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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Sat Nov 16, 2019, 09:21 AM Nov 2019

Note to all: please avoid using acronyms that are not universally understood. Sure, it is [View all]

unnecessary to type out "Federal Bureau of Investigation", but don't expect to be understood if you type a string of letters in place of the name of some obscure agency or policy or pet expression.

JS---( Just Sayin' ).

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Note to all: please avoid using acronyms that are not universally understood. Sure, it is [View all] Atticus Nov 2019 OP

TSLAIFSIR Generic Brad Nov 2019 #1

LOL justhanginon Nov 2019 #2

Rofl. BootinUp Nov 2019 #7

NS! No Text Atticus Nov 2019 #3

NS! ? SCVDem Nov 2019 #45

NSNo Shit! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2019 #49

TYVM! SCVDem Nov 2019 #50

lol Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #59

This hits home, as I am FBI DFW Nov 2019 #4

HA! At first look I thought you were Dallas Fort Worth..My bad. nt monmouth4 Nov 2019 #8

That's just my home airport DFW Nov 2019 #14

Thank you, I'll digest that...LOL. n/t monmouth4 Nov 2019 #18

No nonstops from DUS to DFW, unfortunately DFW Nov 2019 #20

On the other hand, Lefta Dissenter Nov 2019 #30

No better connection than that? DFW Nov 2019 #39

That would make sense, wouldn't it? Lefta Dissenter Nov 2019 #41

I understand DFW Nov 2019 #42

Wow! Lefta Dissenter Nov 2019 #69

They already had two sons, both of whom are now grown DFW Nov 2019 #70

I'm in the FBI too Poiuyt Nov 2019 #22

Does it get you in as much trouble as it gets me? n/t DFW Nov 2019 #26

In High School, a long time ago, SCVDem Nov 2019 #46

The urban dictionary has all the abbreviatons! mfcorey1 Nov 2019 #61

CYPPSEA Hugin Nov 2019 #5

OCOSYKWITA! Atticus Nov 2019 #12

YMCA? Hugin Nov 2019 #13

YIKADCMS JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2019 #24

HA!! Sugar Smack Nov 2019 #34

Made me laugh too! SCVDem Nov 2019 #47

Ok. (This post is devoid of any further textual entries.) 5X Nov 2019 #6

LOL. (This post is also devoid of any further textual entries.) sl8 Nov 2019 #63

Good Morning Vietnam when Richard Nixon was in town Doc_Technical Nov 2019 #9

I actually understood that! SCVDem Nov 2019 #48

Good advice. braddy Nov 2019 #10

acronyms, acronyms, acronyms, acronyms, and more acronyms???!!!!! My pet peeve too. Stuart G Nov 2019 #11

TTYMFBN Hugin Nov 2019 #15

Tip for posters: If you want me to read your post, write something understandable. nt hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2019 #16

TGTIAASG! Polly Hennessey Nov 2019 #17

Time to trot out this classic! csziggy Nov 2019 #19

That was THE original acronym song! DFW Nov 2019 #21

Yes - and it is one of my favorite Alan Sherman songs of all time! csziggy Nov 2019 #23

That and "Won't You Come Home Disraeili?" DFW Nov 2019 #25

Good advice Turbineguy Nov 2019 #31

This one immediately came to mind: happybird Nov 2019 #52

That one is great, too csziggy Nov 2019 #55

Thanks. I'd forgot this song. I enjoyed hearing it again. Midnight Writer Nov 2019 #56

WTF? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #27

this is the universal acronym gopiscrap Nov 2019 #29

I'm with you. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #28

LSMFT. OK? yonder Nov 2019 #32

IARWTSF wryter2000 Nov 2019 #33

I remember that one DFW Nov 2019 #40

Okay! SCVDem Nov 2019 #51

They're just a silly millimeter longer. trof Nov 2019 #72

Who made you the MMFIC? panader0 Nov 2019 #35

I remember HMFIC. SCVDem Nov 2019 #53

MMFIC M M******* F***** in charge. not sure what the first "M" stands for Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #60

Main panader0 Nov 2019 #64

OK. KnR. Hekate Nov 2019 #36

IDUWN!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2019 #37

Thanks. Iggo Nov 2019 #38

Close enough. It's "Just Saiyan" sakabatou Nov 2019 #43

Good luck with that, Atticus. littlemissmartypants Nov 2019 #44

Thanks to Rachel Maddow, SCVDem Nov 2019 #54

May I attach my standard, enduring plea to beat down non-context, non-info thread posting? NBachers Nov 2019 #57

LMAO! lunatica Nov 2019 #58

There's nothing that I wouldn't do, if you would be my POSSLQ ... sl8 Nov 2019 #62

That is what Google is for.. HipChick Nov 2019 #65

There are also free language translators available on line. If we are going to Atticus Nov 2019 #66

Understood.. HipChick Nov 2019 #68

Back in the Old DU we had a stickied "glossary" thread Recursion Nov 2019 #67

IDK! Initech Nov 2019 #71