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What is your least favourite acronym? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 years ago by 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 speechβ€”you have to say the whole thing.

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

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[–] 63 points 2 years ago (28 children)

It's infuriating to read all the comments without explanations what said acronym means.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago* (23 children)

    IANAL but you should RTFM because PEBKAC.

    (IANAL is my favorite ever acronym because it's funny dammit... I was just looking for an excuse to sneak it in somewhere in this thread. RTFM is a fine acronym but I have such a negative association with it because it's almost exclusively used by assholes. PEBKAC is just an elitist acronym whenever not used ironically.)

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    And still this MF (Mother Fucker) doesn't write what any of it stands for.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    IANAL - I am not a lawyer

    RTFM - Read the fucking manual

    PEBCAK - Problem exists between chair and keybord

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    When will you ever use pebcak?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    PEBKAC

    Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.

    Like that time my uncle told me his laptop wasn't charging and I discovered that he'd plugged a phone charger into the headphone socket.

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