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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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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I hate LFG because gamers can't agree on how to spell it or what it means... Sometimes it's spelled LFP, LFF or LFM... And sometimes it means "Looking for Guild".

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Isnt LFM looking for member? Like if you have part of a group already together and just need a healer lets say. I'd say its different than LFG which in my mind is a player looking for a group

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It does sometimes mean that though it's more common to see it as just trying to assemble a group. If you're looking for more you'll usually use something like LF1M, LF2M etc...

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

That's not the experience I have. People will be scolded in chat for using LFM when they have no party already.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

LFM is more often "looking for more".

If it's looking for one specific member, that's normally specific: LF1M, etc.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Let's Fucking Go! Let's Fucking Play! Let's - oh wait

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Woot woot woot dot example dot come on man.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ive only ever seen LFG and LFM in the MMO world

[–] Skua@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

LFG is common enough in online TTRPG spaces, although there it means looking for game instead of guild which I suppose rather proves the above point

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

LFF, as an example was popular in LOTRO were groups were flavored as fellowships in game.

[–] Skua@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

That's delightful

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

You forgot LFT

[–] aulin@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Looking For Group

[–] victorz@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

Not an acronym though.