#Acronyms
64 'HPA' acronyms, but no 'homphobic pussy addict'? this speaks volumes
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM Everybody can reply
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Halloween Acronyms

YOLO your outfit looks outstanding
OMG oh my gourd
LOL living or lifeless
BFF broomstick for flying
WTF work the fangs
FTW fear the wicked
GSOH graveyard seance offers haunting
SMH so much horror
VPL verified pumpkin lumination
WFH witching from home
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM Everybody can reply
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There is a reason the military has great acronyms.

SNAFU / FUBAR

Take your pick.
October 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM Everybody can reply
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HAS SOMEONE YOU KNOW FALLEN INTO THE DANGEROUS "HYPNOSIS" COMMUNITY? CHECK THEIR POSTS TO SEE IF THEY'RE USING THESE ACRONYMS; YOU CAN MAYBE STILL SAVE THEM

omg - obey my goddess
btw - betray trust & willpower
lol - lack of lucidity
tbh - this bitch hypnotized
hrt - hormone replacement therapy
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM Everybody can reply
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It's Guardian house style to spell all acronyms (which sound out a word) with only an initial capital, but keep all-caps for initialisms (where you sound out each letter). So NASA becomes Nasa, but CNN stays CNN. www.theguardian.com/guardian-sty...
Guardian style guide: A
From A* to José María Aznar
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM Everybody can reply
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One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France, Spain and Germany. Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com/
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM Everybody can reply
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Anyone who whines about "DEI" (much like "CRT" and "SJW" before it), is outing themselves as a bigot who is not worth your time.

The catchphrases and acronyms might change every few years, but the bigotry behind them is always the same.
October 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM Everybody can reply
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Stop with the fucking acronyms. "KPD"? "RTF"? "TTLDA"?

What the?

Okay, new rule: When you are too lazy to actually write a sentence, you get blockend.

Fuckin' hell. Super annoying!
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM Everybody can reply
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the very recent trend of pathologising every aspect of one's personality into a matrix of microlabels and acronyms is part of the specifically american version of bourgeois liberalism that sees every niche as a commercial opportunity, and promotes the creation of new niches as new markets.
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM Everybody can reply
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... I think I just leveled up as a sciences person, because I just realized that what I've been calling my dialect in my head, Written Online English, acronyms to WOE. and are you really a scientist if you don't invent at least one funny name or acronym?
October 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM Everybody can reply
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Agreed. 'Acronyms'...
Who needs them?

🦨💨🤷‍♂️🗯'bfd'
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM Everybody can reply
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Oh hey here's me in 2009, about journalists overestimate how much people already know, and the consequences that has. Holds up pretty well, I think! www.mediamatters.org/legacy/why-w...
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM Everybody can reply
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There are always a few cartoons (3-5) in any collection that don't translate for cultural or language reasons. My guess is the acronyms wouldn't work in Spanish.
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM Everybody can reply
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🤔 💭"SuperCryptic".
I could coin contractions to combat Ambiguous Acronyms.
Or: "Use your Words and Punctuation, or I'll kneedrop you."
October 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM Everybody can reply
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Because that’s not how acronyms work.

Having been in a field where there are TONS of acronyms, this argument is the one that irritates me the most. OMS is my favorite example. The O is pronounced like it is in “oh,” not “or”. But the acronym is “Orbital Maneuvering System”
October 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM Everybody can reply
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I choose to bite my tongue whenever Kettle and Saka use grindset verbiage because if they’re shamed out of it they’ll probably start using those inscrutable military acronyms for the same purpose
Seattle Councilmember Bob Kettle just invoked "a Six Sigma thought in the back of my head"

we HAVE to stop the cult of "leadership principles" among elected officials. everyone does not need a "growth mindset" or whatever the latest management jargon is
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM Everybody can reply
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I understand people who are wary of having their posts searched on and mobbed by people with an axe to grind, but it does mean that the acronyms and censored words and euphemisms turn my everyday scroll into a decryption puzzle
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM Everybody can reply
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Love love LOVE!!!
And not just acronyms...
Are we too lazy to say merchandise??? "Merch" is just one (bad) example, there are sooo many I can't think of right now. Help me out people! I've been aggravated about this for a very long time😖
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM Everybody can reply
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The teens are commenting acronyms we’d never think to use;

SYBAU is so good.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM Everybody can reply
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I accept this knowledge trade as equitable and valid.
Thank you.

KKM
AAM

Easy to at least remember the acronyms.
October 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM Everybody can reply
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everyday they're introducing new and unforeseen acronyms that you don't know the meaning of. they're manufactured in a lab to confuse you specifically. you must not fall victim to what this is going to do to you
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM Everybody can reply
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It's week 2 of The Callback and I've only managed to make it weirder.

Check it out to learn:
- The three scariest acronyms in Web Dev
- How we're finally going to get people to practice accessibility
- How to be maximally bathroom efficient

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Did they fix Next.js?
YouTube video by Prismic
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October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM Everybody can reply
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I feel scared for Jamaica & the Caribbean. The US used to support such aid efforts, but I’m sure they won’t now, since Republicans won’t even extend food stamp benefits (the SNAP program) to Americans.

*Also, please spell out acronyms. Most people don’t even know what “SNAP” even is.
October 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM Everybody can reply
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Thanks so much! Btw the acronyms are OSHA speak: Management Of Change (MOC) Engineer and Process & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) Coordinator. I manage the process when our client wants to modify their facility in some way and generate/keep track of design documentation.
October 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM Everybody can reply
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