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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 speechβ€”you have to say the whole thing.

Interested to see if others have similar acronyms they beef with.

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Minimum Viable Product, yeah.

Also not an ~~initialism~~ acronym, but an initialism. Unless you pronounce it "Muvapuh" or something.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Sorry, yes! That's what I actually meant πŸ˜„ Edited to reflect that. Thank you!

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] CookieMonsterDebate@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

The remix version of Mmmbop

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