
[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

GNU expands to GNU's Not Unix, which includes the acronym GNU, which expands to GNU's Not Unix, which includes the acronym GNU, which expands to ...

[-] JillyB@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

In car circles, Miata owners often say that Miata stands for "Miata Is Always The Answer"

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