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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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[–] Pneuma@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You used Spirit Speak. You establish a connection to the netherworld.

On topic, when browsing deals subs and forums, seeing ATL will always make me think of Atlanta Airport.

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

What does ATL mean on deal subs and forums?

[–] Pneuma@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All time low, indicating the item is at its lowest price point it's ever been.

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

Hilarious... I've been a member at Slickdeals for over 20 years and never seen that.

[–] Pneuma@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Huh. Interesting.

I lurk primarily on RFD and r/bapcsalescanada and they both use ATL regularly. I guess it's just not a very widely accepted acronym then.

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

That's also interesting... I don't think I'm familiar with RFD.

I'm also in the US and have never really frequented any deals subreddits really.