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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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[–] anonymouse@sh.itjust.works 43 points 10 months 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.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 24 points 10 months 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

[–] Panda@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months 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.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fuck That, Fuck You

[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Haha I love that

But Fuck that & Fuck you.

[–] Oisteink@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

Maybe you’re more of an ft4u kinda guy

[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Same.

For the fucking year?

Free Eggos ftfy! Alright!

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

For the fiscal year

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's used so frequently for offences that I'm not surprised at that.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What else is it supposed to be?

  • fear the whales - because sharks are not enough.
  • ferry the warriors - how else will they reach Hades?
  • fuck the West - yes, I had to politicise this.
  • feed the woodpeckers - hipster version of granny throwing popcorn to the pigeons.
  • feel the wetness - this is sounding like porn already.
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

This list gets progressively more FTW.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

It means fuck the world. But some jerk made it for the win and ruined all my fun

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

I’ve never heard “Fuck the What”, it’s always been “Fuck the World” before also becoming “For the Win” for me.

[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

Fuck the world.

But it's normally For the win?

[–] razorsoup@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Friday Tuesday Wednesday, for some reason

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dated someone with FTW tattoo. I always thought it was Fuck the World but he sweaaaars he meant it as “Forever Two Wheels”, some motorcycle thing. Yeh right bud.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

These two sayings mean the same thing. They both mean “I’m not staying here”

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

It's always been For The Win to me. Fuck the world seems to have been before my time.

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

Not an acronym unless you pronounce it "Futtawuh" or something.

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

Which I do.

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

😄👍 Nice