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Of course this does not refer to situations in which a generally uncommon acronym is well known. :P

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[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Three Letter Acronyms and .. Flea Letter Acronyms?

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's a defence mechanism. I want to scare people away from trying to participate in a topic they know nothing about but feel like an expert in. Those that do know about the acronyms are worth the while.

Edit: I don't have autism.

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

MTDPTM: Methinks they doth protest too much

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

can you make a valid sentence using the same acronym multiple times but with different meanings?

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Most users of LAME are lame unless they are LAME; and it's even more commendable when LAME.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~BBAWDHY~~

fuck that here's the whole thing

DIGSFBBAWTDHYMMTMIIWFTLGTWHTMDAIFWFSTAIGSBBAWTDHYSIJGTSTWFILWIBTALOBTITWDLFSDHNSYEBISFIDHNTFCDHNLGPNALOMDFFWHNBBBAFWDHYHYBHYBBBAFWDHY

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Get a government job. You'll hear more acronyms in 2 hours than you've heard in the last year.

[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Or IT. PCMCIA

[–] Life_inst_bad@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Man am I and my fried glad we got 3 different fwb. It's the most iconic heist in Payday.

[–] Jollyllama@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

smh, just because you're out of touch doesn't mean everybody else needs to be lmao.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 months ago (9 children)

CP has only one meaning and it's not "control point," "Cyberpunk," or "counter protestors."

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