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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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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Oh shit. TIL. Also, I guess TIL is not an acronym then lol.

Speaking of ATM, am I the only one that defaults this to "ass to mouth", before realizing they mean asynchronous transaction machine?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Automated Teller

[–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Ass to Mouth
Automated Teller Machine
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ah yes this is the one

[–] friedgreenpineapples@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Automated Teller Machine

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm, interesting. I don't know if I've ever heard anyone say "TIL" out loud. When I read it, I say it as an acronym ("till") in my head, but I think if I ever said it out loud, I'd probably go with the initialism ("tee-eye-ell"). All that to say, maybe it's both?

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

I always pronounce all initialisms as words if even close to possible. I don't care whether or not they were meant to. Till, fuhtfy, fuhmmuhl, wuhtf, and so on. Some I understand why others might say as individual letters, but others I have no clue because it doesn't make sense to me at all. Why would you ever say double-u tee eff, which is two syllables longer than the actual words?

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I always read ATM like that