Acronyms (And Initialisms) Are Hot, IMO

[IrezumiKiss]

https://img42.com/YHJf4+

ICYMI, they've been making communication between human beans more succinct — or more frustrating — since the end of the '40s! LOL

Post yer faves here, frfr.

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https://www.edutopia.org/sites/default/files/styles/resource_image/public/cover_media/poster-motivation-teamacronym-01.png?itok=4lxL9gTI

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b5/e9/53/b5e9531c0186e2746ffb3f0c075da7c2.jpg

http://www.jarofquotes.com/img/quotes/f37c4630c796617ace93e19c350c321e.jpg

http://craziestgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/acronym-file-folders.jpg

 

[IrezumiKiss]

http://pediaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Difference-Between-Acronym-and-Initialism-infographic-623x1024.jpg

Just for explanation, as Pointless reminded me of the diff between the two even though they're in the same family.

 

[Ms_Ann]

I'm fond of ligatures. In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more graphemes or letters are joined as a single glyph. An example is the character æ as used in English. The common ampersand (&) developed from a ligature in which the handwritten Latin letters e and t (spelling et, from the Latin for "and") were combined.

 

[pointless]

http://pediaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Difference-Between-Acronym-and-Initialism-infographic-623x1024.jpg

Just for explanation, as Pointless reminded me of the diff between the two even though they're in the same family.

you can thank penn and teller for cluing me in. they may be devout libertarians, but that bullshit was an excellent show.

 

[Hard_Rom]

There
Ain't
No
Such
Thing
As
A
Free
Lunch

Tanstaafl

Economics, laws of thermodynamics, libertarianism and pricey beers

 

[Bacigalupo]

Prevention of Emotional Neglect and Childhood Endangerment

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/new-york-legislator-trolls-vice-president-elect-pence-ban-lgbtq-n687661

 

[Hard_Rom]

So where does MT show up? Not really initialism or an acronym.

 

[pointless]

i guess that would depend on whether or not you enunciate the p in empty. i do so that's just an initialism to me.

 

[Hypoxia]

.....

 

[Typo Fu Master]

IHA

If you don't know what IHA means, then you know why IHA.

I need that on a t-shirt. Acronyms have their place but I think they're overused.

 

[oggbashan]

When I was working I had too many abbreviations following my name. Some were obscure, some were obvious, and some changed as the organisations changed. A meant Associate or Assistant; M meant Member or Manager; F meant Fellow (which included Ladies) and was the highest short of P for President. I have been all of those, sometimes concurrently. I'm still a VP despite trying to shed the role for a decade.

For example M&PSJ meant nothing outside the organisation and was itself changed from an earlier set of characters. Now the equivalent is different again.

I started my full time career as an ANSO. That later, after my time, became AFM&TO. Now both are obsolete.

In another organisation various grades were, in ascending order PO(L); PO(M) and PO(T) known as Poll, Pom and Pot. "Have you checked with your Pom?" meant something. Now it doesn't.

 

[pointless]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_HscBWJhNQ