Favorite acronyms and the like?

[arewethereyet]

PITA - Pain in the Ass.

[FrustratedFool]

Picking a nit: a lot of the above are not acronyms, but ‘initialisms’, which are a set of letters that don’t form a pronounceable word.

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Boru

Good catch.
The separation between NATO and BBC.

[Angrboda]

Picking a nit: a lot of the above are not acronyms, but ‘initialisms’, which are a set of letters that don’t form a pronounceable word.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Boru

acronym, n.

1. A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism (such as ATM, TLS).

[FrustratedFool]

Picking a nit: a lot of the above are not acronyms, but ‘initialisms’, which are a set of letters that don’t form a pronounceable word.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Boru

acronym, n.

1.  A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism (such as ATM, TLS).

So initialism is a sub-category of acronym.
Oh, labels.  What interesting things. They provoke such interesting discussions amongst the obsessed, lol

[Thumpalumpacus]

So initialism is a sub-category of acronym.
Oh, labels.  What interesting things. They provoke such interesting discussions amongst the obsessed, lol

Labeling parts of speech does much less harm than labeling parts of humanity. Not all labeling is equal.

[arewethereyet]

So initialism is a sub-category of acronym.
Oh, labels.  What interesting things. They provoke such interesting discussions amongst the obsessed, lol

Ohhhhh, Passive-Aggressive.  Did.Not.See.That.Coming.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Picking a nit: a lot of the above are not acronyms, but ‘initialisms’, which are a set of letters that don’t form a pronounceable word.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Boru

GTFO.

[Silver]

GTFO.

You forgot the ML.

[Angrboda]

GIGO - garbage in, garbage out.

FOAD - fuck off and die.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

GTFO.

You forgot the ML.

I don't do metric.