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Favorite acronyms and the like?
October 30, 2023 at 9:28 pm
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Saw a new one today, regarding an order I had in that was coming via Munchkinland.
JIFFY: Just In, Finally Fixed Yesterday. (I'll believe it when the package hits my porch.)
Goldies:
Heinlein's TANSTAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
Military:
FUBAR: Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition.
SNAFU: Situation Normal All Fucked Up.
OOETBE: Out Of Everything But Enemy. (Leonidas should get credit for that one?)
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RE: Favorite acronyms?
October 30, 2023 at 9:31 pm
MILF: Musicals I Live For
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RE: Favorite acronyms?
October 30, 2023 at 9:37 pm
KIA-BNR: Killed In Action; Body Not Recovered. My mother had two of those framed and hanging in her livingroom when I arrived back in the States. (I called her from the PI to tell her I was heading east.) I'm MUCH harder to kill than that, just ask my lunatic father.
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RE: Favorite acronyms?
October 30, 2023 at 10:00 pm
JANFU: Joint Army/Navy Fuck Up
Boru
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RE: Favorite acronyms?
October 30, 2023 at 10:49 pm
TLA - Three Letter Acronym
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RE: Favorite acronyms?
October 31, 2023 at 12:35 am
BOHICA - bend over, here it comes again
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RE: Favorite acronyms?
October 31, 2023 at 3:47 am
OMWTFYD - on my way to fuck your dad
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RE: Favorite acronyms?
October 31, 2023 at 11:24 am
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.
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