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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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[–] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then you're gonna hate my use of "lololol" instead of "hahahah", both of which i use essentially interchangeably in texts.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a bit annoying, but at least it represents laughing. What I hate is when it's just used to "lighten the mood" and doesn't represent laughing at all.

And, the proper way is "jajajaja", as my Spanish-speaking friends have taught me.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago

I always liked the 5555 in thai.