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What is your least favourite acronym? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 years ago by 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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[–] 43 points 2 years ago (8 children)

FTW. For years I thought it meant "Fuck The What". Even now that's the first thing that comes to mind and have a hard time remembering the actual meaning.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There's also FTFY, which I thought was a way of throwing offence at the topic and the person that brought it up

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I've been told what it means yet every time I see it my brain goes "for the...." and I can't figure out the last 2 letters. And I have to look it up to be reminded that it means "fixed that for you". But every time I forget and I have to look it up again.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    After "fuck the what" it started to mean "For the win". What else is it supposed to be?

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