AMEN! (Reply #40) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: I guess I have to say this again: I am to the point where I just refuse to stop and Google some [View all]

Response to Atticus (Original post)

Thu Jan 14, 2021, 10:15 AM

Wicked Blue (2,496 posts)

40. AMEN!

The news media is guilty of this too.

The rule in news reporting was to identify the (whoever or whatever it is) spelled out in full, with the acronym afterward in parentheses. Then the writer could use the acronym in the rest of the article.

Some publications may still do this.

I find this trend toward using excessive unexplained acronyms may be leading us to Orwell's Newspeak.

Reply to this post

Back to OP Alert abuse Link to post in-thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum

Replies to this discussion thread

97 replies	Author	Time	Post
I guess I have to say this again: I am to the point where I just refuse to stop and Google some [View all]	Atticus	Jan 14	OP
Oh, SCAJRWYW...	brooklynite	Jan 14	#1
Supreme court arrests JR with young woman	mercuryblues	Jan 14	#2
I don't want to know----- nt (no text)	Atticus	Jan 14	#4
South Carolina Activist Judge Rules While Yelling Wildly	KS Toronado	Jan 14	#47
Atticus, I'm with you. Maybe it's my age, lol.	secondwind	Jan 14	#3
Me too. Seriously, Atti, what is PTB?	NCjack	Jan 14	#59
PTB Powers That Be	csziggy	Jan 14	#79
I still often search acronyms	Yonnie3	Jan 14	#5
Or	Jerry2144	Jan 14	#19
lighten up! nt	USALiberal	Jan 14	#6
I share your peeve.	lagomorph777	Jan 14	#7
I have this peeve. I know that Biden is a D DEM and Trump is a R GOP.	NCjack	Jan 14	#61
Yes, that too!	lagomorph777	Jan 14	#80
I share that one and a whole bunch more	hvn_nbr_2	Jan 14	#90
That's a fantastic list. Add: Blind links to Twit, and subject line "This!"	lagomorph777	Jan 14	#91
May I add the "asking for a friend" nonsense?	SharonClark	Jan 14	#93
or one more reference to some GD anime or Game of Thrones shit.	CurtEastPoint	Jan 14	#8
Lol, ok! Nt	USALiberal	Jan 14	#15
This message was self-deleted by its author	CurtEastPoint	Jan 14	#9
I don't either	SheltieLover	Jan 14	#10
Absolutely infuriates me. There should a "thumbs down" just for this ...	marble falls	Jan 14	#20
which illustrates a communication principle	NJCher	Jan 14	#51
You summed it up perfectly	PatSeg	Jan 14	#76
It's almost as annoying as reading an incomplete report. nt	oasis	Jan 14	#11
YES!	snowybirdie	Jan 14	#12
I welcome any opportunity to learn new things. I'm a researcher by trade. Doesn't bother me.	ARPad95	Jan 14	#13
I know in medicine we LOVE our TLA's.. three letter acronyms.. Like "the pt has S.F.B" watch out...	mitch96	Jan 14	#14
It's the same in IT	geardaddy	Jan 14	#33
"same in IT" I did a little bit of IT in hospitals.. Those guys were a hoot.. I liked the term	mitch96	Jan 14	#38
LOL	geardaddy	Jan 14	#45
My first night solo as a hospital clerk	Glorfindel	Jan 14	#63
I absolutely agree.	Lonestarblue	Jan 14	#16
The Valdosta White Citizens League is concerned by your interest ...	marble falls	Jan 14	#17
There are people who are watching cable news	PatSeg	Jan 14	#55
Drives me crazy.	marble falls	Jan 14	#56
Thank you! There have been more and more of these empty posts lately.	Totally Tunsie	Jan 14	#69
I call them 'non sequitir' posts.	marble falls	Jan 14	#86
We need a BOA to look for TLAs	Xipe Totec	Jan 14	#18
Urban dictionary?	irisblue	Jan 14	#26
UD is a Two Letter Acronym nt	Xipe Totec	Jan 14	#97
This Limits DU to Newcomers	McKim	Jan 14	#21
Recoommend	msfiddlestix	Jan 14	#22
Since when did WQL become MTG?	TheBlackAdder	Jan 14	#23
Agree. Acronyms are for important figures, MLK and FDR,	Hortensis	Jan 14	#54
Atticus, I understand your frustration. I just use the trash thread button.	littlemissmartypants	Jan 14	#24
It is pretty annoying, but there is always Google.	ananda	Jan 14	#25
Why should people have to go to Google	PatSeg	Jan 14	#52
Because fighting it is useless.	SlogginThroughIt	Jan 14	#77
Oh, I don't think it is useless	PatSeg	Jan 14	#82
I also find that if it looks interesting enough I look it up.	TNNurse	Jan 14	#27
First job out of college worked at the local paper, per my editor if your readers need to look it up	Cozmo	Jan 14	#28
Similarly, not everyone with three part names	Harker	Jan 14	#29
All too often the acronym is unfindable.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Jan 14	#30
H & G	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 14	#31
I like when people share something they just saw on tv	IronLionZion	Jan 14	#32
Exactly....................	turbinetree	Jan 14	#34
Acronym mis-use	WestofDenver	Jan 14	#35
Are you sure there's no Valdosta White Citizens League? n/t	MrModerate	Jan 14	#36
No. nt	Atticus	Jan 14	#43
Back when I managed proposals for engineering projects submitted to NASA...	MrModerate	Jan 14	#37
What's PTB?	KPN	Jan 14	#39
I don't know that one either!	Tracer	Jan 14	#42
Forgive me, please. "Powers That Be".	Atticus	Jan 14	#44
Not to worry Atticus. I was just messin' with	KPN	Jan 14	#53
I honestly thought you meant Pre-Trial Bail.	CaptainTruth	Jan 14	#58
Powers That Be.	Crunchy Frog	Jan 14	#49
AMEN!	Wicked Blue	Jan 14	#40
My grandson uses acronyms in his daily speech. I explain over and over that I am hard of hearing,	Tech	Jan 14	#41
Seriously?	PatSeg	Jan 14	#64
That's the whole problem with phones	FakeNoose	Jan 14	#46
YES! DIN!	SlogginThroughIt	Jan 14	#78
Agree, thanks for bringing this up. I am sometimes stumped.	Paper Roses	Jan 14	#48
It doesn't bother me. n/t	demmiblue	Jan 14	#50
Oddly enough, you listed PTB as being commonly used yet I don't know what it means.	CaptainTruth	Jan 14	#57
I'd never heard that one either	PatSeg	Jan 14	#73
Well I learned something on Cuomo last night, IFB, Interruptible feedback, that ear thing he wears	Baclava	Jan 14	#60
I try never to use abbreviations in my blog postings.	Sloumeau	Jan 14	#62
And then come back to the post,	PatSeg	Jan 14	#68
I don't have any trouble Googling acronyms I don't know. I consider it part of my education.	Nitram	Jan 14	#65
Thanks!	lillypaddle	Jan 14	#66
When I was in the midst of seeing whether I could get an Army Commission at age 50	majdrfrtim	Jan 14	#67
That is priceless!	PatSeg	Jan 14	#71
I had written a post much like yours	PatSeg	Jan 14	#70
I refuse to Google what PTB means	Poiuyt	Jan 14	#72
I don't need to Google what Poiuyt means	Fozzledick	Jan 14	#84
Very good!	Poiuyt	Jan 14	#95
I'm not quite there	Blecht	Jan 14	#74
Thanks for the announcement.	SlogginThroughIt	Jan 14	#75
Now even newspaper reporters use acronyms without explanation	csziggy	Jan 14	#81
FTW? Also titles of threads	question everything	Jan 14	#83
Most of the time, as used here, I assume FTW means "For The Win" and is meant to	Atticus	Jan 14	#88
LOL (no need to explain this one)	question everything	Jan 14	#89
Valdosta White Citizens League might be real.	KG	Jan 14	#85
In any realm there will be acronyms to speed up conversation,	radius777	Jan 14	#87
I consider people who post these acronyms as having nothing to offer.	Patterson	Jan 14	#92
ACRONYM	central scrutinizer	Jan 14	#94
We're keeping "tiaihtsdcotywwytdycybidyd" though, right?	Dr. Strange	Jan 14	#96

Edit History

Please login to view edit histories.